Lafora disease—from pathogenesis to treatment strategies

F Nitschke, SJ Ahonen, S Nitschke, S Mitra… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Lafora disease is a severe, autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The
disease usually manifests in previously healthy adolescents, and death commonly occurs …

Lafora's disease: towards a clinical, pathologic, and molecular synthesis

BA Minassian - Pediatric neurology, 2001 - Elsevier
Lafora's disease is one of five inherited progressive myoclonus epilepsy syndromes. It is an
autosomal-recessive disorder with onset in late childhood or adolescence. Characteristic …

Эпилепсия у детей и взрослых женщин и мужчин

ВА Карлов - 2019 - elibrary.ru
В руководстве представлены результаты 60-летней работы автора в области детской
и взрослой неврологии и эпилептологии. Впервые эпилептология представлена в …

Mechanism suppressing glycogen synthesis in neurons and its demise in progressive myoclonus epilepsy

D Vilchez, S Ros, D Cifuentes, L Pujadas, J Vallès… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Glycogen synthesis is normally absent in neurons. However, inclusion bodies resembling
abnormal glycogen accumulate in several neurological diseases, particularly in progressive …

STARCH-EXCESS4 Is a Laforin-Like Phosphoglucan Phosphatase Required for Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana

O Kotting, D Santelia, C Edner, S Eicke… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in plants. It is comprised of glucans that form
semicrystalline granules. Glucan phosphorylation is a prerequisite for normal starch …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular cloning and functional expression of KCNQ5, a potassium channel subunit that may contribute to neuronal M-current diversity

C Lerche, CR Scherer, G Seebohm, C Derst… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
We have isolated KCNQ5, a novel human member of the KCNQ potassium channel gene
family that is differentially expressed in subregions of the brain and in skeletal muscle. When …

Targeted disruption of the Epm2a gene causes formation of Lafora inclusion bodies, neurodegeneration, ataxia, myoclonus epilepsy and impaired behavioral …

S Ganesh, AV Delgado-Escueta… - Human molecular …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in the EPM2A gene encoding a dual-specificity phosphatase (laforin) cause
Lafora disease (LD), a progressive and invariably fatal epilepsy with periodic acid–Schiff …

Insights into Lafora disease: malin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates and promotes the degradation of laforin

MS Gentry, CA Worby, JE Dixon - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Lafora disease (LD) is a fatal form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy caused by recessive
mutations in either a gene encoding a dual-specificity phosphatase, known as laforin, or a …

[HTML][HTML] Early treatment with metformin improves neurological outcomes in lafora disease

DF Burgos, M Machío-Castello, N Iglesias-Cabeza… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lafora disease is a fatal form of progressive myoclonic epilepsy caused by mutations in the
EPM2A or NHLRC1/EPM2B genes that usually appears during adolescence. The Epm2a …

Laforin, the most common protein mutated in Lafora disease, regulates autophagy

C Aguado, S Sarkar, VI Korolchuk… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy, which is
characterized by the accumulation of polyglucosan inclusion bodies, called Lafora bodies, in …