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ReviewAmerican journal of translational research2016

Recent advances in innovative therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: from discovery to clinical trials.

Yuko Shimizu-Motohashi, Shouta Miyatake, Hirofumi Komaki, Shin'ichi Takeda, Yoshitsugu Aoki

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Review in American journal of translational research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Muscle fatigue assessment during robot-mediated movements.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018
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  6. Skipping of Duplicated Dystrophin Exons: In Vitro Induction and Assessment.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  17. Beneficial Role of Exercise in the Modulation ofAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  19. Skeletal muscle cell transplantation: models and methods.Journal of muscle research and cell motility · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuko Shimizu-MotohashiDepartment of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Tokyo, Japan.
Shouta MiyatakeDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Tokyo, Japan.
Hirofumi KomakiDepartment of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Tokyo, Japan.
Shin'ichi TakedaDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshitsugu AokiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked progressive degenerative muscle disorder caused by the absence of dystrophin. There is no curative therapy, although innovative therapeutic approaches have been aggressively investigated over recent years. Currently, the international clinical trial registry platform for this disease has been constructed and clinical trials for innovative therapeutic approaches are underway. Among these, exon skipping and read-through of nonsense mutations are in the most advanced stages, with exon skipping theoretically applicable to a larger number of patients. To date, exon skipping that targets exons 51, 44, 45, and 53 is being globally investigated including in USA, EU, and Japan. The latest announcement from Japan was made, demonstrating successful dystrophin production in muscles of patients with DMD after treating with exon 53 skipping antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). However, the innovative therapeutic approaches have demonstrated limited efficacy. To address this issue in exon skipping, studies to unveil the mechanism underlying gymnotic delivery of ASO uptake in living cells have been conducted in an effort to improve in vivo delivery. Further, establishing the infrastructures to integrate multi-institutional clinical trials are needed to facilitate the development of successful therapies for DMD, which ultimately is applicable to other myopathies and neurodegenerative diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy and motor neuron diseases.

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clinical trial networksdrug deliveryDuchenne muscular dystrophydystrophinexon skippingoutcome measures

Identifiers

PMID27398133
PMCPMC4931144

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