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ArticleCells2025

Targeting EP2 Receptor Improves Muscle and Bone Health in Dystrophin

Xueqin Gao, Yan Cui, Greg Zhang, Joseph J Ruzbarsky, Bing Wang, Jonathan E Layne, Xiang Xiao, Johnny Huard

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Association analysis between dystrophin gene polymorphism and non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2026
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  5. Targeting cellular senescence in dystrophinPharmacological research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xueqin GaoLinda and Mitch Hart Center for Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO 81657, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5833-1548
Yan CuiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Greg ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Joseph J RuzbarskyLinda and Mitch Hart Center for Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO 81657, USA.
Bing WangVascular Medicine Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5185-3500
Jonathan E LayneLinda and Mitch Hart Center for Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO 81657, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9245-0989
Xiang XiaoGlassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 77006, USA.
Johnny HuardLinda and Mitch Hart Center for Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO 81657, USA.

Funding

Bone Abnormalities & Healing Defect in Muscular DystrophyR01AR065445 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI HUARD, JOHNNY · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NIAMS, NIH 1R01AR065445NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR065445
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic muscle disease occurring due to mutations of the dystrophin gene. There is no cure for DMD. Using a dystrophin

Indexed as

Bone and BonesDystrophinMuscle, SkeletalReceptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 SubtypeUtrophinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred mdxMice, KnockoutMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneOsteogenesisDystrophinReceptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 SubtypeUtrophinbone microarchitectureEP2EP4heterotopic ossificationmuscular dystrophyPF04418948PGE2

Identifiers

PMID39851544
PMCPMC11763967

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