The physiology of alternative splicing

LE Marasco, AR Kornblihtt - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Alternative splicing is a substantial contributor to the high complexity of transcriptomes of
multicellular eukaryotes. In this Review, we discuss the accumulated evidence that most of …

Spinal muscular atrophy

E Mercuri, CJ Sumner, F Muntoni, BT Darras… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in
SMN1 (encoding survival motor neuron protein (SMN)). Reduced expression of SMN leads …

Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing: roles in physiology and disease, and therapeutic prospects

ME Rogalska, C Vivori, J Valcárcel - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
The removal of introns from mRNA precursors and its regulation by alternative splicing are
key for eukaryotic gene expression and cellular function, as evidenced by the numerous …

The era of cryptic exons: implications for ALS-FTD

PR Mehta, AL Brown, ME Ward, P Fratta - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
TDP-43 is an RNA-binding protein with a crucial nuclear role in splicing, and mislocalises
from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in a range of neurodegenerative disorders. TDP-43 …

Two-year efficacy and safety of risdiplam in patients with type 2 or non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

M Oskoui, JW Day, N Deconinck, ES Mazzone… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Risdiplam is an oral, survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2) pre-mRNA splicing modifier
approved for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SUNFISH (NCT02908685) …

Safety and efficacy of risdiplam in patients with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (FIREFISH part 2): secondary analyses from an open-label trial

R Masson, M Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Risdiplam is an orally administered therapy that modifies pre-mRNA splicing of
the survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene and is approved for the treatment of spinal …

Spinal muscular atrophy: the past, present, and future of diagnosis and treatment

H Nishio, ETE Niba, T Saito, K Okamoto… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a lower motor neuron disease with autosomal recessive
inheritance. The first cases of SMA were reported by Werdnig in 1891. Although the …

Therapy development for spinal muscular atrophy: perspectives for muscular dystrophies and neurodegenerative disorders

S Jablonka, L Hennlein, M Sendtner - Neurological research and practice, 2022 - Springer
Background Major efforts have been made in the last decade to develop and improve
therapies for proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-and long-term (at least 12 months) follow-up of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treated with nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec …

J Erdos, C Wild - European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives This systematic review aimed to assess mid-and long-term (at least 12 months)
real-world study data from all types of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients treated with …

Optimization of base editors for the functional correction of SMN2 as a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

CRR Alves, LL Ha, R Yaworski, ER Sutton… - Nature biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations in SMN1. SMN2 is a paralogous
gene with a C• G-to-T• A transition in exon 7, which causes this exon to be skipped in most …