Breathing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: translation to therapy.
Breathing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: translation to therapy.
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DOI:
10.1113/jp281671
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发表时间:
2022-08
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
ElMallah, Mai K.
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作者:
Mhandire, Doreen Z.;Burns, David P.;Roger, Angela L.;O'Halloran, Ken D.;ElMallah, Mai K.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked neuromuscular disease caused by a deficiency in dystrophin - a structural protein which stabilizes muscle during contraction. Dystrophin deficiency adversely affects the respiratory system leading to sleep-disordered breathing, hypoventilation, and weakness of the expiratory and inspiratory musculature, which culminate in severe respiratory dysfunction. Muscle degeneration associated respiratory impairment in neuromuscular disease is a result of disruptions at multiple sites of the respiratory control network, including sensory and motor pathways. As a result of this pathology, respiratory failure is a leading cause of premature death in DMD patients. Currently available treatments for DMD respiratory insufficiency attenuate respiratory symptoms without completely reversing the underlying pathophysiology. This underscores the need to develop curative therapies to improve quality of life and longevity of DMD patients. This review summarises research findings on the pathophysiology of respiratory insufficiencies in DMD disease in humans and animal models, the clinical interventions available to ameliorate symptoms, and gene-based therapeutic strategies uncovered by preclinical animal studies. Summary of the therapeutic strategies for respiratory insufficiency in DMD (Duchenne muscular dystrophy). Treatment options currently in clinical use only attenuate respiratory symptoms without reversing the underlying pathology of DMD-associated respiratory insufficiencies. Ongoing preclinical and clinical research is aimed at developing curative therapies that both improve quality of life and longevity of DMD patients. AAV – adeno-associated virus, PPMO - Peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer