A method is provided for diagnosing or prognosing a
muscular dystrophy or a dystrophinopathy in a subject, the method comprising detecting the presence of a biomarker or a combination of biomarkers or detecting a change in level of a biomarker or a combination of biomarkers in a biological sample from the subject, wherein the biomarker is myomesin-3 (MYOM3),
glycogen phosphorylase,
muscle form (PYGM), titin (TTN), or
filamin-C (FLNC), and the combination is a combination of any two or more of MYOM3, PYGM, TTN, or FLNC. In some aspects, the
muscular dystrophy is Becker
muscular dystrophy or
Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A method is provided for diagnosing
Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a subject, the method comprising detecting the presence of a biomarker or a combination of biomarkers or detecting a change in level of a biomarker or a combination of biomarkers in a biological sample from the subject, wherein the biomarker is myomesin-3 (MYOM3),
glycogen phosphorylase,
muscle form (PYGM), titin (TTN),
filamin-C (FLNC), or
myosin-2 (MYH2), and the combination is a combination of any two or more of MYOM3, PYGM, TTN, FLNC, or MYH2. Methods for monitoring
disease progression by measuring levels of one or more biomarkers over course of the
disease, and methods for determining the
efficacy of a
therapeutic treatment for the muscular dystrophy in a subject by measuring levels of one or more biomarkers before and / or
after treatment also are provided.