DMD and Duchenne muscular dystrophy: DMD has been classically related to loss of the full-length dystrophin in the striated muscle tissue, where it provides strength, flexibility, and stability to myofibers and cardiomyocytes by influencing focal adhesion tension [15] as well as by acting as a molecular shock absorber and providing protection to the plasmalemma from contraction-induced damage [16, 17].