Insights into clinical, genetic, and pathological aspects of hereditary spastic paraplegias: a comprehensive overview

LEO Elsayed, IZ Eltazi, AE Ahmed… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a heterogeneous group of motor
neurodegenerative disorders that have the core clinical presentation of pyramidal syndrome …

RNA polymerase III subunit mutations in genetic diseases

E Lata, K Choquet, F Sagliocco, B Brais… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
RNA polymerase (Pol) III transcribes small untranslated RNAs such as 5S ribosomal RNA,
transfer RNAs, and U6 small nuclear RNA. Because of the functions of these RNAs, Pol III …

De novo heterozygous POLR2A variants cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome with profound infantile-onset hypotonia

HA Haijes, MJE Koster, H Rehmann, D Li… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
The RNA polymerase II complex (pol II) is responsible for transcription of all∼ 21,000
human protein-encoding genes. Here, we describe sixteen individuals harboring de novo …

POLR3A variants with striatal involvement and extrapyramidal movement disorder

I Harting, M Al-Saady, I Krägeloh-Mann, A Bley… - neurogenetics, 2020 - Springer
Biallelic variants in POLR3A cause 4H leukodystrophy, characterized by hypomyelination in
combination with cerebellar and pyramidal signs and variable non-neurological …

Craniofacial features of POLR3-related leukodystrophy caused by biallelic variants in POLR3A, POLR3B and POLR1C

A Mirchi, SP Guay, LT Tran, NI Wolf… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - jmg.bmj.com
Background RNA polymerase III-related or 4H leukodystrophy (POLR3-HLD) is an
autosomal recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy characterized by neurological …

Clinical and genetic analysis of ATP13A2 in hereditary spastic paraplegia expands the phenotype

MA Estiar, E Leveille, D Spiegelman… - Molecular genetics & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by lower limb spasticity and weakness, with or without additional symptoms …

POLR3A variants in striatal involvement without diffuse hypomyelination

T Hiraide, K Kubota, Y Kono, S Watanabe… - Brain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Biallelic variants in POLR3A encoding the largest subunit of RNA polymerase III
cause POLR3-related (or 4H) leukodystrophy characterized by neurologic dysfunction …

POLR3A variants in hereditary spastic paraparesis and ataxia: clinical, genetic, and neuroradiological findings in a cohort of Italian patients

I Di Donato, A Gallo, I Ricca, N Fini, G Silvestri… - Neurological …, 2022 - Springer
Mutations in POLR3A are characterized by high phenotypic heterogeneity, with
manifestations ranging from severe childhood-onset hypomyelinating leukodystrophic …

POLR3A-related spastic ataxia: new mutations and a look into the phenotype

J Infante, KM Serrano-Cárdenas, M Corral‐Juan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Adolescent-onset spastic ataxia is a proposed novel phenotype in compound heterozygous
carriers of an intronic mutation (c. 1909+ 22G> A) in the POLR3A gene. Here, we present ten …

Novel Pathogenic Variants in POLR3K Cause POLR3‐Related Leukodystrophy

S Perrier, J Macintosh, AD Misiaszek… - Human …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
POLR3‐related hypomyelinating leukodystrophy (POLR3‐HLD) is a rare inherited
neurological disorder caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in specific genes encoding …