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 disease

J Turnbull, E Tiberia, P Striano, P Genton… - Epileptic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive progressive myoclonus epilepsy due to
mutations in the EPM2A (laforin) and EPM2B (malin) genes, with no substantial genotype …

Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy: A meta‐analysis of reported mutations in the first decade following the discovery of the EPM2A and NHLRC1 genes

S Singh, S Ganesh - Human mutation, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive and fatal form of progressive myoclonus
epilepsy. LD patients manifest myoclonus and tonic–clonic seizures, visual hallucinations …

Glycogen hyperphosphorylation underlies lafora body formation

J Turnbull, P Wang, JM Girard, A Ruggieri… - Annals of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Glycogen, the largest cytosolic macromolecule, acquires solubility, essential to its
function, through extreme branching. Lafora bodies are aggregates of polyglucosan, a long …

Advances in lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy

AV Delgado-Escueta - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2007 - Springer
Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy is an autosomal recessive, fatal, generalized
polyglucosan storage disorder that occurs in childhood or adolescence with stimulus …

Increased oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant response in Lafora disease

C Romá-Mateo, C Aguado, JL García-Giménez… - Molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Lafora disease (LD, OMIM 254780, ORPHA501) is a fatal neurodegenerative
disorder characterized by the presence of glycogen-like intracellular inclusions called Lafora …

Lafora disease proteins malin and laforin are recruited to aggresomes in response to proteasomal impairment

S Mittal, D Dubey, K Yamakawa… - Human molecular …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Lafora disease (LD), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized
by the presence of cytoplasmic polyglucosan inclusions known as Lafora bodies in several …

Natural history of Lafora disease: a prognostic systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

F Pondrelli, L Muccioli, L Licchetta, B Mostacci… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2021 - Springer
Background Lafora disease (LD) is a rare fatal autosomal recessive form of progressive
myoclonus epilepsy. It affects previously healthy children or adolescents, causing …

Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy: Disease mechanism and therapeutic attempts

R Parihar, S Ganesh - Journal of Biosciences, 2024 - Springer
Lafora disease (LD) is a life-threatening autosomal recessive and progressive
neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects adolescents, resulting in mortality within a …

Sequestration of chaperones and proteasome into Lafora bodies and proteasomal dysfunction induced by Lafora disease-associated mutations of malin

SNR Rao, R Maity, J Sharma, P Dey… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive progressive myoclonic epilepsy
characterized by the presence of intracellular polyglucosan inclusions commonly known as …