The complex landscape of DMD mutations : moving towards personalized medicine

Copyright © 2024 Gatto, Benemei, Piluso and Bello..

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration, with respiratory and cardiac complications, caused by mutations in the DMD gene, encoding the protein dystrophin. Various DMD mutations result in different phenotypes and disease severity. Understanding genotype/phenotype correlations is essential to optimize clinical care, as mutation-specific therapies and innovative therapeutic approaches are becoming available. Disease modifier genes, trans-active variants influencing disease severity and phenotypic expressivity, may modulate the response to therapy, and become new therapeutic targets. Uncovering more disease modifier genes via extensive genomic mapping studies offers the potential to fine-tune prognostic assessments for individuals with DMD. This review provides insights into genotype/phenotype correlations and the influence of modifier genes in DMD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in genetics - 15(2024) vom: 18., Seite 1360224

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gatto, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Benemei, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Piluso, Giulio [VerfasserIn]
Bello, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
Dystrophin
Genetic modifiers
Genotype/phenotype
Journal Article
Personalized medicine
Review

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fgene.2024.1360224

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370855523