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Dystrophin expression in Duchenne patients with "in-frame" gene deletions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8327067     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Details of disease progression and dystrophin expression are presented for three patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who unexpectedly had intragenic deletions which maintained the open reading frame for mRNA translation. Analysis of dystrophin in muscle biopsies showed variable dystrophin synthesis in all three patients. Two with relatively small deletions (missing exons 10-13 and 52-55) had low levels of dystrophin which were comparable to those found in many DMD patients. The third patient (with a larger deletion which removed exons 3-25) produced dystrophin in the high abundance which is normally associated with patients who have Becker muscular dystrophy. This is the first time that a patient has been described with the clinical phenotype of DMD, a large amount of dystrophin which was correctly localized at the periphery of muscle fibres and an in-frame deletion of exons in the amino terminal domain.
Authors:
L V Nicholson; K M Bushby; M A Johnson; D Gardner-Medwin; I B Ginjaar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropediatrics     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0174-304X     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropediatrics     Publication Date:  1993 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-08-06     Completed Date:  1993-08-06     Revised Date:  2009-09-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8101187     Medline TA:  Neuropediatrics     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  93-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Muscular Dystrophy Group Research Laboratories, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biopsy
Blotting, Western
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
Dystrophin / biosynthesis,  genetics*
Exons
Gene Deletion*
Gene Expression
Humans
Male
Muscles / chemistry
Muscular Dystrophies / diagnosis,  genetics*
Open Reading Frames*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Wellcome Trust
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dystrophin

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