Journal
NEUROTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 619-626Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2008.08.003
Keywords
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; sarcoglycan; calpain 3; dysferlin; dystroglycan
Funding
- MRC [G0601943] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0601943] Funding Source: Medline
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Fourteen years ago, the first disease-causing mutation in a form of autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy was reported. Since then the number of genes has been extended to at least 14 and the phenotypic spectrum has been broadened. The generation of mouse models helped to improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and also served to study therapeutic possibilities. All autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies are rare diseases, which is one reason why there have been so very few controlled clinical trials. Other reasons are insufficient natural history data and the lack of standardized assessment criteria and validated outcome measures. Currently, therapeutic possibilities are mainly restricted to symptomatic treatment and the treatment of disease complications. On the other hand, new efforts in translational research and the development of molecular therapeutic approaches suggest that more promising clinical trials will be carried out in autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in the next several years.
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