Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum

R Guerrini, V Conti, M Mantegazza… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are a heterogeneous group of
disorders characterized by early-onset, often severe epileptic seizures and EEG …

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

IE Scheffer, S Zuberi, HC Mefford, R Guerrini… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, the most severe group of epilepsies, are
characterized by seizures and frequent epileptiform activity associated with developmental …

Integration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients

H Stranneheim, K Lagerstedt-Robinson… - Genome Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background We report the findings from 4437 individuals (3219 patients and 1218 relatives)
who have been analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) at the Genomic Medicine …

Calcium channelopathies and intellectual disability: a systematic review

M Kessi, B Chen, J Peng, F Yan, L Yang… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2021 - Springer
Background Calcium ions are involved in several human cellular processes including
corticogenesis, transcription, and synaptogenesis. Nevertheless, the relationship between …

Mutations in PCYT2 disrupt etherlipid biosynthesis and cause a complex hereditary spastic paraplegia

FM Vaz, JH McDermott, M Alders, SB Wortmann… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract CTP: phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase (ET), encoded by PCYT2, is the
rate-limiting enzyme for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine …

Predicting functional effects of missense variants in voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels

HO Heyne, D Baez-Nieto, S Iqbal, DS Palmer… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Malfunctions of voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels (encoded by SCNxA and
CACNA1x family genes, respectively) have been associated with severe neurologic …

Structures of the R-type human Cav2.3 channel reveal conformational crosstalk of the intracellular segments

X Yao, Y Wang, Z Wang, X Fan, D Wu, J Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The R-type voltage-gated Ca2+ (Cav) channels Cav2. 3, widely expressed in neuronal and
neuroendocrine cells, represent potential drug targets for pain, seizures, epilepsy, and …

[HTML][HTML] The human channel gating–modifying A749G CACNA1D (Cav1. 3) variant induces a neurodevelopmental syndrome–like phenotype in mice

NJ Ortner, A Sah, E Paradiso, J Shin, S Stojanovic… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Germline de novo missense variants of the CACNA1D gene, encoding the pore-forming α1
subunit of Cav1. 3 L-type Ca 2+ channels (LTCCs), have been found in patients with …

Ion channel functions in early brain development

RS Smith, CA Walsh - Trends in Neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
During prenatal brain development, ion channels are ubiquitous across several cell types,
including progenitor cells and migrating neurons but their function has not been clear. In the …

Neuronal Cav3 channelopathies: recent progress and perspectives

P Lory, S Nicole, A Monteil - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
T-type, low-voltage activated, calcium channels, now designated Cav3 channels, are
involved in a wide variety of physiological functions, especially in nervous systems. Their …