Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an update of recent literature

E Longinetti, F Fang - Current opinion in neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Provided with the increasing number of patients diagnosed with ALS and the improved
societal awareness of the disease, more resources should be allocated to the research and …

Therapeutic potential of polyphenols in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

V Novak, B Rogelj, V Župunski - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are severe
neurodegenerative disorders that belong to a common disease spectrum. The molecular …

Multi-OMICS study of a CHCHD10 variant causing ALS demonstrates metabolic rewiring and activation of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial unfolded protein …

IR Straub, W Weraarpachai… - Human Molecular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in CHCHD10, coding for a mitochondrial intermembrane space protein, are a rare
cause of autosomal dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Mutation-specific toxic gain of …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MR Aktekin, H Uysal - Turk Noroloji Dergisi, 2020 - jag.journalagent.com
Amaç: İskemik serebrovasküler hastalık geçirmiş bireylerin akut döneminde karotis intima
media kalınlığı (tCIM) ile gövde kontrolü arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve …

Genetic epidemiology of familial ALS in Brazil

JPN Gonçalves, TB Leoni, MP Martins, TM Peluzzo… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many genes associated with familial forms of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS) have
been identified in European and North American cohorts. However, little is known about the …

Frontotemporal dementias in latin america: history, epidemiology, genetics, and clinical research

JJ Llibre-Guerra, MI Behrens, ML Hosogi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The historical development, frequency, and impact of frontotemporal dementia
(FTD) are less clear in Latin America than in high-income countries. Although there is a …

A descriptive review of global real world evidence efforts to advance drug discovery and clinical development in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SF Cook, T Rhodes, C Schlusser, S Han… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Understanding patient clinical progression is a key gateway to planning effective clinical
trials and ultimately enabling bringing treatments to patients in need. In a rare disease like …

Reduced levels of ALS gene DCTN1 induce motor defects in Drosophila

R Borg, P Herrera, A Purkiss, R Cacciottolo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease that has
a strong genetic component. Deleterious variants in the DCTN1 gene are known to be a …

A natural history comparison of SOD1-mutant patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis between Chinese and German populations

L Tang, J Dorst, L Chen, X Liu, Y Ma, K Günther… - Translational …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, there is no effective treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), despite the
limited efficacy of riluzole [1] and edaravone [2]. SOD1 (coding for the Cu/Zn superoxide …

The Latin American Epidemiology Network for ALS (Laenals)

O Hardiman, M Heverin, J Rooney, P Lillo… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is evolving evidence of non-uniform distribution of ALS worldwide, with
apparently lower incident and prevalent rates outside populations of European origin …