Pregnancy-induced amelioration of muscular dystrophy phenotype in mdx mice via muscle membrane stabilization effect of glucocorticoid

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Inbred mdx Mouse 99%
• Muscular Dystrophies 84%
• Glucocorticoids 65%
• Corticosterone 64%
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 48%
• Pregnancy 43%
• Muscles 43%
• Phenotype 42%
• Membranes 42%
• Permeability 26%
• Diaphragm 20%
• X-Linked Genetic Diseases 19%
• Postpartum Period 19%
• Annexin A1 15%
• Sex Factors 13%
• Sarcolemma 13%
• Dystrophin 12%
• Osmotic Pressure 12%
• Skeletal Muscle Fibers 11%
• Glucocorticoid Receptors 11%
• Subcutaneous Injections 10%
• Prednisolone 10%
• Progesterone 9%
• Estradiol 8%
• Rodentia 8%
• Up-Regulation 7%
• Animal Models 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• muscular dystrophy 95%
• glucocorticoids 76%
• corticosterone 73%
• pregnancy 52%
• phenotype 47%
• muscles 46%
• mice 41%
• membrane permeability 39%
• muscle fibers 35%
• diaphragm 27%
• animal models 20%
• dystrophin 17%
• prednisolone 16%
• glucocorticoid receptors 15%
• postpartum period 14%
• myotubes 14%
• genetic disorders 14%
• subcutaneous injection 13%
• osmotic stress 12%
• drug therapy 11%
• antagonists 10%
• estradiol 10%
• progesterone 10%
• rodents 9%
• screening 8%
• gender 7%

Chemical Compounds

• Corticosterone 100%
• Glucocorticoid 92%
• Permeability 34%
• Fiber 27%
• Resistance 26%
• Prednisolone 19%
• Progesterone 16%
• Estradiol 16%
• Antagonist 13%