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Skeletal muscles are composed of heterogeneous collections of muscle fiber types, the arrangement of which contributes to a variety of functional capabilities in many muscle types. Furthermore, skeletal muscles can adapt individual myofibers under various circumstances, such as disease and exercise, by changing fiber types. This study was performed to examine the influence of dystrophin deficiency on fiber type composition of skeletal muscles in canine X-linked muscular dystrophy in Japan (CXMDJ), a large animal model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, Nishi-tokyo, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan. k_yuasa@musashino-u.ac.jp
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