Role of the Exposome in Neurodegenerative Disease: Recent Insights and Future Directions

SA Sakowski, EJ Koubek, KS Chen… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases are increasing in prevalence and place a significant burden on
society. The causes are multifactorial and complex, and increasing evidence suggests a …

Autoinhibition and activation of kinesin-1 and their involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Chiba, S Niwa - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Kinesin-1, composed of kinesin heavy chain and kinesin light chain, is a founding member
of kinesin superfamily and transports various neuronal cargos. Kinesin-1 is one of the most …

Gut microbiome correlates with plasma lipids in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Guo, C Figueroa-Romero, MH Noureldein… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a complex, fatal neurodegenerative disease. Disease
pathophysiology is incompletely understood but evidence suggests gut dysbiosis occurs in …

Causal influences of neuropsychiatric disorders on Alzheimer's disease

A Baranova, Q Zhao, H Cao, V Chandhoke… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Previous studies have observed a significant comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and some other neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the mechanistic connections between …

Systematic rare variant analyses identify RAB32 as a susceptibility gene for familial Parkinson's disease

PJ Hop, D Lai, PJ Keagle, DM Baron, BJ Kenna… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Despite substantial progress, causal variants are identified only for a minority of familial
Parkinson's disease (PD) cases, leaving high-risk pathogenic variants unidentified,. To …

PP2A and GSK3 act as modifiers of FUS-ALS by modulating mitochondrial transport

P Tziortzouda, J Steyaert, W Scheveneels, A Sicart… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease which currently
lacks effective treatments. Mutations in the RNA-binding protein FUS are a common cause of …

Causal relationship between coffee intake and neurological diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

J Zhang, Y Liu, G Xu, X Cao, W Wang… - European journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Previous observational studies focused on the association of coffee
consumption and neurological disease. However, it is not known whether these associations …

Progressive irreversible proprioceptive Piezo2 channelopathy-induced lost forced peripheral oscillatory synchronization to the hippocampal oscillator may explain the …

B Sonkodi - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mysterious lethal multisystem neurodegenerative
disease that gradually leads to the progressive loss of motor neurons. A recent non-contact …

Genetic analyses identify brain imaging-derived phenotypes associated with the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Y Wang, O Shen, Q Xu, L Sun, Y Jia, Y Liu, Y He… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Brain imaging-derived phenotypes have been suggested to be associated with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis in observational studies, but whether these associations are causal remains …

Unraveling the Genetic Landscape of Neurological Disorders: Insights into Pathogenesis, Techniques for Variant Identification, and Therapeutic Approaches

Z Firdaus, X Li - International journal of molecular sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Genetic abnormalities play a crucial role in the development of neurodegenerative disorders
(NDDs). Genetic exploration has indeed contributed to unraveling the molecular …