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ReviewAnnals of neurology2013

Spinal muscular atrophy: development and implementation of potential treatments.

W David Arnold, Arthur H M Burghes

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Review in Annals of neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy types II and III.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  2. Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy type I.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  5. Spinal muscular atrophy carrier frequency in Saudi Arabia.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2022
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  8. Genomic Variability in the Survival Motor Neuron Genes (International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

W David ArnoldNeuromuscular Division, Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wexner Medical Center, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Arthur H M Burghes

Funding

Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training (RMST) ProgramK12HD001097 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BONINGER, MICHAEL L. · 1995 to 2016
$14.1M
SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON GENES IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHYR01NS038650 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BURGHES, ARTHUR H. M. · 1999 to 2011
$3.8M
Therapy for Spinal Muscular AtrophyR01HD060586 · NICHD · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BURGHES, ARTHUR H. M. · 2010 to 2021
$3.7M
Delivery of therapeutic genes in motor neuron diseaseRC2NS069476 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BURGHES, ARTHUR H. M., CLEVELAND, DON W · 2009 to 2010
$3.4M
SMA Biomarkers in the Immediate Post-natal Period of DevelopmentU01NS079163 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOLB, STEPHEN J. · 2012 to 2014
$2.1M
NICHD NIH HHS HD06058NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD001097NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD060586NINDS NIH HHS NS038650NINDS NIH HHS NS069476NINDS NIH HHS NS079163-01NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038650NINDS NIH HHS RC2 NS069476NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS079163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In neurodegenerative disorders, effective treatments are urgently needed, along with methods to determine whether treatment worked. In this review, we discuss the rapid progress in the understanding of recessive proximal spinal muscular atrophy and how this is leading to exciting potential treatments of the disease. Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by loss of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene and reduced levels of SMN protein. The critical downstream targets of SMN deficiency that result in motor neuron loss are not known. However, increasing SMN levels has a marked impact in mouse models, and these therapeutics are rapidly moving toward clinical trials. Promising preclinical therapies, the varying degree of impact on the mouse models, and potential measures of treatment effect are reviewed. One key issue discussed is the variable outcome of increasing SMN at different stages of disease progression.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMuscular Atrophy, SpinalSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 Protein

Identifiers

PMID23939659
PMCPMC3876415

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