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ArticleAnnals of neurology2020

Antisense Oligonucleotide Reverses Leukodystrophy in Canavan Disease Mice.

Vanessa Hull, Yan Wang, Travis Burns, Sheng Zhang, Sarah Sternbach, Jennifer McDonough, Fuzheng Guo, David Pleasure

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Article in Annals of neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The cAMP Inducers ModifyAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  17. The Wnt Effector TCF7l2 Promotes Oligodendroglial Differentiation by Repressing Autocrine BMP4-Mediated Signaling.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  18. Opportunities and challenges for antisense oligonucleotide therapies.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2021
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vanessa HullInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.
Yan WangInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.
Travis BurnsInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.
Sheng ZhangInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.
Sarah SternbachDepartment of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Jennifer McDonoughDepartment of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH.ORCID 0000-0001-9809-2289
Fuzheng GuoInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.
David PleasureInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-9122-1268
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie · USKent State University · US

Funding

The Wnt-independent role of TCF7l2 in CNS myelin formation and repairR01NS094559 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI GUO, FUZHENG · 2016 to 2020
$1.4M
A paradigm shift in our understanding of oligodendroglial HIFa-regulated CNS angiogenesisR21NS109790 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI GUO, FUZHENG · 2018 to 2019
$432k
CANAVAN DISEASE: SUPPRESSING THE PHENOTYPE BY INHIBITING NAA SYNTHESISR21NS096004 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI PLEASURE, DAVID E. · 2015 to 2016
$431k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094559NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS096004NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS109790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marked elevation in the brain concentration of N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) is a characteristic feature of Canavan disease, a vacuolar leukodystrophy resulting from deficiency of the oligodendroglial NAA-cleaving enzyme aspartoacylase. We now demonstrate that inhibiting NAA synthesis by intracisternal administration of a locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotide to young-adult aspartoacylase-deficient mice reverses their pre-existing ataxia and diminishes cerebellar and thalamic vacuolation and Purkinje cell dendritic atrophy. Ann Neurol 2020;87:480-485.

Indexed as

AcetyltransferasesAmidohydrolasesAnimalsAspartic AcidAtaxiaAtrophyCanavan DiseaseCerebellumFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesInfusions, IntraventricularMaleMiceMutationOligonucleotides, AntisensePurkinje CellsAcetyltransferasesAmidohydrolasesAspartic AcidaspartoacylaseN-acetylaspartateOligonucleotides, AntisenseShati protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID31925837
PMCPMC8523037
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