Evaluation of SMN protein, transcript, and copy number in the biomarkers for spinal muscular atrophy (BforSMA) clinical study.

<label>BACKGROUND</label>The universal presence of a gene (SMN2) nearly identical to the mutated SMN1 gene responsible for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) has proved an enticing incentive to therapeutics development. Early disappointments from putative SMN-enhancing agent clinical trials h...

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Main Authors: Thomas O Crawford, Sergey V Paushkin, Dione T Kobayashi, Suzanne J Forrest, Cynthia L Joyce, Richard S Finkel, Petra Kaufmann, Kathryn J Swoboda, Danilo Tiziano, Rosa Lomastro, Rebecca H Li, Felicia L Trachtenberg, Thomas Plasterer, Karen S Chen, Pilot Study of Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Trial Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338744?pdf=render