Abstract
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked skeletal myopathy that affects 1:4000 boys and is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene which results in production of a non-functional protein. Absence of a functional dystrophin causes myofiber degeneration, but the secondary signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of DMD remain poorly characterized, and they represent an une…