Abstract

We continue to perform an assessment of candidate loci for various diseases, including alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, motor neuron diseases, ataxia, parkinson's disease, and dystonia. This work allows us to parse such families into those with known mutations, and those that should be prioritized for further genetic work aimed at finding new genetic causes of disease, and the last year has seen publication of this work, showing that exome sequencing is an efficient method to find such mutations. These efforts are central to the laboratory in two ways, they expand the descriptions of phenotypes associated with particular genes and mutations, and they allow us to take forward families for gene identification. This work is somewhat changing over time as exome sequencing becomes a viable alternative, allowing both screening and discovery at the same time.

  Funding Agency

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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Investigator-Initiated Intramural Research Projects (ZIA)
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1ZIAAG000957-12
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8931638
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12
Fiscal Year
2014
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  Institution

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Aging
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  Publications

McMillan, Hugh J; Telegrafi, Aida; Singleton, Amanda et al. (2018) Recessive mutations in ATP8A2 cause severe hypotonia, cognitive impairment, hyperkinetic movement disorders and progressive optic atrophy. Orphanet J Rare Dis 13:86
Mendoza-Ferreira, Natalia; Coutelier, Marie; Janzen, Eva et al. (2018) Biallelic CHP1 mutation causes human autosomal recessive ataxia by impairing NHE1 function. Neurol Genet 4:e209
Coutelier, Marie; Hammer, Monia B; Stevanin, Giovanni et al. (2018) Efficacy of Exome-Targeted Capture Sequencing to Detect Mutations in Known Cerebellar Ataxia Genes. JAMA Neurol 75:591-599
Roosen, Dorien A; Singleton, Andrew B (2018) Leucine rich repeat kinase knockout (LRRK KO) mouse model: Linking pathological hallmarks of inherited and sporadic Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 33:72
Darwent, Lee; Carmona, Susana; Lohmann, Ebba et al. (2017) Mutations in TYROBP are not a common cause of dementia in a Turkish cohort. Neurobiol Aging 58:240.e1-240.e3
Siitonen, Maija; Börjesson-Hanson, Anne; Pöyhönen, Minna et al. (2017) Multi-infarct dementia of Swedish type is caused by a 3'UTR mutation of COL4A1. Brain :
Hammer, Monia B; Ding, Jinhui; Mochel, Fanny et al. (2017) SLC25A46 Mutations Associated with Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia in North African Families. Neurodegener Dis 17:208-212
Urkasemsin, G; Nielsen, D M; Singleton, A et al. (2017) Genetics of Hereditary Ataxia in Scottish Terriers. J Vet Intern Med 31:1132-1139
Kun-Rodrigues, Celia; Ross, Owen A; Orme, Tatiana et al. (2017) Analysis of C9orf72 repeat expansions in a large international cohort of dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiol Aging 49:214.e13-214.e15
Guven, Gamze; Lohmann, Ebba; Bras, Jose et al. (2016) Mutation Frequency of the Major Frontotemporal Dementia Genes, MAPT, GRN and C9ORF72 in a Turkish Cohort of Dementia Patients. PLoS One 11:e0162592

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