Neurodegenerative diseases: G-quadruplex poses quadruple threat

C9orf72 nucleotide repeat structures initiate molecular cascades of disease

(2014) Aaron R. Haeusler et al.   NATURE

hnRNP A3 binds to GGGGCC repeats and is a constituent of p62-positive/TDP43-negative inclusions in the hippocampus of patients with C9orf72 mutations

(2013) Kohji Mori et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Hypermethylation of the CpG Island Near the G4C2 Repeat in ALS with a C9orf72 Expansion

(2013) Zhengrui Xi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

The Disease-associated r(GGGGCC)nRepeat from theC9orf72Gene Forms Tract Length-dependent Uni- and Multimolecular RNA G-quadruplex Structures

(2013) Kaalak Reddy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

RNA Toxicity from the ALS/FTD C9ORF72 Expansion Is Mitigated by Antisense Intervention

(2013) Christopher J. Donnelly et al.   NEURON

Deletion of C9ORF72 Results in Motor Neuron Degeneration and Stress Sensitivity in C. elegans

(2013) Martine Therrien et al.   PLoS One

Expanded GGGGCC repeat RNA associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia causes neurodegeneration

(2013) Z. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration

(2013) C. Lagier-Tourenne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Targeting RNA Foci in iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons from ALS Patients with a C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion

(2013) D. Sareen et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Hexanucleotide Repeats in ALS/FTD Form Length-Dependent RNA Foci, Sequester RNA Binding Proteins, and Are Neurotoxic

(2013) Youn-Bok Lee et al.   Cell Reports

RNA-binding proteins in microsatellite expansion disorders: Mediators of RNA toxicity

(2012) Gloria V. Echeverria et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

R Loops: From Transcription Byproducts to Threats to Genome Stability

(2012) Andrés Aguilera et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

DNA secondary structures: stability and function of G-quadruplex structures

(2012) Matthew L. Bochman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

RNA-binding protein nucleolin in disease

(2012) Kotb Abdelmohsen et al.   RNA Biology

C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia forms RNA G-quadruplexes

(2012) Pietro Fratta et al.   Scientific Reports

A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study

(2011) Ilse Gijselinck et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Expanded GGGGCC Hexanucleotide Repeat in Noncoding Region of C9ORF72 Causes Chromosome 9p-Linked FTD and ALS

(2011) Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez et al.   NEURON

A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD

(2011) Alan E. Renton et al.   NEURON