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 …

Amplifying gene expression with RNA-targeted therapeutics

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Many diseases are caused by insufficient expression of mutated genes and would benefit
from increased expression of the corresponding protein. However, in drug development, it …

Diverse targets of SMN2-directed splicing-modulating small molecule therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy

EW Ottesen, NN Singh, D Luo, B Kaas… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Designing an RNA-interacting molecule that displays high therapeutic efficacy while
retaining specificity within a broad concentration range remains a challenging task …

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 …

Onasemnogene abeparvovec for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

HJ McMillan, CM Proud, MA Farrar… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) represents a significant
milestone in the treatment of neurologic diseases. SMA is a neurodegenerative disease that …

Recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 9 gene therapy in spinal muscular atrophy

K Kotulska, A Fattal-Valevski, J Haberlova - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused
by deletion or mutation of the SMN1 gene. It is characterized by a progressive loss of motor …

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Scoliosis in the Era of Background Therapies—A Review of the Literature

F Ruythooren, P Moens - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Spinal deformities are considered an important complication of neuromuscular disorders
such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA patients typically develop progressive early …

Base editing as a genetic treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

CRR Alves, LL Ha, R Yaworski, CR Lazzarotto… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disease caused by
mutations in the SMN1 gene. Despite the development of various therapies, outcomes can …

Evaluation of the orally bioavailable 4-phenylbutyrate-tethered trichostatin A analogue AR42 in models of spinal muscular atrophy

CJ Lumpkin, AW Harris, AJ Connell, RW Kirk… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a leading genetic cause for infant death in the
world and results from the selective loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord. SMA is a …

Adeno-associated virus serotype 9 antibody seroprevalence for patients in the United States with spinal muscular atrophy

JW Day, JR Mendell, AHM Burghes… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
Onasemnogene abeparvovec is a recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)
vector-based gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Patients with elevated titers of …