Fatal Familial Insomnia
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1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Inherited mutations in the Prion protein (PrP), encoded by the <i>PRNP</i> gene, have been associated with autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorders, such as Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI).
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31340582 |
2019 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
FFI is caused by a missense mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein gene (PRNP).
|
31122137 |
2019 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Compared to ND, t-PrP concentrations were significantly decreased in sCJD, iCJD and in genetic prion diseases associated with the three most common mutations E200K, V210I (associated with genetic CJD) and D178N-129M (associated with fatal familial insomnia).
|
30062673 |
2019 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is a hereditary prion disease caused by a mutation at codon 178 of the prion-protein gene leading to a D178N substitution in the protein determining severe and selective atrophy of mediodorsal and anteroventral thalamic nuclei.
|
30890351 |
2019 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare prion disease commonly inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern from a mutation in the PRioN Protein (PRNP) gene.
|
30012679 |
2018 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is an autosomal dominant disease due to the D178N mutation of PRNP gene coupling with homozygous methionine (Met) at codon 129.
|
29569252 |
2018 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
The D178N-129M mutation is thought to cause FFI by destabilizing the mutated prion protein and facilitating its conversion to PrP<sup>TSE</sup>.
|
29887141 |
2018 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Genetic testing revealed a prion protein gene mutation at codon 178, and the patient was diagnosed with FFI.
|
29718878 |
2018 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Our results confirm the high sensitivity of IQ-CSF for detecting human prions with a sub-optimal sensitivity for the sporadic CJD subtypes MM2C and MM2T, and a low sensitivity limited to variant CJD, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome and fatal familial insomnia.
|
28878311 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
Biomarker
|
disease |
BEFREE |
We analyzed 128 suitable frontal cortex samples, from prion-affected patients (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) n = 20, iatrogenic CJD (iCJD) n = 11, sporadic CJD (sCJD) n = 23, familial CJD (gCJD) n = 17, fatal familial insomnia (FFI) n = 9, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS)) n = 4), patients with Alzheimer disease (AD, n = 14) and age-matched controls (n = 30).
|
29142239 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
Biomarker
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Collectively, our novel data are indicative of the spontaneous formation of a PrP-dependent neurotoxic phenotype in FFI- or CJD-PrP transgenic <i>Drosophila</i> and show that inherited human prion disease can be modelled in this invertebrate host.
|
28814578 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is a genetic prion disease caused by a point mutation in the prion protein gene (PRNP) characterized by prominent thalamic atrophy, diffuse astrogliosis and moderate deposition of PrP<sup>Sc</sup> in the brain.
|
28387370 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
Biomarker
|
disease |
BEFREE |
After the conduction of Polysomnogram (PSG) and gene detection of PRNP, the patient was diagnosed as FFI.
|
29245265 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Additionally, increased YKL-40 levels were found in genetic prion diseases associated with the PRNP-D178N (Fatal Familial Insomnia) and PRNP-E200K mutations.
|
29126445 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
The majority of cases of human prion diseases occur worldwide in the form of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and a minority of around 10-15% are associated with mutations of the prion protein gene, termed PRNP, in the forms of genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, and fatal familial insomnia.
|
28987186 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
A few very rare mutations even present as neuropsychiatric disorders, sometimes with systemic symptoms such as gastrointestinal disorders and neuropathy, progressing over years to decades. gPrDs are caused by mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP), and have been historically classified based on their clinicopathological features as genetic Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease (gJCD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS), or Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI).
|
27943639 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by the PRNP D178N/129 M mutation.
|
28549449 |
2017 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Different PrP mutations cause different diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome and fatal familial insomnia (FFI).
|
26864450 |
2016 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia is a rare disease caused by a D178N mutation in combination with methionine (Met) at codon 129 in the mutated allele of PRNP (D178N-129M haplotype).
|
27056979 |
2016 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
The D178N mutation in the PRNP gene is associated with fatal familial insomnia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
|
25220284 |
2015 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Familial fatal insomnia with atypical clinical features in a patient with D178N mutation and homozygosity for Met at codon 129 of the prion protein gene.
|
26074146 |
2015 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a hereditary autosomal-dominant prion disease linked to a mutation of the prion protein gene and characterized by sleep and autonomic abnormalities at onset followed by motor disturbances.
|
24375448 |
2014 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
Biomarker
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Of the 12 most abundant PrP(C) isoforms in the examined CSF, one (IF12) was relatively decreased in (1) sCJD with VV (vs. MM or MV) at PRNP codon 129; (2) in sCJD with PrP(Sc) type 2 (vs. PrP(Sc) type 1); and (3) in FFI versus sCJD or fCJD.
|
24360565 |
2014 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
The D178N mutation of the prion protein (PrP) results in the hereditary prion disease fatal familial insomnia (FFI).
|
25281825 |
2014 |
Fatal Familial Insomnia
|
1.000 |
GeneticVariation
|
disease |
BEFREE |
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a special subtype of genetic human prion diseases that is caused by the D178N mutation of the prion protein gene (PRNP).
|
23430483 |
2013 |