PGC-1α controls neuromuscular junction and offers a novel therapeutic target in Duchenne dystrophy?;PGC-1α régule la jonction neuromusculaire et améliore la dystrophie musculaire de Duchenne

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1034-1036

  Arnold, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GA BINDING PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MYOPATHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36549023976     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200723111034     Document Type: Note

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