Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Altered oligomeric states in pathogenic ALS2 variants associated with juvenile motor neuron diseases cause loss of ALS2-mediated endosomal function.
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30224357 |
2018 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis (IAHSP) is a rare, early-onset autosomal recessive motor neuron disease associated with mutations in ALS2.
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24144828 |
2014 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Recessive mutations in the alsin gene cause three clinically distinct motor neuron diseases: juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS2), juvenile primary lateral sclerosis (JPLS) and infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paraplegia (IAHSP).
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24315819 |
2014 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Recently, it has been shown that ALS2 plays a role in neuroprotection against MND-associated pathological insults, such as toxicity induced by mutant Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1).
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20339559 |
2010 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
To our knowledge, these data provide the first example of non-cell-autonomous glial effects in a recessive form of motor neuron disease and a potential rationale for the higher vulnerability of upper versus lower motor neurons in ALS2/Alsin-linked disorders.
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19304783 |
2009 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Defects in the human ALS2 gene, which encodes the 1,657-amino-acid residue protein alsin, are linked to several related motor neuron diseases.
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19023603 |
2009 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
ALS2/alsin knockout mice and motor neuron diseases.
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18714162 |
2008 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
To test whether ALS2 plays a protective role against mutant SOD1-mediated motor neuron degeneration in vivo, we examined the progression of motor neuron disease in SOD1(G93A) mice on an ALS2 null background.
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16973244 |
2007 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
In this review, we summarize recent clinical and molecular reports regarding alsin and attempt to place these results within the larger context of motor neuron disease.
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17955197 |
2007 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Thus, a loss of functions in the ALS2-coded protein accounts for motor dysfunction and/or degeneration in the ALS2-linked MNDs.
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17566607 |
2007 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Recessive mutations in ALS2 (juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) are causative for early-onset upper motor neuron diseases, including infantile ascending hereditary spastic paralysis (IAHSP).
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16718699 |
2006 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Homozygous mutation in the ALS2 gene and the resulting loss of the guanine exchange factor activity of the ALS2 protein is causative for autosomal recessive early-onset motor neuron disease that is thought to predominantly affect upper motor neurons.
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16802286 |
2006 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Mutation of the ALS2 gene encoding alsin is linked to the onset of autosomal recessive motor neuron diseases, including juvenile-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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14970233 |
2004 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Thus, mutations in the ALS2 gene linked to early-onset motor neuron disease uniformly produce loss of activity through decreased protein stability of this endosomal GEF.
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14668431 |
2003 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
Eight mutations in the ALS2 gene have been described as causing autosomal-recessive juvenile-onset forms of the motor neuron diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, primary lateral sclerosis and hereditary spastic paraplegia.
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12919135 |
2003 |
Motor Neuron Disease
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0.100 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
LHGDN |
Thus, mutations in the ALS2 gene linked to early-onset motor neuron disease uniformly produce loss of activity through decreased protein stability of this endosomal GEF.
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14668431 |
2003 |