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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

SMN deficiency in severe models of spinal muscular atrophy causes widespread intron retention and DNA damage.

Mohini Jangi, Christina Fleet, Patrick Cullen, Shipra V Gupta, Shila Mekhoubad, Eric Chiao, Norm Allaire, C Frank Bennett, Frank Rigo, Adrian R Krainer and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Application of Biomarkers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  15. In Search of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease Modifiers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mohini JangiComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Christina FleetComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Patrick CullenComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Shipra V GuptaComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Shila MekhoubadStem Cell Research, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Eric ChiaoStem Cell Research, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Norm AllaireComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
C Frank BennettNeuroscience Drug Discovery, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA 92008.
Frank RigoNeuroscience Drug Discovery, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA 92008.
Adrian R KrainerCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.
Jessica A HurtComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142.
John P CarulliComputational Biology & Genomics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142; john.carulli@biogen.com john.staropoli@biogen.com.
John F StaropoliRare Disease, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142 john.carulli@biogen.com john.staropoli@biogen.com.
Biogen (United States) · USIonis Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USCold Spring Harbor Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease, is the leading monogenic cause of infant mortality. Homozygous loss of the gene survival of motor neuron 1 (

Indexed as

DNA DamageIntronsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMotor NeuronsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA SplicingSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinOligonucleotides, AntisenseSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinDNA damageneurodegenerationSMASMNsplicing

Identifiers

PMID28270613
PMCPMC5373344
OpenAlexW2593835638

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