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 …

ALS genetics: gains, losses, and implications for future therapies

G Kim, O Gautier, E Tassoni-Tsuchida, XR Ma… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss
of motor neurons from the brain and spinal cord. The ALS community has made remarkable …

Phosphorylation of the FUS low‐complexity domain disrupts phase separation, aggregation, and toxicity

Z Monahan, VH Ryan, AM Janke, KA Burke… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Neuronal inclusions of aggregated RNA‐binding protein fused in sarcoma (FUS) are
hallmarks of ALS and frontotemporal dementia subtypes. Intriguingly, FUS's nearly …

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 …

The changing scene of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

W Robberecht, T Philips - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
Several recent breakthroughs have provided notable insights into the pathogenesis of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with some even shifting our thinking about this …

Motor neuron vulnerability and resistance in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Nijssen, LH Comley, E Hedlund - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
In the fatal disease—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—upper (corticospinal) motor
neurons (MNs) and lower somatic MNs, which innervate voluntary muscles, degenerate …

Protein aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AM Blokhuis, EJN Groen, M Koppers… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins in affected motor neurons. Recent studies have …

ALS-associated mutant FUS induces selective motor neuron degeneration through toxic gain of function

A Sharma, AK Lyashchenko, L Lu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Mutations in FUS cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), including some of the most
aggressive, juvenile-onset forms of the disease. FUS loss-of-function and toxic gain-of …

The microglial component of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BE Clarke, R Patani - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Microglia are the primary immune cells of the CNS, carrying out key homeostatic roles and
undergoing context-dependent and temporally regulated changes in response to injury and …

ALS/FTD-linked mutation in FUS suppresses intra-axonal protein synthesis and drives disease without nuclear loss-of-function of FUS

J López-Erauskin, T Tadokoro, MW Baughn, B Myers… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Through the generation of humanized FUS mice expressing full-length human FUS, we
identify that when expressed at near endogenous murine FUS levels, both wild-type and …