학술논문

Pathogenic Huntingtin Repeat Expansions in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Document Type
Source
Neuron MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease.
Subject
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
frontotemporal dementia
huntingtin
repeat expansions
whole-genome sequencing
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Klinisk medicin
Neurologi
Medical and Health Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Neurology
Language
English
ISSN
0896-6273
Abstract
Using large-scale whole-genome sequencing, Dewan et al. identify pathogenic HTT repeat expansions in patients diagnosed with FTD/ALS neurodegenerative disorders. Autopsies confirm the TDP-43 pathology expected in FTD/ALS and show polyglutamine inclusions within the frontal cortices but no striatal degeneration. These data broaden the phenotype resulting from HTT repeat expansions.