Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies

F Akçimen, ER Lopez, JE Landers, A Nath… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in sequencing technologies and collaborative efforts have led to
substantial progress in identifying the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JM Gregory, D Fagegaltier, H Phatnani… - Current Genetic Medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS-
FTD) spectrum disorder is a rare fatal disease with strong genetic influences. The …

ALS genetics, mechanisms, and therapeutics: where are we now?

R Mejzini, LL Flynn, IL Pitout, S Fletcher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The scientific landscape surrounding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to shift
as the number of genes associated with the disease risk and pathogenesis, and the cellular …

Gene discovery in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: implications for clinical management

A Al-Chalabi, LH Van Den Berg, J Veldink - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2017 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease predominantly affecting
upper and lower motor neurons. The disease leads to relentlessly progressive weakness of …

ALS genetics: gains, losses, and implications for future therapies

G Kim, O Gautier, E Tassoni-Tsuchida, XR Ma… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss
of motor neurons from the brain and spinal cord. The ALS community has made remarkable …

Recent progress of the genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and challenges of gene therapy

H Wang, LP Guan, M Deng - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The causes of ALS are not fully …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: problems and prospects

J Sreedharan, RH Brown Jr - Annals of neurology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal degenerative disorder of motoneurons, which
may occur concurrently with frontotemporal dementia. Genetic analyses of the∼ 10% of ALS …

Progress in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis gene discovery: reflecting on classic approaches and leveraging emerging technologies

SN Smukowski, H Maioli, CS Latimer, TD Bird… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most prominent motor neuron disease in humans.
Its etiology consists of progressive motor neuron degeneration resulting in a rapid decline in …

Update on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genetics

D Brenner, JH Weishaupt - Current opinion in neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
The field of ALS continues to develop rapidly with multiple disease gene discoveries per
year. The relevance of these findings for genetic counseling and diagnosis is obvious. With …

Genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: new genetic analysis methodologies entailing new opportunities and challenges

G Marangi, BJ Traynor - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
The genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is being increasingly
understood. In this far-reaching review, we examine what is currently known about ALS …