Analysis of growth factor expression in affected and unaffected muscles of oculo-pharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) patients : a pilot study

Oculo-pharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is characterised by progressive eyelid drooping (ptosis) and difficulties with swallowing (dysphagia). In order to determine the role of growth factors, cytokines and chemokines in the physiopathology of muscle disease we have compared the level of expression of 174 factors in both the affected (cricopharyngeal) and non-affected (sternocleidomastoid) muscles of 8 OPMD patients by means of antibody arrays. Despite an important inter-individual variability the expression of sixty factors was found to be persistently different between affected and non-affected muscles. Many of the differentially expressed factors in our study are known to be involved in the formation of fibrosis in both the liver and the lung, indicating the possibility that treatments such as those used in hepatic fibrosis may have a beneficial effect in OPMD patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 19(2009), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 199-206

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bouazza, Belaid [VerfasserIn]
Kratassiouk, Gueorgui [VerfasserIn]
Gjata, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Perie, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Lacau St Guily, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Butler-Browne, Gillian S [VerfasserIn]
Svinartchouk, Fedor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Chemokines
Comparative Study
Cytokines
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article

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Date Completed 28.07.2009

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nmd.2008.12.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM186135440