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A 4-year-old boy is brought to the physician ...
Cytoskeleton ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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Classic picture for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. which is due to deleted dystrophin protein.

From FA: "Dystrophin helps anchor muscle fibers, primarily in skeletal and cardiac muscle. It connects the intracellular cytoskeleton (actin) to the transmembrane proteins ฮฑ- and ฮฒ-dystroglycan, which are connected to the extracellular matrix (ECM)"

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DMD->Deleted dystrophin, Dystrophin helps anchor muscle fibers, primarily in skeletal and cardiac muscle. It connects the intracellular cytoskeleton(actin) to transmembrane proteins ฮฑ and ฮฒ-dystroglycan, which are connected to the extracellular matrix.

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