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SUBMITTER: Bricceno KV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3529584 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bricceno Katherine V KV Sampognaro Paul J PJ Van Meerbeke James P JP Sumner Charlotte J CJ Fischbeck Kenneth H KH Burnett Barrington G BG
Human molecular genetics 20120713 20
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene and deficient expression of the ubiquitously expressed SMN protein. Pathologically, SMA is characterized by motor neuron loss and severe muscle atrophy. During muscle atrophy, the E3 ligase atrogenes, atrogin-1 and muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1), mediate muscle protein breakdown through the ubiquitin proteasome system. Atrogene expression can be induced by ...[more]