title: Mechanisms of muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and 2 Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffery A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McNally
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010539:Permeability; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D002118:Calcium