Search Results - "Shneider, A."
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Antisense oligonucleotide silencing of FUS expression as a therapeutic approach in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Nature medicine (01-01-2022)“…Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is an RNA-binding protein that is genetically and pathologically associated with rare and aggressive forms of amyotrophic lateral…”
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FUS affects circular RNA expression in murine embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons
Published in Nature communications (30-03-2017)“…The RNA-binding protein FUS participates in several RNA biosynthetic processes and has been linked to the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…”
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ALS-associated mutant FUS induces selective motor neuron degeneration through toxic gain of function
Published in Nature communications (04-02-2016)“…Mutations in FUS cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), including some of the most aggressive, juvenile-onset forms of the disease. FUS loss-of-function…”
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Gamma motor neurons survive and exacerbate alpha motor neuron degeneration in ALS
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-12-2016)“…The molecular and cellular basis of selective motor neuron (MN) vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not known. In genetically distinct…”
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Antisense Proline-Arginine RAN Dipeptides Linked to C9ORF72-ALS/FTD Form Toxic Nuclear Aggregates that Initiate In Vitro and In Vivo Neuronal Death
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (17-12-2014)“…Expanded GGGGCC (G4C2) nucleotide repeats within the C9ORF72 gene are the most common genetic mutation associated with both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…”
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Mutant TDP-43 Causes Early-Stage Dose-Dependent Motor Neuron Degeneration in a TARDBP Knockin Mouse Model of ALS
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (08-01-2019)“…Rare mutations in TARDBP, the gene encoding TDP-43, cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and TDP-43 pathology is seen in a large majority of ALS…”
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The C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion forms RNA G-quadruplex inclusions and sequesters hnRNP H to disrupt splicing in ALS brains
Published in eLife (13-09-2016)“…An expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide in (C9) is the most frequent known cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). It has…”
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ALS/FTD Mutation-Induced Phase Transition of FUS Liquid Droplets and Reversible Hydrogels into Irreversible Hydrogels Impairs RNP Granule Function
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (18-11-2015)“…The mechanisms by which mutations in FUS and other RNA binding proteins cause ALS and FTD remain controversial. We propose a model in which low-complexity (LC)…”
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The ALS-associated proteins FUS and TDP-43 function together to affect Drosophila locomotion and life span
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-10-2011)“…The fatal adult motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shares some clinical and pathological overlap with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), an…”
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Hypoexcitability precedes denervation in the large fast-contracting motor units in two unrelated mouse models of ALS
Published in eLife (27-03-2018)“…Hyperexcitability has been suggested to contribute to motoneuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). If this is so, and given that the…”
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FUS-SMN Protein Interactions Link the Motor Neuron Diseases ALS and SMA
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (25-10-2012)“…Mutations in the RNA binding protein FUS cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal adult motor neuron disease. Decreased expression of SMN causes the…”
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (31-05-2001)“…Charcot described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1874. Despite progress, this creeping paralysis, known colloquially as Lou Gehrig's disease, is still…”
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Monitoring peripheral nerve degeneration in ALS by label-free stimulated Raman scattering imaging
Published in Nature communications (31-10-2016)“…The study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and potential interventions would be facilitated if motor axon degeneration could be more readily visualized…”
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A Regulatory Circuitry Between Gria2, miR-409, and miR-495 Is Affected by ALS FUS Mutation in ESC-Derived Motor Neurons
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-10-2018)“…Mutations in fused in sarcoma (FUS) cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). FUS is a multifunctional protein involved in the biogenesis and activity of…”
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A new approach for rare variation collapsing on functional protein domains implicates specific genic regions in ALS
Published in Genome research (01-05-2019)“…Large-scale sequencing efforts in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have implicated novel genes using gene-based collapsing methods. However, pathogenic…”
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Unexpected similarities between C9ORF72 and sporadic forms of ALS/FTD suggest a common disease mechanism
Published in eLife (13-07-2018)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) represent two ends of a disease spectrum with shared clinical, genetic and pathological…”
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Role of primary afferents in the developmental regulation of motor axon synapse numbers on Renshaw cells
Published in Journal of comparative neurology (1911) (15-06-2016)“…ABSTRACT Motor function in mammalian species depends on the maturation of spinal circuits formed by a large variety of interneurons that regulate motoneuron…”
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Characterization of the lncRNA transcriptome in mESC-derived motor neurons: Implications for FUS-ALS
Published in Stem cell research (01-03-2018)“…Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are currently recognized as crucial players in nervous system development, function and pathology. In Amyotrophic Lateral…”
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Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (27-03-2015)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurological disease with no effective treatment. We report the results of a moderate-scale sequencing…”
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Magnetic properties of high-symmetry CuO
Published in Applied physics letters (05-05-2014)“…We investigated structural and magnetic properties of CuO-Cu2O heterostructures obtained by high-temperature annealing of copperplate. In samples synthesized…”
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