Spinal muscular atrophy: more than a disease of motor neurons?

LA Nash, JK Burns, J Warman Chardon… - Current molecular …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetically inherited neurodegenerative
disease resulting in infant mortality. SMA is caused by genetic deletion or mutation in the …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in spinal muscular atrophy

E Zilio, V Piano, B Wirth - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disorder caused by
recessive mutations in the SMN1 gene, globally affecting~ 8–14 newborns per 100,000. The …

Muscle-specific SMN reduction reveals motor neuron–independent disease in spinal muscular atrophy models

JK Kim, NN Jha, Z Feng, MR Faleiro… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Paucity of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein triggers the oft-fatal infantile-onset motor
neuron disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Augmenting the protein is one means of …

Abnormal fatty acid metabolism is a core component of spinal muscular atrophy

MO Deguise, G Baranello, C Mastella… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder leading to
paralysis and subsequent death in young children. Initially considered a motor neuron …

Impaired muscle mitochondrial biogenesis and myogenesis in spinal muscular atrophy

M Ripolone, D Ronchi, R Violano, D Vallejo… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The important depletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the general
depression of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex levels (including complex II) have …

Consequences of epigenetic derepression in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

A Greco, R Goossens, B Van Engelen… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a common hereditary myopathy, is
caused either by the contraction of the D4Z4 macrosatellite repeat at the distal end of …

Metabolic dysfunction in spinal muscular atrophy

MO Deguise, L Chehade, R Kothary - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder leading to
paralysis, muscle atrophy, and death. Significant advances in antisense oligonucleotide …

mi RNA in spinal muscular atrophy pathogenesis and therapy

F Magri, F Vanoli, S Corti - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease
characterized by the selective death of lower motor neurons in the brain stem and spinal …

Is spinal muscular atrophy a disease of the motor neurons only: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications?

C Simone, A Ramirez, M Bucchia, P Rinchetti… - Cellular and molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neurological disease that causes infant
mortality; no effective therapies are currently available. SMA is due to homozygous …

In search of a cure: the development of therapeutics to alter the progression of spinal muscular atrophy

KS Ojala, EJ Reedich, CJ DiDonato, SD Meriney - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Until the recent development of disease-modifying therapeutics, spinal muscular atrophy
(SMA) was considered a devastating neuromuscular disease with a poor prognosis for most …