申请人:Megeney Lynn
公开号:US20120065176A1
公开(公告)日:2012-03-15
It is reported herein that certain muscle diseases and conditions, including forms of muscular dystrophy, are characterized by impaired insulin-dependent signaling in the muscle tissue, in essence, a form of insulin resistance. The present disclosure relates to therapeutic agents, compositions and methods for treating a muscle disease or condition characterized by impaired insulin-dependent signaling by targeting components of the defective insulin signaling pathway. The disease or condition may be treated by administering a therapeutic agent that activates the insulin signaling pathway, in particular, therapeutic agents that act post-insulin receptor to modulate intracellular effector molecules. An exemplary modulator is metformin. Metformin may be administered alone or may be co-administered with another therapeutic agent for treating the muscle disease or condition, such as a corticosteroid.
本文报道了某些肌肉疾病和状况,包括肌肉萎缩症的形式,其特征是肌肉组织中的胰岛素依赖性信号传导受损,本质上是一种胰岛素抵抗形式。本公开涉及治疗剂、组合物和方法,用于治疗肌肉疾病或状况,其特征是通过靶向缺陷胰岛素信号通路的组分来治疗。可以通过给予激活胰岛素信号通路的治疗剂来治疗该疾病或状况,特别是作用于胰岛素受体后来调节细胞内效应分子的治疗剂。一个示例调节剂是二甲双胍。二甲双胍可以单独给予或与另一种用于治疗肌肉疾病或状况的治疗剂一起给予,例如皮质类固醇。