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ArticleActa neuropathologica2020

CRISPR deletion of the C9ORF72 promoter in ALS/FTD patient motor neurons abolishes production of dipeptide repeat proteins and rescues neurodegeneration.

Gopinath Krishnan, Yu Zhang, Yuanzheng Gu, Mark W Kankel, Fen-Biao Gao, Sandra Almeida

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genetic therapies for neurological diseases.Pharmacological reviews · 2026
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  4. Targets and Gene Therapy of ALS (Part 1).International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Journal of personalized medicine · 2023
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  13. Targeted long-read sequencing captures CRISPR editing and AAV integration outcomes in brain.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
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  16. Development of a sensitive trial-ready poly(GP) CSF biomarker assay forJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2022
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  20. Gene therapy for ALS: A review.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gopinath KrishnanDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
Yuanzheng GuNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders, Biogen, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
Mark W KankelNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders, Biogen, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
Fen-Biao GaoDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. fen-biao.gao@umassmed.edu.
Sandra AlmeidaDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. sandra.almeida@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5648-7239
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USBiogen (United States) · US

Funding

Investigating Pathogenic Mechanisms of Frontotemporal Dementia Caused by Mutations in CHMP2B and TBK1R37NS057553 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GAO, FEN-BIAO · 2018 to 2024
$4.3M
Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia Using Drosophila and iPSC ModelsR01NS101986 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Fen-Biao Gao · 2017 to 2026
$3.6M
Prefrontal AMPA receptors in FTD PathogenesisR01NS093097 · NINDS · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, FEN-BIAO, YAO, WEI-DONG · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia Using Drosophila and iPSC ModelsRF1NS101986 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GAO, FEN-BIAO · 2022 to 2022
$2.1M
Investigating Translational De-repression as a Mechanism to Increase Progranulin Levels in iPSC-derived Patient NeuronsR21NS112766 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ALMEIDA, SANDRA · 2019 to 2019
$461k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093097NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS101986NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS112766NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS057553NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS101986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinFrontotemporal DementiaGenetic TherapyHumansMotor NeuronsMutationNerve DegenerationPromoter Regions, GeneticProof of Concept StudyC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, human

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PMID32266467
PMCPMC7300081
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