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Two Japanese Patients With SMA Type 1 Suggest that Axonal-SMN May Not Modify the Disease Severity.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jun 2015
Yamada Hiroyuki, Nishida Yoshinobu, Maihara Toshiro, Sa'adah Nihayatus, Harahap Nur Imma Fatimah, Nurputra Dian Kesumapramudya, Ar Rochmah Mawaddah, Nishimura Noriyuki, Saito Toshio, Kubo Yuji, Saito Kayoko, Nishio Hisahide
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by survival motor neuron gene SMN1 mutations. SMN1 produces a full-length SMN1 protein isoform encoded by exons 1-7, and an axonal-SMN protein isoform encoded by exons 1-3 and intron 3. The axonal-SMN protein is expressed only in the embryonic period and plays a significant role in axonal growth. However, there has been no report on contribution of axonal-SMN to...
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