ITGA4 and Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Using this approach, in a cohort of 74 individuals with DMD, we have shown that the relative number of circulating T cells with a higher membrane expression level of CD49d (T+/CD49dhi) – the α4 chain of the integrin VLA-4 – correlate with the progression and prognosis of the disease (F.P.-M., W.S., S.D.S.-B., V.M., T.V., G.B.-B.