The molecular basis of translation initiation and its regulation in eukaryotes

J Brito Querido, I Díaz-López… - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
The regulation of gene expression is fundamental for life. Whereas the role of transcriptional
regulation of gene expression has been studied for several decades, it has been clear over …

Molecular mechanisms underlying nucleotide repeat expansion disorders

I Malik, CP Kelley, ET Wang, PK Todd - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The human genome contains over one million short tandem repeats. Expansion of a subset
of these repeat tracts underlies over fifty human disorders, including common genetic …

C9orf72-mediated ALS and FTD: multiple pathways to disease

R Balendra, AM Isaacs - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
The discovery that repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene are a frequent cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has revolutionized …

Nearly 30 years of animal models to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a historical overview and future perspectives

T Bonifacino, RA Zerbo, M Balbi, C Torazza… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, multigenic, multifactorial, and non-cell
autonomous neurodegenerative disease characterized by upper and lower motor neuron …

C9orf72 poly (PR) dipeptide repeats disturb biomolecular phase separation and disrupt nucleolar function

MR White, DM Mitrea, P Zhang, CB Stanley… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene is the most common cause of the neurodegenerative
disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (C9-ALS) and is linked to the unconventional …

Single-molecule imaging reveals distinct elongation and frameshifting dynamics between frames of expanded RNA repeats in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD

MJ Latallo, S Wang, D Dong, B Nelson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion is the most common genetic cause of both
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). One pathogenic …

Reduced autophagy upon C9ORF72 loss synergizes with dipeptide repeat protein toxicity in G4C2 repeat expansion disorders

M Boivin, V Pfister, A Gaucherot, F Ruffenach… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Expansion of G4C2 repeats within the C9ORF72 gene is the most common cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Such repeats lead …

Aberrant deposition of stress granule-resident proteins linked to C9orf72-associated TDP-43 proteinopathy

J Chew, C Cook, TF Gendron, K Jansen-West… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Background AG 4 C 2 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the noncoding region of C9orf72
is the major genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify the RNA helicase DDX3X as a repressor of C9ORF72 (GGGGCC) n repeat-associated non-AUG translation

W Cheng, S Wang, Z Zhang, DW Morgens, LR Hayes… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the most prevalent genetic
cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). One …

Genetic convergence brings clarity to the enigmatic red line in ALS

C Cook, L Petrucelli - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an aggressive neurodegenerative disorder that
orchestrates an attack on the motor nervous system that is unrelenting. Recent discoveries …