Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science

β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate improves fast‐twitch muscle function, histopathology and mitochondrial respiration in the D2.mdx dystrophic mouse

Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe inherited muscle disorder caused by mutations that eliminate the protein, dystrophin, resulting in disrupted protein homeostasis, mitochondrial dysfunction, chronic inflammation and progressive muscle degeneration. The leucin...