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Tamoxifen prolongs survival and alleviates symptoms in mice with fatal X-linked myotubular myopathy

Authors :
Elinam Gayi
Laurence A. Neff
Xènia Massana Muñoz
Hesham M. Ismail
Marta Sierra
Thomas Mercier
Laurent A. Décosterd
Jocelyn Laporte
Belinda S. Cowling
Olivier M. Dorchies
Leonardo Scapozza
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a severe muscle disease with no effective treatment. Here, the authors show that tamoxifen, a drug used to treat breast cancer, rescues the pathology in a mouse model of the disease, at least in part by normalizing expression of the disease modifier proteins DNM2 and BIN1

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.55e31f0f62ce4d928b4e2b13a82b1d60
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07058-4