A Deoxyribonucleic Acid Decoy Trapping DUX4 for the Treatment of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is characterized by a loss of repressive epigenetic marks leading to the aberrant expression of the DUX4 transcription factor. In muscle, DUX4 acts as a poison protein though the induction of multiple downstream genes. So far, there is no therapeutic solution for...

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Main Authors: Virginie Mariot, Romain Joubert, Anne-Charlotte Marsollier, Christophe Hourdé, Thomas Voit, Julie Dumonceaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2162253120303401