Utility of survival motor neuron ELISA for spinal muscular atrophy clinical and preclinical analyses.

Genetic defects leading to the reduction of the survival motor neuron protein (SMN) are a causal factor for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). While there are a number of therapies under evaluation as potential treatments for SMA, there is a critical lack of a biomarker method for assessing efficacy of...

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Main Authors: Dione T Kobayashi, Rory J Olson, Laurel Sly, Chad J Swanson, Brett Chung, Nikolai Naryshkin, Jana Narasimhan, Anuradha Bhattacharyya, Michael Mullenix, Karen S Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3164180?pdf=render