Gene activation of SMN by selective disruption of lncRNA-mediated recruitment of PRC2 for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

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Significance Autosomal recessive mutations or deletions of the gene Survival Motor Neuron 1 ( SMN1 ) cause spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disorder. Transcriptional up-regulation of a nearly identical gene, SMN2 , can functionally compensate for the loss of SMN1 , resulting in increased SMN protein to ameliorate the disease severity. Here we demonstrate that the repressed state of SMN2 is reversible...

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