Effect of Catalase/Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic EUK-134 on Damage, Inflammation, and Force Generation of the Diaphragm Muscle in mdx Mice

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most devastating form of muscular dystrophy caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Defects in the dystrophin gene in DMD, are homologous to that found in mdx mice, and result in profound muscle damage, inflammation and weakness in diaphragm and limb mus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Jong Hee
Other Authors: Lawler, John M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
DMD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-08-7133