Cross-disease comparison
Compare evidence axes without naming a disease “winner.”
The table preserves different cell systems, statistical units and endpoints. Missing evidence is not converted to zero, and null findings are not hidden.
| Axis | DMD | FSHD | DM1 | SMA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etiologic anchor | DMD | DUX4 | DMPK CTG repeat | SMN1 / SMN2 |
| Primary model | DMD muscle/correction + cross-context candidates | Patient myotube nuclei + inducible myoblast | Isogenic myoblast + patient muscle | Spinal organoid + treated patient muscle |
| Statistical unit | Dataset-specific donor / replicate | 1 donor/state descriptive; 4 wells/induced condition | Independent biopsy; clone-level correction | Line-aggregated organoid; independent muscle biopsy |
| Strongest added axis | Measured DMD induction/correction | Sparse target program + causal timing | 36-gene splicing convergence | Concordant KIF5A after SMN loss |
| Null / negative retained | 0/21 direct candidate DMD perturbation truth | No donor-general prevalence estimate | No global expression reversal | No global ASO expression reversal; muscle modules q>0.30 |
| Permitted use | Prospective candidate experiment design | State stratification and stress-intervention design | Molecular/splicing correction reference | Neural response and residual-muscle study design |
| Claim ceiling | No calibrated DMD candidate response | No patient efficacy | No prognosis or treatment ranking | No patient motor-outcome prediction |
Measured reanalysis