Genetics and pathogenesis of dystonia

M Thomsen, LM Lange, M Zech… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dystonia is a clinically and genetically highly heterogeneous neurological disorder
characterized by abnormal movements and postures caused by involuntary sustained or …

A systematic compilation of human SH3 domains: a versatile superfamily in cellular signaling

M Mehrabipour, NSK Jasemi, R Dvorsky… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
SRC homology 3 (SH3) domains are fundamental modules that enable the assembly of
protein complexes through physical interactions with a pool of proline-rich/noncanonical …

Disruption of nuclear speckle integrity dysregulates RNA splicing in C9ORF72-FTD/ALS

R Wu, Y Ye, D Dong, Z Zhang, S Wang, Y Li, N Wright… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Expansion of an intronic (GGGGCC) n repeat within the C9ORF72 gene is the most common
genetic cause of both frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

[HTML][HTML] A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by rare variants in PPFIA3

MS Paul, SL Michener, H Pan, H Chan… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
PPFIA3 encodes the protein-tyrosine phosphatase, receptor-type, F-polypeptide-interacting-
protein-alpha-3 (PPFIA3), which is a member of the LAR-protein-tyrosine phosphatase …

Cerebellar dysfunction as a source of dystonic phenotypes in mice

AM Brown, ME van der Heijden, HA Jinnah, RV Sillitoe - The Cerebellum, 2023 - Springer
There is now a substantial amount of compelling evidence demonstrating that the
cerebellum may be a central locus in dystonia pathogenesis. Studies using spontaneous …

Emerging and converging molecular mechanisms in dystonia

P Gonzalez-Latapi, N Marotta, NE Mencacci - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - Springer
Dystonia is a clinically, genetically, and biologically heterogeneous hyperkinetic movement
disorder caused by the dysfunctional activity of neural circuits involved in motor control. Our …

Blood transcriptome sequencing identifies biomarkers able to track disease stages in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

M Raposo, J Hübener-Schmid, AF Ferreira… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transcriptional dysregulation has been described in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-
Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), an autosomal dominant ataxia caused by a polyglutamine …

Neuronal mechanism of a BK channelopathy in absence epilepsy and dyskinesia

P Dong, Y Zhang, AS Hunanyan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
A growing number of gain-of-function (GOF) BK channelopathies have been identified in
patients with epilepsy and movement disorders. Nevertheless, the underlying …

Genetic analysis of dystonia-related genes in Parkinson's disease

Y Wang, Y Zhao, H Pan, Q Zeng, X Zhou… - Frontiers in aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Parkinson's disease (PD) and dystonia are two closely related movement
disorders with overlaps in clinical phenotype. Variants in several dystonia-related genes …

Mutation profile of Bardet‐Biedl syndrome patients from India: Implicative role of multiallelic rare variants and oligogenic inheritance pattern

H Gnanasekaran, SP Chandrasekhar… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Bardet‐Biedl syndrome (BBS), a rare primary form of ciliopathy, with heterogeneous
clinical and genetic presentation is characterized by rod cone dystrophy, obesity …