2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Dose prostaglandin-mediated inflammation commit to pathology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
| Project/Area Number |
23659521
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Pediatrics
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| Research Institution | Kobe Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUO Masafumi 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (10157266)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011
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| Keywords | 筋ジス / ジストロフィン / PGD2 / 炎症 |
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| Research Abstract |
Prostaglandin-mediated inflammation was examined in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by examing urinary prostaglandin D_2 metabolite and expression of prostaglandin D_2 synthesis in muscles. It was found that urinary excretion of tetranor PGDMwas elevated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Research Products
(2 results)
