Search Results - "Abramzon, Yevgeniya"
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The Overlapping Genetics of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (05-02-2020)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are two diseases that form a broad neurodegenerative continuum. Considerable effort has…”
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Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-05-2014)“…The authors identify mutations in the MATR3 gene as a cause of ALS and dementia in several families. MATR3 is known to bind the ALS-associated protein TDP-43,…”
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Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 in Alzheimer's Disease
Published in The New England journal of medicine (19-01-2012)“…A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the gene C9ORF72 has been implicated in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. The…”
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A genome-wide association study of myasthenia gravis
Published in JAMA neurology (01-04-2015)“…Myasthenia gravis is a chronic, autoimmune, neuromuscular disease characterized by fluctuating weakness of voluntary muscle groups. Although genetic factors…”
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Exome sequencing reveals riboflavin transporter mutations as a cause of motor neuron disease
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-09-2012)“…Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome was first described in 1894 as a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive sensorineural deafness in…”
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Valosin-containing protein (VCP) mutations in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-09-2012)“…Abstract We recently reported that mutations in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene are a cause of 1%–2% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…”
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Genetic analysis of neurodegenerative diseases in a pathology cohort
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-04-2019)“…Molecular genetic research provides unprecedented opportunities to examine genotype-phenotype correlations underlying complex syndromes. To investigate…”
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To Dement or Not to Dement, That Is the Question
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Exome sequencing establishes a gelsolin mutation as the cause of inherited bulbar‐onset neuropathy
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-11-2017)“…ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive bulbar motor neuropathy is primarily caused by bulbar‐onset ALS. Hereditary amyloidosis type IV also presents with a bulbar…”
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FUS mutations in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-03-2011)“…Abstract Mutations in the FUS gene have recently been described as a cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but their role in the pathogenesis…”
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Genetics of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia and the Potential for Discovering New Genes and Pathways Underlying These Neurological Disorders
Published 01-01-2022“…Despite tremendous progress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) genetic research over the last two decades, only 20% to…”
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A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (20-10-2011)“…The chromosome 9p21 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD) locus contains one of the last major unidentified autosomal-dominant genes…”
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Shared polygenic risk and causal inferences in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Annals of neurology (01-04-2019)“…Objective To identify shared polygenic risk and causal associations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods Linkage disequilibrium score regression and…”
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Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study
Published in Lancet neurology (01-04-2012)“…Summary Background We aimed to accurately estimate the frequency of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72 that has been associated with a large…”
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Identification of genetic risk loci and prioritization of genes and pathways for myasthenia gravis: a genome-wide association study
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-02-2022)“…Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody-mediated interference of signal transmission across the neuromuscular junction…”
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NeuroChip, an updated version of the NeuroX genotyping platform to rapidly screen for variants associated with neurological diseases
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-09-2017)“…Abstract Genetics has proven to be a powerful approach in neurodegenerative diseases research, resulting in the identification of numerous causal and risk…”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-03-2012)“…A large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72, a gene located on chromosome 9p21, has been recently reported to be…”
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Genetic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies contributing pathways and cell types
Published in Science advances (15-01-2021)“…Despite the considerable progress in unraveling the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we do not fully understand the molecular mechanisms…”
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Large C9orf72 repeat expansions are not a common cause of Parkinson's disease
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-10-2012)“…Abstract The concept of a pathological overlap between neurodegenerative disorders is gaining momentum. We sought to determine the contribution of C9orf72…”
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A de novo missense mutation of the FUS gene in a “true” sporadic ALS case
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-03-2011)“…Abstract Mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase ( SOD1 ), transactive response (TAR)-DNA binding protein ( TARDBP ) and fused in sarcoma ( FUS ) genes…”
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