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Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal pediatric muscle disease that leads to progressive weakness and wasting of the skeletal and cardiac striated muscles. It is characterized by the absence or low expression of dystrophin, leading to recurrent muscle fiber damage, chronic inflammation, and fibrosis. The mdx mouse is a commonly used model in DMD research due to its similarity in t…