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 …

Potential disease-modifying therapies for Huntington's disease: lessons learned and future opportunities

SJ Tabrizi, C Estevez-Fraga… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Huntington's disease is the most frequent autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder;
however, no disease-modifying interventions are available for patients with this disease. 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 …

Histone deacetylases inhibitors in neurodegenerative diseases, neuroprotection and neuronal differentiation

S Shukla, BL Tekwani - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Histone deacetylases (HADC) are the enzymes that remove acetyl group from lysine residue
of histones and non-histone proteins and regulate the process of transcription by binding to …

Motor function in type 2 and 3 SMA patients treated with Nusinersen: a critical review and meta-analysis

G Coratti, C Cutrona, MC Pera, F Bovis… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2021 - Springer
Background There is an increasing number of papers reporting the real world use of
Nusinersen in different cohorts of SMA patients. Main body The aim of this paper was to …

Spinal muscular atrophy: from approved therapies to future therapeutic targets for personalized medicine

H Chaytow, KME Faller, YT Huang… - Cell Reports Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating childhood motor neuron disease that, in the
most severe cases and when left untreated, leads to death within the first two years of life …

Nusinersen safety and effects on motor function in adult spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and 3

L Maggi, L Bello, S Bonanno, A Govoni… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To retrospectively investigate safety and efficacy of nusinersen in a large cohort of
adult Italian patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods Inclusion criteria were:(1) …

Effect of sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol on tracheostomy/ventilation-free survival and hospitalisation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: long-term results from the …

S Paganoni, S Hendrix, SP Dickson… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Coformulated sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol (PB/TURSO) was shown to
prolong survival and slow functional decline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Objective …

Continued benefit of nusinersen initiated in the presymptomatic stage of spinal muscular atrophy: 5‐year update of the NURTURE study

TO Crawford, KJ Swoboda, DC De Vivo… - Muscle & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction/Aims NURTURE (NCT02386553) is an open‐label study of nusinersen
in children (two SMN2 copies, n= 15; three SMN2 copies, n= 10) who initiated treatment in …

European ad-hoc consensus statement on gene replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy

J Kirschner, N Butoianu, N Goemans… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) used to be one of the most common genetic causes of infant
mortality. New disease modifying treatments have changed the disease trajectories and …