Wolfram syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disease: from pathogenesis to future treatment perspectives

MT Pallotta, G Tascini, R Crispoldi, C Orabona… - Journal of translational …, 2019 - Springer
Background Wolfram syndrome (WS), a rare genetic disorder, is considered the best
prototype of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) diseases. Classical WS features are childhood …

ALMS1 and Alström syndrome: a recessive form of metabolic, neurosensory and cardiac deficits

T Hearn - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Alström syndrome (AS) is characterised by metabolic deficits, retinal dystrophy,
sensorineural hearing loss, dilated cardiomyopathy and multi-organ fibrosis. Elucidating the …

Consensus clinical management guidelines for Alström syndrome

N Tahani, P Maffei, H Dollfus, R Paisey… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2020 - Springer
Alström Syndrome (ALMS) is an ultra-rare multisystem genetic disorder caused by
autosomal recessive variants in the ALMS1 gene, which is located on chromosome 2p13 …

Delayed puberty—phenotypic diversity, molecular genetic mechanisms, and recent discoveries

SR Howard, L Dunkel - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This review presents a comprehensive discussion of the clinical condition of delayed
puberty, a common presentation to the pediatric endocrinologist, which may present both …

Wolfram syndrome 1: from genetics to therapy

L Rigoli, V Caruso, G Salzano, F Lombardo - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wolfram syndrome 1 (WS1) is a rare neurodegenerative disease transmitted in an
autosomal recessive mode. It is characterized by diabetes insipidus (DI), diabetes mellitus …

[HTML][HTML] Delineating wolfram-like syndrome: A systematic review and discussion of the WFS1-associated disease spectrum

C de Muijnck, JB Ten Brink, AA Bergen, CJF Boon… - survey of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wolfram-like syndrome (WFLS) is a recently described autosomal dominant disorder with
phenotypic similarities to autosomal recessive Wolfram syndrome (WS), including optic …

Alström syndrome: an ultra-rare monogenic disorder as a model for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity

F Dassie, F Favaretto, S Bettini, M Parolin, M Valenti… - Endocrine, 2021 - Springer
Background Alström syndrome (ALMS) is a monogenic ultra-rare disorder with a prevalence
of one per million inhabitants caused by pathogenic variants of ALMS1 gene. ALMS1 is …

Identification of a missense variant in the WFS1 gene that causes a mild form of Wolfram syndrome and is associated with risk for type 2 diabetes in Ashkenazi Jewish …

V Bansal, BO Boehm, A Darvasi - Diabetologia, 2018 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Wolfram syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive syndrome characterised
by juvenile-onset diabetes and optic atrophy and is caused by bi-allelic mutations in the …

Mutation analysis of pathogenic non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in WFS1 gene through computational approaches

J Zhao, S Zhang, Y Jiang, Y Liu, Q Zhu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
A single base changes causing a change to the amino acid sequence of the encoded
protein, which is defined as non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) …

Genotype–phenotype associations in Alström syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Bea-Mascato, D Valverde - Journal of Medical Genetics, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Alström syndrome (ALMS;# 203800) is an ultrarare monogenic recessive
disease. This syndrome is associated with variants in the ALMS1 gene, which encodes a …