Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies

F Akçimen, ER Lopez, JE Landers, A Nath… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in sequencing technologies and collaborative efforts have led to
substantial progress in identifying the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: seeking therapeutic targets in the era of gene therapy

N Suzuki, A Nishiyama, H Warita, M Aoki - Journal of human genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an intractable disease that causes respiratory failure
leading to mortality. The main locus of ALS is motor neurons. The success of antisense …

Current state and future directions in the therapy of ALS

L Tzeplaeff, S Wilfling, MV Requardt, M Herdick - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder
affecting upper and lower motor neurons, with death resulting mainly from respiratory failure …

The impact of age on genetic testing decisions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PR Mehta, A Iacoangeli, S Opie-Martin, JJFA van Vugt… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative syndrome. In up
to 20% of cases, a family history is observed. Although Mendelian disease gene variants are …

The importance of offering early genetic testing in everyone with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Salmon, MC Kiernan, SH Kim, PM Andersen, A Chio… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Several genetically-targeted therapies are being developed for ALS. Research is
increasingly supportive of a greater incidence of clinically actionable variants in sporadic …

Environmental factors modulating protein conformations and their role in protein aggregation diseases

S Devi, M Chaturvedi, S Fatima, S Priya - Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
The adverse physiological conditions have been long known to impact protein synthesis,
folding and functionality. Major physiological factors such as the effect of pH, temperature …

The role and therapeutic potential of the integrated stress response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Marlin, C Viu-Idocin, M Arrasate… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, loss of cellular homeostasis within cortical
and spinal cord motor neurons triggers the activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) …

Using gene panels in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders: A mini-review

KWP Ng, HL Chin, AXY Chin, DLM Goh - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The diagnosis of inherited neuromuscular disorders is challenging due to their genetic and
phenotypic variability. Traditionally, neurophysiology and histopathology were primarily …

Individuals' experiences in genetic counseling and predictive testing for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

CG Steigerwald, C Bertolini… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As clinical genetic testing in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnostic setting
increases, the identification of at‐risk family members has also expanded. No practice …

Integrative profiling of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis lymphoblasts identifies unique metabolic and mitochondrial disease fingerprints

T Cunha-Oliveira, M Carvalho, V Sardão… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with a rapid
progression and no effective treatment. Metabolic and mitochondrial alterations in peripheral …