Molecular Pathogenesis and New Therapeutic Dimensions for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

ABSTRACT: The condition known as 5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused by a deficiency of the ubiquitous protein survival of motor neuron (SMN), which is encoded by the SMN1 and SMN2 genes. It is one of the most common pediatric recessive genetic diseases, and it represents the most common cause of hereditary infant mortality. After decades of intensive basic and clinical research efforts, and improvements in the standard of care, successful therapeutic milestones have been developed, delaying the progression of 5q SMA and increasing patient survival. At the same time, promising data from early-stage clinical trials have indicated that additional therapeutic options are likely to emerge in the near future. Here, we provide up

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Cortes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature