This causes genomic instability in developing immune cells and, in the absence of a working tumor
suppressor protein such as p53, an aggressive form of lymphoma develops in mice.
Moreover, large - scale screens in the C. elegans DMD model allowed identifying genetic and pharmacologic
suppressors of dystrophin - dependent muscle degeneration; some of them positively impact mitochondrial functions or structure under stress conditions, or are involved in signaling pathways linked to mitochondria, and others are associated to proteostasis pathways
such as autophagy, proteasome and Unfolded
Protein Response (UPR).