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. 2018 Oct 23;5(4):407–417. doi: 10.3233/JND-180324

Table 1.

Working groups and number of data points collected for this study

Strain measured
Class of readout Readout Data Age range (weeks) Bl10/mdx Bl10/wt D2/mdx D2/wt Contributors
Natural History Lean and fat mass 394 6–12 * * Pfizer
Body weight 2800 4–65 * * * * Aartsma-Rus, De Luca, Duan, Jax, Nagaraju, Pfizer, Sarepta, Spencer
Tissue weights (excluding heart) 2135 4–65 * * * * Aartsma-Rus, De Luca, Duan, Nagaraju, Pfizer
Tibia length 18 23–30 * * Duan
Functional Wheel (voluntary and exhaustion) 318 8–58 * * * * De Luca, Nagaraju
Open field (all assessments)1 376 8–65 * * * Jax, Nagaraju, Spencer
Grip strength (incl. normalized &hang test) 4142 4–65 * * * * Aartsma-Rus, De Luca, Jax, Nagaraju, Sarepta, Spencer
Rotarod 612 6–65 * * * * Jax, Nagaraju, Sarepta
Hindlimb sonography2 72 28 * * * * De Luca
Force (all muscles, all conditions) 1816 8–65 * * * * De Luca, Duan, Jax, Nagaraju, Pfizer
Cardiac Functional assessments3 761 16–58 * * De Luca, Duan, Nagaraju
Size/weight assessments 288 4–65 * * Aartsma-Rus, Duan, Nagaraju
Histology All assessments4 1240 8–78 * * Aartsma-Rus, Duan, Jax, Nagaraju, Yokata
Respiratory All assessments 1174 4–34 * * Aartsma-Rus, Spencer
Therapeutics Gene expression in response to exon skipping 71 13 * * Aartsma-Rus
Biomarkers CK 574 8–64 * * * * Aartsma-Rus, De Luca, Jax, Nagaraju
LDH 76 9–64 * * * * De Luca
Serum biomarkers5 37 13–36 * * Duan, Nagaraju
Dystrophin level 12 13 * * Aartsma-Rus
Gene expression6 939 10–34 * * * * Aartsma-Rus, Jax

1 Includes open field distance run, Digiscan measurements, and # of rearings.

2 Includes volume and % vascularization.

3 Shortening fraction, ejection fraction, stroke volume, and cardiac output also measured in Bl10 mice.

4 Fiber area, fibrosis area, and % calcification also measured in Bl10 mice.

5 Includes WBCs, macrophages, and neutrophils.

6 Gene expression values from 12 genes in two different tissues (gastrocnemius and diaphragm).