Project description:Matrix metalloprotease (MMP) -2 has been reported to be up-regulated in skeletal muscle in the lethal X-linked muscle disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which is caused by loss of dystrophin. However, the role of MMP-2 in dystrophin-deficient muscle is not well known. The aim of this study was to verify the role of MMP-2 in dystrophin-deficient muscle by using mdx mice with genetic ablation of MMP-2 (mdx/MMP-2-/-). Gene expression profiles were analyzed in the skeletal muscle of mdx and mdx/MMP-2-/- mice at 1 and 3 months of age.
Project description:Determination of gene expression changes in diaphragm muscle of mdx (dystrophin-deficient) mice at postnatal ages 7, 14, 23, 28, 56, and 112 days. 3 independent replicates/age/strain. Data form part of publication: Human Molecular Genetics 13:257-269, 2004.
Project description:Determination of gene expression changes in extraocular muscle of mdx (dystrophin-deficient) mice at postnatal ages 7, 14, 23, 28, 56, and 112 days. 3 independent replicates/age/strain. Data form part of publication: Human Molecular Genetics 13:257-269, 2004. Keywords = microarray Keywords = muscle Keywords: time-course
