Spinal muscular atrophy

ES Arnold, KH Fischbeck - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Autosomal-recessive proximal spinal muscular atrophy (Werdnig–Hoffmann, Kugelberg–
Welander) is caused by mutation of the SMN1 gene, and the clinical severity correlates with …

Spinal muscular atrophy: molecular pathophysiology

NH Gendron, AE MacKenzie - Current opinion in neurology, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by motor neurone
loss, muscle atrophy and weakness. Deletion or mutation of the SMN1 gene reduces …

Combined treatment with the histone deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 and a splice‐switch antisense oligonucleotide enhances SMN2 splicing and SMN expression in …

V Pagliarini, M Guerra, V Di Rosa… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease caused by loss of function
mutations in the Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) gene and reduced expression of the SMN …

Therapeutic approaches for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

M Scoto, RS Finkel, E Mercuri, F Muntoni - Gene therapy, 2017 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by progressive muscle wasting and loss of muscle function due to severe …

Spinal muscular atrophy: from gene to therapy

B Wirth, L Brichta, E Hahnen - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2006 - Elsevier
The molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an autosomal recessive
neuromuscular disorder, is the homozygous loss of the survival motor neuron gene 1 …

Spinal muscular atrophy: molecular genetics and diagnostics

S Ogino, RB Wilson - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases, affecting
approximately one in 10,000 live births and with a carrier frequency of approximately one in …

Mildly affected patients with spinal muscular atrophy are partially protected by an increased SMN2 copy number

B Wirth, L Brichta, B Schrank, H Lochmüller, S Blick… - Human genetics, 2006 - Springer
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by loss of the
SMN1 gene. The clinical distinction between SMA type I to IV reflects different age of onset …

Spinal muscular atrophy: present state

H Schmalbruch, G Haase - Brain pathology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease caused by
homozygous deletions or mutations in the SMN1 gene on Chr. 5q13. SMA spans from …

Spinal muscular atrophy: therapeutic strategies

D Castro, ST Iannaccone - Current treatment options in neurology, 2014 - Springer
Opinion statement Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by mutations in the survival motor
neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, leading to the reduction of SMN protein. The loss of alpha motor …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy with nusinersen and onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi in spinal muscular atrophy type I

A Mirea, ES Shelby, M Axente, M Badina… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular progressive disease,
characterized by decreased amounts of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein, due to an …