Lafora disease—from pathogenesis to treatment strategies
Lafora disease is a severe, autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The
disease usually manifests in previously healthy adolescents, and death commonly occurs …
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 …
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
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive and fatal form of progressive myoclonus
epilepsy. LD patients manifest myoclonus and tonic–clonic seizures, visual hallucinations …
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 …
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 …
polyglucosan storage disorder that occurs in childhood or adolescence with stimulus …
Increased oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant response in Lafora disease
Abstract Lafora disease (LD, OMIM 254780, ORPHA501) is a fatal neurodegenerative
disorder characterized by the presence of glycogen-like intracellular inclusions called Lafora …
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
Lafora disease (LD), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized
by the presence of cytoplasmic polyglucosan inclusions known as Lafora bodies in several …
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 …
myoclonus epilepsy. It affects previously healthy children or adolescents, causing …
Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy: Disease mechanism and therapeutic attempts
Lafora disease (LD) is a life-threatening autosomal recessive and progressive
neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects adolescents, resulting in mortality within a …
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
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive progressive myoclonic epilepsy
characterized by the presence of intracellular polyglucosan inclusions commonly known as …
characterized by the presence of intracellular polyglucosan inclusions commonly known as …