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The transgenes were constructed and tested successfully, and a normal length repeat transgenic line was established. Unfortunately generation of the expanded repeat line was not successful. The constructs were used to generate cell-culture models of DM1, in both human and murine cells, which mimicked the nuclear foci formation and MBNL1 co-localisation seen in patient cells. Expression of exogenous MBNL1/GFP fusion protein in this model resulted in an increase in the size of foci, indicating that MBNL1 protein is limiting within the cell, and may possibly play a protective role. The murine DM1 cell-culture model was used to investigate the effects of expanded CUG repeat expression on splicing within the transcriptome. The differential effect between 5 and 250 repeat RNA expression using Affymetrix whole transcript and exon arrays was compared. Using whole genome arrays, 6 genes were down-regulated and 128 upregulated. With exon arrays, 58 genes showed alternative exon usage. 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