Monthly #apaperaday wrap-up: December 2022
Prof. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is taking on a challenge by reading and commenting on a paper a day. She shares her insights, findings and thoughts via her @oligogirl Twitter account. Each month, a curated selection of the relevant papers for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are presented by the World Duchenne Organization. See below the overview of December 2022.
Must reads
- Associations Between Self-Reported Behavioral and Learning Concerns and DMD Isoforms in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Read more>
- Trabecular Bone Volume Is Reduced, With Deteriorated Microstructure, With Aging in a Rat Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Read more>
- Brother of Cure Rare Disease CEO Dies in Trial of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapy Read more>
Interesting papers
- Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Pathology in the D2/mdx Mouse Model and Caveats Associated with the Quantification of Utrophin Read more>
- Pharmacological inhibition of HDAC6 improves muscle phenotypes in dystrophin-deficient mice by downregulating TGF-β via Smad3 acetylation Read more>
- Electrical Impedance Myography Correlates with Functional Measures of Disease Progression in D2-mdx Mice and Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Read more>
Additional reading
- Early Developmental Changes of Muscle Acetylcholine Receptors Are Little Influenced by dystrophin Absence in mdx Mouse Read more>
- RNA-based drugs and regulation: Toward a necessary evolution of the definitions issued from the European Union legislation Read more>
- Bridging the Gap With Clinical Pharmacology in Innovative Rare Disease Treatment Modalities: Targeting DNA to RNA to Protein Read more>
We are grateful for prof. Aartsma-Rus for allowing us to share her daily recaps. Follow @oligogirl on Twitter to stay on top of the latest #apaperaday tweets, or subscribe to the WDO Newsletter to receive the monthly must-reads in your inbox.
About professor Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
Prof. Dr. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is a professor of Translational Genetics at the Department of Human Genetics of the Leiden University Medical Center. Since 2013 she has a visiting professorship at the Institute of Genetic Medicine of Newcastle University (UK).
Her work currently focuses on developing antisense-mediated exon skipping as a therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In addition, in collaborative efforts she aims to bridge the gap between different stakeholders (patients, academics, regulators and industry) involved in drug development for rare diseases.
In 2013 she was elected a member of the junior section of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW), which consists of what are considered the top 50 scientists in the Netherlands under 45. From 2015 to 2022, she was selected as the most influential scientist in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Expertscape.
