Gene-targeting therapeutics for neurological disease: lessons learned from spinal muscular atrophy

B Ravi, MH Chan-Cortés… - Annual review of medicine, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The last few decades have seen an explosion in identification of genes that cause
monogenetic neurological diseases, as well as advances in gene-targeting therapeutics …

Systemic delivery of an AAV9 exon-skipping vector significantly improves or prevents features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Dup2 mouse

N Wein, TA Vetter, A Vulin, TR Simmons… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2022 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is typically caused by mutations that disrupt the DMD
reading frame, but nonsense mutations in the 5′ part of the gene induce utilization of an …

CDP-ribitol prodrug treatment ameliorates ISPD-deficient muscular dystrophy mouse model

H Tokuoka, R Imae, H Nakashima, H Manya… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ribitol-phosphate modification is crucial for the functional maturation of α-dystroglycan. Its
dysfunction is associated with muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, and central nervous …

CRISPR-Cas9 base editing of pathogenic CaMKIIδ improves cardiac function in a humanized mouse model

S Lebek, XM Caravia, LG Straub… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality,
highlighting the necessity for advanced therapeutic strategies. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent …

Non-immunogenic utrophin gene therapy for the treatment of muscular dystrophy animal models

Y Song, L Morales, AS Malik, AF Mead, CD Greer… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
The essential product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene is dystrophin, a rod-
like protein that protects striated myocytes from contraction-induced injury,. Dystrophin …

[HTML][HTML] Current and potential new treatment strategies for creatine deficiency syndromes

G Fernandes-Pires, O Braissant - Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Creatine deficiency syndromes (CDS) are inherited metabolic disorders caused by
mutations in GATM, GAMT and SLC6A8 and mainly affect central nervous system (CNS) …

The administration of antisense oligonucleotide golodirsen reduces pathological regeneration in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

D Scaglioni, F Catapano, M Ellis, S Torelli… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
During the last decade, multiple clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have
focused on the induction of dystrophin expression using different strategies. Many of these …

Anti-latent TGFβ binding protein 4 antibody improves muscle function and reduces muscle fibrosis in muscular dystrophy

AR Demonbreun, KS Fallon, CC Oosterbaan… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, like other muscular dystrophies, is a progressive disorder
hallmarked by muscle degeneration, inflammation, and fibrosis. Latent transforming growth …

Applying genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens for therapeutic discovery in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

A Lek, Y Zhang, KG Woodman, S Huang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
The emergence of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technologies and genome-wide CRISPR-
Cas9 libraries enables efficient unbiased genetic screening that can accelerate the process …

Complement Activation by Adeno-Associated Virus-Neutralizing Antibody Complexes

C West, JD Federspiel, K Rogers, A Khatri… - Human Gene …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Treatment of monogenetic disorders using vectors based on adeno-associated virus (AAV)
is an area of intense interest. AAV is non-pathogenic human virus, and preexisting capsid …