Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies

F Akçimen, ER Lopez, JE Landers, A Nath… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in sequencing technologies and collaborative efforts have led to
substantial progress in identifying the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

The role of the Golgi apparatus in disease

J Liu, Y Huang, T Li, Z Jiang… - … journal of molecular …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
The Golgi apparatus is known to underpin many important cellular homeostatic functions,
including trafficking, sorting and modifications of proteins or lipids. These functions are …

Hypoxia-induced GLT8D1 promotes glioma stem cell maintenance by inhibiting CD133 degradation through N-linked glycosylation

K Liu, L Jiang, Y Shi, B Liu, Y He, Q Shen… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Gliomas are the most aggressive primary brain tumors. However, no significant improvement
in survival has been achieved with the addition of temozolomide (TMZ) or radiation as initial …

Recent progress of the genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and challenges of gene therapy

H Wang, LP Guan, M Deng - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The causes of ALS are not fully …

Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JM Gregory, D Fagegaltier, H Phatnani… - Current Genetic Medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS-
FTD) spectrum disorder is a rare fatal disease with strong genetic influences. The …

Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment

KL Chiou, AR DeCasien, KP Rees, C Testard… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is accompanied by a host of social and biological changes that correlate with
behavior, cognitive health and susceptibility to neurodegenerative disease. To understand …

Disrupted glycosylation of lipids and proteins is a cause of neurodegeneration

T Moll, PJ Shaw, J Cooper-Knock - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Glycosyltransferases represent a large family of enzymes that catalyse the biosynthesis of
oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates. A number of studies have …

Deep evolutionary analysis reveals the design principles of fold A glycosyltransferases

R Taujale, A Venkat, LC Huang, Z Zhou, W Yeung… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are prevalent across the tree of life and regulate nearly all
aspects of cellular functions. The evolutionary basis for their complex and diverse modes of …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: molecular mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic strategies

X Yang, Y Ji, W Wang, L Zhang, Z Chen, M Yu, Y Shen… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with the progressive
loss of motor neurons, leading to a fatal paralysis. According to whether there is a family …