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ReviewJournal of muscle research and cell motility2025

Progress and prospects in antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Katarzyna Chwalenia, Matthew J A Wood, Thomas C Roberts

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Review in Journal of muscle research and cell motility, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Katarzyna ChwaleniaInstitute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Dr, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7TY, UK.
Matthew J A WoodInstitute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Dr, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7TY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5436-6011
Thomas C RobertsInstitute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Dr, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7TY, UK. thomas.roberts@idrm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3313-7631

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Medical Research Council MR/X008029/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent years have seen enormous progress in the field of advanced therapeutics for the progressive muscle wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In particular, four antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies targeting various DMD-causing mutations have achieved FDA approval, marking major milestones in the treatment of this disease. These compounds are designed to induce alternative splicing events that restore the translation reading frame of the dystrophin gene, leading to the generation of internally-deleted, but mostly functional, pseudodystrophin proteins with the potential to compensate for the genetic loss of dystrophin. However, the efficacy of these compounds is very limited, with delivery remaining a key obstacle to effective therapy. There is therefore an urgent need for improved ASO technologies with better efficacy, and with applicability to a wider range of patient mutations. Here we discuss recent developments in ASO therapies for DMD, and future prospects with a focus on ASO chemical modification and bioconjugation strategies.

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ExonsGenetic TherapyMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneOligonucleotides, AntisenseAnimalsDystrophinHumansDystrophinOligonucleotides, AntisenseAntisense oligonucleotideDMDDuchenn muscular dystrophyDystrophinExon skipping

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PMID39883376
PMCPMC7617802

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