Overarching pathomechanisms in inherited peripheral neuropathies, spastic paraplegias, and cerebellar ataxias

L Van de Vondel, J De Winter, V Timmerman… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
International consortia collaborating on the genetics of rare diseases have significantly
boosted our understanding of inherited neurological disorders. Historical clinical …

Deubiquitinases in muscle physiology and disorders

CS Olie, DP O'Brien, HBL Jones, Z Liang… - Biochemical Society …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
In vivo, muscle and neuronal cells are post-mitotic, and their function is predominantly
regulated by proteostasis, a multilayer molecular process that maintains a delicate balance …

Neddylation orchestrates the complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional program that drives Schwann cell myelination

P Ayuso-García, A Sánchez-Rueda… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Myelination is essential for neuronal function and health. In peripheral nerves,> 100
causative mutations have been identified that cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a …

Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Ubiquitin Carboxyl‐Terminal Hydrolase Isozyme L1 in Asymptomatic C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion Carriers

ER Dellar, I Vendrell, B Amein, DG Lester… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify biochemical changes in individuals at higher risk of developing
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or frontotemporal dementia (FTD) via C9orf72 …

Rare disease gene association discovery from burden analysis of the 100,000 Genomes Project data

V Cipriani, L Vestito, EF Magavern, JOB Jacobsen… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
To discover rare disease-gene associations, we developed a gene burden analytical
framework and applied it to rare, protein-coding variants from whole genome sequencing of …

A novel proteomic signature of osteoclast differentiation unveils the deubiquitinase UCHL1 as a necessary osteoclastogenic driver

M Materozzi, M Resnati, C Facchi, M Trudu… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Bone destruction, a major source of morbidity, is mediated by heightened differentiation and
activity of osteoclasts (OC), highly specialized multinucleated myeloid cells endowed with …

The evolving spectrum of complex inherited neuropathies

AM Rossor, S Haddad, MM Reilly - Current Opinion in Neurology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
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Altered Protein Dynamics and a More Reactive Catalytic Cysteine in a Neurodegeneration-associated UCHL1 Mutant

S Kenny, CH Lai, TS Chiang, K Brown… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
A mutant of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) detected in early-onset
neurodegenerative patients, UCHL1 R178Q, showed higher catalytic activity than wild-type …

[HTML][HTML] PGP9. 5 expression in human tumors: A tissue microarray study on 13,920 tumors from 120 different tumor entities

S Scherzai, M Lennartz, F Jacobsen… - … -Research and Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9. 5), also termed ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase
L1 (UCH-L1) is an important component of the ubiquitination/deubiquitination system and …

Lessons Learned from Translating Genome Sequencing to Clinical Routine: Understanding the Accuracy of a Diagnostic Pipeline

J Park, M Sturm, O Seibel-Kelemen, S Ossowski… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The potential of genome sequencing (GS), which allows detection of almost all types of
genetic variation across nearly the entire genome of an individual, greatly expands the …