CLC chloride channels and transporters: structure, function, physiology, and disease

TJ Jentsch, M Pusch - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in
mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation …

Insulin receptor isoforms in physiology and disease: an updated view

A Belfiore, R Malaguarnera, V Vella… - Endocrine …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The insulin receptor (IR) gene undergoes differential splicing that generates two IR isoforms,
IR-A and IR-B. The physiological roles of IR isoforms are incompletely understood and …

Expansions of intronic TTTCA and TTTTA repeats in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy

H Ishiura, K Doi, J Mitsui, J Yoshimura… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, and mutations in genes encoding ion channels
or neurotransmitter receptors are frequent causes of monogenic forms of epilepsy. Here we …

Myotonic dystrophy

CA Thornton - Neurologic clinics, 2014 - neurologic.theclinics.com
A population-based screen to determine the genetic frequency of myotonic dystrophy (DM)
is technically feasible but has not yet been performed on a large scale. The most ambitious …

Mechanisms of alternative pre-messenger RNA splicing

DL Black - Annual review of biochemistry, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Alternative pre-mRNA splicing is a central mode of genetic regulation in higher
eukaryotes. Variability in splicing patterns is a major source of protein diversity from the …

The myotonic dystrophies: molecular, clinical, and therapeutic challenges

B Udd, R Krahe - The Lancet Neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Myotonic dystrophy is the most common type of muscular dystrophy in adults and is
characterised by progressive myopathy, myotonia, and multiorgan involvement. Two …

The changing paradigm of intron retention: regulation, ramifications and recipes

G Monteuuis, JJL Wong, CG Bailey… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Intron retention (IR) is a form of alternative splicing that has long been neglected in
mammalian systems although it has been studied for decades in non-mammalian species …

[HTML][HTML] Myotonic dystrophies: an update on clinical aspects, genetic, pathology, and molecular pathomechanisms

G Meola, R Cardani - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2015 - Elsevier
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common adult muscular dystrophy, characterized by
autosomal dominant progressive myopathy, myotonia and multiorgan involvement. To date …

Trinucleotide repeat disorders

HT Orr, HY Zoghbi - Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The discovery that expansion of unstable repeats can cause a variety of neurological
disorders has changed the landscape of disease-oriented research for several forms of …

RNA toxicity in non‐coding repeat expansion disorders

B Swinnen, W Robberecht, L Van Den Bosch - The EMBO journal, 2020 - embopress.org
Several neurodegenerative disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) are caused by non‐coding nucleotide repeat expansions …