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ReviewPharmaceutical research2007

Gene therapy of the other genome: the challenges of treating mitochondrial DNA defects.

Gerard G M D'Souza, Sarathi V Boddapati, Volkmar Weissig

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Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The approaches for manipulating mitochondrial proteome.Environmental and molecular mutagenesis · 2010
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  6. The in-depth evaluation of suspected mitochondrial disease.Molecular genetics and metabolism · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gerard G M D'SouzaBouvé College of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, 211 Mugar Building, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Sarathi V Boddapati
Volkmar Weissig
Northeastern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human mitochondrial DNA is a 16.5 kb circular DNA molecule located inside the mitochondrial matrix. Although accounting for only about 1% of total cellular DNA, defects in mitochondrial DNA have been found to have major effects on human health. A single mtDNA mutation may cause a bewildering variety of clinical symptoms mainly involving the neuromuscular system at any age of onset. Despite significant advances in the understanding of mitochondrial DNA defects at a molecular level, the clinical diagnosis of mtDNA diseases remains a significant challenge and effective therapies for such diseases are as yet unavailable. In contrast to gene therapy for chromosomal DNA defects, mitochondrial gene therapy is a field that is still in its infancy and attempts towards gene therapy of the mitochondrial genome are rare. In this review we outline what we believe are the unique challenges associated with the correction of mtDNA mutations and summarize current approaches to gene therapy for the "other genome".

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Genetic TherapyGenomicsAnimalsDNADNA, MitochondrialGenes, ReporterGenomeHumansMutationDNADNA, Mitochondrial

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PMID17180727
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