Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ham DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736947 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ham Daniel J DJ Gardner Anastasia A Kennedy Tahnee L TL Trieu Jennifer J Naim Timur T Chee Annabel A Alves Francesca M FM Caldow Marissa K MK Lynch Gordon S GS Koopman René R
Scientific reports 20190910 1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked genetic disease characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness and premature death. Glucocorticoids (e.g. prednisolone) remain the only drugs with a favorable impact on DMD patients, but not without side effects. We have demonstrated that glycine preserves muscle in various wasting models. Since glycine effectively suppresses the activity of pro-inflammatory macrophages, we investigated the potential of glycine treatment to ameliorate th ...[more]