Charles Thornton
Saunders Family Distinguished Professor in Neuromuscular Research · University of Rochester Medicine
Credentials: · ·
History
2020–2021- 2018–2020
Research
Recruitment of human muscleblind proteins to (CUG)(n) expansions associated with myotonic dystrophy
The EMBO Journal · 2000 · 789 citations
A muscleblind knockout model for myotonic dystrophy
Science · 2003 · 610 citations
Myotonic dystrophy in transgenic mice expressing an expanded CUG repeat
Science · 2000 · Last of 8 authors · 597 citations
40 papers
15 papers
- AM
14 papers · 3 as a resident
- NJ
13 papers · 2 as a fellow
12 papers
11 papers
11 papers
- TW
11 papers · 4 as a fellow
Grants
- 2023–2028
Pharmacodynamic Biomarker of Myotonic Dystrophy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R61
Contact PI · $822.8K · University of Rochester
- 2017–2027
Establishing Biomarkers and Clinical Endpoints in Myotonic Dystrophy Type-1 (Renewal)
Food and Drug Administration · R01
PI · $3.7M · Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2003–2024
Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · P50
Contact PI · $7.1M · University of Rochester
- 2015–2022
Therapeutic Modulation of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R37
Contact PI · $2.5M · University of Rochester
Clinical trials
- 2019–2026
Estab Biomarkers and Clinical Endpoints in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (END-DM1)
Principal investigator · Recruiting
Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2013–2017
Multicenter Observational Study of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Rochester
- 2000–2028
Myotonic Dystrophy and Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Registry
Sub-investigator · Recruiting
University of Rochester