Scientists reveal how osteopontin ablation ameliorates muscular dystrophy

Removing an immunomodulatory protein called osteopontin improves the symptoms of mice with muscular dystrophy by changing the type of macrophages acting on damaged muscle tissue, according to a new paper. The study adds support to the idea that osteopontin inhibitors could be used to treat patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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