Update on biomarkers in spinal muscular atrophy

MG Pino, KA Rich, SJ Kolb - Biomarker Insights, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The availability of disease modifying therapies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has
created an urgent need to identify clinically meaningful biomarkers. Biomarkers present a …

MRI in neuromuscular diseases: an emerging diagnostic tool and biomarker for prognosis and efficacy

JR Dahlqvist, P Widholm, OD Leinhard… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is an unmet need to identify biomarkers sensitive to change in rare, slowly
progressive neuromuscular diseases. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and treatment effects of nusinersen in longstanding adult 5q-SMA type 3–a prospective observational study

MC Walter, S Wenninger, S Thiele… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Objective: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive autosomal recessive motor
neuron disease caused by loss of the SMN1 gene. Based on randomized clinical trials in …

Muscle strength and motor function in adolescents and adults with spinal muscular atrophy

CA Wijngaarde, M Stam, LAM Otto, B Bartels… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To assess longitudinal patterns of muscle strength, motor function, and maximal
compound muscle action potential amplitudes (CMAPMAX) in older patients with spinal …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers and the development of a personalized medicine approach in spinal muscular atrophy

DST Kariyawasam, A D'Silva, C Lin, MM Ryan… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent unprecedented advances in treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) enabled
patients to access the first approved disease modifying therapy for the condition. There are …

Quantitative MRI of skeletal muscle in a cross‐sectional cohort of patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3

LAM Otto, WL van der Pol, L Schlaffke… - NMR in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to document upper leg involvement in spinal muscular atrophy
(SMA) with quantitative MRI (qMRI) in a cross‐sectional cohort of patients of varying type …

[HTML][HTML] Role of circulating biomarkers in spinal muscular atrophy: insights from a new treatment era

Q Giorgia, M Gomez Garcia de la Banda… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a lower motor neuron disease due to biallelic mutations in
the SMN1 gene on chromosome 5. It is characterized by progressive muscle weakness of …

MRI patterns of muscle involvement in type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy patients

C Brogna, L Cristiano, T Verdolotti, A Pichiecchio… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Only few studies have reported muscle involvement in spinal muscular atrophy using muscle
MRI but this has not been systematically investigated in a large cohort of both pediatric and …

Childhood spinal muscular atrophy

DS Younger, JR Mendell - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by biallelic mutations in the SMN1 (survival motor
neuron 1) gene on chromosome 5q13. 2, which leads to a progressive degeneration of …

[HTML][HTML] Diaphragm Fatigue in SMNΔ7 Mice and Its Molecular Determinants: An Underestimated Issue

F Cadile, D Recchia, M Ansaldo, P Rossi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder characterized by the loss of spinal
motor neurons leading to muscle weakness and respiratory failure. Mitochondrial …