Tuberous sclerosis complex

EP Henske, S Jóźwiak, JC Kingswood… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects multiple
organ systems and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in one of two genes: TSC1 or …

The neurology of mTOR

JO Lipton, M Sahin - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is a crucial cellular
signaling hub that, like the nervous system itself, integrates internal and external cues to …

Prevention of epilepsy in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex in the EPISTOP trial

K Kotulska, DJ Kwiatkowski, P Curatolo… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Epilepsy develops in 70 to 90% of children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
and is often resistant to medication. Recently, the concept of preventive antiepileptic …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular neurobiology of mTOR

K Switon, K Kotulska, A Janusz-Kaminska… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that
controls several important aspects of mammalian cell function. mTOR activity is modulated …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberous sclerosis complex diagnostic criteria update: recommendations of the 2012 International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Conference

H Northrup, DA Krueger, S Roberds, K Smith… - Pediatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex is highly variable in clinical presentation and
findings. Disease manifestations continue to develop over the lifetime of an affected …

Neurological and neuropsychiatric aspects of tuberous sclerosis complex

P Curatolo, R Moavero, PJ de Vries - The Lancet Neurology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Tuberous sclerosis (also known as tuberous sclerosis complex [TSC]) is a multisystem
genetic disorder that affects almost every organ in the body. Mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 …

Somatic mutations activating the mTOR pathway in dorsal telencephalic progenitors cause a continuum of cortical dysplasias

AM D'Gama, MB Woodworth, AA Hossain, S Bizzotto… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and hemimegalencephaly (HME) are epileptogenic
neurodevelopmental malformations caused by mutations in mTOR pathway genes. Deep …

Epilepsy in the mTORopathies: opportunities for precision medicine

PB Moloney, GL Cavalleri, N Delanty - Brain communications, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling pathway serves as a ubiquitous regulator of
cell metabolism, growth, proliferation and survival. The main cellular activity of the …

Efficacy and safety of everolimus for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (EXIST-1): a multicentre, randomised, placebo …

DN Franz, E Belousova, S Sparagana, EM Bebin… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic disorder leading to constitutive
activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and growth of benign tumours in …

TSC2 is phosphorylated and inhibited by Akt and suppresses mTOR signalling

K Inoki, Y Li, T Zhu, J Wu, KL Guan - Nature cell biology, 2002 - nature.com
Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the formation
of hamartomas in a wide range of human tissues. Mutation in either the TSC1 or TSC2 …