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ArticleBioengineered2021

C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12: a potential therapeutic target in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Xinsheng Lai, Jie Chen

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Article in Bioengineered, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Xinsheng LaiSchool of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6044-7811
Jie ChenSchool of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Nanchang University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease caused by a mutant dystrophin protein. DMD patients undergo gradual progressive paralysis until death. Chronic glucocorticoid therapy remains one of the main treatments for DMD, despite the significant side effects. However, its mechanisms of action remain largely unknown. We used bioinformatics tools to identify pathogenic genes involved in DMD and glucocorticoid target genes. Two gene expression profiles containing data from DMD patients and healthy controls (GSE38417 and GSE109178) were downloaded for further analysis. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between DMD patients and controls were identified using GEO2R, and glucocorticoid target genes were predicted from the Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base. Surprisingly, only one gene,

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Chemokine CXCL12Muscular Dystrophy, DuchenneAnimalsComputational BiologyGlucocorticoidsHumansMiceMice, Inbred mdxReceptors, CXCR4TranscriptomeChemokine CXCL12CXCL12 protein, humanCXCR4 protein, humanGlucocorticoidsReceptors, CXCR4bioinformatic analysiscxcl12differentially expressed genesDuchenne muscular dystrophyglucocorticoids

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PMID34424816
PMCPMC8806931
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