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Cole Spencer

Stanford Medicine

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KIF5A downregulation in spinal muscular atrophy links axonal regeneration defects with ALS

Tetsuya Akiyama, Yi Zeng, Caiwei Guo, Olivia Gautier, Lauren S. Koepke, Heankel Lyons, Elana Molotsky, Juliane Bombosch, Odilia Sianto, Jay P. Ross, Phuong T. Hoang, Luke Zhao, Cole Spencer, Charlotte J. Sumner, Michelle Monje, , Aaron D. Gitler

This study shows that SMN deficiency reduces KIF5A in SMA, impairing axon regeneration, and links SMA and ALS through KIF5A stabilization by SMN.

JCI Insight · Mar 26, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience