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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1: Clinical phenotypes, molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic insights.

Matteo Saladini, Monica Nizzardo, Alessandra Govoni, Michela Taiana, Nereo Bresolin, Giacomo P Comi, Stefania Corti

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05152823 (Phase I/IIa Intrathecal Gene Delivery Clinical Trial for IGHMBP2-Related Diseases), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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.

NCT05152823 phase1 / phase2enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Phase I/IIa Intrathecal Gene Delivery Clinical Trial for IGHMBP2-Related Diseases

TypeinterventionalSponsorMegan WaldropRan2021 to 2030Enrolled10ConditionsSMARD1, CMT2SArmsGene Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploring the relationship betweenFrontiers in neuroscience · 2023
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  2. Junctions in Jeopardy: the neuromuscular junction is a selective pathological target in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  3. A class of deep intronicmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  6. Current clinical applications of AAV-mediated gene therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  17. Validation of the Pathogenic Effect ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo SaladiniDino Ferrari Centre, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Monica NizzardoFoundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra GovoniFoundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5393-5462
Michela TaianaFoundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy.
Nereo BresolinDino Ferrari Centre, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Giacomo P ComiDino Ferrari Centre, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Stefania CortiDino Ferrari Centre, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5425-969X
University of Milan · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is a rare autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene, which encodes immunoglobulin μ-binding protein 2, leading to progressive spinal motor neuron degeneration. We review the data available in the literature about SMARD1. The vast majority of patients show an onset of typical symptoms in the first year of life. The main clinical features are distal muscular atrophy and diaphragmatic palsy, for which permanent supportive ventilation is required. No effective treatment is available yet, but novel therapeutic approaches, such as gene therapy, have shown encouraging results in preclinical settings and thus represent possible methods for treating SMARD1. Significant advancements in the understanding of both the SMARD1 clinical spectrum and its molecular mechanisms have allowed the rapid translation of preclinical therapeutic strategies to human patients to improve the poor prognosis of this devastating disease.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyMutationAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMuscular Atrophy, SpinalPrognosisRespiratory Distress Syndrome, NewbornTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsIGHMBP2 protein, humanTranscription Factorsgene therapyIGHMBP2motor neuron diseaseSpinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1

Identifiers

PMID31802621
PMCPMC6991628
OpenAlexW2992030406

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