Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum

R Guerrini, V Conti, M Mantegazza… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are a heterogeneous group of
disorders characterized by early-onset, often severe epileptic seizures and EEG …

Genetic testing for the epilepsies: a systematic review

BR Sheidley, J Malinowski, AL Bergner, L Bier… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Numerous genetic testing options for individuals with epilepsy have emerged over
the past decade without clear guidelines regarding optimal testing strategies. We performed …

Emerging molecular targets for anti-epileptogenic and epilepsy modifying drugs

K Łukasiuk, W Lasoń - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pharmacological treatment of epilepsy is purely symptomatic. Despite many decades of
intensive research, causal treatment of this common neurologic disorder is still unavailable …

Refining Genotypes and Phenotypes in KCNA2-Related Neurological Disorders

JH Döring, J Schröter, J Jüngling, S Biskup… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic variants in KCNA2, encoding for the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1. 2,
have been identified as the cause for an evolving spectrum of neurological disorders …

The contribution of X-linked coding variation to severe developmental disorders

HC Martin, EJ Gardner, KE Samocha, J Kaplanis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Over 130 X-linked genes have been robustly associated with developmental disorders, and
X-linked causes have been hypothesised to underlie the higher developmental disorder …

Gain-of-function and loss-of-function variants in GRIA3 lead to distinct neurodevelopmental phenotypes

B Rinaldi, A Bayat, LG Zachariassen, JH Sun, YH Ge… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) receptors
(AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission in the brain. AMPARs form by homo-or …

[HTML][HTML] Exome analysis focusing on epilepsy-related genes in children and adults with sudden unexplained death

SE Buerki, C Haas, J Neubauer - Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Genetic studies in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexplained
death (SUD) cohorts have indicated that cardiovascular diseases might have contributed to …

'Channeling'therapeutic discovery for epileptic encephalopathy through iPSC technologies

D Simkin, C Ambrosi, KA Marshall, LA Williams… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and gene editing technologies have revolutionized the
field of in vitro disease modeling, granting us access to disease-pertinent human cells of the …

Genetic profiling of sodium channels in diabetic painful and painless and idiopathic painful and painless neuropathies

R Almomani, M Sopacua, M Marchi… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain is a frequent feature of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and small
fiber neuropathy (SFN). Resolving the genetic architecture of these painful neuropathies will …

The different clinical facets of SYN1-related neurodevelopmental disorders

I Parenti, E Leitão, A Kuechler, L Villard… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synapsin-I (SYN1) is a presynaptic phosphoprotein crucial for synaptogenesis and synaptic
plasticity. Pathogenic SYN1 variants are associated with variable X-linked …