Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Long-term microdystrophin gene therapy is effective in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  • Caroline Le Guiner,
  • Laurent Servais,
  • Marie Montus,
  • Thibaut Larcher,
  • Bodvaël Fraysse,
  • Sophie Moullec,
  • Marine Allais,
  • Virginie François,
  • Maeva Dutilleul,
  • Alberto Malerba,
  • Taeyoung Koo,
  • Jean-Laurent Thibaut,
  • Béatrice Matot,
  • Marie Devaux,
  • Johanne Le Duff,
  • Jack-Yves Deschamps,
  • Inès Barthelemy,
  • Stéphane Blot,
  • Isabelle Testault,
  • Karim Wahbi,
  • Stéphane Ederhy,
  • Samia Martin,
  • Philippe Veron,
  • Christophe Georger,
  • Takis Athanasopoulos,
  • Carole Masurier,
  • Federico Mingozzi,
  • Pierre Carlier,
  • Bernard Gjata,
  • Jean-Yves Hogrel,
  • Oumeya Adjali,
  • Fulvio Mavilio,
  • Thomas Voit,
  • Philippe Moullier,
  • George Dickson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16105
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a progressive degenerative disease of muscles caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Here the authors use AAV vectors to deliver microdystrophin to dogs with muscular dystrophy, and show restoration of dystrophin expression and reduction of symptoms up to 26 months of age.