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1. The Miami Framework for ALS and related neurodegenerative disorders: an integrated view of phenotype and biology

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Benatar, Michael, Wuu, Joanne, Huey, Edward D., McMillan, Corey T., Petersen, Ronald C., Postuma, Ronald, McHutchison, Caroline, Dratch, Laynie, Arias, Jalayne J., Crawley, Anita, Houlden, Henry, McDermott, Michael P., Cai, Xueya, Thakur, Neil, Boxer, Adam, Rosen, Howard, Boeve, Bradley F., Dacks, Penny, Cosentino, Stephanie, Abrahams, Sharon, Shneider, Neil, Lingor, Paul, Shefner, Jeremy, Andersen, Peter M., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, and Turner, Martin R.

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2024
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2. Publisher Correction: The Miami Framework for ALS and related neurodegenerative disorders: an integrated view of phenotype and biology

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Benatar, Michael, Wuu, Joanne, Huey, Edward D., McMillan, Corey T., Petersen, Ronald C., Postuma, Ronald, McHutchison, Caroline, Dratch, Laynie, Arias, Jalayne J., Crawley, Anita, Houlden, Henry, McDermott, Michael P., Cai, Xueya, Thakur, Neil, Boxer, Adam, Rosen, Howard, Boeve, Bradley F., Dacks, Penny, Cosentino, Stephanie, Abrahams, Sharon, Shneider, Neil, Lingor, Paul, Shefner, Jeremy, Andersen, Peter M., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, and Turner, Martin R.

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2024
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3. NOS1AP is a novel molecular target and critical factor in TDP-43 pathology

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Cappelli, Sara, Spalloni, Alida, Feiguin, Fabian, Visani, Giulia, Šušnjar, Urša, Brown, Anna-Leigh, Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Sareen, Dhruv, Broach, James R, Simmons, Zachary, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M, Shneider, Neil A, Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W, Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D, Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A, Thompson, Leslie M, Finkbeiner, Steve, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Miller, Timothy M, Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J, Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G, Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A, Butovsky, Oleg, Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Bowser, Robert, Harms, Matt, Aronica, Eleonora, Poss, Mary, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, Crary, John, Atassi, Nazem, Lange, Dale J, Adams, Darius J, Stefanis, Leonidas, Gotkine, Marc, Baloh, Robert H, Babu, Suma, Raj, Towfique, Paganoni, Sabrina, Shalem, Ophir, Smith, Colin, Zhang, Bin, Harris, Brent, Broce, Iris, Drory, Vivian, Ravits, John, McMillan, Corey, Menon, Vilas, De Bardi, Marco, Borsellino, Giovanna, Secrier, Maria, Romano, Maurizio, Longone, Patrizia, and Buratti, Emanuele

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Neurosciences, Clinical Sciences, Biotechnology, Genetics, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, NYGC ALS Consortium, ALS, CAPON/NOS1AP, RNA stability, TDP-43, hnRNPs, Clinical sciences, Biological psychology
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Many lines of evidence have highlighted the role played by heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In this study, we have aimed to identify transcripts co-regulated by TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa and highly conserved heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins which have been previously shown to regulate TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa toxicity (deleted in azoospermia-associated protein 1, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein -Q, -D, -K and -U). Using the transcriptome analyses, we have uncovered that Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Adaptor Protein mRNA is a direct TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa target, and in flies, its modulation alone can rescue TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa pathology. In primary mouse cortical neurons, we show that TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa mediated downregulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Adaptor Protein expression strongly affects the NMDA-receptor signalling pathway. In human patients, the downregulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Adaptor Protein mRNA strongly correlates with TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa proteinopathy as measured by cryptic Stathmin-2 and Unc-13 homolog A cryptic exon inclusion. Overall, our results demonstrate that Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Adaptor Protein may represent a novel disease-relevant gene, potentially suitable for the development of new therapeutic strategies.

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2022

4. Author Correction: Clonally expanded CD8 T cells characterize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-4

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Campisi, Laura, Chizari, Shahab, Ho, Jessica SY, Gromova, Anastasia, Arnold, Frederick J, Mosca, Lorena, Mei, Xueyan, Fstkchyan, Yesai, Torre, Denis, Beharry, Cindy, Garcia-Forn, Marta, Jiménez-Alcázar, Miguel, Korobeynikov, Vladislav A, Prazich, Jack, Fayad, Zahi A, Seldin, Marcus M, De Rubeis, Silvia, Bennett, Craig L, Ostrow, Lyle W, Lunetta, Christian, Squatrito, Massimo, Byun, Minji, Shneider, Neil A, Jiang, Ning, La Spada, Albert R, and Marazzi, Ivan

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General Science & Technology
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2022

5. Clonally expanded CD8 T cells characterize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-4

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Campisi, Laura, Chizari, Shahab, Ho, Jessica SY, Gromova, Anastasia, Arnold, Frederick J, Mosca, Lorena, Mei, Xueyan, Fstkchyan, Yesai, Torre, Denis, Beharry, Cindy, Garcia-Forn, Marta, Jiménez-Alcázar, Miguel, Korobeynikov, Vladislav A, Prazich, Jack, Fayad, Zahi A, Seldin, Marcus M, De Rubeis, Silvia, Bennett, Craig L, Ostrow, Lyle W, Lunetta, Christian, Squatrito, Massimo, Byun, Minji, Shneider, Neil A, Jiang, Ning, La Spada, Albert R, and Marazzi, Ivan

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Immunology, ALS, Rare Diseases, Neurodegenerative, Neurosciences, Brain Disorders, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Neurological, Animals, Mice, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Clone Cells, DNA Helicases, Gene Knock-In Techniques, Motor Neurons, Multifunctional Enzymes, Mutation, RNA Helicases, Humans, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogenous neurodegenerative disorder that affects motor neurons and voluntary muscle control1. ALS heterogeneity includes the age of manifestation, the rate of progression and the anatomical sites of symptom onset. Disease-causing mutations in specific genes have been identified and define different subtypes of ALS1. Although several ALS-associated genes have been shown to affect immune functions2, whether specific immune features account for ALS heterogeneity is poorly understood. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-4 (ALS4) is characterized by juvenile onset and slow progression3. Patients with ALS4 show motor difficulties by the time that they are in their thirties, and most of them require devices to assist with walking by their fifties. ALS4 is caused by mutations in the senataxin gene (SETX). Here, using Setx knock-in mice that carry the ALS4-causative L389S mutation, we describe an immunological signature that consists of clonally expanded, terminally differentiated effector memory (TEMRA) CD8 T cells in the central nervous system and the blood of knock-in mice. Increased frequencies of antigen-specific CD8 T cells in knock-in mice mirror the progression of motor neuron disease and correlate with anti-glioma immunity. Furthermore, bone marrow transplantation experiments indicate that the immune system has a key role in ALS4 neurodegeneration. In patients with ALS4, clonally expanded TEMRA CD8 T cells circulate in the peripheral blood. Our results provide evidence of an antigen-specific CD8 T cell response in ALS4, which could be used to unravel disease mechanisms and as a potential biomarker of disease state.

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2022

7. An integrated multi-omic analysis of iPSC-derived motor neurons from C9ORF72 ALS patients

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Consortium, The NeuroLINCS, Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Sareen, Dhruv, Broach, James R, Simmons, Zachary, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M, Shneider, Neil A, Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W, Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D, Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A, Thompson, Leslie M, Finkbeiner, Steve, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Miller, Timothy M, Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J, Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G, Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A, Butovsky, Oleg, Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Bowser, Robert, Harms, Matt, Poss, Mary, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, Crary, John, Atassi, Nazem, Lange, Dale J, Adams, Darius J, Stefanis, Leonidas, Gotkine, Marc, Baloh, Robert H, Babu, Suma, Raj, Towfique, Paganoni, Sabrina, Shalem, Ophir, Smith, Colin, Zhang, Bin, Harris, Brent, Broce, Iris, Drory, Vivian, Ravits, John, McMillan, Corey, Menon, Vilas, Wu, Lani, Altschuler, Steven, Li, Jonathan, Lim, Ryan G, Kaye, Julia A, Dardov, Victoria, Coyne, Alyssa N, Wu, Jie, Milani, Pamela, Cheng, Andrew, Thompson, Terri G, Ornelas, Loren, Frank, Aaron, Adam, Miriam, Banuelos, Maria G, Casale, Malcolm, Cox, Veerle, Escalante-Chong, Renan, Daigle, J Gavin, Gomez, Emilda, Hayes, Lindsey, Holewenski, Ronald, Lei, Susan, Lenail, Alex, Lima, Leandro, Mandefro, Berhan, Matlock, Andrea, Panther, Lindsay, Patel-Murray, Natasha Leanna, Pham, Jacqueline, Ramamoorthy, Divya, Sachs, Karen, Shelley, Brandon, Stocksdale, Jennifer, Trost, Hannah, Wilhelm, Mark, Venkatraman, Vidya, Wassie, Brook T, Wyman, Stacia, Yang, Stephanie, Consortium, NYGC ALS, Van Eyk, Jennifer E, Lloyd, Thomas E, and Finkbeiner, Steven

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Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Neurodegenerative, Clinical Research, ALS, Stem Cell Research, Rare Diseases, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Stem Cell Research - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell, Brain Disorders, Neurosciences, Dementia, Stem Cell Research - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell - Human, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Neurological, Good Health and Well Being, NeuroLINCS Consortium, NYGC ALS Consortium, Biological sciences, Neuroscience, Omics, Systems biology, Systems neuroscience
Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are challenging for systems biology because of the lack of reliable animal models or patient samples at early disease stages. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could address these challenges. We investigated DNA, RNA, epigenetics, and proteins in iPSC-derived motor neurons from patients with ALS carrying hexanucleotide expansions in C9ORF72. Using integrative computational methods combining all omics datasets, we identified novel and known dysregulated pathways. We used a C9ORF72 Drosophila model to distinguish pathways contributing to disease phenotypes from compensatory ones and confirmed alterations in some pathways in postmortem spinal cord tissue of patients with ALS. A different differentiation protocol was used to derive a separate set of C9ORF72 and control motor neurons. Many individual -omics differed by protocol, but some core dysregulated pathways were consistent. This strategy of analyzing patient-specific neurons provides disease-related outcomes with small numbers of heterogeneous lines and reduces variation from single-omics to elucidate network-based signatures.

Published
2021

9. Unexpected similarities between C9ORF72 and sporadic forms of ALS/FTD suggest a common disease mechanism.

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Conlon, Erin G, Fagegaltier, Delphine, Agius, Phaedra, Davis-Porada, Julia, Gregory, James, Hubbard, Isabel, Kang, Kristy, Kim, Duyang, New York Genome Center ALS Consortium, Phatnani, Hemali, Shneider, Neil A, and Manley, James L

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New York Genome Center ALS Consortium, Brain, Humans, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Mutagenesis, Insertional, RNA Splicing, Frontotemporal Dementia, C9orf72 Protein, RNA binding proteins, amyotrophic lateral aclerosis, biochemistry, chemical biology, frontotemporal dementia, human, human biology, mRNA splicing, medicine, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), ALS, Rare Diseases, Genetics, Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD), Neurosciences, Dementia, Neurodegenerative, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Brain Disorders, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Neurological, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) represent two ends of a disease spectrum with shared clinical, genetic and pathological features. These include near ubiquitous pathological inclusions of the RNA-binding protein (RBP) TDP-43, and often the presence of a GGGGCC expansion in the C9ORF72 (C9) gene. Previously, we reported that the sequestration of hnRNP H altered the splicing of target transcripts in C9ALS patients (Conlon et al., 2016). Here, we show that this signature also occurs in half of 50 postmortem sporadic, non-C9 ALS/FTD brains. Furthermore, and equally surprisingly, these 'like-C9' brains also contained correspondingly high amounts of insoluble TDP-43, as well as several other disease-related RBPs, and this correlates with widespread global splicing defects. Finally, we show that the like-C9 sporadic patients, like actual C9ALS patients, were much more likely to have developed FTD. We propose that these unexpected links between C9 and sporadic ALS/FTD define a common mechanism in this disease spectrum.

Published
2018

10. An integrated multi-omic analysis of iPSC-derived motor neurons from C9ORF72 ALS patients

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Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Sareen, Dhruv, Broach, James R., Simmons, Zachary, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B., Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Shneider, Neil A., Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W., Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D., Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A., Thompson, Leslie M., Finkbeiner, Steve, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Miller, Timothy M., Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J., Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G., Patsopoulos, Nikolaos.A., Butovsky, Oleg, Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Bowser, Robert, Harms, Matt, Poss, Mary, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, Crary, John, Atassi, Nazem, Lange, Dale J., Adams, Darius J., Stefanis, Leonidas, Gotkine, Marc, Baloh, Robert H., Babu, Suma, Raj, Towfique, Paganoni, Sabrina, Shalem, Ophir, Smith, Colin, Zhang, Bin, Harris, Brent, Broce, Iris, Drory, Vivian, Ravits, John, McMillan, Corey, Menon, Vilas, Wu, Lani, Altschuler, Steven, Li, Jonathan, Lim, Ryan G., Kaye, Julia A., Dardov, Victoria, Coyne, Alyssa N., Wu, Jie, Milani, Pamela, Cheng, Andrew, Thompson, Terri G., Ornelas, Loren, Frank, Aaron, Adam, Miriam, Banuelos, Maria G., Casale, Malcolm, Cox, Veerle, Escalante-Chong, Renan, Daigle, J. Gavin, Gomez, Emilda, Hayes, Lindsey, Holewenski, Ronald, Lei, Susan, Lenail, Alex, Lima, Leandro, Mandefro, Berhan, Matlock, Andrea, Panther, Lindsay, Patel-Murray, Natasha Leanna, Pham, Jacqueline, Ramamoorthy, Divya, Sachs, Karen, Shelley, Brandon, Stocksdale, Jennifer, Trost, Hannah, Wilhelm, Mark, Venkatraman, Vidya, Wassie, Brook T., Wyman, Stacia, Yang, Stephanie, Van Eyk, Jennifer E., Lloyd, Thomas E., Finkbeiner, Steven, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., and Svendsen, Clive N.

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2021
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11. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

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Logullo, Francesco O., Simone, Isabella, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Salvi, Fabrizio, Bartolomei, Ilaria, Borghero, Giuseppe, Murru, Maria Rita, Costantino, Emanuela, Pani, Carla, Puddu, Roberta, Caredda, Carla, Piras, Valeria, Tranquilli, Stefania, Cuccu, Stefania, Corongiu, Daniela, Melis, Maurizio, Milia, Antonio, Marrosu, Francesco, Marrosu, Maria Giovanna, Floris, Gianluca, Cannas, Antonino, Capasso, Margherita, Caponnetto, Claudia, Mancardi, Gianluigi, Origone, Paola, Mandich, Paola, Conforti, Francesca L., Cavallaro, Sebastiano, Mora, Gabriele, Marinou, Kalliopi, Sideri, Riccardo, Penco, Silvana, Mosca, Lorena, Lunetta, Christian, Pinter, Giuseppe Lauria, Corbo, Massimo, Riva, Nilo, Carrera, Paola, Volanti, Paolo, Mandrioli, Jessica, Fini, Nicola, Fasano, Antonio, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Arosio, Alessandro, Ferrarese, Carlo, Trojsi, Francesca, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria, Piccirillo, Giovanni, Femiano, Cinzia, Ticca, Anna, Ortu, Enzo, La Bella, Vincenzo, Spataro, Rossella, Colletti, Tiziana, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe, Santarelli, Marialuisa, Petrucci, Antonio, Pugliatti, Maura, Pirisi, Angelo, Parish, Leslie D., Occhineri, Patrizia, Giannini, Fabio, Battistini, Stefania, Ricci, Claudia, Benigni, Michele, Cau, Tea B., Loi, Daniela, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Restagno, Gabriella, Casale, Federico, Marrali, Giuseppe, Fuda, Giuseppe, Ossola, Irene, Cammarosano, Stefania, Canosa, Antonio, Ilardi, Antonio, Manera, Umberto, Grassano, Maurizio, Tanel, Raffaella, Pisano, Fabrizio, Harms, Matthew B., Goldstein, David B., Shneider, Neil A., Goutman, Stephen, Simmons, Zachary, Miller, Timothy M., Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Manousakis, Georgios, Appel, Stanley H., Simpson, Ericka, Wang, Leo, Baloh, Robert H., Gibson, Summer, Bedlack, Richard, Lacomis, David, Sareen, Dhruv, Sherman, Alexander, Bruijn, Lucie, Penny, Michelle, Allen, Andrew S., Appel, Stanley, Bedlack, Richard S., Boone, Braden E., Brown, Robert, Carulli, John P., Chesi, Alessandra, Chung, Wendy K., Cirulli, Elizabeth T., Cooper, Gregory M., Couthouis, Julien, Day-Williams, Aaron G., Dion, Patrick A., Gitler, Aaron D., Glass, Jonathan D., Han, Yujun, Harris, Tim, Hayes, Sebastian D., Jones, Angela L., Keebler, Jonathan, Krueger, Brian J., Lasseigne, Brittany N., Levy, Shawn E., Lu, Yi-Fan, Maniatis, Tom, McKenna-Yasek, Diane, Myers, Richard M., Petrovski, Slavé, Pulst, Stefan M., Raphael, Alya R., Ravits, John M., Ren, Zhong, Rouleau, Guy A., Sapp, Peter C., Sims, Katherine B., Staropoli, John F., Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Quanli, Wimbish, Jack R., Xin, Winnie W., Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Broach, James R., Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B., Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W., Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D., Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A., Thompson, Leslie M., Finkbeiner, Steve, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J., Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G., Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A., Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Kaye, Julia, Finkbeiner, Steven, Wyman, Stacia, LeNail, Alexander, Lima, Leandro, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., Svendsen, Clive N., Van Eyk, Jenny, Maragakis, Nicholas J., Kolb, Stephen J., Cudkowicz, Merit, Baxi, Emily, Benatar, Michael, Taylor, J. Paul, Wu, Gang, Rampersaud, Evadnie, Wuu, Joanne, Rademakers, Rosa, Züchner, Stephan, Schule, Rebecca, McCauley, Jacob, Hussain, Sumaira, Cooley, Anne, Wallace, Marielle, Clayman, Christine, Barohn, Richard, Statland, Jeffrey, Ravits, John, Swenson, Andrea, Jackson, Carlayne, Trivedi, Jaya, Khan, Shaida, Katz, Jonathan, Jenkins, Liberty, Burns, Ted, Gwathmey, Kelly, Caress, James, McMillan, Corey, Elman, Lauren, Pioro, Erik, Heckmann, Jeannine, So, Yuen, Walk, David, Maiser, Samuel, Zhang, Jinghui, Silani, Vincenzo, Ticozzi, Nicola, Gellera, Cinzia, Ratti, Antonia, Taroni, Franco, Lauria, Giuseppe, Verde, Federico, Fogh, Isabella, Tiloca, Cinzia, Comi, Giacomo P., Sorarù, Gianni, Cereda, Cristina, D’Alfonso, Sandra, Corrado, Lucia, De Marchi, Fabiola, Corti, Stefania, Ceroni, Mauro, Mazzini, Letizia, Siciliano, Gabriele, Filosto, Massimiliano, Inghilleri, Maurizio, Peverelli, Silvia, Colombrita, Claudia, Poletti, Barbara, Maderna, Luca, Del Bo, Roberto, Gagliardi, Stella, Querin, Giorgia, Bertolin, Cinzia, Pensato, Viviana, Castellotti, Barbara, Camu, William, Mouzat, Kevin, Lumbroso, Serge, Corcia, Philippe, Meininger, Vincent, Besson, Gérard, Lagrange, Emmeline, Clavelou, Pierre, Guy, Nathalie, Couratier, Philippe, Vourch, Patrick, Danel, Véronique, Bernard, Emilien, Lemasson, Gwendal, Al Kheifat, Ahmad, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Andersen, Peter, Basak, A. Nazli, Blair, Ian P., Chio, Adriano, Cooper-Knock, Jonathan, de Carvalho, Mamede, Dekker, Annelot, Drory, Vivian, Redondo, Alberto Garcia, Gotkine, Marc, Hardiman, Orla, Hide, Winston, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Glass, Jonathan, Kenna, Kevin, Kiernan, Matthew, Kooyman, Maarten, Landers, John, McLaughlin, Russell, Middelkoop, Bas, Mill, Jonathan, Neto, Miguel Mitne, Moisse, Mattieu, Pardina, Jesus Mora, Morrison, Karen, Newhouse, Stephen, Pinto, Susana, Pulit, Sara, Robberecht, Wim, Shatunov, Aleksey, Shaw, Pamela, Shaw, Chris, Sproviero, William, Tazelaar, Gijs, van Damme, Philip, van den Berg, Leonard, van der Spek, Rick, van Eijk, Kristel, van Es, Michael, van Rheenen, Wouter, van Vugt, Joke, Veldink, Jan, Weber, Markus, Williams, Kelly L., Zatz, Mayana, Bauer, Denis C., Twine, Natalie A., Nicolas, Aude, Kenna, Kevin P., Renton, Alan E., Faghri, Faraz, Chia, Ruth, Dominov, Janice A., Kenna, Brendan J., Nalls, Mike A., Keagle, Pamela, Rivera, Alberto M., Murphy, Natalie A., van Vugt, Joke J.F.A., Geiger, Joshua T., Van der Spek, Rick A., Pliner, Hannah A., Shankaracharya, Smith, Bradley N., Topp, Simon D., Abramzon, Yevgeniya, Gkazi, Athina Soragia, Eicher, John D., Kenna, Aoife, Messina, Sonia, Simone, Isabella L., Ferrucci, Luigi, Moreno, Cristiane de Araujo Martins, Kamalakaran, Sitharthan, Musunuri, Rajeeva Lochan, Evani, Uday Shankar, Abhyankar, Avinash, Zody, Michael C., Wyman, Stacia K., LeNail, Alex, Van Eyk, Jennifer E., Laaksovirta, Hannu, Myllykangas, Liisa, Jansson, Lilja, Valori, Miko, Ealing, John, Hamdalla, Hisham, Rollinson, Sara, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, Orrell, Richard W., Sidle, Katie C., Hardy, John, Singleton, Andrew B., Johnson, Janel O., Arepalli, Sampath, Polak, Meraida, Asress, Seneshaw, Al-Sarraj, Safa, King, Andrew, Troakes, Claire, Vance, Caroline, de Belleroche, Jacqueline, ten Asbroek, Anneloor L.M.A., Muñoz-Blanco, José Luis, Hernandez, Dena G., Ding, Jinhui, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Scholz, Sonja W., Floeter, Mary Kay, Campbell, Roy H., Landi, Francesco, Bowser, Robert, MacGowan, Daniel J.L., Kirby, Janine, Pioro, Erik P., Pamphlett, Roger, Broach, James, Gerhard, Glenn, Dunckley, Travis L., Brady, Christopher B., Kowall, Neil W., Troncoso, Juan C., Le Ber, Isabelle, Heiman-Patterson, Terry D., Kamel, Freya, Van Den Bosch, Ludo, Strom, Tim M., Meitinger, Thomas, Van Eijk, Kristel R., Moisse, Matthieu, McLaughlin, Russell L., Van Es, Michael A., Boylan, Kevin B., Van Blitterswijk, Marka, Morrison, Karen E., Mora, Jesús S., Drory, Vivian E., Shaw, Pamela J., Turner, Martin R., Talbot, Kevin, Fifita, Jennifer A., Nicholson, Garth A., Esteban-Pérez, Jesús, García-Redondo, Alberto, Rogaeva, Ekaterina, Zinman, Lorne, Cooper-Knock, Johnathan, Brice, Alexis, Goutman, Stephen A., Feldman, Eva L., Gibson, Summer B., Van Damme, Philip, Ludolph, Albert C., Andersen, Peter M., Weishaupt, Jochen H., Trojanowski, John Q., Brown, Robert H., Jr., van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Stone, David J., Tienari, Pentti, Chiò, Adriano, Shaw, Christopher E., Traynor, Bryan J., and Landers, John E.

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2018
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14. The cycad genotoxin methylazoxymethanol, linked to Guam ALS/PDC, induces transcriptional mutagenesis.

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Verheijen, Bert M., Chung, Claire, Thompson, Ben, Kim, Hyunjin, Nakahara, Asa, Anink, Jasper J., Mills, James D., NYGC ALS Consortium, Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Sareen, Dhruv, Broach, James R., Simmons, Zachary, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B., Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Shneider, Neil A., Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W., and Baas, Frank

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MUTAGENESIS, CYCADS, RNA synthesis, NEURAL stem cells, AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis, POISONS, MOTOR neuron diseases
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2024
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15. TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A

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Brown, Anna-Leigh, Wilkins, Oscar G., Keuss, Matthew J., Hill, Sarah E., Zanovello, Matteo, Lee, Weaverly Colleen, Bampton, Alexander, Lee, Flora C. Y., Masino, Laura, Qi, Yue A., Bryce-Smith, Sam, Gatt, Ariana, Hallegger, Martina, Fagegaltier, Delphine, Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Sareen, Dhruv, Broach, James R., Simmons, Zachary, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B., Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Shneider, Neil A., Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W., Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D., Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A., Thompson, Leslie M., Finkbeiner, Steve, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Miller, Timothy M., Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J., Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G., Patsopoulos, Nikolaos. A., Butovsky, Oleg, Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Bowser, Robert, Harms, Matthew, Aronica, Eleonora, Poss, Mary, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, Crary, John, Atassi, Nazem, Lange, Dale J., Adams, Darius J., Stefanis, Leonidas, Gotkine, Marc, Baloh, Robert H., Babu, Suma, Raj, Towfique, Paganoni, Sabrina, Shalem, Ophir, Smith, Colin, Zhang, Bin, Harris, Brent, Broce, Iris, Drory, Vivian, Ravits, John, McMillan, Corey, Menon, Vilas, Wu, Lani, Altschuler, Steven, Lerner, Yossef, Sattler, Rita, Van Keuren-Jensen, Kendall, Rozenblatt-Rosen, Orit, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Nicholson, Katharine, Gregersen, Peter, Lee, Jeong-Ho, Kokos, Sulev, Muljo, Stephen, Newcombe, Jia, Gustavsson, Emil K., Seddighi, Sahba, Reyes, Joel F., Coon, Steven L., Ramos, Daniel, Schiavo, Giampietro, Fisher, Elizabeth M. C., Secrier, Maria, Lashley, Tammaryn, Ule, Jernej, Buratti, Emanuele, Humphrey, Jack, Ward, Michael E., Human Genetics, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Pathology, and ANS - Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms

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General Science & Technology, Gene Expression, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurodegenerative, Biochemistry & Proteomics, Rare Diseases, Ecology,Evolution & Ethology, Clinical Research, mental disorders, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Codon, Medicinsk genetik, NYGC ALS Consortium, Computational & Systems Biology, Chemical Biology & High Throughput, Multidisciplinary, Prevention, FOS: Clinical medicine, Stem Cells, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurosciences, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Single Nucleotide, Brain Disorders, nervous system diseases, DNA-Binding Proteins, Alternative Splicing, Nonsense, TDP-43 Proteinopathies, Frontotemporal Dementia, Neurological, Dementia, ALS, Medical Genetics, Genetics & Genomics, Neurovetenskaper, Structural Biology & Biophysics
Abstract

Variants of UNC13A, a critical gene for synapse function, increase the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia1–3, two related neurodegenerative diseases defined by mislocalization of the RNA-binding protein TDP-434,5. Here we show that TDP-43 depletion induces robust inclusion of a cryptic exon in UNC13A, resulting in nonsense-mediated decay and loss of UNC13A protein. Two common intronic UNC13A polymorphisms strongly associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia risk overlap with TDP-43 binding sites. These polymorphisms potentiate cryptic exon inclusion, both in cultured cells and in brains and spinal cords from patients with these conditions. Our findings, which demonstrate a genetic link between loss of nuclear TDP-43 function and disease, reveal the mechanism by which UNC13A variants exacerbate the effects of decreased TDP-43 function. They further provide a promising therapeutic target for TDP-43 proteinopathies.

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2022
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16. Formation of RNA G-wires by G₄C₂ repeats associated with ALS and FTD

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Bose, Krishnashish, Maity, Arijit, Ngo, Khac Huy, Vandana, J. Jeya, Shneider, Neil A., Phan, Anh Tuân, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and NTU Institute of Structural Biology

Subjects
G-Quadruplex, Biological sciences [Science], C9ORF72
Abstract

In the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), expansion of the G4C2 hexanucleotide repeat in the gene C9orf72 is a most common known cause of the disease. Here we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) and gel electrophoresis to visualize the formation of higher-order structures by RNA G4C2 repeats in physiologically relevant conditions. For the RNA sequence r[G4C2G4], we observed G-wires with left-handed undulating features of 4.4-nm periodicity and a uniform height which is consistently higher than that of a duplex B-DNA. These higher-order structures were not degraded fully when treated with a mixture of RNase A and RNase T1. Similarly, higher-order structures were observed for sequences containing three or four G4C2 repeats, pointing towards their potential formation in longer sequence contexts. Our observations suggest that RNA G-quadruplex blocks and G-wires can accumulate in cells containing G4C2 repeat transcripts. Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University This research was supported by Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (MOE2015-T2-1-092) and grants from Nanyang Technological University to A.T.P.

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2022

17. An integrated multi-omic analysis of iPSC-derived motor neurons from C9ORF72 ALS patients

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Li, Jonathan, primary, Lim, Ryan G., additional, Kaye, Julia A., additional, Dardov, Victoria, additional, Coyne, Alyssa N., additional, Wu, Jie, additional, Milani, Pamela, additional, Cheng, Andrew, additional, Thompson, Terri G., additional, Ornelas, Loren, additional, Frank, Aaron, additional, Adam, Miriam, additional, Banuelos, Maria G., additional, Casale, Malcolm, additional, Cox, Veerle, additional, Escalante-Chong, Renan, additional, Daigle, J. Gavin, additional, Gomez, Emilda, additional, Hayes, Lindsey, additional, Holewenski, Ronald, additional, Lei, Susan, additional, Lenail, Alex, additional, Lima, Leandro, additional, Mandefro, Berhan, additional, Matlock, Andrea, additional, Panther, Lindsay, additional, Patel-Murray, Natasha Leanna, additional, Pham, Jacqueline, additional, Ramamoorthy, Divya, additional, Sachs, Karen, additional, Shelley, Brandon, additional, Stocksdale, Jennifer, additional, Trost, Hannah, additional, Wilhelm, Mark, additional, Venkatraman, Vidya, additional, Wassie, Brook T., additional, Wyman, Stacia, additional, Yang, Stephanie, additional, Van Eyk, Jennifer E., additional, Lloyd, Thomas E., additional, Finkbeiner, Steven, additional, Fraenkel, Ernest, additional, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., additional, Sareen, Dhruv, additional, Svendsen, Clive N., additional, Thompson, Leslie M., additional, Phatnani, Hemali, additional, Kwan, Justin, additional, Broach, James R., additional, Simmons, Zachary, additional, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, additional, Lee, Edward B., additional, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Ostrow, Lyle W., additional, Baas, Frank, additional, Zaitlen, Noah, additional, Berry, James D., additional, Malaspina, Andrea, additional, Fratta, Pietro, additional, Cox, Gregory A., additional, Finkbeiner, Steve, additional, Dardiotis, Efthimios, additional, Miller, Timothy M., additional, Chandran, Siddharthan, additional, Pal, Suvankar, additional, Hornstein, Eran, additional, MacGowan, Daniel J., additional, Heiman-Patterson, Terry, additional, Hammell, Molly G., additional, Patsopoulos, Nikolaos.A., additional, Butovsky, Oleg, additional, Dubnau, Joshua, additional, Nath, Avindra, additional, Bowser, Robert, additional, Harms, Matt, additional, Poss, Mary, additional, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, additional, Crary, John, additional, Atassi, Nazem, additional, Lange, Dale J., additional, Adams, Darius J., additional, Stefanis, Leonidas, additional, Gotkine, Marc, additional, Baloh, Robert H., additional, Babu, Suma, additional, Raj, Towfique, additional, Paganoni, Sabrina, additional, Shalem, Ophir, additional, Smith, Colin, additional, Zhang, Bin, additional, Harris, Brent, additional, Broce, Iris, additional, Drory, Vivian, additional, Ravits, John, additional, McMillan, Corey, additional, Menon, Vilas, additional, Wu, Lani, additional, and Altschuler, Steven, additional

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2021
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19. The ALS-associated proteins FUS and TDP-43 function together to affect Drosophila locomotion and life span

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Wang, Ji-Wu, Brent, Jonathan R., Tomlinson, Andrew, Shneider, Neil A., and McCabe, Brian D.

Subjects
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Development and progression -- Genetic aspects -- Research, Drosophila -- Physiological aspects -- Research, DNA binding proteins -- Physiological aspects -- Research, Health care industry
Abstract

The fatal adult motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shares some clinical and pathological overlap with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), an early-onset neurodegenerative disorder. The RNA/DNA binding proteins fused in sarcoma (FUS; also known as TLS) and TAR DNA binding protein-43 (TDP-43) have recently been shown to be genetically and pathologically associated with familial forms of ALS and FTD. It is currently unknown whether perturbation of these proteins results in disease through mechanisms that are independent of normal protein function or via the pathophysiological disruption of molecular processes in which they are both critical. Here, we report that Drosophila mutants in which the homolog of FUS is disrupted exhibit decreased adult viability, diminished locomotor speed, and reduced life span compared with controls. These phenotypes were fully rescued by wild-type human FUS, but not ALS-associated mutant FUS proteins. A mutant of the Drosophila homolog of TDP-43 had similar, but more severe, deficits. Through cross-rescue analysis, we demonstrated that FUS acted together with and downstream of TDP-43 in a common genetic pathway in neurons. Furthermore, we found that these proteins associated with each other in an RNA-dependent complex. Our results establish that FUS and TDP-43 function together in vivo and suggest that molecular pathways requiring the combined activities of both of these proteins may be disrupted in ALS and FTD., Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal adult neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor system dysfunction and loss of cortical and spinal motor neurons. Though predominantly a sporadic disease, [...]

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2011
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20. Pathogenic Huntingtin Repeat Expansions in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Dewan, Ramita, primary, Chia, Ruth, additional, Ding, Jinhui, additional, Hickman, Richard A., additional, Stein, Thor D., additional, Abramzon, Yevgeniya, additional, Ahmed, Sarah, additional, Sabir, Marya S., additional, Portley, Makayla K., additional, Tucci, Arianna, additional, Ibáñez, Kristina, additional, Shankaracharya, F.N.U., additional, Keagle, Pamela, additional, Rossi, Giacomina, additional, Caroppo, Paola, additional, Tagliavini, Fabrizio, additional, Waldo, Maria L., additional, Johansson, Per M., additional, Nilsson, Christer F., additional, Rowe, James B., additional, Benussi, Luisa, additional, Binetti, Giuliano, additional, Ghidoni, Roberta, additional, Jabbari, Edwin, additional, Viollet, Coralie, additional, Glass, Jonathan D., additional, Singleton, Andrew B., additional, Silani, Vincenzo, additional, Ross, Owen A., additional, Ryten, Mina, additional, Torkamani, Ali, additional, Tanaka, Toshiko, additional, Ferrucci, Luigi, additional, Resnick, Susan M., additional, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, additional, Brady, Christopher B., additional, Kowal, Neil, additional, Hardy, John A., additional, Van Deerlin, Vivianna, additional, Vonsattel, Jean Paul, additional, Harms, Matthew B., additional, Morris, Huw R., additional, Ferrari, Raffaele, additional, Landers, John E., additional, Chiò, Adriano, additional, Gibbs, J. Raphael, additional, Dalgard, Clifton L., additional, Scholz, Sonja W., additional, Traynor, Bryan J., additional, Adeleye, Adelani, additional, Alba, Camille, additional, Bacikova, Dagmar, additional, Hupalo, Daniel N., additional, Martinez, Elisa McGrath, additional, Pollard, Harvey B., additional, Sukumar, Gauthaman, additional, Soltis, Anthony R., additional, Tuck, Meila, additional, Zhang, Xijun, additional, Wilkerson, Matthew D., additional, Smith, Bradley N., additional, Ticozzi, Nicola, additional, Fallini, Claudia, additional, Gkazi, Athina Soragia, additional, Topp, Simon D., additional, Kost, Jason, additional, Scotter, Emma L., additional, Kenna, Kevin P., additional, Miller, Jack W., additional, Tiloca, Cinzia, additional, Vance, Caroline, additional, Danielson, Eric W., additional, Troakes, Claire, additional, Colombrita, Claudia, additional, Al-Sarraj, Safa, additional, Lewis, Elizabeth A., additional, King, Andrew, additional, Calini, Daniela, additional, Pensato, Viviana, additional, Castellotti, Barbara, additional, de Belleroche, Jacqueline, additional, Baas, Frank, additional, ten Asbroek, Anneloor L.M.A., additional, Sapp, Peter C., additional, McKenna-Yasek, Diane, additional, McLaughlin, Russell L., additional, Polak, Meraida, additional, Asress, Seneshaw, additional, Esteban-Pérez, Jesús, additional, Muñoz-Blanco, José Luis, additional, Stevic, Zorica, additional, D’Alfonso, Sandra, additional, Mazzini, Letizia, additional, Comi, Giacomo P., additional, Del Bo, Roberto, additional, Ceroni, Mauro, additional, Gagliardi, Stella, additional, Querin, Giorgia, additional, Bertolin, Cinzia, additional, van Rheenen, Wouter, additional, Diekstra, Frank P., additional, Rademakers, Rosa, additional, van Blitterswijk, Marka, additional, Boylan, Kevin B., additional, Lauria, Giuseppe, additional, Duga, Stefano, additional, Corti, Stefania, additional, Cereda, Cristina, additional, Corrado, Lucia, additional, Sorarù, Gianni, additional, Williams, Kelly L., additional, Nicholson, Garth A., additional, Blair, Ian P., additional, Leblond-Manry, Claire, additional, Rouleau, Guy A., additional, Hardiman, Orla, additional, Morrison, Karen E., additional, Veldink, Jan H., additional, van den Berg, Leonard H., additional, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, additional, Pall, Hardev, additional, Shaw, Pamela J., additional, Turner, Martin R., additional, Talbot, Kevin, additional, Taroni, Franco, additional, García-Redondo, Alberto, additional, Wu, Zheyang, additional, Gellera, Cinzia, additional, Ratti, Antonia, additional, Brown, Robert H., additional, Shaw, Christopher E., additional, Ambrose, John C., additional, Arumugam, Prabhu, additional, Baple, Emma L., additional, Bleda, Marta, additional, Boardman-Pretty, Freya, additional, Boissiere, Jeanne M., additional, Boustred, Christopher R., additional, Brittain, H., additional, Caulfield, Mark J., additional, Chan, Georgia C., additional, Craig, Clare E.H., additional, Daugherty, Louise C., additional, de Burca, Anna, additional, Devereau, Andrew, additional, Elgar, Greg, additional, Foulger, Rebecca E., additional, Fowler, Tom, additional, Furió-Tarí, Pedro, additional, Hackett, Joanne M., additional, Halai, Dina, additional, Hamblin, Angela, additional, Henderson, Shirley, additional, Holman, James E., additional, Hubbard, Tim J.P., additional, Jackson, Rob, additional, Jones, Louise J., additional, Kasperaviciute, Dalia, additional, Kayikci, Melis, additional, Lahnstein, Lea, additional, Lawson, Kay, additional, Leigh, Sarah E.A., additional, Leong, Ivonne U.S., additional, Lopez, Javier F., additional, Maleady-Crowe, Fiona, additional, Mason, Joanne, additional, McDonagh, Ellen M., additional, Moutsianas, Loukas, additional, Mueller, Michael, additional, Murugaesu, Nirupa, additional, Need, Anna C., additional, Odhams, Chris A., additional, Patch, Christine, additional, Perez-Gil, Daniel, additional, Polychronopoulos, Dimitris, additional, Pullinger, John, additional, Rahim, Tahrima, additional, Rendon, Augusto, additional, Riesgo-Ferreiro, Pablo, additional, Rogers, Tim, additional, Savage, Kevin, additional, Sawant, Kushmita, additional, Scott, Richard H., additional, Siddiq, Afshan, additional, Sieghart, Alexander, additional, Smedley, Damian, additional, Smith, Katherine R., additional, Sosinsky, Alona, additional, Spooner, William, additional, Stevens, Helen E., additional, Stuckey, Alexander, additional, Sultana, Razvan, additional, Thomas, Ellen R.A., additional, Thompson, Simon R., additional, Tregidgo, Carolyn, additional, Walsh, Emma, additional, Watters, Sarah A., additional, Welland, Matthew J., additional, Williams, Eleanor, additional, Witkowska, Katarzyna, additional, Wood, Suzanne M., additional, Zarowiecki, Magdalena, additional, Arepalli, Sampath, additional, Auluck, Pavan, additional, Baloh, Robert H., additional, Bowser, Robert, additional, Brice, Alexis, additional, Broach, James, additional, Camu, William, additional, Cooper-Knock, John, additional, Corcia, Philippe, additional, Drepper, Carsten, additional, Drory, Vivian E., additional, Dunckley, Travis L., additional, Faghri, Faraz, additional, Farren, Jennifer, additional, Feldman, Eva, additional, Floeter, Mary Kay, additional, Fratta, Pietro, additional, Gerhard, Glenn, additional, Gibson, Summer B., additional, Goutman, Stephen A., additional, Heiman-Patterson, Terry D., additional, Hernandez, Dena G., additional, Hoover, Ben, additional, Jansson, Lilja, additional, Kamel, Freya, additional, Kirby, Janine, additional, Kowall, Neil W., additional, Laaksovirta, Hannu, additional, Landi, Francesco, additional, Le Ber, Isabelle, additional, Lumbroso, Serge, additional, MacGowan, Daniel JL., additional, Maragakis, Nicholas J., additional, Mora, Gabriele, additional, Mouzat, Kevin, additional, Myllykangas, Liisa, additional, Nalls, Mike A., additional, Orrell, Richard W., additional, Ostrow, Lyle W., additional, Pamphlett, Roger, additional, Pioro, Erik, additional, Pulst, Stefan M., additional, Ravits, John M., additional, Renton, Alan E., additional, Robberecht, Wim, additional, Robey, Ian, additional, Rogaeva, Ekaterina, additional, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., additional, Sendtner, Michael, additional, Sidle, Katie C., additional, Simmons, Zachary, additional, Stone, David J., additional, Tienari, Pentti J., additional, Trojanowski, John Q., additional, Troncoso, Juan C., additional, Valori, Miko, additional, Van Damme, Philip, additional, Van Den Bosch, Ludo, additional, Zinman, Lorne, additional, Albani, Diego, additional, Borroni, Barbara, additional, Padovani, Alessandro, additional, Bruni, Amalia, additional, Clarimon, Jordi, additional, Dols-Icardo, Oriol, additional, Illán-Gala, Ignacio, additional, Lleó, Alberto, additional, Danek, Adrian, additional, Galimberti, Daniela, additional, Scarpini, Elio, additional, Serpente, Maria, additional, Graff, Caroline, additional, Chiang, Huei-Hsin, additional, Khoshnood, Behzad, additional, Öijerstedt, Linn, additional, Morris, Christopher M., additional, Nacmias, Benedetta, additional, Sorbi, Sandro, additional, Nielsen, Jorgen E., additional, Hjermind, Lynne E., additional, Novelli, Valeria, additional, Puca, Annibale A., additional, Pastor, Pau, additional, Alvarez, Ignacio, additional, Diez-Fairen, Monica, additional, Aguilar, Miquel, additional, Perneczky, Robert, additional, Diehl-Schimd, Janine, additional, Rossi, Mina, additional, Ruiz, Agustin, additional, Boada, Mercè, additional, Hernández, Isabel, additional, Moreno-Grau, Sonia, additional, Schlachetzki, Johannes C., additional, Aarsland, Dag, additional, Albert, Marilyn S., additional, Attems, Johannes, additional, Barrett, Matthew J., additional, Beach, Thomas G., additional, Bekris, Lynn M., additional, Bennett, David A., additional, Besser, Lilah M., additional, Bigio, Eileen H., additional, Black, Sandra E., additional, Boeve, Bradley F., additional, Bohannan, Ryan C., additional, Brett, Francesca, additional, Brunetti, Maura, additional, Caraway, Chad A., additional, Palma, Jose-Alberto, additional, Calvo, Andrea, additional, Canosa, Antonio, additional, Dickson, Dennis, additional, Duyckaerts, Charles, additional, Faber, Kelley, additional, Ferman, Tanis, additional, Flanagan, Margaret E., additional, Floris, Gianluca, additional, Foroud, Tatiana M., additional, Fortea, Juan, additional, Gan-Or, Ziv, additional, Gentleman, Steve, additional, Ghetti, Bernardino, additional, Gibbs, Jesse Raphael, additional, Goate, Alison, additional, Goldstein, David, additional, González-Aramburu, Isabel, additional, Graff-Radford, Neill R., additional, Hodges, Angela K., additional, Hu, Heng-Chen, additional, Hupalo, Daniel, additional, Infante, Jon, additional, Iranzo, Alex, additional, Kaiser, Scott M., additional, Kaufmann, Horacio, additional, Keith, Julia, additional, Kim, Ronald C., additional, Klein, Gregory, additional, Krüger, Rejko, additional, Kukull, Walter, additional, Kuzma, Amanda, additional, Lage, Carmen, additional, Lesage, Suzanne, additional, Leverenz, James B., additional, Logroscino, Giancarlo, additional, Lopez, Grisel, additional, Love, Seth, additional, Mao, Qinwen, additional, Marti, Maria Jose, additional, Martinez-McGrath, Elisa, additional, Masellis, Mario, additional, Masliah, Eliezer, additional, May, Patrick, additional, McKeith, Ian, additional, Mesulam, Marek-Marsel, additional, Monuki, Edwin S., additional, Newell, Kathy L., additional, Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Lucy, additional, Palmer, Laura, additional, Perkins, Matthew, additional, Pletnikova, Olga, additional, Molina-Porcel, Laura, additional, Reynolds, Regina H., additional, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Eloy, additional, Rohrer, Jonathan D., additional, Sanchez-Juan, Pascual, additional, Scherzer, Clemens R., additional, Serrano, Geidy E., additional, Shakkottai, Vikram, additional, Sidransky, Ellen, additional, Tayebi, Nahid, additional, Thomas, Alan J., additional, Tilley, Bension S., additional, Walton, Ronald L., additional, Woltjer, Randy, additional, Wszolek, Zbigniew K., additional, Xiromerisiou, Georgia, additional, Zecca, Chiara, additional, Phatnani, Hemali, additional, Kwan, Justin, additional, Sareen, Dhruv, additional, Broach, James R., additional, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, additional, Lee, Edward B., additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Fraenkel, Ernest, additional, Zaitlen, Noah, additional, Berry, James D., additional, Malaspina, Andrea, additional, Cox, Gregory A., additional, Thompson, Leslie M., additional, Finkbeiner, Steve, additional, Dardiotis, Efthimios, additional, Miller, Timothy M., additional, Chandran, Siddharthan, additional, Pal, Suvankar, additional, Hornstein, Eran, additional, MacGowan, Daniel J., additional, Heiman-Patterson, Terry, additional, Hammell, Molly G., additional, Patsopoulos, Nikolaos.A., additional, Butovsky, Oleg, additional, Dubnau, Joshua, additional, Nath, Avindra, additional, Harms, Matt, additional, Aronica, Eleonora, additional, Poss, Mary, additional, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, additional, Crary, John, additional, Atassi, Nazem, additional, Lange, Dale J., additional, Adams, Darius J., additional, Stefanis, Leonidas, additional, Gotkine, Marc, additional, Babu, Suma, additional, Raj, Towfique, additional, Paganoni, Sabrina, additional, Shalem, Ophir, additional, Smith, Colin, additional, Zhang, Bin, additional, Harris, Brent, additional, Broce, Iris, additional, Drory, Vivian, additional, Ravits, John, additional, McMillan, Corey, additional, Menon, Vilas, additional, Wu, Lani, additional, Altschuler, Steven, additional, Amar, Khaled, additional, Archibald, Neil, additional, Bandmann, Oliver, additional, Capps, Erica, additional, Church, Alistair, additional, Coebergh, Jan, additional, Costantini, Alyssa, additional, Critchley, Peter, additional, Ghosh, Boyd CP., additional, Hu, Michele T.M., additional, Kobylecki, Christopher, additional, Leigh, P. Nigel, additional, Mann, Carl, additional, Massey, Luke A., additional, Nath, Uma, additional, Pavese, Nicola, additional, Paviour, Dominic, additional, Sharma, Jagdish, additional, and Vaughan, Jenny, additional

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2021
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23. Postmortem Cortex Samples Identify Distinct Molecular Subtypes of ALS: Retrotransposon Activation, Oxidative Stress, and Activated Glia

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Tam, Oliver H., primary, Rozhkov, Nikolay V., additional, Shaw, Regina, additional, Kim, Duyang, additional, Hubbard, Isabel, additional, Fennessey, Samantha, additional, Propp, Nadia, additional, Fagegaltier, Delphine, additional, Harris, Brent T., additional, Ostrow, Lyle W., additional, Phatnani, Hemali, additional, Ravits, John, additional, Dubnau, Josh, additional, Gale Hammell, Molly, additional, Kwan, Justin, additional, Sareen, Dhruv, additional, Broach, James R., additional, Simmons, Zachary, additional, Arcila-Londono, Ximena, additional, Lee, Edward B., additional, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Fraenkel, Ernest, additional, Baas, Frank, additional, Zaitlen, Noah, additional, Berry, James D., additional, Malaspina, Andrea, additional, Fratta, Pietro, additional, Cox, Gregory A., additional, Thompson, Leslie M., additional, Finkbeiner, Steve, additional, Dardiotis, Efthimios, additional, Miller, Timothy M., additional, Chandran, Siddharthan, additional, Pal, Suvankar, additional, Hornstein, Eran, additional, MacGowan, Daniel J., additional, Heiman-Patterson, Terry, additional, Hammell, Molly G., additional, Patsopoulos, Nikolaos.A., additional, Butovsky, Oleg, additional, Dubnau, Joshua, additional, Nath, Avindra, additional, Bowser, Robert, additional, Harms, Matt, additional, Aronica, Eleonora, additional, Poss, Mary, additional, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer, additional, Crary, John, additional, Atassi, Nazem, additional, Lange, Dale J., additional, Adams, Darius J., additional, Stefanis, Leonidas, additional, Gotkine, Marc, additional, Baloh, Robert, additional, Babu, Suma, additional, Raj, Towfique, additional, Paganoni, Sabrina, additional, Shalem, Ophir, additional, Smith, Colin, additional, and Zhang, Bin, additional

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2019
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25. A new approach for rare variation collapsing on functional protein domains implicates specific genic regions in ALS

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Gelfman, Sahar, primary, Dugger, Sarah, additional, de Araujo Martins Moreno, Cristiane, additional, Ren, Zhong, additional, Wolock, Charles J., additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Phatnani, Hemali, additional, Cirulli, Elizabeth T., additional, Lasseigne, Brittany N., additional, Harris, Tim, additional, Maniatis, Tom, additional, Rouleau, Guy A., additional, Brown, Robert H., additional, Gitler, Aaron D., additional, Myers, Richard M., additional, Petrovski, Slavé, additional, Allen, Andrew, additional, Goldstein, David B., additional, and Harms, Matthew B., additional

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2019
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26. Deletion ofRipk3Prevents Motor Neuron DeathIn Vitrobut notIn Vivo

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Dermentzaki, Georgia, primary, Politi, Kristin A., additional, Lu, Lei, additional, Mishra, Vartika, additional, Pérez-Torres, Eduardo J., additional, Sosunov, Alexander A., additional, McKhann, Guy M., additional, Lotti, Francesco, additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, and Przedborski, Serge, additional

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2019
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28. Gamma motor neurons express distinct genetic markers at birth and require muscle spindle-derived GDNF for postnatal survival

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Smith Courtney A, Brown Meghan N, Shneider Neil A, Pickel James, and Alvarez Francisco J

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Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Abstract Background Gamma motor neurons (γ-MNs) selectively innervate muscle spindle intrafusal fibers and regulate their sensitivity to stretch. They constitute a distinct subpopulation that differs in morphology, physiology and connectivity from α-MNs, which innervate extrafusal muscle fibers and exert force. The mechanisms that control the differentiation of functionally distinct fusimotor neurons are unknown. Progress on this question has been limited by the absence of molecular markers to specifically distinguish and manipulate γ-MNs. Recently, it was reported that early embryonic γ-MN precursors are dependent on GDNF. Using this knowledge we characterized genetic strategies to label developing γ-MNs based on GDNF receptor expression, showed their strict dependence for survival on muscle spindle-derived GDNF and generated an animal model in which γ-MNs are selectively lost. Results In mice heterozygous for both the Hb9::GFP transgene and a tau-lacZ-labeled (TLZ) allele of the GDNF receptor Gfrα1, we demonstrated that small motor neurons with high Gfrα1-TLZ expression and lacking Hb9::GFP display structural and synaptic features of γ-MNs and are selectively lost in mutants lacking target muscle spindles. Loss of muscle spindles also results in the downregulation of Gfrα1 expression in some large diameter MNs, suggesting that spindle-derived factors may also influence populations of α-MNs with β-skeletofusimotor collaterals. These molecular markers can be used to identify γ-MNs from birth to the adult and to distinguish γ- from β-motor axons in the periphery. We also found that postnatal γ-MNs are also distinguished by low expression of the neuronal nuclear protein (NeuN). With these markers of γ-MN identity, we show after conditional elimination of GDNF from muscle spindles that the survival of γ-MNs is selectively dependent on spindle-derived GDNF during the first 2 weeks of postnatal development. Conclusion Neonatal γ-MNs display a unique molecular profile characterized by the differential expression of a series of markers - Gfrα1, Hb9::GFP and NeuN - and the selective dependence on muscle spindle-derived GDNF. Deletion of GDNF expression from muscle spindles results in the selective elimination of γ-MNs with preservation of the spindle and its sensory innervation. This provides a mouse model with which to explore the specific role of γ-fusimotor activity in motor behaviors.

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2009
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29. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

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A., Geiger, Joshua T., van der Spek, Rick, Pliner, Hannah A., Shankaracharya, null, Smith, Bradley N., Marangi, Giuseppe, Topp, Simon D., Abramzon, Yevgeniya, Gkazi, Athina Soragia, Eicher, John D., Kenna, Aoife, Logullo, Francesco O., Simone, Isabella, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Salvi, Fabrizio, Bartolomei, Ilaria, Borghero, Giuseppe, Murru, Maria Rita, Costantino, Emanuela, Pani, Carla, Puddu, Roberta, Caredda, Carla, Piras, Valeria, Tranquilli, Stefania, Cuccu, Stefania, Corongiu, Daniela, Melis, Maurizio, Milia, Antonio, Marrosu, Francesco, Marrosu, Maria Giovanna, Floris, Gianluca, Cannas, Antonino, Capasso, Margherita, Caponnetto, Claudia, Mancardi, Gianluigi, Origone, Paola, Mandich, Paola, Conforti, Francesca L., Cavallaro, Sebastiano, Mora, Gabriele, Marinou, Kalliopi, Sideri, Riccardo, Penco, Silvana, Mosca, Lorena, Lunetta, Christian, Pinter, Giuseppe Lauria, Corbo, Massimo, Riva, Nilo, Carrera, Paola, Volanti, Paolo, Mandrioli, Jessica, Fini, Nicola, Fasano, Antonio, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Arosio, Alessandro, Ferrarese, Carlo, Trojsi, Francesca, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria, Piccirillo, Giovanni, Femiano, Cinzia, Ticca, Anna, Ortu, Enzo, La Bella, Vincenzo, Spataro, Rossella, Colletti, Tiziana, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Santarelli, Marialuisa, Petrucci, Antonio, Pugliatti, Maura, Pirisi, Angelo, Parish, Leslie D., Occhineri, Patrizia, Giannini, Fabio, Battistini, Stefania, Ricci, Claudia, Benigni, Michele, Cau, Tea B., Loi, Daniela, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Restagno, Gabriella, Casale, Federico, Marrali, Giuseppe, Fuda, Giuseppe, Ossola, Irene, Cammarosano, Stefania, Canosa, Antonio, Ilardi, Antonio, Manera, Umberto, Grassano, Maurizio, Tanel, Raffaella, Pisano, Fabrizio, Mazzini, Letizia, Messina, Sonia, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Corrado, Lucia, Ferrucci, Luigi, Harms, Matthew B., Goldstein, David B., Shneider, Neil A., Goutman, Stephen, Simmons, Zachary, Miller, Timothy M., Chandran, Siddharthan, Pal, Suvankar, Manousakis, George, Appel, Stanley, Simpson, Ericka, Wang, Leo, Baloh, Robert H., Gibson, Summer, Bedlack, Richard S., Lacomis, David, Sareen, Dhruv, Sherman, Alexander, Bruijn, Lucie, Penny, Michelle, Moreno, Cristiane de Araujo Martins, Kamalakaran, Sitharthan, Allen, Andrew S., Boone, Braden E., Brown, Robert, Carulli, John P., Chesi, Alessandra, Chung, Wendy K., Cirulli, Elizabeth T., Cooper, Gregory M., Couthouis, Julien, Day-Williams, Aaron G., Dion, Patrick A., Gitler, Aaron D., Glass, Jonathan D., Han, Yujun, Harris, Tim, Hayes, Sebastian D., Jones, Angela L., Keebler, Jonathan, Krueger, Brian J., Lasseigne, Brittany N., Levy, Shawn E., Lu, Yi-Fan, Maniatis, Tom, McKenna-Yasek, Diane, Myers, Richard M., Petrovski, Slavé, Pulst, Stefan M., Raphael, Alya R., Ravits, John M., Ren, Zhong, Rouleau, Guy A., Sapp, Peter C., Sims, Katherine B., Staropoli, John F., Waite, Lindsay L., Wang, Quanli, Wimbish, Jack R., Xin, Winnie W., Phatnani, Hemali, Kwan, Justin, Broach, James R., Arcila-Londono, Ximena, Lee, Edward B., Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Fraenkel, Ernest, Ostrow, Lyle W., Baas, Frank, Zaitlen, Noah, Berry, James D., Malaspina, Andrea, Fratta, Pietro, Cox, Gregory A., Thompson, Leslie M., Finkbeiner, Steven, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Hornstein, Eran, MacGowan, Daniel J., Heiman-Patterson, Terry, Hammell, Molly G., Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A., Dubnau, Joshua, Nath, Avindra, Musunuri, Rajeeva Lochan, Evani, Uday Shankar, Abhyankar, Avinash, Zody, Michael C., Kaye, Julia, Wyman, Stacia, LeNail, Alexander, Lima, Leandro, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., Svendsen, Clive N., Van Eyk, Jenny, Maragakis, Nicholas J., Kolb, Stephen J., Cudkowicz, Merit, Baxi, Emily, Wyman, Stacia K., Van Eyk, Jennifer E., Benatar, Michael, Taylor, J. Paul, Wu, Gang, Rampersaud, Evadnie, Wuu, Joanne, Rademakers, Rosa, Züchner, Stephan, Schule, Rebecca, McCauley, Jacob, Hussain, Sumaira, Cooley, Anne, Wallace, Marielle, Clayman, Christine, Barohn, Richard, Statland, Jeffrey, Ravits, John, Swenson, Andrea, Jackson, Carlayne, Trivedi, Jaya, Khan, Shaida, Katz, Jonathan, Jenkins, Liberty, Burns, Ted, Gwathmey, Kelly, Caress, James, McMillan, Corey, Elman, Lauren, Pioro, Erik, Heckmann, Jeannine, So, Yuen, Walk, David, Maiser, Samuel, Zhang, Jinghui, Silani, Vincenzo, Gellera, Cinzia, Ratti, Antonia, Taroni, Franco, Lauria, Giuseppe, Verde, Federico, Fogh, Isabella, Tiloca, Cinzia, Comi, Giacomo P., Sorarù, Gianni, Cereda, Cristina, De Marchi, Fabiola, Corti, Stefania, Ceroni, Mauro, Siciliano, Gabriele, Filosto, Massimiliano, Inghilleri, Maurizio, Peverelli, Silvia, Colombrita, Claudia, Poletti, Barbara, Maderna, Luca, Del Bo, Roberto, Gagliardi, Stella, Querin, Giorgia, Bertolin, Cinzia, Pensato, Viviana, Castellotti, Barbara, Camu, William, Mouzat, Kevin, Lumbroso, Serge, Corcia, Philippe, Meininger, Vincent, Besson, Gérard, Lagrange, Emmeline, Clavelou, Pierre, Guy, Nathalie, Couratier, Philippe, Vourch, Patrick, Danel, Véronique, Bernard, Emilien, Lemasson, Gwendal, Laaksovirta, Hannu, Myllykangas, Liisa, Jansson, Lilja, Valori, Miko, Ealing, John, Hamdalla, Hisham, Rollinson, Sara, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, Orrell, Richard W., Sidle, Katie C., Hardy, John, Singleton, Andrew B., Johnson, Janel O., Arepalli, Sampath, Polak, Meraida, Asress, Seneshaw, Al-Sarraj, Safa, King, Andrew, Troakes, Claire, Vance, Caroline, de Belleroche, Jacqueline, ten Asbroek, Anneloor L. M. A., Muñoz-Blanco, José Luis, Hernandez, Dena G., Ding, Jinhui, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Scholz, Sonja W., Floeter, Mary Kay, Campbell, Roy H., Landi, Francesco, Bowser, Robert, MacGowan, Daniel J. L., Kirby, Janine, Pioro, Erik P., Pamphlett, Roger, Broach, James, Gerhard, Glenn, Dunckley, Travis L., Brady, Christopher B., Kowall, Neil W., Troncoso, Juan C., Le Ber, Isabelle, Heiman-Patterson, Terry D., Kamel, Freya, Van Den Bosch, Ludo, Strom, Tim M., Meitinger, Thomas, Shatunov, Aleksey, Van Eijk, Kristel R., de Carvalho, Mamede, Kooyman, Maarten, Middelkoop, Bas, Moisse, Mattieu, McLaughlin, Russell L., Van Es, Michael A., Weber, Markus, Boylan, Kevin B., Van Blitterswijk, Marka, Morrison, Karen E., Basak, A. Nazli, Mora, Jesús S., Drory, Vivian E., Shaw, Pamela J., Turner, Martin R., Talbot, Kevin, Hardiman, Orla, Williams, Kelly L., Fifita, Jennifer A., Nicholson, Garth A., Blair, Ian P., Esteban-Pérez, Jesús, García-Redondo, Alberto, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Al Kheifat, Ahmad, Andersen, Peter, Chio, Adriano, Cooper-Knock, Jonathan, Dekker, Annelot, Drory, Vivian, Redondo, Alberto Garcia, Gotkine, Marc, Hide, Winston, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Glass, Jonathan, Kenna, Kevin, Kiernan, Matthew, Landers, John, McLaughlin, Russell, Mill, Jonathan, Neto, Miguel Mitne, Pardina, Jesus Mora, Morrison, Karen, Newhouse, Stephen, Pinto, Susana, Pulit, Sara, Robberecht, Wim, Shaw, Pamela, Shaw, Chris, Sproviero, William, Tazelaar, Gijs, van Damme, Philip, van den Berg, Leonard, van Eijk, Kristel, van Es, Michael, van Vugt, Joke, Veldink, Jan, Zatz, Mayana, Bauer, Denis C., Twine, Natalie A., Rogaeva, Ekaterina, Zinman, Lorne, Brice, Alexis, Goutman, Stephen A., Feldman, Eva L., Gibson, Summer B., Ludolph, Albert C., Andersen, Peter M., Weishaupt, Jochen H., Trojanowski, John Q., Brown, Robert H., van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Stone, David J., Tienari, Pentti, Chiò, Adriano, Shaw, Christopher E., Traynor, Bryan J., and Landers, John E.

Abstract

To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls. Independently, we performed a rare variant burden analysis comparing 1,138 index familial ALS cases and 19,494 controls. Through both approaches, we identified kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) as a novel gene associated with ALS. Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG10) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 (CMT2). In contrast, ALS-associated mutations are primarily located at the C-terminal cargo-binding tail domain and patients harboring loss-of-function mutations displayed an extended survival relative to typical ALS cases. Taken together, these results broaden the phenotype spectrum resulting from mutations in KIF5A and strengthen the role of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS. Using a large-scale genome-wide association study and exome sequencing, we identified KIF5A as a novel gene associated with ALS. Our data broaden the phenotype resulting from mutations in KIF5A and highlight the importance of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS.

Published
2018

31. FUS affects circular RNA expression in murine embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons

Author

Errichelli, Lorenzo, primary, Dini Modigliani, Stefano, additional, Laneve, Pietro, additional, Colantoni, Alessio, additional, Legnini, Ivano, additional, Capauto, Davide, additional, Rosa, Alessandro, additional, De Santis, Riccardo, additional, Scarfò, Rebecca, additional, Peruzzi, Giovanna, additional, Lu, Lei, additional, Caffarelli, Elisa, additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Morlando, Mariangela, additional, and Bozzoni, Irene, additional

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2017
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32. ALS/FTD Mutation-Induced Phase Transition of FUS Liquid Droplets and Reversible Hydrogels into Irreversible Hydrogels Impairs RNP Granule Function

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Murakami, Tetsuro, Qamar, Seema, Lin, Julie Qiaojin, Schierle, Gabriele S. Kaminski, Rees, Eric, Miyashita, Akinori, Costa, Ana R., Dodd, Roger B., Chan, Fiona T.S., Michel, Claire H., Kronenberg-Versteeg, Deborah, Li, Yi, Yang, Seung-Pil, Wakutani, Yosuke, Meadows, William, Ferry, Rodylyn Rose, Dong, Liang, Tartaglia, Gian Gaetano, Favrin, Giorgio, Lin, Wen-Lang, Dickson, Dennis W., Zhen, Mei, Ron, David, Schmitt-Ulms, Gerold, Fraser, Paul E., Shneider, Neil A., Holt, Christine, Vendruscolo, Michele, Kaminski, Clemens F., St George-Hyslop, Peter, Lin, Qiaojin [0000-0002-2669-6478], Rees, Eric [0000-0001-7478-5961], Dodd, Roger [0000-0003-4268-1863], Kronenberg-Versteeg, Deborah [0000-0003-0965-9998], Favrin, Giorgio [0000-0002-1884-7352], Ron, David [0000-0002-3014-5636], Holt, Christine [0000-0003-2829-121X], Vendruscolo, Michele [0000-0002-3616-1610], Kaminski, Clemens [0000-0002-5194-0962], St George-Hyslop, Peter [0000-0003-0796-7209], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Animal, Neuroscience(all), Messenger, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Longevity, Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Cytoplasmic Granules, Disease Models, Animal, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Motor Activity, Mutation, RNA, Messenger, RNA-Binding Protein FUS, Ribonucleoproteins, Hydrogels, Phase Transition, Article, Disease Models, RNA
Abstract

Summary The mechanisms by which mutations in FUS and other RNA binding proteins cause ALS and FTD remain controversial. We propose a model in which low-complexity (LC) domains of FUS drive its physiologically reversible assembly into membrane-free, liquid droplet and hydrogel-like structures. ALS/FTD mutations in LC or non-LC domains induce further phase transition into poorly soluble fibrillar hydrogels distinct from conventional amyloids. These assemblies are necessary and sufficient for neurotoxicity in a C. elegans model of FUS-dependent neurodegeneration. They trap other ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granule components and disrupt RNP granule function. One consequence is impairment of new protein synthesis by cytoplasmic RNP granules in axon terminals, where RNP granules regulate local RNA metabolism and translation. Nuclear FUS granules may be similarly affected. Inhibiting formation of these fibrillar hydrogel assemblies mitigates neurotoxicity and suggests a potential therapeutic strategy that may also be applicable to ALS/FTD associated with mutations in other RNA binding proteins., Highlights • FUS phase transitions between monomer, liquid droplet, and hydrogel states • FUS mutants induce further phase transition into irreversible fibrillar hydrogels • Irreversible hydrogels sequester RNP cargo and impair RNP granule function • Formation of non-amyloid fibrillar hydrogels provides a compelling causative mechanism for neurodegeneration, Murakami et al. show that FUS transitions between monomer, liquid droplet, and hydrogel states during uptake and release of RNP granule cargo. FUS mutations accelerate transition into fibrillar hydrogels that trap RNP cargo, impair RNP granule function, and cause neurodegeneration.

Published
2015

33. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Modifiers in DrosophilaReveal the Phospholipase D Pathway as a Potential Therapeutic Target

Author

Kankel, Mark W, Sen, Anindya, Lu, Lei, Theodorou, Marina, Dimlich, Douglas N, McCampbell, Alexander, Henderson, Christopher E, Shneider, Neil A, and Artavanis-Tsakonas, Spyros

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder lacking effective treatments. ALS pathology is linked to mutations in several different genes indicating...Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder lacking effective treatments. ALS pathology is linked to mutations in >20 different genes indicating a complex underlying genetic architecture that is effectively unknown. Here, in an attempt to identify genes and pathways for potential therapeutic intervention and explore the genetic circuitry underlying Drosophilamodels of ALS, we carry out two independent genome-wide screens for modifiers of degenerative phenotypes associated with the expression of transgenic constructs carrying familial ALS-causing alleles of FUS (hFUSR521C) and TDP-43 (hTDP-43M337V). We uncover a complex array of genes affecting either or both of the two strains, and investigate their activities in additional ALS models. Our studies indicate the pathway that governs phospholipase D activity as a major modifier of ALS-related phenotypes, a notion supported by data we generated in mice and others collected in humans.

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2020
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34. Monitoring peripheral nerve degeneration in ALS by label-free stimulated Raman scattering imaging

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Tian, Feng, primary, Yang, Wenlong, additional, Mordes, Daniel A., additional, Wang, Jin-Yuan, additional, Salameh, Johnny S., additional, Mok, Joanie, additional, Chew, Jeannie, additional, Sharma, Aarti, additional, Leno-Duran, Ester, additional, Suzuki-Uematsu, Satomi, additional, Suzuki, Naoki, additional, Han, Steve S., additional, Lu, Fa-Ke, additional, Ji, Minbiao, additional, Zhang, Rosanna, additional, Liu, Yue, additional, Strominger, Jack, additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Petrucelli, Leonard, additional, Xie, X. Sunney, additional, and Eggan, Kevin, additional

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2016
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37. Antisense Proline-Arginine RAN Dipeptides Linked to C9ORF72-ALS/FTD Form Toxic Nuclear Aggregates that Initiate In Vitro and In Vivo Neuronal Death

Author

Wen, Xinmei, primary, Tan, Wenzhi, additional, Westergard, Thomas, additional, Krishnamurthy, Karthik, additional, Markandaiah, Shashirekha S., additional, Shi, Yingxiao, additional, Lin, Shaoyu, additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Monaghan, John, additional, Pandey, Udai B., additional, Pasinelli, Piera, additional, Ichida, Justin K., additional, and Trotti, Davide, additional

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2014
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38. FUS-SMN Protein Interactions Link the Motor Neuron Diseases ALS and SMA

Author

Yamazaki, Tomohiro, primary, Chen, Shi, additional, Yu, Yong, additional, Yan, Biao, additional, Haertlein, Tyler C., additional, Carrasco, Monica A., additional, Tapia, Juan C., additional, Zhai, Bo, additional, Das, Rita, additional, Lalancette-Hebert, Melanie, additional, Sharma, Aarti, additional, Chandran, Siddharthan, additional, Sullivan, Gareth, additional, Nishimura, Agnes Lumi, additional, Shaw, Christopher E., additional, Gygi, Steve P., additional, Shneider, Neil A., additional, Maniatis, Tom, additional, and Reed, Robin, additional

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2012
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41. Wnt7A Identifies Embryonic &ggr;-Motor Neurons and Reveals Early Postnatal Dependence of &ggr;-Motor Neurons on a Muscle Spindle-Derived Signal.

Author

Ashrafi, Soha, Lalancette-Hébert, Melanie, Friese, Andreas, Sigrist, Markus, Arber, Silvia, Shneider, Neil A., and Kaltschmidt, Julia A.

Subjects
NEURONS, MOTOR neurons, MUSCLE spindles, SKELETAL muscle, GENE expression, INTRAMUSCULAR injections, MUSCLE contraction
Abstract

Motor pools comprise a heterogeneous population of motor neurons that innervate distinct intramuscular targets. While the organization of motor neurons into motor pools has been well described, the time course and mechanism of motor pool diversification into functionally distinct classes remains unclear.&ggr;-Motor neurons (&ggr;-MNs) and &ggr;-motor neurons (&ggr;-MNs) differ in size, molecular identity, synaptic input and peripheral target. While &ggr;-MNs innervate extrafusal skeletal muscle fibers to mediate muscle contraction, &ggr;-MNs innervate intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle, and regulate sensitivity of the muscle spindle in response to stretch. In this study, we find that the secreted signaling molecule Wnt7a is selectively expressed in &ggr;-MNs in the mouse spinal cord by embryonic day 17.5 and continues to molecularly distinguish &agr;-from &ggr;-MNs into the third postnatal week. Our data demonstrate that Wnt7a is the earliest known &ggr;-MN marker, supporting a model of developmental divergence between &agr;- and &ggr;-MNs at embryonic stages. Furthermore, using Wnt7a expression as an early marker of &ggr;-MN identity, we demonstrate a previously unknown dependence of &ggr;-MNs on a muscle spindlederived, GDNF-independent signal during the first postnatal week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2012
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42. Functionally Reduced Sensorimotor Connections Form with Normal Specificity Despite Abnormal Muscle Spindle Development: The Role of Spindle-Derived Neurotrophin 3.

Author

Shneider, Neil A., Mentis, George Z., Schustak, Joshua, and O'Donovan, Michael J.

Subjects
*MUSCLES, *MOTOR neurons, *EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology), *SYNAPSES, *NEURAL circuitry, *NEURAL transmission, *NERVOUS system, *NEUROSCIENCES
Abstract

The mechanisms controlling the formation of synaptic connections between muscle spindle afferents and spinal motor neurons are believed to be regulated by factors originating from muscle spindles. Here, we find that the connections form with appropriate specificity in mice with abnormal spindle development caused by the conditional elimination of the neuregulin1 receptor ErbB2 from muscle precursors. However, despite a modest (~30%) decrease in the number of afferent terminals on motor neuron somata, the amplitude of afferent-evoked synaptic potentials recorded in motor neurons was reduced by ~80%, suggesting that many of the connections that form are functionally silent. The selective elimination of neurotrophin 3 (NT3) from muscle spindles had no effect on the amplitude of afferent-evoked ventral root potentials until the second postnatal week, revealing a late role for spindle-derived NT3 in the functional maintenance of the connections. These findings indicate that spindle-derived factors regulate the strength of the connections but not their initial formation or their specificity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2009
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43. Amyloid fibril structures link CHCHD10 and CHCHD2 to neurodegeneration.

Author

Lv G, Sayles NM, Huang Y, Mancinelli CD, McAvoy K, Shneider NA, Manfredi G, Kawamata H, and Eliezer D

Abstract

CHCHD10 is mutated in rare cases of FTD and ALS and aggregates in mouse models of disease. Here we show that the disordered N-terminal domain of CHCHD10 forms amyloid fibrils and report their cryoEM structure. Disease-associated mutations cannot be accommodated by the WT fibril structure, while sequence differences between CHCHD10 and CHCHD2 are tolerated, explaining the co-aggregation of the two proteins and linking CHCHD10 and CHCHD2 amyloid fibrils to neurodegeneration., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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2024
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44. Deletion of Ripk3 Prevents Motor Neuron Death In Vitro but not In Vivo .

Author

Dermentzaki G, Politi KA, Lu L, Mishra V, Pérez-Torres EJ, Sosunov AA, McKhann GM 2nd, Lotti F, Shneider NA, and Przedborski S

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis metabolism, Animals, Astrocytes metabolism, Astrocytes pathology, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Line, Coculture Techniques, Eye Proteins genetics, Eye Proteins metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Membrane Transport Proteins, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Middle Aged, Motor Cortex metabolism, Motor Cortex pathology, Motor Neurons pathology, Primary Cell Culture, Protein Kinases metabolism, Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases genetics, Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases metabolism, Spinal Cord metabolism, Spinal Cord pathology, Superoxide Dismutase-1 genetics, Superoxide Dismutase-1 metabolism, Cell Death physiology, Motor Neurons metabolism, Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases deficiency
Abstract

Increasing evidence suggests that necroptosis, a form of programmed cell death (PCD), contributes to neurodegeneration in several disorders, including ALS. Supporting this view, investigations in both in vitro and in vivo models of ALS have implicated key molecular determinants of necroptosis in the death of spinal motor neurons (MNs). Consistent with a pathogenic role of necroptosis in ALS, we showed increased mRNA levels for the three main necroptosis effectors Ripk1 , Ripk3 , and Mlkl in the spinal cord of mutant superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1 G93A ) transgenic mice (Tg), an established model of ALS. In addition, protein levels of receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; but not of RIPK3, MLKL or activated MLKL) were elevated in spinal cord extracts from these Tg SOD1 G93A mice. In postmortem motor cortex samples from sporadic and familial ALS patients, no change in protein levels of RIPK1 were detected. Silencing of Ripk3 in cultured MNs protected them from toxicity associated with SOD1 G93A astrocytes. However, constitutive deletion of Ripk3 in Tg SOD1 G93A mice failed to provide behavioral or neuropathological improvement, demonstrating no similar benefit of Ripk3 silencing in vivo . Lastly, we detected no genotype-specific myelin decompaction, proposed to be a proxy of necroptosis in ALS, in either Tg SOD1 G93A or Optineurin knock-out mice, another ALS mouse model. These findings argue against a role for RIPK3 in Tg SOD1 G93A -induced neurodegeneration and call for further preclinical investigations to determine if necroptosis plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of ALS.

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2019
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45. Unexpected similarities between C9ORF72 and sporadic forms of ALS/FTD suggest a common disease mechanism.

Author

Conlon EG, Fagegaltier D, Agius P, Davis-Porada J, Gregory J, Hubbard I, Kang K, Kim D, Phatnani H, Shneider NA, and Manley JL

Subjects
Brain pathology, DNA-Binding Proteins analysis, Humans, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis genetics, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis pathology, C9orf72 Protein genetics, Frontotemporal Dementia genetics, Frontotemporal Dementia pathology, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins analysis, Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein analysis, RNA Splicing
Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) represent two ends of a disease spectrum with shared clinical, genetic and pathological features. These include near ubiquitous pathological inclusions of the RNA-binding protein (RBP) TDP-43, and often the presence of a GGGGCC expansion in the C9ORF72 (C9) gene. Previously, we reported that the sequestration of hnRNP H altered the splicing of target transcripts in C9ALS patients (Conlon et al., 2016). Here, we show that this signature also occurs in half of 50 postmortem sporadic, non-C9 ALS/FTD brains. Furthermore, and equally surprisingly, these 'like-C9' brains also contained correspondingly high amounts of insoluble TDP-43, as well as several other disease-related RBPs, and this correlates with widespread global splicing defects. Finally, we show that the like-C9 sporadic patients, like actual C9ALS patients, were much more likely to have developed FTD. We propose that these unexpected links between C9 and sporadic ALS/FTD define a common mechanism in this disease spectrum., Competing Interests: EC, DF, PA, JD, JG, IH, KK, DK, HP, NS No competing interests declared, JM Senior editor, eLife, (© 2018, Conlon et al.)

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2018
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46. Wnt7A identifies embryonic γ-motor neurons and reveals early postnatal dependence of γ-motor neurons on a muscle spindle-derived signal.

Author

Ashrafi S, Lalancette-Hébert M, Friese A, Sigrist M, Arber S, Shneider NA, and Kaltschmidt JA

Subjects
Animals, Biomarkers metabolism, Cell Size, Cell Survival, Female, Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor physiology, Immunohistochemistry, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Pregnancy, Spinal Cord embryology, Spinal Cord metabolism, Motor Neurons, Gamma metabolism, Muscle Spindles physiology, Signal Transduction physiology, Wnt Proteins metabolism
Abstract

Motor pools comprise a heterogeneous population of motor neurons that innervate distinct intramuscular targets. While the organization of motor neurons into motor pools has been well described, the time course and mechanism of motor pool diversification into functionally distinct classes remains unclear. γ-Motor neurons (γ-MNs) and α-motor neurons (α-MNs) differ in size, molecular identity, synaptic input and peripheral target. While α-MNs innervate extrafusal skeletal muscle fibers to mediate muscle contraction, γ-MNs innervate intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle, and regulate sensitivity of the muscle spindle in response to stretch. In this study, we find that the secreted signaling molecule Wnt7a is selectively expressed in γ-MNs in the mouse spinal cord by embryonic day 17.5 and continues to molecularly distinguish γ-from α-MNs into the third postnatal week. Our data demonstrate that Wnt7a is the earliest known γ-MN marker, supporting a model of developmental divergence between α- and γ-MNs at embryonic stages. Furthermore, using Wnt7a expression as an early marker of γ-MN identity, we demonstrate a previously unknown dependence of γ-MNs on a muscle spindle-derived, GDNF-independent signal during the first postnatal week.

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2012
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