Dietary NaCl supplementation prevents muscle necrosis in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The mdx mouse is an animal model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Mdx mice fed a 12% NaCl diet from birth up to 20 days of age (mdx-Na mice) had an ~50% reduction in serum creatine kinase (CK) activity compared with mdx mice fed a standard diet. Most notably, necrotic fibers in tibialis anterior (TA...
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Published in | American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Vol. 59; no. 2; p. R449 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Bethesda
American Physiological Society
01.02.2006
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