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SUBMITTER: Nieuwenhuis S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nieuwenhuis Sylvia S Widomska Joanna J Blom Paul P 't Hoen Peter-Bram A C PAC van Engelen Baziel G M BGM Glennon Jeffrey C JC On Behalf Of The Optimistic Consortium
International journal of molecular sciences 20220312 6
The blood transcriptome was examined in relation to disease severity in type I myotonic dystrophy (DM1) patients who participated in the Observational Prolonged Trial In DM1 to Improve QoL- Standards (OPTIMISTIC) study. This sought to (a) ascertain if transcriptome changes were associated with increasing disease severity, as measured by the muscle impairment rating scale (MIRS), and (b) establish if these changes in mRNA expression and associated biological pathways were also observed in the Dys ...[more]