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Base editing rescues seizures and sudden death in a SCN8A mutation-associated developmental epileptic encephalopathy model.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 2 Feb 2026
Reever Caeley M, Boscia Alexis R, Deutsch Tyler Cj, Patel Mansi P, Miralles Raquel M, Kittur Shrinidhi, Fleischel Erik J, Buo Atum Ml, Yorek Matthew S, Meisler Miriam H, Farber Charles R, Patel Manoj K
Abstract excerpt
SCN8A encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.6, which plays a key role in facilitating neuronal excitability. Mutations in SCN8A, particularly gain-of-function variants, cause SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), a severe epilepsy syndrome characterized by seizures, cognitive dysfunction, movement disorders, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The recurrent SCN8A variant...
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