Trunk Fat Negatively Influences Skeletal and Testicular Functions in Obese Men: Clinical Implications for the Aging Male by Silvia Migliaccio, Davide Francomano, Roberto Bruzziches, Emanuela A. Greco, Rachele Fornari, Lorenzo M. Donini, Andrea Lenzi, Antonio Aversa

“…An inverse correlation between E2 levels, BMDL, and BMDH (P<0.001, r2=−0.20; P<0.001, r2=−0.19) was observed. …”
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Tips, Tricks, and Guides in Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Learning Curve by Davide Borroni, Carlos Rocha de Lossada, Mohit Parekh, Kunal Gadhvi, Chiara Bonzano, Vito Romano, Hannah J. Levis, Aris Tzamalis, Bernhard Steger, Miguel Rechichi, Marina Rodriguez-Calvo-de-Mora

“…The learning curve of DMEK, however, has been proven to be much steeper than previous endothelial keratoplasty procedures. …”
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Visual Outcome of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty during the Learning Curve in Initial Fifty Cases by Sanjay K. Singh, Sanjeeta Sitaula

“…The common indications for DMEK were pseudophakic bullous keratopathy –57.1%, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy-34.7%, failed grafts-6.1% (Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and failed penetrating keratoplasty), and others. …”
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Congenital muscular dystrophies and myopathies: the leading cause of genetic muscular disorders in eleven Chinese families by Bin Mao, Xiaoling Cai, Na Lin, Yulin Jiang, Na Hao, Yifang Dai, Danhua Guo, Deqin He, Huili Xue, Lingji Chen, Qianqian He, Min Zhang, Meihuan Chen, Hailong Huang, Liangpu Xu

“…Abstract Background Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) and myopathies (CMYOs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neuromuscular disorders that share common features, such as muscle weakness, hypotonia, characteristic changes on muscle biopsy and motor retardation. …”
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Optimizing Bone Health in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Jason L. Buckner, Sasigarn A. Bowden, John D. Mahan

“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness, with eventual loss of ambulation and premature death. …”
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 combined with becker muscular dystrophy: a family case report by Menglin Tan, Huiyi Huo, Jieming Feng, Chandi Wang, Suhua Jiang

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A structural genomics approach to investigate Dystrophin mutations and their impact on the molecular pathways of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Farah Anjum, Osama A. AlKhamees, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Mohd Adnan, Anas Shamsi, Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan

“…BackgroundDystrophin is a key protein encoded by the DMD gene, serves as a scaffold linking the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix that plays a critical role in muscle contraction, relaxation, and structural integrity. …”
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: recent insights in brain related comorbidities by Cyrille Vaillend, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Eugenio Mercuri, Jos Hendriksen, Konstantina Tetorou, Aurelie Goyenvalle, Francesco Muntoni

“…Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common childhood muscular dystrophy, arises from DMD gene mutations, affecting the production of muscle dystrophin protein. …”
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Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) improves daily activity and whole-body protein metabolism in Duchenne muscular dystrophy dogs: a pilot study by Peter P. Nghiem, Alexis M. Rutledge, Kyle Tehas, Corine Kaderli, Meredith Poling, Sidney Arnim, Vitaliy Dernov, Celine van Sas, Macie L. Mackey, Gabriella A. M. ten Have, Mariëlle P. K. J. Engelen, Nicolaas E. P. Deutz

“…Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe neuromuscular disease due to loss of dystrophin, leading to progressive muscle wasting and physical inactivity. …”
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Caregiver Global Impression Observations from EMBARK: A Phase 3 Study Evaluating Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec in Ambulatory Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Craig M. McDonald, Jacob S. Elkins, Sai Dharmarajan, Katherine Gooch, Teofil Ciobanu, Claire J. Lansdall, Alexander P. Murphy, Fiona McDougall, Eugenio M. Mercuri, Ivana Audhya, the EMBARK Study Group

“…Abstract Introduction Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare, progressive, debilitating neuromuscular disease. …”
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Risk Factors for Endothelial Decompensation after Penetrating Keratoplasty and Its Novel Therapeutic Strategies by Mengyuan Liu, Jing Hong

“…Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) following failed PKP provide more rapid visual recovery and achieve better rates of graft survival than those of a second PKP. …”
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Optical genome mapping: Unraveling complex variations and enabling precise diagnosis in dystrophinopathy by Jiahui Mai, Jing Duan, Xiaoyu Chen, Liqin Liu, Dachao Liang, Tao Fu, Gang Lu, Wai Yee Chan, Xufeng Luo, Feiqiu Wen, Jianxiang Liao, Zhuo Li, Xinguo Lu

“…In the other two male patients in whom MLPA suggested non‐contiguous exon duplications or deletions in the DMD gene, OGM characterized one case as a complex rearrangement and the other as a deletion within the DMD gene. …”
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Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptome sequencing analyses of lens tissue in an age-related mouse cataract model. by Yuzhu Hu, Dongmei Su, Yue Zhang, Yanjiang Fu, Sijia Li, Xiaoya Chen, Xiao Zhang, Shunfei Zheng, Xu Ma, Shanshan Hu

“…The results showed that the ARC group (aged mice) had lower Dmpk and Slc25a4 methylation levels and a higher Rps6ka3 methylation than the control group (young mice), which is consistent with the results of the joint analysis of differentially methylated and differentially expressed genes. …”
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Bone measurements interact with phenotypic measures in canine Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Sarah M. Schneider, Macie L. Mackey, Savannah Wilkinson, Lee-Jae Guo, Peter P. Nghiem

“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disease with weakness, loss of ambulation, and premature death. …”
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Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial 1 (DETECT 1): outcome masked, placebo-controlled trial comparing two types of corneal transplant surgeries and effect of rho kinase... by Thomas M Lietman, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, Bennie H Jeng, Benjamin F Arnold, Winston Chamberlain, Charles C Lin, Jennifer Y Li, William Gensheimer, Jameson Clover, Nicole Varnado, Sarah Abdelrahman

“…The patients will be randomly assigned in a 2×2 factorial design to one of the following treatment groups: group 1—ultrathin Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) plus topical ripasudil 0.4%; group 2—UT-DSAEK plus topical placebo; group 3—Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) plus topical ripasudil 0.4% and group 4—DMEK plus topical placebo. …”
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Common mental disorders among women in reproductive age group: An analysis of national mental health survey, India 2016 by Harshitha H. Annajigowda, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

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Forecasting long-time dynamics in quantum many-body systems by dynamic mode decomposition by Ryui Kaneko, Masatoshi Imada, Yoshiyuki Kabashima, Tomi Ohtsuki

“…We straightforwardly employ the simple dynamic mode decomposition (DMD), which is commonly used in fluid dynamics. …”
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Sugammadex and Reversal of Neuromuscular Block in Adult Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Ahmed Abdelgawwad Wefki Abdelgawwad Shousha, Maria Sanfilippo, Antonio Sabba, Paolo Pinchera

“…Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe form of myopathy. …”
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Efficacy of in-person and telepractice-based extended Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LOUD on dysarthria and dysphagia in adults with cerebral palsy by Kyung Min Kim, Sang Ah Park, Seong Hye Hwang, Alyssia Park, Hyang Hee Kim, Jihye Hwang, Sung-Rae Cho

“…Results Significant improvements were noted in speech functions: MPT ( p  = 0.006), voice intensity ( p  = 0.004), DDK /puh/ ( p  = 0.043), and DDK/puh-tuh-kuh/ ( p  = 0.031). …”
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Immunologic investigations into transgene directed immune-mediated myositis following delandistrogene moxeparvovec gene therapy by Rachael A. Potter, Ida H. Moeller, Sohrab Khan, Hélène Haegel, Andreas Hollenstein, Guido Steiner, Christoph Wandel, Alexander P. Murphy, Damon R. Asher, Emanuel Palatinsky, Danielle A. Griffin, Stefanie Mason, Susan T. Iannaccone, Craig M. Zaidman, Louise R. Rodino-Klapac

“…Abstract Delandistrogene moxeparvovec is an rAAVrh74 vector-based gene transfer therapy that delivers a transgene encoding delandistrogene moxeparvovec micro-dystrophin, an engineered, functional form of dystrophin shown to stabilize or slow disease progression in DMD. It is approved in the US and in other select countries. …”
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