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Genome-wide survey of D/E repeats in human proteins uncovers their instability and aids in identifying their role in the chromatin regulator ATAD2

iScience, 2022
Summary: D/E repeats are stretches of aspartic and/or glutamic acid residues found in over 150 human proteins. We examined genomic stability of D/E repeats and functional characteristics of D/E repeat-containing proteins vis-à-vis the proteins with poly ...
Shalabh Shukla, Pavlo Lazarchuk, Maria N. Pavlova, Julia M. Sidorova   +3 more
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FXTAS and the Spectrum of FMR1 Premutation‐Associated Phenotypes in Latin America: A Scoping Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Fragile X–associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late‐onset neurodegenerative disorder caused by FMR1 premutation expansions (55–200 CGG repeats). Although well described in populations of predominantly European ancestry, FXTAS remains poorly characterized in Latin America due to limited awareness, restricted access to ...
Amy Schmidmajer, Salomón Páez‐García, Santiago Martínez, Jacobo Ramírez‐Triana, Kevin O'Hara‐Veintimilla, Andrés Ricaurte‐Fajardo, Catalina Cerquera‐Cleves   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Key Interventions in Friedreich's Ataxia and Their Impact on Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare neurodegenerative disease with multisystemic symptoms that requires multidisciplinary care. This systematic review summarizes available pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions, their outcomes, and alignment with patient‐centered care domains, as well as their impact on these domains.
Dorota Sarwinska, Maresa Buchholz, Audrey Iskandar, Marcus Grobe‐Einsler, Thomas Klockgether, Jennifer Faber, Bernhard Michalowsky   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognition in Trinucleotide Repeat Spinocerebellar Ataxias

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) comprise a group of complex and heterogeneous hereditary neurodegenerative disorders characterized by cerebellar ataxia, with ophthalmoplegia, pyramidal and extrapyramidal features, peripheral neuropathy, motor neuron disease, pigmentary retinopathy, epilepsy, and dementia in ...
Ayush Agarwal, Pankaj, Mohd Faruq, Ajay Garg, Achal K Srivastava   +4 more
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Early Longitudinal Brain Network Changes in Huntington's Disease Before Clinical Motor Onset

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Longitudinal studies of seed‐based functional connectivity (SBFC) in young adult Huntington's disease gene‐expanded (HDGE) individuals are rare, and none, to our knowledge, have examined adult cohorts decades from predicted clinical motor diagnosis.
Michela Leocadi, Nicola Z. Hobbs, Mena Farag, Michael J. Murphy, Kate Fayer, Olivia Thackeray, Harry Knights, James B. Rowe, Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian, Geraint Rees, Rachael I. Scahill, Sarah J. Tabrizi, Christelle Langley   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanded ATXN3 CAG Repeat is Stable in Human Purkinje Cells

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an abnormally long polyglutamine‐encoding CAG repeat in the ATXN3 gene. Objectives We aimed to determine whether somatic expansion of the mutant ATXN3 (mATXN3) CAG repeat is present in the output cell of the cerebellar cortex, the Purkinje cell (PC), in ...
Hasnahana Chetia, Laura Kus, Erika Sipos, Nathaniel Heintz, Kert Mätlik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iloperidone treatment mitigates the Juvenile Huntington's Disease phenotype possibly via Sigma‐1 Receptor Modulation

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
We investigated the potential of iloperidone as an activator of Sigma‐1 receptor (S1R) neuroprotective function in juvenile Huntington's disease (jHD). We tested iloperidone on cortical neurons differentiated from patient‐derived iPSCs, demonstrating that it acts as a S1R agonist, decreasing apoptosis, huntingtin aggregation, and oxidative stress ...
Ersilia Fornetti, Gaia Galluzzi, Mario Frezzini, Cécile Exertier, Vittorio Brufani, Gianni Colotti, Giancarlo Ruocco, Jessica Rosati, Angelo Luigi Vescovi, Daniele Narzi, Ilaria Genovese, Andrea Ilari   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directional information flow in human frataxin defines allosteric pathways connecting the hydrophobic core to the iron‐binding ridge

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Human frataxin deficiency causes Friedreich's ataxia, yet how iron‐binding events are communicated across the protein is unclear. Using transfer entropy analysis of molecular dynamics simulations, we identify buried hydrophobic core leucines (LEU136, LEU140) as the source of directional signaling toward the iron‐binding acidic ridge.
Kevser Kübra Kırboğa, Ecir Uğur Küçüksille   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data mining revealed no other trinucleotide repeat expansion associated with the Huntington's disease biomarker (CAG)

Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
The CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion is believed to be the only expansion associated with Huntington's Disease and other phenotypically similar genetic diseases.
Omar Alaqeeli
doaj   +1 more source

Huntington's disease CAG trinucleotide repeats in pathologically confirmed post-mortem brains

Neurobiology of Disease, 1994
CAG repeat expansion in the Huntington's disease gene (HD) was examined in postmortem brains from 310 clinically diagnosed and 15 ‘at risk’ individuals. Presence of an expanded CAG allele (>37 units) was the cause of the disorder in almost all cases (307
Francesca Persichetti, Jayalakshmi Srinidhi, Lisa Kanaley, Pei Ge, Richard H. Myers, Kenneth D'Arrigo, Glenn T. Barnes, Marcy E. MacDonald, Jean-Paul Vonsattel, James F. Gusella, Edward D. Bird   +10 more
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