Prevalence, incidence and carrier frequency of 5q–linked spinal muscular atrophy–a literature review

IEC Verhaart, A Robertson, IJ Wilson… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2017 - Springer
Spinal muscular atrophy linked to chromosome 5q (SMA) is a recessive, progressive,
neuromuscular disorder caused by bi-allelic mutations in the SMN1 gene, resulting in motor …

Drug repurposing for rare diseases

HI Roessler, NVAM Knoers, MM van Haelst… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Currently, there are about 7000 identified rare diseases, together affecting 10% of the
population. However, fewer than 6% of all rare diseases have an approved treatment option …

Five-year extension results of the phase 1 START trial of onasemnogene abeparvovec in spinal muscular atrophy

JR Mendell, SA Al-Zaidy, KJ Lehman, M McColly… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance This ongoing study assesses long-term safety and durability of response in
infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 after dosing with onasemnogene …

Advances in treatment of spinal muscular atrophy–new phenotypes, new challenges, new implications for care

DC Schorling, A Pechmann… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is caused by autosomal recessive mutations in
SMN1 and results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle weakness. The …

Spinal muscular atrophy—insights and challenges in the treatment era

E Mercuri, MC Pera, M Scoto, R Finkel… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive motor neuron disease caused by
deletion or mutation of SMN1. Four subtypes exist, characterized by different clinical …

Biodistribution of onasemnogene abeparvovec DNA, mRNA and SMN protein in human tissue

G Thomsen, AHM Burghes, C Hsieh, J Do, BTT Chu… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease resulting
from survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1) deletion/mutation. Onasemnogene abeparvovec …

Gene replacement therapy with onasemnogene abeparvovec in children with spinal muscular atrophy aged 24 months or younger and bodyweight up to 15 kg: an …

C Weiß, A Ziegler, LL Becker, J Johannsen… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Given the novelty of gene replacement therapy with onasemnogene
abeparvovec in spinal muscular atrophy, efficacy and safety data are limited, especially for …

New and developing therapies in spinal muscular atrophy: from genotype to phenotype to treatment and where do we stand?

TH Chen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a congenital neuromuscular disorder characterized by
motor neuron loss, resulting in progressive weakness. SMA is notable in the health care …

Treatment algorithm for infants diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy through newborn screening

J Glascock, J Sampson… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease
characterized by the degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to …

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 …