Editorial for the Genetics of Muscular Dystrophies from the Pathogenesis to Gene Therapy Special Issue

Luisa Politano; Filippo M Santorelli

doi:10.3390/genes14040926

Editorial for the Genetics of Muscular Dystrophies from the Pathogenesis to Gene Therapy Special Issue

Genes (Basel). 2023 Apr 17;14(4):926. doi: 10.3390/genes14040926.

Authors

Luisa Politano¹, Filippo M Santorelli²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiomyology and Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Napoli, Italy.
² IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, 56128 Pisa, Italy.

Abstract

Muscular dystrophies (MDs) make up a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of skeletal muscle diseases with progressive muscle weakness and atrophy [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrophy
Genetic Therapy
Humans
Muscular Dystrophies* / genetics
Muscular Dystrophies* / therapy

Grants and funding

This study received partial financial support from the Italian Ministry of Health-Ricerca Corrente (to F.M.S.). This work was also supported by a grant from Regione Toscana (FAS Salute 2018, InGene2.0 to F.M.S.).