Search Results - "Furling, Denis"
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Cas9 targeting of toxic foci of RNA repeats
Published in Nature biomedical engineering (01-02-2021)“…The sustained expression of RNA-targeting Cas9 delivered intramuscularly or systemically by adeno-associated viral vectors eliminates pathogenic foci of…”
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Immortalized human myotonic dystrophy muscle cell lines to assess therapeutic compounds
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-04-2017)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) are autosomal dominant neuromuscular diseases caused by microsatellite expansions and belong to the family of…”
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Steroid receptor RNA activator protein binds to and counteracts SRA RNA-mediated activation of MyoD and muscle differentiation
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-01-2011)“…The steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA) has the unusual property to function as both a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) and a protein SRAP. SRA ncRNA is known to…”
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Alternative splicing of clathrin heavy chain contributes to the switch from coated pits to plaques
Published in The Journal of cell biology (07-09-2020)“…Clathrin function directly derives from its coat structure, and while endocytosis is mediated by clathrin-coated pits, large plaques contribute to cell…”
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Splicing misregulation of SCN5A contributes to cardiac-conduction delay and heart arrhythmia in myotonic dystrophy
Published in Nature communications (11-04-2016)“…Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is caused by the expression of mutant RNAs containing expanded CUG repeats that sequester muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins, leading to…”
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Targeting deregulated AMPK/mTORC1 pathways improves muscle function in myotonic dystrophy type I
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-02-2017)“…Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is a disabling multisystemic disease that predominantly affects skeletal muscle. It is caused by expanded CTG repeats in the…”
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A CRISPR-Cas13a Based Strategy That Tracks and Degrades Toxic RNA in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Published in Frontiers in genetics (10-12-2020)“…Cas13a, an effector of type VI CRISPR-Cas systems, is an RNA guided RNase with multiplexing and therapeutic potential. This study employs the ( ) Cas13a and a…”
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Genome Editing of Expanded CTG Repeats within the Human DMPK Gene Reduces Nuclear RNA Foci in the Muscle of DM1 Mice
Published in Molecular therapy (07-08-2019)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by a CTG repeat expansion located in the 3′ UTR of the DMPK gene. Expanded DMPK transcripts aggregate into nuclear…”
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The beneficial effect of chronic muscular exercise on muscle fragility is increased by Prox1 gene transfer in dystrophic mdx muscle
Published in PloS one (18-04-2022)“…Greater muscle fragility is thought to cause the exhaustion of the muscle stem cells during successive degeneration/repair cycles, leading to muscle wasting…”
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CRISPR/Cas9-Induced (CTG⋅CAG)n Repeat Instability in the Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Locus: Implications for Therapeutic Genome Editing
Published in Molecular therapy (04-01-2017)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by (CTG⋅CAG)n-repeat expansion within the DMPK gene and thought to be mediated by a toxic RNA gain of function…”
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Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of trinucleotide repeat expansion in myotonic dystrophy patient-derived iPS and myogenic cells
Published in Nucleic acids research (19-09-2018)“…Abstract CRISPR/Cas9 is an attractive platform to potentially correct dominant genetic diseases by gene editing with unprecedented precision. In the current…”
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rbFOX1/MBNL1 competition for CCUG RNA repeats binding contributes to myotonic dystrophy type 1/type 2 differences
Published in Nature communications (22-05-2018)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2 (DM1, DM2) are caused by expansions of CTG and CCTG repeats, respectively. RNAs containing expanded CUG or CCUG repeats…”
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Improvement of Dystrophic Muscle Fragility by Short-Term Voluntary Exercise through Activation of Calcineurin Pathway in mdx Mice
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-11-2018)“…Dystrophin deficiency in mdx mice, a model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, leads to muscle weakness revealed by a reduced specific maximal force as well as…”
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Expression of miR-1, miR-133a, miR-133b and miR-206 increases during development of human skeletal muscle
Published in BMC developmental biology (07-06-2011)“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression and have been shown to play an important role during…”
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Molecular, physiological, and motor performance defects in DMSXL mice carrying >1,000 CTG repeats from the human DM1 locus
Published in PLoS genetics (01-11-2012)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by an unstable CTG repeat expansion in the 3'UTR of the DM protein kinase (DMPK) gene. DMPK transcripts carrying CUG…”
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Selective silencing of mutated mRNAs in DM1 by using modified hU7-snRNAs
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-01-2011)“…We describe a function for modified human U7 small nuclear RNAs (hU7-snRNAs) distinct from modification of pre-mRNA splicing events. Engineered hU7-snRNAs…”
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RBFOX1 cooperates with MBNL1 to control splicing in muscle, including events altered in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Published in PloS one (11-09-2014)“…With the goal of identifying splicing alterations in myotonic dystrophy 1 (DM1) tissues that may yield insights into targets or mechanisms, we have surveyed…”
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In-depth analysis of the secretome identifies three major independent secretory pathways in differentiating human myoblasts
Published in Journal of proteomics (21-12-2012)“…Efficient muscle regeneration requires cross talk between multiple cell types via secreted signaling molecules. However, as yet there has been no comprehensive…”
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Triplet-repeat oligonucleotide-mediated reversal of RNA toxicity in myotonic dystrophy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-08-2009)“…Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by toxicity of an expanded, noncoding (CUG)n tract in DM protein kinase (DMPK) transcripts. According to current…”
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Dysregulation of Circular RNAs in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (19-04-2019)“…Circular RNAs (circRNAs) constitute a recently re-discovered class of non-coding RNAs functioning as sponges for miRNAs and proteins, affecting RNA splicing…”
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