The pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontal lobe dementia is unraveling : pathology of the nucleus and glutamate sensitivity

The mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases have begun to become unraveled, thanks to the progress in stem cell research. The repeat expansion in the C90RF72 gene was identified in 2011 as the most common genetic cause of both ALS and frontal lobe dementia. Only over a couple of years the disease mechanisms of this mutation have been revealed and treatment trials have already been conducted in nerve cell cultures differentiated from patients' stem cells. We discuss the role of the repeat expansion in the C90RF72 gene in the epidemiology of the diseases and the resulting disturbances in nerve cell function.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

Enthalten in:

Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja - 132(2016), 5 vom: 02., Seite 423-31

Sprache:

Finnisch

Weiterer Titel:

Amyotrofisen lateraaliskleroosin ja otsalohkodementian patogeneesi avautuu: Tumapatologia ja glutamaattiherkkyys

Beteiligte Personen:

Tienari, Pentti [VerfasserIn]
Kiviharju, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Valori, Miko [VerfasserIn]
Lindholm, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Laaksovirta, Hannu [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

3KX376GY7L
C9orf72 Protein
C9orf72 protein, human
Glutamic Acid
Journal Article
Proteins
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.05.2016

Date Revised 16.11.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM259508292