GRN, granulin precursor, 2896

N. diseases: 412; N. variants: 66
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Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
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Disease: Pick Disease of the Brain
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this international, retrospective cohort study, we collected data on age at symptom onset, age at death, and disease duration for patients with pathogenic mutations in the GRN and MAPT genes and pathological expansions in the C9orf72 gene through the Frontotemporal Dementia Prevention Initiative and from published papers. 31810826 2020
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE GRN null mutations are among the main genetic causes of frontotemporal dementia through progranulin haploinsufficiency. 31262553 2020
CUI: C0236642
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0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Peripheral GRN mRNA and Serum Progranulin Levels as a Potential Indicator for Both the Presence of Splice Site Mutations and Individuals at Risk for Frontotemporal Dementia. 30475763 2019
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Eligible participants (aged ≥18 years) either had frontotemporal dementia due to a pathogenic mutation in GRN, C9orf72, or MAPT (symptomatic mutation carriers) or were healthy at-risk first-degree relatives (either presymptomatic mutation carriers or non-carriers), and had at least two serum samples with a time interval of 6 months or more. 31701893 2019
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our findings indicate that murine progranulin deficiency causes age-dependent neurophysiological and behavioral abnormalities thereby indicating their validity in modeling aspects of human frontotemporal dementia. 31639062 2019
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE White matter hyperintensities in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia: A longitudinal GENFI study. 31835286 2019
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Progranulin (PGRN) is best known as a glial protein for which deficiency leads to the most common inherited form of frontotemporal dementia. 31237618 2019
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the progranulin (GRN) gene are a major cause of familial frontotemporal dementia. 30630176 2019
CUI: C0236642
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE AAV-mediated progranulin gene (GRN) delivery has been proposed as a treatment for GRN-deficient frontotemporal dementia and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, and recent studies using intraparenchymal AAV-Grn delivery to brain have shown moderate success in histopathologic and behavioral rescue in mouse models. 30559071 2019
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Of the cohort of 73 participants, eight mutation carriers (three GRN, five MAPT) developed clinical features of frontotemporal dementia ('converters'). 30508042 2019
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Disease: Pick Disease of the Brain
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These disorders include progranulin (PGRN)-deficient forms of frontotemporal dementia caused by mutations in the <i>GRN</i> gene that lead to haploinsufficiency. 31330099 2019
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Disease: Pick Disease of the Brain
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These data shed light on progranulin biology and support progranulin-boosting therapies for NCL and FTD due to <i>GRN</i> mutations.<b>SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT</b> Heterozygous loss-of-function progranulin (<i>GRN</i>) mutations cause frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and homozygous mutations cause neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL). 29378861 2018
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Pathological correlates of white matter hyperintensities in a case of progranulin mutation associated frontotemporal dementia. 30112957 2018
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Murine knockin model for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia with nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. 29511098 2018
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here we report that progranulin, a multi-functional growth factor implicated in the pathogenesis of frontotemporal dementia, strengthens developing CF synaptic inputs and counteracts their elimination from postnatal day 11 to 16. 29398357 2018
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We investigated whether progranulin plasma levels are predictors of the presence of progranulin gene (GRN) null mutations or of the development of symptoms in asymptomatic at risk members participating in the Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative, including 19 patients, 64 asymptomatic carriers, and 77 noncarriers. 29146050 2018
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Null mutations in progranulin gene (GRN) are one of the most frequent genetic determinants in familial frontotemporal dementia. 29226876 2018
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Manic behavior and asymmetric right frontotemporal dementia from a novel progranulin mutation. 29520145 2018
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We hypothesized a higher risk for the latter with immanent neurologic diseases and studied this potential interrelationship in progranulin-deficient mice, which are a model for frontotemporal dementia, a disease dominated by behavioral abnormalities in humans. 28720486 2017
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Haploinsufficiency caused by autosomal dominant mutations within the GRN gene leads to frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a progressive neuronal atrophy that presents in patients as frontotemporal dementia. 29053785 2017
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Microglial NFκB-TNFα hyperactivation induces obsessive-compulsive behavior in mouse models of progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia. 28438992 2017
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cerebrospinal Fluid Progranulin, but Not Serum Progranulin, Is Reduced in GRN-Negative Frontotemporal Dementia. 27760429 2017
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0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Loss of function mutations in progranulin (GRN) cause frontotemporal dementia, but how GRN haploinsufficiency causes neuronal dysfunction remains unclear. 28453791 2017
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To further test the role of neuronal progranulin in the development of frontotemporal dementia-related deficits, we generated two neuronal progranulin-deficient mouse lines using CaMKII-Cre and Nestin-Cre. 28379303 2017
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0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Selectivity and Kinetic Requirements of HDAC Inhibitors as Progranulin Enhancers for Treating Frontotemporal Dementia. 28712747 2017