Branched fibres in old dystrophicmdxmuscle are associated with mechanical weakening of the sarcolemma, abnormal Ca2+transients and a breakdown of Ca2+homeostasis during fatigue

Microarchitecture Is Severely Compromised but Motor Protein Function Is Preserved in Dystrophic mdx Skeletal Muscle

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Malformed mdx myofibers have normal cytoskeletal architecture yet altered EC coupling and stress-induced Ca2+ signaling

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Phospholipase A2-derived lysophosphatidylcholine triggers Ca2+ entry in dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers

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Essential role of TRPV2 ion channel in the sensitivity of dystrophic muscle to eccentric contractions

(2009) Nadège Zanou et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Eccentric contractions lead to myofibrillar dysfunction in muscular dystrophy

(2009) Bert Blaauw et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Different fibre populations distinguished by their calcium transient characteristics in enzymatically dissociated murine flexor digitorum brevis and soleus muscles

(2009) Juan C. Calderón et al.   JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY

Hypernitrosylated ryanodine receptor calcium release channels are leaky in dystrophic muscle

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Mammalian animal models for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Reciprocal amplification of ROS and Ca2+ signals in stressed mdx dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers

(2009) Vyacheslav M. Shkryl et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Calcium influx is sufficient to induce muscular dystrophy through a TRPC-dependent mechanism

(2009) Douglas P. Millay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

TRPC1 binds to caveolin-3 and is regulated by Src kinase - role in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

(2008) O. L. Gervasio et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Nav1.4 Deregulation in Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle Leads to Na+Overload and Enhanced Cell Death

(2008) Carole Hirn et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Comparison of the myoplasmic calcium transient elicited by an action potential in intact fibres ofmdxand normal mice

(2008) Stephen Hollingworth et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

L-Type Ca2+ Channel Function Is Linked to Dystrophin Expression in Mammalian Muscle

(2008) Oliver Friedrich et al.   PLoS One

Impaired calcium release during fatigue

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