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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Focus on arachidonic acid metabolites.
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Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie [Biomed Pharmacother] 2019 Feb; Vol. 110, pp. 796-802. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 13. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable disease, characterized by the muscle inflammation and progressive deterioration of muscle function. We discuss and review the role of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites in DMD in muscle fiber degeneration and regeneration and new opportunities for developing new drugs by targeting the AA pathway, providing evidence that the AA pathway could represent an efficacious strategy to ameliorate the treatment of DMD patients. Currently a series of DMD care recommendations regarding management of rehabilitation, orthopedic, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastroenterology exist and the therapy is restricted to corticosteroids for muscle dysfunction with serious side effects. Nowadays there are still no effective cures for the disease. The alternative pharmacological strategies targeting the AA metabolites may yield favorable outcomes in DMD. 5-LOX inhibition might be important for the survival of myofibers. Moreover H-PGDS inhibitors, cyclooxygenase (COX)-inhibiting NO donors (CINODs), inhibitors of Ca2+-independent PLA <subscript>2,</subscript> are some of the different pathways which can bring to further development of new drugs.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 The Author. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones administration & dosage
Animals
Arachidonic Acid antagonists & inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors administration & dosage
Humans
Inflammation Mediators antagonists & inhibitors
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal drug effects
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal metabolism
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne drug therapy
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne pathology
Signal Transduction drug effects
Signal Transduction physiology
Arachidonic Acid metabolism
Inflammation Mediators metabolism
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1950-6007
- Volume :
- 110
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30554118
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.12.034