AAV-based gene therapies for the muscular dystrophies

JM Crudele, JS Chamberlain - Human molecular genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of progressive genetic diseases affecting the
musculature that are characterized by inflammatory infiltrates, necrosis and connective …

Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon-skipping therapies: precision medicine spreading from Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Matsuo - JMA journal, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In 1995, we were the first to propose antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-mediated exon-
skipping therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a noncurable …

Precision medicine through antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping

D Li, FL Mastaglia, S Fletcher, SD Wilton - Trends in Pharmacological …, 2018 - cell.com
Clinical implementation of two recently approved antisense RNA therapeutics–Exondys51®
to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne MD) and Spinraza® as a treatment for …

An overview of recent advances and clinical applications of exon skipping and splice modulation for muscular dystrophy and various genetic diseases

M Rodrigues, T Yokota - Exon Skipping and Inclusion Therapies: Methods …, 2018 - Springer
Exon skipping is a therapeutic approach that is feasible for various genetic diseases and
has been studied and developed for over two decades. This approach uses antisense …

Portrait of Dysferlinopathy: Diagnosis and Development of Therapy

C Bouchard, JP Tremblay - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dysferlinopathy is a disease caused by a dysferlin deficiency due to mutations in the DYSF
gene. Dysferlin is a membrane protein in the sarcolemma and is involved in different …

Identification of novel antisense-mediated exon skipping targets in DYSF for therapeutic treatment of dysferlinopathy

JJA Lee, R Maruyama, W Duddy, H Sakurai… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
Dysferlinopathy is a progressive myopathy caused by mutations in the dysferlin (DYSF)
gene. Dysferlin protein plays a major role in plasma-membrane resealing. Some patients …

A protein domain-oriented approach to expand the opportunities of therapeutic exon skipping for USH2A-associated retinitis pigmentosa

RTW Schellens, S Broekman, T Peters… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Loss-of-function mutations in USH2A are among the most common causes of syndromic and
non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP). We previously presented skipping of USH2A exon …

Recent advancements in exon-skipping therapies using antisense oligonucleotides and genome editing for the treatment of various muscular dystrophies

J Hwang, T Yokota - Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2019 - cambridge.org
Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic disorders characterised by degeneration of
muscles. Different forms of muscular dystrophy can show varying phenotypes with a wide …

CRISPR for neuromuscular disorders: gene editing and beyond

CS Young, AD Pyle, MJ Spencer - Physiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
This is a review describing advances in CRISPR/Cas-mediated therapies for neuromuscular
disorders (NMDs). We explore both CRISPR-mediated editing and dead Cas approaches as …

Exon skipping in a Dysf-missense mutant mouse model

J Malcher, L Heidt, A Goyenvalle, H Escobar… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B) is without treatment and caused by mutations
in the dysferlin gene (DYSF). One-third is missense mutations leading to dysferlin …