Towards Mechanism-based Treatments for Fragile X Syndrome Inbal Gazy, Daman Kumari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gazy, Inbal, author.

Kumari, Daman, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019

Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has been more than 25 years since the identification of the FMR1 gene and the demonstration of the causative role of CGG-repeat expansion in the disease pathology of fragile X syndrome (FXS), but the underlying mechanisms involved in the expansion mutation and the resulting gene silencing still remain elusive. Our understanding of the pathways impacted by the loss of FMRP function has grown tremendously, and has opened new avenues for targeted treatments for FXS. However, the failure of recent clinical trials that were based on successful preclinical studies using the Fmr1 knockout mouse model has forced the scientific community to revisit clinical trial design and identify objective outcome measures. There has also been a renewed interest in restoring FMR1 gene expression as a possible treatment approach for FXS. This special issue of Brain Sciences highlights the progress that has been made towards understanding the disease mechanisms and how this has informed the development of treatment strategies that are being explored for FXS.

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CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783039215065

303921506X

OCLC:

1163832114

Publisher Number:

10.3390/books978-3-03921-506-5