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A large animal model of spinal muscular atrophy and correction of phenotype.
Annals of neurology - 1 Mar 2015
Duque Sandra I, Arnold W David, Odermatt Philipp, Li Xiaohui, Porensky Paul N, Schmelzer Leah, Meyer Kathrin, Kolb Stephen J, Schümperli Daniel, Kaspar Brian K, Burghes Arthur H M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by reduced levels of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein, which results in motoneuron loss. Therapeutic strategies to increase SMN levels including drug compounds, antisense oligonucleotides, and scAAV9 gene therapy have proved effective in mice. We wished to determine whether reduction of SMN in postnatal motoneurons resulted in SMA in a large animal model,...
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