Therapeutic applicability of cannabidiol and other phytocannabinoids in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease and in comorbidity with psychiatric …

M de Fátima dos Santos Sampaio… - Basic & Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have demonstrated the neuroprotective effect of cannabidiol (CBD) and other
Cannabis sativa L. derivatives on diseases of the central nervous system caused by their …

Diagnostic utility of DNA methylation analysis in genetically unsolved pediatric epilepsies and CHD2 episignature refinement

CW LaFlamme, C Rastin, S Sengupta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Sequence-based genetic testing identifies causative variants in~ 50% of individuals with
developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Aberrant changes in DNA …

Germline pathogenic variants in HNRNPU are associated with alterations in blood methylome

S Lee, E Ochoa, M Badura-Stronka… - European Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
HNRNPU encodes a multifunctional RNA-binding protein that plays critical roles in
regulating pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA stability, and translation. Aberrant expression and …

Identification of the DNA methylation signature of Mowat-Wilson syndrome

SG Caraffi, L van der Laan, K Rooney… - European Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MOWS) is a rare congenital disease caused by haploinsufficiency
of ZEB2, encoding a transcription factor required for neurodevelopment. MOWS is …

Genetic Testing for Epilepsy: A User Guide

A Beil, M Wagner, J Nulle, M Friedli, LT Dang… - … Treatment Options in …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review About 30% of epilepsy cases have an underlying genetic
etiology. Despite rapid progress with understanding the genetic underpinnings of epilepsy …

Diagnostic utility and reporting recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing in genetically undiagnosed rare diseases

J Kerkhof, C Rastin, MA Levy, R Relator… - Genetics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aims to assess the diagnostic utility and provide reporting
recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing based on the cohort of …

Evaluating cell culture reliability in pediatric brain tumor primary cells through DNA methylation profiling

L Pedace, S Pizzi, L Abballe, M Vinci… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
In vitro models of pediatric brain tumors (pBT) are instrumental for better understanding the
mechanisms contributing to oncogenesis and testing new therapies; thus, ideally, they …

Functional Insight into and Refinement of the Genomic Boundaries of the JARID2-Neurodevelopmental Disorder Episignature

L van der Laan, K Rooney, S Haghshenas… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
JARID2 (Jumonji, AT-rich interactive domain 2) haploinsufficiency is associated with a
clinically distinct neurodevelopmental syndrome. It is characterized by intellectual disability …

Genome-wide epistasis analysis reveals gene–gene interaction network on an intermediate endophenotype P-tau/Aβ42 ratio in ADNI cohort

Q Zhang, J Liu, H Liu, L Ao, Y Xi, D Chen - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most
common cause of dementia in the elderly worldwide. The exact etiology of AD, particularly …

Diagnostic Utility of Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analysis in Genetically Unsolved Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies and Refinement of a CHD2 …

CW LaFlamme, C Rastin, S Sengupta, HE Pennington… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Sequence-based genetic testing currently identifies causative genetic variants in∼ 50% of
individuals with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Aberrant changes in …