Studies
Ataxia Telangiectasia doesn’t discriminate and neither do our discoveries. They benefit people everywhere, regardless of where they were made. By bringing together Universities, Researchers, Clinicians, Patient Groups and Charities, the A-T Global Alliance have established hubs of research in cities all around the globe. Our research network allows the smartest minds to work together, to ensure discoveries are turned into benefits for people with A-T everywhere, sooner.
The table below is categorised using the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Health Research Classification System to assist with the classification and analysis of all types of health research. The categories used to label each study/publication are:
2. Aetiology - Understanding the causes of A-T
3. Prevention of Disease and Conditions, and Promotion of Well-Being - Studies to identify new treatments for A-T
4. Detection, Screening and Diagnosis - Tests for diagnosing and monitoring patients with A-T
5. Development of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions - Creating drugs and therapies to alleviate the symptoms of A-T
6. Evaluation of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions - Studies to prove how new treatments work and understand how to use them
7. Management of Diseases and Conditions - Managing the symptoms of A-T
8. Health and Social Care Services Research - Evaluating the services provided to A-T patients and cost effectiveness of treatments
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Research Project | Completed | Institute | Principal Investigator | Country | Cat |
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Optimizing lung imaging in people with A-T applying improved MRI techniques | In Progress | Radboud University Medical Centre | Dr Peter Merkus | 4 | |
IMAGIN-AT – advanced lung imaging and function testing in A-T | In Progress | University of Nottingham | Dr Jayesh Bhatt and Dr Andrew Prayle | 4 | |
Further development of CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing as a treatment for A-T | In Progress | Royal Holloway, University of London | Dr Yanez-Munoz | 5 | |
ASO Project | In Progress | A-TCP | Dr Timothy Yu | 6 | |
The ATeam: Producing healthcare guidance for children with A-T (A-T) including the exploration and design of a home-based exercise package | In Progress | University of Plymouth | Lisa Bunn | 7 | |
Does Loss of ATM Suppression of the SMG1 Kinase Contribute to the A-T Phenotype? | In Progress | Duke University, North Carolina | Mike Kastan | 2 | |
Investigating Liver Dysfunction in A-T Patient Hepatocytes | In Progress | Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nonotechnology, University of Queensland | Sarah Withey | 2 | |
Investigation of the Role of Oxidative Stress in Pulmonary Disease in A-T | In Progress | Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland | Abrey Yeo | 2 | |
Mitochondrial dysfunction in A-T can be explained by defective Endoplasmic (ER) mitochondrial interaction: an approach to therapy for children with A-T | In Progress | Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland | Martin Lavin | 2 | |
Functional and metabolomic analysis of iPSC-derived Purkinje neurons from A-T patients | In Progress | IFOM, The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology | Professor Marco Foiani | 1 & 2 | |
Modulation of RELB/p52-dependent NF-?B activities to improve neurodegenerative symptoms of A-T | In Progress | University of Cambridge | Dr Svetlana Koronenkova | 2 | |
New perspectives in E-Care: Exploring virtual in-home multiple interventions for Ataxia Telangiectasia (Acronym: NEW_EXIT) | In Progress | Department of Educational Science, University of Catania, Catania | Prof. Agata Polizzi | 7 | |
Fluoxetine reveres cognitive defects in a mouse model of AT: a preclinical study to elucidate the precise mechanism of action | In Progress | University of Milan | Flavia Antonucci | 6 | |
Ataxia Telangiectasia: a new murine model to discover the connection between Purkinje cell calcium homeostasis disruption and disease pathogenesis | In Progress | Department of Neuroscience/ University of Turin | Eriola Hoxha | 2 | |
Brain-penetrating ATM gene therapy | In Progress | Nottingham University Hospital | Dr James Dixon | 1 & 6 | |
Study of natural killer cells in A-T pathogenesis and their therapeutic implications | In Progress | Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Italy | Dr Margherita Doria and Dr. Maria Giovanna Desimio | 2 | |
Trial REadiness in Ataxia Telangiectasia (TREAT-AT) | In Progress | University of Cambridge | Dr Rita Horvath and Dr Anke Hensiek | 4 | |
Data-driven drug discovery for A-T – interrogation of dysfunctional pathways at single-cell resolution in cerebellar organoids | In Progress | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland, Australia | Dr Sam Nayler | 1 | |
Understanding and correcting glucose metabolism defects in A-T | In Progress | The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy | Associate Professor Vincenzo Costanzo | 5 | |
Regulation of SIRT1 and SIRT7 in human ATM KD and KO cell lines: exploring new targets for therapy | In Progress | IBCN-CNR, Monterotondo, RM | Sabrina Putti | 3 | |
Toward a personalized gene therapy in A-T: the role of 4-53 and synthetic ATM variants | In Progress | University of Urbino | Professor Michele Menotta | 3 | |
Preclinical Assessment of Intrathecal rAAV9-Mediated miATM Therapy for Ataxia Telangiectasia in Mouse Models. | In Progress | Oslo University Hospital, Norway | Professor Hilde L. Nilsen | 1 | |
Modelling Ataxia Telangiectasia pathogenesis and therapeutics using human pluripotent stem cells and genetic engineering. | In Progress | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia | Dr Núria Montserrat | 5 | |
Assessing the efficiency of split-inteins mediated protein trans- splicing in correcting the gene defect in ataxia telangiectasia | In Progress | University of Naples “Federico II | Dr. Giuliana Giardino | 5 | |
Study on the possible neuro-steroidogenic origin of myelin defects in A-T | In Progress | University of Milan | Flavia Antonucci | 2 | |
Identifying existing drugs to repurpose for treating Ataxia-Telangiectasia | In Progress | The University of Birmingham | Dr Richard Tuxworth | 3 | |
Exploring Omaveloxolone efficacy in Ataxia-telangiectasia | In Progress | University College London (UCL) | Professor Paola Giunti | 3 | |
Functional impact of Nicotinamide Riboside on the immune system of patients with A-T | In Progress | Leiden University Medical Center | Dr Mirjam van der Burg | 3 | |
Biomarkers for Babies and Young Children with Ataxia Telangiectasia (BOBCAT) | In Progress | The University of Nottingham | Professor Rob Dineen | 3 | |
Development of a Gene Therapy approach to treat A-T | In Progress | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Professor Sam Young | 5 | |
Identifying new therapies for blood cancers in patients with A-T | 2020 | University of Birmingham | Professor Malcolm Taylor | 5 | |
Longitudinal brain changes in childhood A-T | 2020 | University of Nottingham | Dr Rob Dineen | 4 | |
A zebrafish model of A-T | 2020 | Sheffield University | Dr Andrew Grierson | 1 | |
The use of patient stem cell-derived mini-brains to study A-T | 2020 | University of Oxford | Samuel Nayler | 1 | |
Unravelling the antibody defciency in A-T | 2020 | Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam | Associate Professor Mirjam Van der Burg | 2 | |
Development of non-genotoxic conditioning regimens for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in A-T | 2021 | Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Felipe Prosper Cardoso, Borja Saez | 5 | |
Does irregular repair of DNA damage in Neurons and Lymphocytes cause cellular degenertion in A-T patients | 2021 | IMAGINE Instititute, Paris | Jean-Pierre De Villartay | 2 | |
Exploiting cellular immunotherapy for lymphoid malignancies in patients with A-T | 2021 | Sheba Medical Centre | Elad Jacoby | 5 | |
Development of CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing as a Treatment for Ataxia Telangiectasia | 2021 | Royal Holloway, University of London | Professor Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz | 5 | |
Non-viral gene therapy for A-T | 2022 | University of Nottingham | Dr James Dixon | 5 | |
Natural History of A-T (N-HAT) | 2022 | University of Nottingham | William Whitehouse & Emily Petley | 2 | |
Comparison of immunologic, biochemical, and genomic profile between steroid-responsive and non-steroid-responsive patients with A-T | 2022 | Maternal-Children's Department of the AOU Policlinico Federico II (Naples) | Dr. Emilia Cirillo, MD, PhD, Pediatrician Level I Program in Pediatric Immunology directed by Prof. Claudio Pignata | 5 | |
Modulation of autophagy as a potential therapeutic approach for A-T | 2022 | Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR Via Degli Apuli 4 (Rome) | Dr. Venturina Stagni, PhD | 5 | |
Do deficits in cerebellar circuitry precede neurodegeneration in A-T? | 2022 | Cavalieri Ottolenghi Institute of Neuroscience, Regione Gonzole, 10 - 10043 Orbassano (Torino) | Dr. Eriola Hoxha, PhD | 2 | |
A-T cerebellar neurodegeneration and inositol phosphate signalling | 2022 | The University of Texas at Austin | Tanya Paull | 2 | |
Zebrafish disease-model of Ataxia Telangiectasia: a tool to identify potential new therapeutic opportunities | 2022 | Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Unit of Cellular and Developmental Biology | Dr. Chiara Gabellini | 1 | |
p53 Mitotic Centrosome Localization as a functional test to predict pathogenicity of ATM missense variants | 2022 | IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, UOSD of Cellular Networks and Molecular Therapeutic Targets | Dr. Giulia Federici | 4 | |
David Peake study to test the feasibility of whole body MRI for cancer surveillance in children and young people with A-T | 2023 | University of Nottingham | Rob Dineen | 4 | |
Deciphering the molecular mechanism linking A-T and Ataxia- Telangiectasia-Like Disorder | 2023 | University of Birmingham | John Reynolds and Grant Stewart | 2 | |
Survey of cancer in A-T patients in the UK | 2023 | University of Birmingham | Malcolm Taylor | 2 | |
Innovative methods for gene therapy in A-T | 2024 | University of Granada | Ignacio Moilna | 5 | |
Recurrent pulmonary infections and their impact on neurologic decline in A-T | 2024 | University of Rochester, NY | Margot Mayer Proschel | 2 | |
STIM A-T Pilot Study | 2024 | Medicine, Clinical Neuroscience, Nottingham University | Dr Caroline Blanchard | 3 | |
Virtual Reality in Ataxia Telangiectasia | 2024 | Science and Technology Department, Nottingham University | Professor Philip Breedon | 3 |