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Modeling the early phenotype at the neuromuscular junction of spinal muscular atrophy using patient-derived iPSCs.
Stem cell reports - 14 Apr 2015
Yoshida Michiko, Kitaoka Shiho, Egawa Naohiro, Yamane Mayu, Ikeda Ryunosuke, Tsukita Kayoko, Amano Naoki, Watanabe Akira, Morimoto Masafumi, Takahashi Jun, Hosoi Hajime, Nakahata Tatsutoshi, Inoue Haruhisa, Saito Megumu K
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations of the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. In the pathogenesis of SMA, pathological changes of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) precede the motor neuronal loss. Therefore, it is critical to evaluate the NMJ formed by SMA patients' motor neurons (MNs), and to identify drugs that can restore the normal condition. We generated NMJ-like...
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