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ArticleRNA biology2018

Arginase I mRNA therapy - a novel approach to rescue arginase 1 enzyme deficiency.

Kirtika H Asrani, Lei Cheng, Christopher J Cheng, Romesh R Subramanian

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Article in RNA biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The therapeutic landscape of citrin deficiency.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024
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  5. Hyperargininemia: A Rare Diagnosis in Adulthood.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2024
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  6. Treatment and management for children with urea cycle disorder in chronic stage.Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2023
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  11. The Pivotal Role of Chemical Modifications in mRNA Therapeutics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  13. Novel Homozygous Missense Mutation in theFrontiers in neurology · 2020
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  15. Messenger RNA therapy as an option for treating metabolic disorders.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kirtika H Asrania Discovery Research Cambridge , Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Cambridge , MA , USA.
Lei Chenga Discovery Research Cambridge , Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Cambridge , MA , USA.
Christopher J Chengb Nucleic Acid Technology , Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., New Haven , CT , USA.
Romesh R Subramaniana Discovery Research Cambridge , Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Cambridge , MA , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5586-9895
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arginase I (ARG1) deficiency is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder, caused by deficiency of the enzyme Arginase I, resulting in accumulation of arginine in blood. Current Standard of Care (SOC) for ARG1 deficiency in patients or those having detrimental mutations of ARG1 gene is diet control. Despite diet and drug therapy with nitrogen scavengers, ~25% of patients suffer from severe mental deficits and loss of ambulation. 75% of patients whose symptoms can be managed through diet therapy continue to suffer neuro-cognitive deficits. In our research, we demonstrate in vitro and in vivo that administration of ARG1 mRNA increased ARG1 protein expression and specific activity in relevant cell types, including ARG1-deficient patient cell lines, as well as in wild type mice for up to 4 days. These studies demonstrate that ARG1 mRNA treatment led to increased functional protein expression of ARG1 and subsequently an increase in urea. Hence, ARG1 mRNA therapy could be a potential treatment option to develop for patients.

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AnimalsArginaseArginineBiological TherapyHeLa CellsHep G2 CellsHumansHyperargininemiaMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationRNA, MessengerUreaARG1 protein, humanArginaseArginineRNA, MessengerUreaArginase 1mRNA therapyurea cycle disorder

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PMID29923457
PMCPMC6161738
OpenAlexW2809343036

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