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Biochemical bases of ectopic calcification of skeletal muscles in animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (mdx mice)

2018/29/B/NZ4/02440

Keywords:

muscular dystrophy muscle calcification ER-stress nucleotide receptor P2RX7

Descriptors:

  • NZ4_5: Anatomical pathology
  • NZ4_2: Physiology
  • NZ4_11: Metabolism

Panel:

NZ4 - Biology of tissues, organs and organisms: morphology and functions of animal's and human's systems, organs and organisms, experimental medicine, basics of neurology

Host institution :

Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. M. Nenckiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Zabłocki 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 446 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-01-15

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-01-14

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. P2X7 Purinoceptor Affects Ectopic Calcification of Dystrophic Muscles
    Authors:
    Rumney RMH, Róg J, Chira N, Kao AP, Al-Khalidi R, Górecki DC.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Pharmacology (rok: 2022, tom: 13, strony: 0), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fphar.2022.935804 - link to the publication
  2. Total Absence of Dystrophin Expression Exacerbates Ectopic Myofiber Calcification and Fibrosis and Alters Macrophage Infiltration Patterns.
    Authors:
    Young CNJ, Gosselin MRF, Rumney R, Oksiejuk A, Chira N, Bożycki Ł, Matryba P, Łukasiewicz K, Kao AP, Dunlop J, Robson SC, Zabłocki K, Górecki DC.
    Academic press:
    Americam Journal of Pathology (rok: 2020, tom: 190, strony: 190-205), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.09.021 - link to the publication