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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2017

Myotonic dystrophy: approach to therapy.

Charles A Thornton, Eric Wang, Ellie M Carrell

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Development and Clinical Applications of Antisense Oligonucleotide Gapmers.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  3. Chemical Modifications in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  7. SpecificMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2023
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  18. Cellular Senescence and Aging in Myotonic Dystrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles A ThorntonDepartment of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester 14642, NY, United States. Electronic address: charles_thornton@urmc.rochester.edu.
Eric WangDepartment of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Center for NeuroGenetics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Ellie M CarrellDepartment of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester 14642, NY, United States.
University of Rochester · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Training and Educational CoreU54NS048843 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI THORNTON, CHARLES A · 2003 to 2017
$21.9M
Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research CenterP50NS048843 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI THORNTON, CHARLES A · 2018 to 2022
$7.1M
Antisense oligonucleotide treatment for myotonic dystrophyU01NS072323 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI THORNTON, CHARLES A · 2011 to 2014
$4.0M
Therapeutic Modulation of Myotonic Muscular DystrophyR37NS094393 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI THORNTON, CHARLES A · 2015 to 2021
$2.5M
Ppst-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in neuromuscular diseaseDP5OD017865 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI WANG, ERIC T · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
NIH HHS DP5 OD017865NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS048843NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS094393NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS072323NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS048843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a dominantly-inherited genetic disorder affecting skeletal muscle, heart, brain, and other organs. DM type 1 is caused by expansion of a CTG triplet repeat in DMPK, whereas DM type 2 is caused by expansion of a CCTG tetramer repeat in CNBP. In both cases the DM mutations lead to expression of dominant-acting RNAs. Studies of RNA toxicity have now revealed novel mechanisms and new therapeutic targets. Preclinical data have suggested that RNA dominance is responsive to therapeutic intervention and that DM therapy can be approached at several different levels. Here we review recent efforts to alleviate RNA toxicity in DM.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationGenetic TherapyHumansMutationMyotonic DystrophyMyotonin-Protein KinaseRNA, AntisenseRNA-Binding ProteinsTrinucleotide Repeat ExpansionCNBP protein, humanDMPK protein, humanMyotonin-Protein KinaseRNA, AntisenseRNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28376341
PMCPMC5447481
OpenAlexW2599607200

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