Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nat Med. 2014 Sep;20(9):987-8. doi: 10.1038/nm.3677.
Mutations in the DMD gene, encoding dystrophin, cause the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. A new study shows that forcing translation of DMD from an internal ribosome entry site can alleviate Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms in a mouse model.
DMD 基因突变导致最常见的肌肉营养不良症。一项新的研究表明,通过内部核糖体进入位点强制翻译 DMD 可以缓解小鼠模型中的杜氏肌营养不良症症状。