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ArticleNature medicine2019

Non-immunogenic utrophin gene therapy for the treatment of muscular dystrophy animal models.

Yafeng Song, Leon Morales, Alock S Malik, Andrew F Mead, Christopher D Greer, Marilyn A Mitchell, Mihail T Petrov, Leonard T Su, Margaret E Choi, Shira T Rosenblum and 13 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CRISPR-Cas9-mediated upregulation of utrophin ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  7. RNA-Based Therapies for Treating Monogenic Cardiomyopathies.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2026
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  18. The road toward AAV-mediated gene therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yafeng Song *Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leon Morales *Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-8183
Alock S Malik *Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Andrew F MeadDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher D GreerDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2185-8500
Marilyn A MitchellDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mihail T PetrovDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leonard T SuDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Margaret E ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shira T RosenblumDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Xiangping LuDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Daniel J VanBelzenDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-3641
Ranjith K KrishnankuttyDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Frederick J BalzerDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Emanuele LoroDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Robert FrenchDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9914-4562
Kathleen J PropertDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shangzhen ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Benjamin W KozyakDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Peter P NghiemDepartment of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Tejvir S KhuranaDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joe N KornegayDepartment of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Hansell H StedmanDepartment of Surgery, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. hstedman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-1815
University of Pennsylvania · USTexas A&M University · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USPhiladelphia VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Vector CoreP30DK047757 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CALCEDO, ROBERTO · 1993 to 2017
$18.0M
Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular BiologyT32HL007954 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVIES, PETER FRANCIS · 2000 to 2019
$9.9M
The Role of Hyaluronic Acid Receptors in Tendon HealingP30AR050950 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PIGNOLO, ROBERT JOHN · 2006 to 2015
$6.2M
Training in Muscle Biology and Muscle DiseaseT32AR053461 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI OSTAP, E. MICHAEL · 2006 to 2025
$4.9M
Systemic molecular therapy for muscular dystrophyR01NS042874 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STEDMAN, HANSELL H · 2002 to 2013
$4.8M
National Center for Canine Models of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (NCDMD)U24NS059696 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KORNEGAY, JOE N. · 2008 to 2011
$2.1M
Translational program for molecular therapeutics in DMDU01NS052476 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STEDMAN, HANSELL H · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
Shared Resource for Disease Model Surgical Critical Care and Data MangementS10RR028027 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STEDMAN, HANSELL H · 2010 to 2010
$481k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR028027NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007954NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR050950NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR053461NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK047757NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042874NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS052476NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS059696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The essential product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene is dystrophin

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyAnimalsDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalDogsDystrophinHumansMiceMice, Inbred mdxMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalMuscular DystrophiesMuscular Dystrophy, AnimalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneTransgenesUtrophinDystrophinUtrophin

Identifiers

PMID31591596
PMCPMC7274039
OpenAlexW2979165129

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