How to Use dystrophin in a Sentence

dystrophin

noun

• The hallmark of Duchenne is the absence of dystrophin, a protein in skeletal muscle.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2018
• The cells repaired the cut, enabling dystrophin production to be restored to levels that ranged from 3% to 90% of normal, depending on the muscle.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
• This resulted in a small bump in dystrophin production.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2017
• Hundreds or thousands of amino acids are linked together to form proteins such as insulin, collagen, dystrophin, myosin, and the thousands of others needed for life.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 1 May 2018
• The inherited condition, most common in boys, results from a lack of dystrophin, a protein that’s essential for healthy muscles.
  — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2017
• His research focuses on repairing dystrophin, the main protein missing in people with Duchenne.
  — Orla McCaffrey, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
• Reviewers complained that the drug didn’t produce enough dystrophin, and that the company’s clinical trial was too small, among other objections.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2018
• In a study involving patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 12 weeks of treatment with the Wave drug called suvodirsen failed to increase levels of dystrophin compared to baseline, the company said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
• This rare, genetic muscle-wasting disease leaves many of its victims dead by their 20s as patients don't produce enough of a critical protein, called dystrophin, which helps keep muscles intact.
  — Fortune, 6 Sep. 2017
• Children with the condition are born without the protein, dystrophin, which results in muscle degeneration.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• Skeptics argued that the small clinical trials did not demonstrate meaningful improvement, showing just a minuscule increase in dystrophin.
  — Katie Thomas, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• Exondys 51 may be helping protect muscle cells from deterioration by producing a form of dystrophin, a protein largely lacking in those with the genetic mutation.
  — Katie Thomas, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• Until then, there was no approved treatment for boys with Duchenne; Exondys 51 may be helping protect muscle cells from deterioration by producing a form of dystrophin, a protein largely lacking in those with the genetic mutation.
  — Katie Thomas, New York Times, 22 June 2017

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