Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review

S Mathis, C Goizet, A Soulages, JM Vallat… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the motor pathways,
invariably leading to death within a few years of onset. Most cases of ALS are sporadic, but …

TDP-43 and FUS/TLS: emerging roles in RNA processing and neurodegeneration

C Lagier-Tourenne, M Polymenidou… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) are
neurodegenerative diseases with clinical and pathological overlap. Landmark discoveries of …

A new subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with FUS pathology

M Neumann, R Rademakers, S Roeber, M Baker… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a clinical syndrome with a heterogeneous molecular
basis. The neuropathology associated with most FTD is characterized by abnormal cellular …

An update on clinical, genetic and pathological aspects of frontotemporal lobar degenerations

T Lashley, JD Rohrer, S Mead… - Neuropathology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The development of our understanding of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has gathered pace
over the last 10 years. After taking a back seat to A lzheimer's disease for many years FTD …

Updates on cytogenetics and molecular genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors:: Ewing sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors

AA Sandberg, JA Bridge - Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, 2000 - Elsevier
Cytogenetics of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors [1]. In view of the remarkable developments in
this field since 1994, both in the cytogenetic and particularly in the molecular genetic …

The multifunctional FUS, EWS and TAF15 proto-oncoproteins show cell type-specific expression patterns and involvement in cell spreading and stress response

MK Andersson, A Ståhlberg, Y Arvidsson, A Olofsson… - BMC cell biology, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background FUS, EWS and TAF15 are structurally similar multifunctional proteins
that were first discovered upon characterization of fusion oncogenes in human sarcomas …

Fus deficiency in mice results in defective B-lymphocyte development and activation, high levels of chromosomal instability and perinatal death

GG Hicks, N Singh, A Nashabi, S Mai, G Bozek… - Nature …, 2000 - nature.com
The gene FUS (also known as TLS (for translocated in liposarcoma) and hnRNP P 2) is
translocated with the gene encoding the transcription factor ERG-1 in human myeloid …

Promiscuous partnerships in Ewing's sarcoma

S Sankar, SL Lessnick - Cancer genetics, 2011 - Elsevier
Ewing's sarcoma is a highly aggressive bone and soft tissue tumor of children and young
adults. At the molecular genetic level Ewing's sarcoma is characterized by a balanced …

Prognostic Impact of P53 Status, TLS-CHOP Fusion Transcript Structure, and Histological Grade in Myxoid Liposarcoma: A Molecular and Clinicopathologic Study of …

CR Antonescu, SJ Tschernyavsky, R Decuseara… - Clinical Cancer …, 2001 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: A specific TLS-CHOP fusion gene resulting from the t (12; 16) is present in
at least 95% of myxoid liposarcomas (MLS). Three common forms of the TLS-CHOP fusion …

FUS stimulates microRNA biogenesis by facilitating co‐transcriptional Drosha recruitment

M Morlando, S Dini Modigliani, G Torrelli, A Rosa… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
microRNA abundance has been shown to depend on the amount of the microprocessor
components or, in some cases, on specific auxiliary co‐factors. In this paper, we show that …