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Novel TBK1 LoF variant in a family with upper motor neuron predominant motor neuron disease
| Resumo: | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is usually sporadic, but 20% of European ancestry cases have a family history of ALS or frontotemporal dementia (FTD). More than 30 genes confer a higher risk for ALS, and C9orf72, TARDBP, SOD1 and FUS account for nearly 70% of all familial (fALS) cases. Tank-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is an established causal gene associated with 1% of fALS and/or FTD. It codes for a multifunctional kinase involved in multiple cellular processes, such as neuroinflammation and autophagy. Both loss-of-function (LoF) and missense mutations are associated with an increased risk for ALS-FTD spectrum and mutations that cause a 50% reduction of TBK1 protein levels are considered pathogenic. |
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| Autores principais: | Costa, Mariana Reis |
| Outros Autores: | Gromicho, Marta; Pronto Laborinho, Ana Catarina; Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Gabriel; Carvalho, Mamede |
| Assunto: | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Familial motor neuron disorder Primary lateral sclerosis phenotype TBK1 mutation |
| Ano: | 2019 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is usually sporadic, but 20% of European ancestry cases have a family history of ALS or frontotemporal dementia (FTD). More than 30 genes confer a higher risk for ALS, and C9orf72, TARDBP, SOD1 and FUS account for nearly 70% of all familial (fALS) cases. Tank-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is an established causal gene associated with 1% of fALS and/or FTD. It codes for a multifunctional kinase involved in multiple cellular processes, such as neuroinflammation and autophagy. Both loss-of-function (LoF) and missense mutations are associated with an increased risk for ALS-FTD spectrum and mutations that cause a 50% reduction of TBK1 protein levels are considered pathogenic. |
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