Effects of gender in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PA McCombe, RD Henderson - Gender medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: There is evidence that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as
motor neuron disease (MND), is more common in men than in women and that gender …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a hormonal condition?

H Blasco, AM Guennoc, C Veyrat-Durebex… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most frequent motor neuron disorder in adults.
This fatal condition, due to degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons in spinal and …

Background and gender effects on survival in the TgN (SOD1-G93A) 1Gur mouse model of ALS

TD Heiman-Patterson, JS Deitch… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disorder. While most
cases of ALS are sporadic, 10–15% are familial, and of these 15–20% possess a mutation in …

Genetics and sex in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): is there a link?

F Trojsi, G D'Alvano, S Bonavita… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no known
cure. Approximately 90% of ALS cases are sporadic, although multiple genetic risk factors …

The role of immune and inflammatory mechanisms in ALS

PA McCombe, RD Henderson - Current molecular medicine, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe progressive neurodegenerative disease. The
cause is unknown, but genetic abnormalities have been identified in subjects with familial …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of ALS

A Shatunov, A Al-Chalabi - Neurobiology of Disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogeneous group of neurological conditions
which have in common the progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons …

Sexual differences in onset of disease and response to exercise in a transgenic model of ALS

JH Veldink, PR Bär, EAJ Joosten, M Otten… - Neuromuscular …, 2003 - Elsevier
Transgenic mice that overexpress the mutant human SOD1 gene (hSOD1) serve as an
animal model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Age and sex are recognized as risk …

Epidemiology of ALS.

LM Nelson - Clinical neuroscience (New York, NY), 1995 - europepmc.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder of
unknown etiology. ALS onset is rare before age 40 and increases with age thereafter. Men …

De novo mutations in SOD1 are a cause of ALS

K Müller, KW Oh, A Nordin, S Panthi, SH Kim… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective The only identified cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are mutations in a
number of genes found in familial cases but also in sporadic cases. De novo mutations …

Secular trends of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta register

A Chiò, G Mora, C Moglia, U Manera, A Canosa… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance This study reports the long-term epidemiologic trends of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) based on a prospective register. Objective To examine the 20-year …