Eteplirsen in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

ABSTRACT: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a fatal neuromuscular disorder affecting around one in 3,500-5,000 male births that is characterized by progressive muscular deterioration. It is inherited in an X-linked recessive fashion and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the DMD gene coding for dystrophin, a cytoskeletal protein that stabilizes the plasma membrane of muscle fibers. In September 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for eteplirsen (or Exondys 51), a drug that acts to promote dystrophin production by restoring the translational reading frame of DMD through specific skipping of exon 51 in defective gene variants. Eteplirsen is applicable for approximately 14% of patients with DMD mutations. This article extensively reviews and

SUBMITTER: Lim KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338848 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature