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SUBMITTER: Cacchiarelli D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3049433 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
EMBO reports 20110107 2
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)--which is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene-is one of the most severe myopathies. Among therapeutic strategies, exon skipping allows the rescue of dystrophin synthesis through the production of a shorter but functional messenger RNA. Here, we report the identification of a microRNA--miR-31--that represses dystrophin expression by targeting its 3' untranslated region. In human DMD myoblasts treated with exon skipping, we demonstrate that miR-31 inhibitio ...[more]