RNA toxicity and foci formation in microsatellite expansion diseases

N Zhang, T Ashizawa - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•RNA foci can form in both coding and non-coding microsatellite expansion
diseases.•RNA foci are dynamic structures in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm.•RNA …

Regulation of DNA damage response by RNA/DNA-binding proteins: Implications for neurological disorders and aging

M Kodavati, VHM Rao, VE Provasek… - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are evolutionarily conserved across most forms of life, with an
estimated 1,500 RBPs in humans. Traditionally associated with post-transcriptional gene …

CGG repeats trigger translational frameshifts that generate aggregation-prone chimeric proteins

SE Wright, CM Rodriguez, J Monroe, J Xing… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
CGG repeat expansions in the FMR1 5'UTR cause the neurodegenerative disease Fragile X-
associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). These repeats form stable RNA secondary …

SFPQ and Tau: critical factors contributing to rapid progression of Alzheimer's disease

N Younas, S Zafar, M Shafiq, A Noor, A Siegert… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Dysfunctional RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have been implicated in several
neurodegenerative disorders. Recently, this paradigm of RBPs has been extended to …

RAN translation at CGG repeats induces ubiquitin proteasome system impairment in models of fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome

SY Oh, F He, A Krans, M Frazer… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder
caused by a CGG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the 5′ UTR of the Fragile X gene …

Epigenetics of fragile X syndrome and fragile X‐related disorders

CM Kraan, DE Godler, DJ Amor - Developmental Medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR 1)‐related disorder fragile X syndrome (FXS)
is the most common heritable form of cognitive impairment and the second most common …

Calcium dysregulation and Cdk5-ATM pathway involved in a mouse model of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome

G Robin, JR López, GM Espinal… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurological disorder that affects
premutation carriers with 55-200 CGG-expansion repeats (preCGG) in FMR1, presenting …

Altered redox mitochondrial biology in the neurodegenerative disorder fragile X-tremor/ataxia syndrome: use of antioxidants in precision medicine

G Song, E Napoli, S Wong, R Hagerman, S Liu… - Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
A 55–200 expansion of the CGG nucleotide repeat in the 5′-UTR of the fragile X mental
retardation 1 gene (FMR1) is the hallmark of the triplet nucleotide disease known as the …

Implications of the FMR1 Premutation for Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Their Families

A Wheeler, M Raspa, R Hagerman, M Mailick… - Pediatrics, 2017 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Given the nature of FMR1 gene expansions, most
biological mothers, and often multiple other family members of children with fragile X …

Impaired mitochondrial function and dynamics in the pathogenesis of FXTAS

MI Alvarez-Mora, L Rodriguez-Revenga… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Mitochondrial involvement plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases. At least
one-third of adult carriers of a FMR1 premutation (55-200 CGG repeats) are at risk of …