Resveratrol improves motor function in patients with muscular dystrophies: an open-label, single-arm, phase IIa study

Abstract Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are inherited disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness. Previously, we have shown that resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene), an antioxidant and an activator of the protein deacetylase SIRT1, decreases muscular and cardiac oxidative damage a...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Kawamura, Shinobu Fukumura, Koki Nikaido, Nobutada Tachi, Naoki Kozuka, Tsugumi Seino, Kingya Hatakeyama, Mitsuru Mori, Yoichi M. Ito, Akiyoshi Takami, Shiro Hinotsu, Atsushi Kuno, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Yoshiyuki Horio, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77197-6