| Literature DB >> 15523494 |
Christina Brahe1, Tiziana Vitali, Francesco D Tiziano, Carla Angelozzi, Anna Maria Pinto, Federica Borgo, Umberto Moscato, Enrico Bertini, Eugenio Mercuri, Giovanni Neri.
Abstract
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by insufficient levels of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Recently, we found that sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (PB), a well-tolerated FDA approved drug, enhances SMN gene expression in vitro. We provide here the first evidence that oral administration of PB (triButyrate significantly increases SMN expression in leukocytes of SMA patients. This finding provides a strong rationale to further investigate the effects of PB as also supported by preliminary clinical data.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15523494 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201320
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Hum Genet ISSN: 1018-4813 Impact factor: 4.246