COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING THE DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX (DAPC)

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods of repairing or restoring a sarcoglycan complex or DAPC, stabilizing DAPC, restoring DAPC function, or increasing or enhancing expression of one or more components of a sarcoglycan complex or DAPC in a subject suffering from a muscular dystrophy, n some embodiments, a method of restoring or stabilizing a dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) in a subject suffering from muscular dystrophy, comprises, or consists essentially of, or yet further consists of administering to the subject a polynucleotide sequence encoding (a) a sarcoglycan and/or (b) dystrophin or abbreviated version thereof.