
Heier Laboratory
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​Improving the Treatment of Pediatric
Muscle, Inflammatory & Heart Diseases
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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McCormack NM, Nguyen NY, Tully CB, Oliver T, Fiorillo AA, Heier CR. “Vamorolone improves Becker muscular dystrophy and increases dystrophin protein in model mice.” iScience. 2023 Jun 16;26(7):107161. eCollection 2023 Jul 21. PMCID: PMC10391915.
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Heier CR, Yu Q, Fiorillo AA, Tully CB, Tucker A, Mazala DA, Uaesoontrachoon K, Srinivassane S, Damsker JM, Hoffman EP, Nagaraju K, Spurney CF. “Vamorolone targets dual nuclear receptors to treat inflammation and dystrophic cardiomyopathy.” Life Sci Alliance. 2019 Feb 11; 2(1). pii: e201800186. PMCID: PMC6371196.
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Fiorillo AA, Tully CB, Damsker JM, Nagaraju K, Hoffman EP, Heier CR. “Muscle miRNAome shows suppression of chronic inflammatory miRNAs with both prednisone and vamorolone.” Physiol Genomics. 2018 Sep 1;50(9):735-745. PMCID: PMC6172612.