[HTML][HTML] Incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity: from clinical studies to population cohorts

R Kingdom, CF Wright - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The same genetic variant found in different individuals can cause a range of diverse
phenotypes, from no discernible clinical phenotype to severe disease, even among related …

[HTML][HTML] Insight and Recommendations for Fragile X-Premutation-Associated Conditions from the Fifth International Conference on FMR1 Premutation

F Tassone, D Protic, EG Allen, AD Archibald, A Baud… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The premutation of the fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMR1) gene is
characterized by an expansion of the CGG trinucleotide repeats (55 to 200 CGGs) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant Huntingtin stalls ribosomes and represses protein synthesis in a cellular model of Huntington disease

M Eshraghi, PP Karunadharma, J Blin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The polyglutamine expansion of huntingtin (mHTT) causes Huntington disease (HD) and
neurodegeneration, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we found that mHtt promotes …

Parallel in-depth analysis of repeat expansions in ataxia patients by long-read sequencing

H Erdmann, F Schöberl, M Giurgiu, RM Leal Silva… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Instability of simple DNA repeats has been known as a common cause of hereditary ataxias
for over 20 years. Routine genetic diagnostics of these phenotypically similar diseases still …

Neurodegenerative diseases associated with non-coding CGG tandem repeat expansions

ZD Zhou, J Jankovic, T Ashizawa, EK Tan - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
Non-coding CGG repeat expansions cause multiple neurodegenerative disorders, including
fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease …

[HTML][HTML] The polyG diseases: a new disease entity

T Liufu, Y Zheng, J Yu, Y Yuan, Z Wang, J Deng… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, inspired by the similar clinical and pathological features shared with fragile X-
associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), abnormal expansion of CGG repeats in the …

[HTML][HTML] Rare diseases of epigenetic origin: Challenges and opportunities

MP Fu, SM Merrill, M Sharma, WT Gibson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rare diseases (RDs), more than 80% of which have a genetic origin, collectively affect
approximately 350 million people worldwide. Progress in next-generation sequencing …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic variability to medication management: an update on fragile X syndrome

NA Elhawary, IA AlJahdali, IS Abumansour, ZA Azher… - Human Genomics, 2023 - Springer
This review discusses the discovery, epidemiology, pathophysiology, genetic etiology,
molecular diagnosis, and medication-based management of fragile X syndrome (FXS). It …

[HTML][HTML] Blood proteome profiling reveals biomarkers and pathway alterations in Fragile X PM at risk for developing FXTAS

M Zafarullah, J Li, MR Salemi, BS Phinney… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder
associated with the FMR1 premutation. Currently, it is not possible to determine when and if …

[PDF][PDF] hnRNPH2 gain-of-function mutations reveal therapeutic strategies and a role for RNA granules in neurodevelopmental disorders

BA Kelvington, T Abel - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
hnRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) is caused by mutations in the
HNRNPH2 gene and is associated with substantial challenges, including developmental …