ALS genetics, mechanisms, and therapeutics: where are we now?

R Mejzini, LL Flynn, IL Pitout, S Fletcher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The scientific landscape surrounding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to shift
as the number of genes associated with the disease risk and pathogenesis, and the cellular …

The role of TDP-43 mislocalization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

TR Suk, MWC Rousseaux - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Since its discovery as a primary component in cytoplasmic aggregates in post-mortem tissue
of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), TAR DNA Binding Protein 43 kDa (TDP …

Mechanism of STMN2 cryptic splice-polyadenylation and its correction for TDP-43 proteinopathies

MW Baughn, Z Melamed, J López-Erauskin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Loss of nuclear TDP-43 is a hallmark of neurodegeneration in TDP-43 proteinopathies,
including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). TDP-43 …

Alternative splicing as a regulator of development and tissue identity

FE Baralle, J Giudice - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Alternative splicing of eukaryotic transcripts is a mechanism that enables cells to generate
vast protein diversity from a limited number of genes. The mechanisms and outcomes of …

Triad of TDP43 control in neurodegeneration: autoregulation, localization and aggregation

P Tziortzouda, L Van Den Bosch, F Hirth - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43; also known as TARDBP
or TDP-43) is a key pathological feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including …

[HTML][HTML] Lysosome dysfunction as a cause of neurodegenerative diseases: Lessons from frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Root, P Merino, A Nuckols, M Johnson… - Neurobiology of disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are fatal
neurodegenerative disorders that are thought to exist on a clinical and pathological …

Converging mechanisms in ALS and FTD: disrupted RNA and protein homeostasis

SC Ling, M Polymenidou, DW Cleveland - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Breakthrough discoveries identifying common genetic causes for amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have transformed our view of these …

Physiological functions and pathobiology of TDP‐43 and FUS/TLS proteins

A Ratti, E Buratti - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The multiple roles played by RNA binding proteins in neurodegeneration have become
apparent following the discovery of TAR DNA binding protein 43 kDa (TDP‐43) and fused in …

Disease‐linked TDP‐43 hyperphosphorylation suppresses TDP‐43 condensation and aggregation

LA Gruijs da Silva, F Simonetti, S Hutten… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Post‐translational modifications (PTMs) have emerged as key modulators of protein phase
separation and have been linked to protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders …

TDP-43 induces mitochondrial damage and activates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response

P Wang, J Deng, J Dong, J Liu, EH Bigio… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Mutations in or dys-regulation of the TDP-43 gene have been associated with TDP-43
proteinopathy, a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases including Frontotemporal Lobar …