PKC theta ablation improves healing in a mouse model of muscular dystrophy.

Inflammation is a key pathological characteristic of dystrophic muscle lesion formation, limiting muscle regeneration and resulting in fibrotic and fatty tissue replacement of muscle, which exacerbates the wasting process in dystrophic muscles. Limiting immune response is thus one of the therapeutic...

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Main Authors: Luca Madaro, Andrea Pelle, Carmine Nicoletti, Annunziata Crupi, Valeria Marrocco, Gianluca Bossi, Silvia Soddu, Marina Bouché
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22348094/?tool=EBI