A structurally precise mechanism links an epilepsy-associated KCNC2 potassium channel mutation to interneuron dysfunction

J Clatot, CB Currin, Q Liang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
De novo heterozygous variants in KCNC2 encoding the voltage-gated potassium (K+)
channel subunit Kv3. 2 are a recently described cause of developmental and epileptic …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA sequencing in donor and end-stage heart failure patients identifies NLRP3 as a therapeutic target for arrhythmogenic right ventricular …

M Fu, X Hua, S Shu, X Xu, H Zhang, Z Peng, H Mo… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Dilation may be the first right ventricular change and accelerates the
progression of threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias and heart failure for patients with …

CircRNA‐associated ceRNA regulatory networks as emerging mechanisms governing the development and biophysiopathology of epilepsy

M Kohansal, YK Alghanimi, SR Banoon… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The etiology of epilepsy is ascribed to the synchronized aberrant neuronal activity within the
brain. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of non‐coding RNAs characterized by their circular …

KCTD7‐related progressive myoclonic epilepsy: Report of 42 cases and review of literature

S Yoganathan, R Whitney, M Thomas, S Danda… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective KCTD7‐related progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) is a rare autosomal‐
recessive disorder. This study aimed to describe the clinical details and genetic variants in a …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted therapy improves cellular dysfunction, ataxia, and seizure susceptibility in a model of a progressive myoclonus epilepsy

H Feng, J Clatot, K Kaneko, M Flores-Mendez… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
The recurrent variant KCNC1-p. Arg320His causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM)
type 7, defined by progressive myoclonus, epilepsy, and ataxia, and is without effective …

Sustained OMA1-mediated integrated stress response is beneficial for spastic ataxia type 5

CA Franchino, M Brughera, V Baderna, D De Ritis… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
AFG3L2 is a mitochondrial protease exerting protein quality control in the inner
mitochondrial membrane. Heterozygous AFG3L2 mutations cause spinocerebellar ataxia …

Primate model carrying LMNA mutation develops dilated cardiomyopathy

X Luo, H Jia, F Wang, H Mo, Y Kang, N Zhang… - Basic to Translational …, 2024 - jacc.org
To solve the clinical transformation dilemma of lamin A/C (LMNA)-mutated dilated
cardiomyopathy (LMD), we developed an LMNA-mutated primate model based on the …

Overexpression of KCNN4 channels in principal neurons produces an anti-seizure effect without reducing their coding ability

ES Nikitin, TY Postnikova, EY Proskurina… - Gene Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Gene therapy offers a potential alternative to the surgical treatment of epilepsy, which affects
millions of people and is pharmacoresistant in~ 30% of cases. Aimed at reducing the …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide association study of Chinese and English language phenotypes in Hong Kong Chinese children

YP Lin, Y Shi, R Zhang, X Xue, S Rao, L Yin… - npj Science of …, 2024 - nature.com
Dyslexia and developmental language disorders are important learning difficulties.
However, their genetic basis remains poorly understood, and most genetic studies were …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of a novel TBC1D24 variation causing autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss

P Lei, Q Zhu, W Dong - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Hearing loss is considered one of the most common sensory neurological defects, with
approximately 60% of cases attributed to genetic factors. Human pathogenic variants in the …