ATXN2, ataxin 2, 6311

N. diseases: 341; N. variants: 50
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GermlineCausalMutation disease ORPHANET
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease GENOMICS_ENGLAND
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The recent demonstration that spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is caused by a CAG repeat expansion within the ataxin-2 gene has allowed us to determine the frequency of SCA2 compared with SCA1, SCA3/Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), and dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) in patients with sporadic and inherited ataxia. 9106530 1997
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is caused by a trinucleotide (CAG) expansion in the coding region of the ataxin 2 gene on chromosome 12q.89 families with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) types I, II and III, and 47 isolated cases with idiopathic late onset cerebellar ataxia (ILOCA), were analysed for this mutation. 9549522 1998
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE In order to provide insights into the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of SCA2 and to identify conserved domains, we isolated and characterized the mouse homolog of the SCA2 gene. 9668173 1998
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Sixteen patients from nine Chinese families with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) were heterozygous for a CAG repeat expansion in the SCA2 gene containing 37 to 56 repeats, whereas the normal alleles carried 14 to 28 repeats. 9710044 1998
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA 2) in an infant with extreme CAG repeat expansion. 9779806 1998
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic study using PCR revealed that all affected patients had an expanded CAG allele in the ataxin-2 gene, which led to a final diagnosis of SCA2. 9875622 1998
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In order to further use the spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) promoter for transgenic mice models of "CAG repeat" neurodegeneration, different fragments of this 5' end were ligated into pGL3-Luc plasmid to obtain the better promoter-activity of the physiological promoter for SCA2. 9918835 1999
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is caused by expansion of unstable CAG repeats within the coding region of the novel gene, ataxin-2, on chromosome 12q24.1. 10525984 1999
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The identification of a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion, located within the coding sequence of the ataxin-2 gene, as the mutation underlying spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) has facilitated direct investigation of pedigrees previously excluded from linkage analysis due to insufficient size or pedigree structure. 10573020 2000
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE The SCA2 (CAG)n expansion was identified in 71 patients from 54 families. 10735276 1997
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is caused by expansion of a polyglutamine tract in ataxin-2, a protein of unknown function. 10814712 2000
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by the expansion of a polymorphic (CAG)(n) tract, which is translated into an expanded polyglutamine tract in the ataxin-2 protein. 10915763 2000
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Nuclear localization or inclusion body formation of ataxin-2 are not necessary for SCA2 pathogenesis in mouse or human. 10973246 2000
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder that results from the expansion of a cryptic CAG repeat within the exon 1 of the SCA2 gene. 11689490 2001
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Given that loss of cytoskeleton-dependent dendritic structure defines an early event in SCA2 pathogenesis, our findings suggest the possibility that dysregulation of actin cytoskeletal structure resulting from altered ataxin-2 activity is responsible for neurodegeneration in SCA2. 12524342 2002
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Ataxin-2, the gene responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), localizes to this region, but no triplet repeat expansion or point mutations within the repeat were found. 12682323 2003
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE To investigate SCA2 as the possible cause of familial parkinsonism in our series and subsequently to analyze the correlation between the clinical manifestation and CAG repeat size in the ataxin-2 gene product. 14732617 2004
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is a human neurodegenerative disease caused by mutation in the ataxin-2 gene on human chromosome 12. 14769358 2003
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE A2BP1 encodes a protein that is known to interact with the spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 ( SCA2) protein. 15148587 2004
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Human ataxin 2 is a protein of unknown function that is implicated in the neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 2. 15342467 2004
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE Can ataxin-2 be down-regulated by allele-specific de novo DNA methylation in SCA2 patients? 15504570 2004
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized as an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeats in SCA2 gene resulting in abnormal polyglutamine sequence. 16128876 2005
CUI: C0752121
Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
0.900 Biomarker disease BEFREE Possibilities of hereditary ataxias, including SCA1 (ataxin 1, ATXN1), SCA2 (ATXN2), Machado-Joseph disease/SCA3 (ATXN1), SCA6 (ATXN1), SCA7 (ATXN7), SCA12 (protein phosphatase 2, regulatory subunit B, beta isoform; PP2R2B), SCA17 (TATA box binding protein, TBP) and DRPLA (atrophin 1; ATN1), were excluded, and no mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene were found. 17420317 2007