Spinal muscular atrophy patient iPSC-derived motor neurons have reduced expression of proteins important in neuronal development [PDF]
This work was supported by The RJAH Institute of Orthopaedics, UK (H.F.), The SMA Trust, UK (H.F.), Cedars-Sinai Institutional startup funds (D.S), California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Grant RT-02040 (D.S.), National Center for Advancing ...
Heidi R. Fuller +23 more
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Changes in intranuclear mobility of mature snRNPs provide a mechanism for splicing defects in spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust (grant ID WT078810MA)It is becoming increasingly clear that defects in RNA metabolism can lead to disease. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of infant mortality, results from insufficient ...
Clelland, Allyson Kara +2 more
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A functional motor unit in the culture dish : co-culture of spinal cord explants and muscle cells [PDF]
Human primary muscle cells cultured aneurally in monolayer rarely contract spontaneously because, in the absence of a nerve component, cell differentiation is limited and motor neuron stimulation is missing(1). These limitations hamper the in vitro study
Handschin, Christoph +2 more
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An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]
An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Krause, Klaus-Henning, Schmitt, H.-P.
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Experiential knowledge of disability, impairment and illness : the reproductive decisions of families genetically at risk [PDF]
As the capacities of Reproductive Genetic Technologies expand, would-be parents face an increasing number of reproductive decisions regarding testing and screening for different conditions.
Boardman, Felicity K.
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Knowledge is power? : the role of experiential knowledge in genetically 'risky' reproductive decisions [PDF]
Knowledge of the condition being tested for is increasingly acknowledged as an important factor in prenatal testing and screening decisions. An analysis of the way in which family members living with an inheritable condition use and value this knowledge ...
Boardman, Felicity K.
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The expressivist objection to prenatal testing : the experiences of families living with genetic disease [PDF]
The expressivist objection to prenatal testing is acknowledged as a significant critique of prenatal testing practices most commonly advanced by disability rights supporters.
Felicity Kate Boardman +2 more
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Pharmacological management of spinal muscular atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive inherited disease, which associate with SMN gene mutation. It presents with a wide range of symptoms from weakness, and fatigue of muscles to non-ambulatory, and death.
Le, Ngo Minh Tran
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FUS-SMN Protein Interactions Link the Motor Neuron Diseases ALS and SMA [PDF]
Mutations in the RNA binding protein FUS cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal adult motor neuron disease. Decreased expression of SMN causes the fatal childhood motor neuron disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
Das, Rita +56 more
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Development of Therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Using Gene Therapy and Nanotechnology [PDF]
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease which is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy. The disease arises from mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene causing degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons.
Little, Daniel
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