Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs58064122
rs58064122
0.850 GeneticVariation BEFREE By introducing Alexander disease (AxD)-associated hotspot mutations (R79C, R239C) into GFAP gene of hPSCs and subsequently inducing astrocyte differentiation, we found that GFAP mutations impaired mitochondrial transfer from astrocytes and reduced astrocytic CD38 expression. 31327963

2019

dbSNP: rs58064122
rs58064122
0.850 GeneticVariation BEFREE Hela and U2-OS cells transfected with GFAP cDNA with c. 239 T > C showed dot-like cytoplasmic aggregation, similar to R239C, a common mutation found in severe infantile AxD. 29573842

2018

dbSNP: rs58064122
rs58064122
0.850 GeneticVariation BEFREE We find that both assembled and unassembled wild type (wt) and R239C mutant GFAP protein interacts with the 20 S proteasome complex and that the R239C AxD mutation does not interfere with this interaction. 20110364

2010

dbSNP: rs58064122
rs58064122
0.850 GeneticVariation BEFREE Functional studies on this complex allele revealed less severe aggregation patterns compared to those observed with p.R239C GFAP mutant, associated with a severe Alexander disease phenotype. 18197187

2008

dbSNP: rs58064122
rs58064122
0.850 GeneticVariation BEFREE He was a heterozygote of the Arg239Cys mutation of the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene and was diagnosed with Alexander's disease. 12026242

2002

dbSNP: rs121909717
rs121909717
0.830 GeneticVariation BEFREE The child was found to harbor the R416W mutation, one of the most prevalent mutations in the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene that causes Alexander disease. 24742911

2014

dbSNP: rs121909717
rs121909717
0.830 GeneticVariation BEFREE Collectively, these data confirm that the effects of the R416W GFAP are dominant, changing the assembly process in a way that encourages aberrant filament-filament interactions that then lead to protein aggregation and chaperone sequestration as early events in Alexander disease. 16826512

2006

dbSNP: rs121909717
rs121909717
0.830 GeneticVariation BEFREE Interestingly, this R</span>416W mutation has also been reported in both infantile and juvenile forms of Alexander disease. 14550921

2003

dbSNP: rs59793293
rs59793293
0.820 GeneticVariation BEFREE By introducing Alexander disease (AxD)-associated hotspot mutations (R79C, R239C) into GFAP gene of hPSCs and subsequently inducing astrocyte differentiation, we found that GFAP mutations impaired mitochondrial transfer from astrocytes and reduced astrocytic CD38 expression. 31327963

2019

dbSNP: rs59793293
rs59793293
0.820 GeneticVariation BEFREE We report a patient with infantile Alexander disease (AXD) due to the recurrent p.Arg79Cys GFAP mutation. 18584981

2009

dbSNP: rs59565950
rs59565950
0.820 GeneticVariation BEFREE R239H mutation of glial fibrillary acidic protein gene was identified, representing a common cause of infantile-type Alexander disease. 17383133

2007

dbSNP: rs59565950
rs59565950
0.820 GeneticVariation BEFREE In this transgenic animal model, mice did not show megalencephaly, leukodystrophy, or seizure characteristic of Alexander disease with R239H mutation. 17299771

2007

dbSNP: rs59285727
rs59285727
0.810 GeneticVariation BEFREE The mother of a proband was demonstrated to be a presymptomatic patient with type II AxD with a p.R79H mutation. 23364391

2013

dbSNP: rs797044571
rs797044571
0.810 GeneticVariation BEFREE Familial adult-onset Alexander disease with a novel mutation (D78N) in the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene with unusual bilateral basal ganglia involvement. 23743246

2013

dbSNP: rs267607505
rs267607505
0.810 GeneticVariation BEFREE A novel glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) mutation, Y257C, is reported in a patient with adult-onset Alexander disease. 17960815

2008

dbSNP: rs61497286
rs61497286
0.810 GeneticVariation BEFREE Here we report that a 10-year-old Japanese patient who showed clinical signs of Alexander disease is heterozygous for a C to T transition in which predicts a novel A244V amino acid substitution in the conserved 2A alpha-helix domain of GFAP. 11595337

2001

dbSNP: rs267607509
rs267607509
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE Adult-onset Alexander disease with a heterozygous D128N GFAP mutation: a pathological study. 30942895

2019

dbSNP: rs748860341
rs748860341
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE c.1289G>A (p.Arg430His) variant in the epsilon isoform of the GFAP gene in a patient with adult onset Alexander disease. 30048824

2019

dbSNP: rs797044572
rs797044572
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE Although there is only one previous report of a patient with an F80S mutation, our data support that F80S can cause the severe, infantile form of AxD. 29573842

2018

dbSNP: rs267607518
rs267607518
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE Late-onset Alexander disease with a V87L mutation in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and calcifying lesions in the sub-cortex and cortex. 21822933

2012

dbSNP: rs59985777
rs59985777
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE The L331P mutation may be associated with the mild phenotype of Alexander's disease. 15465095

2004

dbSNP: rs1344968326
rs1344968326
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE c.1289G>A (p.Arg430His) variant in the epsilon isoform of the GFAP gene in a patient with adult onset Alexander disease. 30048824

2019

dbSNP: rs767331653
rs767331653
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE An autopsied case of adult-onset bulbospinalform Alexander disease with a novel S393R mutation in the GFAP gene. 25828773

2015

dbSNP: rs2070935
rs2070935
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our investigation revealed the possibility that the C/C genotype at rs2070935 of the GFAP promoter in late-onset AxD was associated with an earlier onset and a more rapid progression of ambulatory disability compared with the other genotypes. 23903069

2013