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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2024

Improved gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy in mice using codon-optimized hSMN1 transgene and hSMN1 gene-derived promotor.

Qing Xie, Xiupeng Chen, Hong Ma, Yunxiang Zhu, Yijie Ma, Leila Jalinous, Gerald F Cox, Fiona Weaver, Jun Yang, Zachary Kennedy and 7 more

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Challenging the more-is-better dogma: A precision-optimized AAV gene therapy for SMA.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  13. Spinal muscular atrophy: Biology, pathogenesis, and therapeutic advances.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2026
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  15. Safety through design: Expanding options for spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  20. Gene therapy then and now: A look back at changes in the field over the past 25 years.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qing Xie *Horae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6253-1243
Xiupeng Chen *Horae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-3953
Hong MaHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Yunxiang ZhuCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.
Yijie MaCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8750-8354
Leila JalinousCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.
Gerald F CoxCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.
Fiona WeaverCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.
Jun YangCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.
Zachary KennedyCANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Burlington, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1624
Alisha GruntmanHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Ailing DuHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Qin SuHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Ran HeHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Phillip Wl TaiHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-8344
Guangping GaoHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. guangping.gao@umassmed.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-9012
Jun XieHorae Gene Therapy Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. jun.xie@umassmed.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9565-1567
Bridge Pharma (United States) · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUMass Memorial Health Care · US

Funding

Oligodendrocyte-focused rAAV gene therapy strategies for Canavan disease and LeukodystrophiesR01NS076991 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Guangping Gao · 2012 to 2026
$5.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physiological regulation of transgene expression is a major challenge in gene therapy. Onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma

Indexed as

Muscular Atrophy, SpinalAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyHumansInfantMiceMotor NeuronsPromoter Regions, GeneticTransgenesAAVEndogenous PromoterGene TherapySMASMN1

Identifiers

PMID38413838
PMCPMC11018631
OpenAlexW4392192986

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