Neurogenetic disorders across the lifespan: from aberrant development to degeneration

RA Hickman, SA O'Shea, MF Mehler… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are common, and genetic testing
is increasingly performed in individuals with these diagnoses to inform prognosis, refine …

Monoallelic KIF1A-related disorders: a multicenter cross sectional study and systematic literature review

SD Vecchia, A Tessa, C Dosi, J Baldacci… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Monoallelic variants in the KIF1A gene are associated with a large set of clinical
phenotypes including neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, underpinned …

Genotype and defects in microtubule-based motility correlate with clinical severity in KIF1A-associated neurological disorder

L Boyle, L Rao, S Kaur, X Fan, C Mebane… - Human Genetics and …, 2021 - cell.com
KIF1A-associated neurological disorder (KAND) encompasses a group of rare
neurodegenerative conditions caused by variants in KIF1A, a gene that encodes an …

Antisense oligonucleotide therapy in an individual with KIF1A-associated neurological disorder

A Ziegler, J Carroll, JM Bain, TT Sands, RJ Fee… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
KIF1A-associated neurological disorder (KAND) is a neurodegenerative and often lethal
ultrarare disease with a wide phenotypic spectrum associated with largely heterozygous de …

Axonal mRNA translation in neurological disorders

JQ Lin, FW van Tartwijk, CE Holt - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
It is increasingly recognized that local protein synthesis (LPS) contributes to fundamental
aspects of axon biology, in both developing and mature neurons. Mutations in RNA-binding …

A highly conserved 310 helix within the kinesin motor domain is critical for kinesin function and human health

AJ Lam, L Rao, Y Anazawa, K Okada, K Chiba… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
KIF1A is a critical cargo transport motor within neurons. More than 100 known mutations
result in KIF1A-associated neurological disorder (KAND), a degenerative condition for which …

Kinesins in mammalian spermatogenesis and germ cell transport

M Yao, H Qu, Y Han, CY Cheng, X Xiao - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In mammalian testes, the apical cytoplasm of each Sertoli cell holds up to several dozens of
germ cells, especially spermatids that are transported up and down the seminiferous …

The novel KIF1A missense variant (R169T) strongly reduces microtubule stimulated ATPase activity and is associated with NESCAV syndrome

C Aguilera, S Hümmer, M Masanas, E Gabau… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
KIF1A is a microtubule-dependent motor protein responsible for fast anterograde transport of
synaptic vesicle precursors in neurons. Pathogenic variants in KIF1A have been associated …

Roles of four targets in the pathogenesis of graves' orbitopathy

Z Ren, H Zhang, H Yu, X Zhu, J Lin - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Graves' orbitopathy (GO) is an autoimmune disease that involves complex immune systems.
The mainstays of clinical management for this disease are surgery, targeted drugs therapy …

Expanding the knowledge of KIF1A-dependent disorders to a group of polish patients

J Paprocka, A Jezela-Stanek, R Śmigiel, A Walczak… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: KIF1A (kinesin family member 1A)-related disorders encompass a variety of
diseases. KIF1A variants are responsible for autosomal recessive and dominant spastic …