Multiscale models of skeletal muscle reveal the complex effects of muscular dystrophy on tissue mechanics and damage susceptibility

Musculotendon variability influences tissue strains experienced by the biceps femoris long head muscle during high-speed running

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The role of transmembrane proteins on force transmission in skeletal muscle

(2014) Chi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Skeletal Muscle Extracellular Matrix Ultrastructure

(2014) Allison R. Gillies et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

A Sensitive, Reproducible and Objective Immunofluorescence Analysis Method of Dystrophin in Individual Fibers in Samples from Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2014) Chantal Beekman et al.   PLoS One

Novel and optimized strategies for inducing fibrosis in vivo: focus on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2014) Patrizia Pessina et al.   Skeletal Muscle

Cellular Mechanisms of Tissue Fibrosis. 4. Structural and functional consequences of skeletal muscle fibrosis

(2013) Richard L. Lieber et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics of X-linked Muscular Dystrophies: The Golden Retriever Model

(2013) Candice Brinkmeyer-Langford et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

Repair or replace? Exploiting novel gene and cell therapy strategies for muscular dystrophies

(2013) Sara Benedetti et al.   FEBS Journal

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying muscular dystrophy

(2013) Fedik Rahimov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FEBio: Finite Elements for Biomechanics

(2012) Steve A. Maas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

A new model of experimental fibrosis in hindlimb skeletal muscle of adult mdx mouse mimicking muscular dystrophy

(2012) Isabelle Desguerre et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

A mathematical model of force transmission from intrafascicularly terminating muscle fibers

(2011) Bahar Sharafi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Biomechanics of the sarcolemma and costameres in single skeletal muscle fibers from normal and dystrophin-null mice

(2011) K. P. García-Pelagio et al.   JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY

Structural, biochemical, cellular, and functional changes in skeletal muscle extracellular matrix with aging

(2011) T. W. Kragstrup et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

A micromechanical model of skeletal muscle to explore the effects of fiber and fascicle geometry

(2010) Bahar Sharafi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

The role of intramuscular connective tissue in meat texture

(2009) Takanori NISHIMURA   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Emerging strategies for cell and gene therapy of the muscular dystrophies

(2009) Lindsey A. Muir et al.   EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Direct observation of failing fibers in muscles of dystrophic mice provides mechanistic insight into muscular dystrophy

(2008) Dennis R. Claflin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic isolation and characterization of a splicing mutant of zebrafish dystrophin

(2008) Jeffrey R. Guyon et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

PlGF–MMP-9–expressing cells restore microcirculation and efficacy of cell therapy in aged dystrophic muscle

(2008) Cesare Gargioli et al.   NATURE MEDICINE