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  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Jerry R. Mendell is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research encompasses medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on neurogenetic and muscular disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, CRISPR and genetic engineering, virus-based gene therapy, muscle physiology and disorders, and CAR-T cell therapy.

The scientist has a publication record in several frequent venues, including:

  • Neurology
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • Nature Medicine
  • Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases

Key frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Sitra Tauscher-Wisniewski
  • Richard S. Finkel
  • Anne M. Connolly
  • Perry B. Shieh
  • M. Iammarino

Some of the notable recent papers featuring Jerry R. Mendell are:

  • Current Clinical Applications of In Vivo Gene Therapy with AAVs, 2020, Molecular Therapy
  • Five-Year Extension Results of the Phase 1 START Trial of Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Spinal Muscular Atrophy, 2021, JAMA Neurology

Additional influential papers related to their field include works led by other authors but relevant to shared research areas:

  • Onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for symptomatic infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy in patients with two copies of SMN2 (STR1VE): an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, phase 3 trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Onasemnogene abeparvovec for presymptomatic infants with two copies of SMN2 at risk for spinal muscular atrophy type 1: the Phase III SPR1NT trial, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Onasemnogene abeparvovec for presymptomatic infants with three copies of SMN2 at risk for spinal muscular atrophy: the Phase III SPR1NT trial, 2022, Nature Medicine

Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields that are the focus of their research include:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

The breadth of research topics addressed by Jerry R. Mendell covers:

  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • CAR-T cell therapy research

Among their recognitions, Jerry R. Mendell was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic microRNA Delivery Suppresses Tumorigenesis in a Murine Liver Cancer Model

    Janaiah Kota;Raghu R. Chivukula;Kathryn A. O'Donnell;Erik A. Wentzel

  • Single-Dose Gene-Replacement Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;Samiah Al-Zaidy;Richard Shell;W. Dave Arnold

  • Evidence-based path to newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Jerry R. Mendell;Chris Shilling;Nancy D. Leslie;Kevin M. Flanigan

  • Inclusion body myositis and myopathies.

    Robert C. Griggs;Valerie Askanas;Salvatore DiMauro;Andrew Engel

  • Essential metabolic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumorigenic functions of miR-122 in liver

    Shu Hao Hsu;Bo Wang;Janaiah Kota;Jianhua Yu

  • Astrocytes from familial and sporadic ALS patients are toxic to motor neurons

    Amanda M Haidet-Phillips;Mark E Hester;Carlos J Miranda;Kathrin Meyer

  • Eteplirsen for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;Louise R. Rodino‐Klapac;Zarife Sahenk;Kandice Roush

  • The Survival Motor Neuron Protein in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

    Daniel D. Coovert;Thanh T. Le;Patricia E. McAndrew;John Strasswimmer

  • Dystrophin Immunity in Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;Katherine Campbell;Katherine Campbell;Louise Rodino-Klapac;Louise Rodino-Klapac;Zarife Sahenk;Zarife Sahenk

  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Clinical characteristics, course, and recommendations for diagnostic criteria

    Richard J. Barohn;John T. Kissel;John R. Warmolts;Jerry R. Mendell

  • Clinical trial in duchenne dystrophy. I. The design of the protocol

    Michael H. Brooke;Robert C. Griggs;Jerry R. Mendell;Gerald M. Fenichel

  • Randomized, double-blind six-month trial of prednisone in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

    J.R. Mendell;R.T. Moxley;R.C. Griggs;M.H. Brooke

  • Myoblast Transfer in the Treatment of Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;John T. Kissel;Anthony A. Amato;Wendy King

  • Microvascular deposition of complement membrane attack complex in dermatomyositis.

    John T. Kissel;Jerry R. Mendell;Kottil W. Rammohan

  • Identification of Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy Carriers and Patients by Analysis of SMNT and SMNC Gene Copy Number

    P.E. McAndrew;D.W. Parsons;L.R. Simard;C. Rochette

  • A Phase I/II trial of MYO-029 in Adult Subjects with Muscular Dystrophy

    Kathryn R. Wagner;James L. Fleckenstein;Anthony A. Amato;Richard J. Barohn

  • Longitudinal effect of eteplirsen versus historical control on ambulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Jerry R. Mendell;Nathalie Goemans;Linda P. Lowes;Lindsay N. Alfano

  • Current Clinical Applications of In Vivo Gene Therapy with AAVs.

    Jerry R. Mendell;Jerry R. Mendell;Samiah A. Al-Zaidy;Louise R. Rodino-Klapac;Kimberly Goodspeed

  • Clinical investigation in duchenne dystrophy: 2. Determination of the “power” of therapeutic trials based on the natural history

    Brooke Mh;Fenichel Gm;Griggs Rc;Mendell

  • Painful sensory neuropathy: prospective evaluation using skin biopsy.

    M.I. Periquet;V. Novak;M.P. Collins;H.N. Nagaraja

Frequent Co-Authors

Zarife Sahenk
Zarife Sahenk Nationwide Children's Hospital
John T. Kissel
John T. Kissel The Ohio State University
Brian K. Kaspar
Brian K. Kaspar Insmed Incorporated
Kevin M. Flanigan
Kevin M. Flanigan The Ohio State University
Thomas W. Prior
Thomas W. Prior The Ohio State University
Robert C. Griggs
Robert C. Griggs University of Rochester Medical Center
Arthur H.M. Burghes
Arthur H.M. Burghes The Ohio State University
Richard J. Barohn
Richard J. Barohn University of Missouri
Alan Pestronk
Alan Pestronk Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher M. Walker
Christopher M. Walker The Ohio State University

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