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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Genethon, Evry, FR;
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Martin K. Childers, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan H. Beggs, Needham, MA (US);
Ana Maria Buj Bello, Paris, FR;
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Genethon, Evry, FR;
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a myopathy. In certain embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for treating, improving muscle function, and prolonging survival in a subject with X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM). The present invention provides a method comprising systemic administration of a composition that induces the increased expression of myotubularin in the muscle of a subject. The invention provides sustained regional and global increases in muscle function.