[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of ALS

A Shatunov, A Al-Chalabi - Neurobiology of Disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogeneous group of neurological conditions
which have in common the progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: molecular mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic strategies

X Yang, Y Ji, W Wang, L Zhang, Z Chen, M Yu, Y Shen… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with the progressive
loss of motor neurons, leading to a fatal paralysis. According to whether there is a family …

Integrating human brain proteomes with genome-wide association data implicates new proteins in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

AP Wingo, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, J Gockley… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many risk loci for Alzheimer's
disease (AD),, but how these loci confer AD risk is unclear. Here, we aimed to identify loci …

Expansion sequencing: Spatially precise in situ transcriptomics in intact biological systems

S Alon, DR Goodwin, A Sinha, AT Wassie, F Chen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cells and tissues are made up of diverse molecular building blocks,
organized with nanoscale precision over extended length scales. Newly developed …

Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology

W Van Rheenen, RAA Van Der Spek, MK Bakker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with a lifetime risk
of one in 350 people and an unmet need for disease-modifying therapies. We conducted a …

Mitochondrial bioenergetic deficits in C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor neurons cause dysfunctional axonal homeostasis

AR Mehta, JM Gregory, O Dando, RN Carter… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Axonal dysfunction is a common phenotype in neurodegenerative disorders, including in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), where the key pathological cell-type, the motor neuron …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders

MF Nabais, SM Laws, T Lin, CL Vallerga, NJ Armstrong… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background People with neurodegenerative disorders show diverse clinical syndromes,
genetic heterogeneity, and distinct brain pathological changes, but studies report overlap …

Microtubule-based transport is essential to distribute RNA and nascent protein in skeletal muscle

LT Denes, CP Kelley, ET Wang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
While the importance of RNA localization in highly differentiated cells is well appreciated,
basic principles of RNA localization in skeletal muscle remain poorly characterized. Here …

Genetic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies contributing pathways and cell types

S Saez-Atienzar, S Bandres-Ciga, RG Langston… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Despite the considerable progress in unraveling the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), we do not fully understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the …

Identifying drug targets for neurological and psychiatric disease via genetics and the brain transcriptome

DA Baird, JZ Liu, J Zheng, SK Sieberts, T Perumal… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Discovering drugs that efficiently treat brain diseases has been challenging. Genetic
variants that modulate the expression of potential drug targets can be utilized to assess the …