Analysis of skeletal muscles from 1.5 to 61 month old children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a degenerative skeletal muscle disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Results provide insight into the early phases of DMD pathogenesis and pathophysiology.
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[HG-U133A] Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array
Citation:
Pescatori M, Broccolini A, Minetti C, Bertini E et al. Gene expression profiling in the early phases of DMD: a constant molecular signature characterizes DMD muscle from early postnatal life throughout disease progression. FASEB J 2007 Apr;21(4):1210-26. PMID: 17264171