The physiology of alternative splicing
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 …
multicellular eukaryotes. In this Review, we discuss the accumulated evidence that most of …
Pre-mRNA splicing and human disease
NA Faustino, TA Cooper - Genes & development, 2003 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The precision and complexity of intron removal during pre-mRNA splicing still amazes even
26 years after the discovery that the coding information of metazoan genes is interrupted by …
26 years after the discovery that the coding information of metazoan genes is interrupted by …
Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common inherited forms of neurological disease
leading to infant mortality. Patients have selective loss of lower motor neurons resulting in …
leading to infant mortality. Patients have selective loss of lower motor neurons resulting in …
Gain of toxic function by long-term AAV9-mediated SMN overexpression in the sensorimotor circuit
The neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by deficiency in
the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Currently approved SMA treatments aim to restore …
the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Currently approved SMA treatments aim to restore …
Quantitative analyses of SMN1 and SMN2 based on real-time lightCycler PCR: fast and highly reliable carrier testing and prediction of severity of spinal muscular …
M Feldkötter, V Schwarzer, R Wirth, TF Wienker… - The American Journal of …, 2002 - cell.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive disorder in humans,
caused by homozygous absence of the survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1). SMN2, a …
caused by homozygous absence of the survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1). SMN2, a …
Natural history of infantile‐onset spinal muscular atrophy
Objective Infantile‐onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetic cause
of infant mortality, typically resulting in death preceding age 2. Clinical trials in this …
of infant mortality, typically resulting in death preceding age 2. Clinical trials in this …
Spinal muscular atrophy
MR Lunn, CH Wang - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease
characterised by degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons, atrophy of skeletal muscles …
characterised by degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons, atrophy of skeletal muscles …
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Rescue of the spinal muscular atrophy phenotype in a mouse model by early postnatal delivery of SMN
KD Foust, X Wang, VL McGovern, L Braun… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most common autosomal recessive neurodegenerative
disease affecting children, results in impaired motor neuron function. Despite knowledge of …
disease affecting children, results in impaired motor neuron function. Despite knowledge of …
Antisense correction of SMN2 splicing in the CNS rescues necrosis in a type III SMA mouse model
Y Hua, K Sahashi, G Hung, F Rigo… - Genes & …, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Increasing survival of motor neuron 2, centromeric (SMN2) exon 7 inclusion to express more
full-length SMN protein in motor neurons is a promising approach to treat spinal muscular …
full-length SMN protein in motor neurons is a promising approach to treat spinal muscular …
Spinal muscular atrophy: why do low levels of survival motor neuron protein make motor neurons sick?
Many neurogenetic disorders are caused by the mutation of ubiquitously expressed genes.
One such disorder, spinal muscular atrophy, is caused by loss or mutation of the survival …
One such disorder, spinal muscular atrophy, is caused by loss or mutation of the survival …