C9orf72 poly GA RAN-translated protein plays a key role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis via aggregation and toxicity

Loss of C9ORF72 impairs autophagy and synergizes with polyQ Ataxin‐2 to induce motor neuron dysfunction and cell death

(2016) Chantal Sellier et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The C9orf72 protein interacts with Rab1a and the ULK1 complex to regulate initiation of autophagy

(2016) Christopher P Webster et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

C9ORF72 poly(GA) aggregates sequester and impair HR23 and nucleocytoplasmic transport proteins

(2016) Yong-Jie Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion forms RNA G-quadruplex inclusions and sequesters hnRNP H to disrupt splicing in ALS brains

(2016) Erin G Conlon et al.   eLife

The ALS/FTLD associated protein C9orf72 associates with SMCR8 and WDR41 to regulate the autophagy-lysosome pathway

(2016) Peter M. Sullivan et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Antisense RNA foci in the motor neurons of C9ORF72-ALS patients are associated with TDP-43 proteinopathy

(2015) Johnathan Cooper-Knock et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Quantitative analysis and clinico-pathological correlations of different dipeptide repeat protein pathologies in C9ORF72 mutation carriers

(2015) Ian R. A. Mackenzie et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Novel clinical associations with specific C9ORF72 transcripts in patients with repeat expansions in C9ORF72

(2015) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

FTD/ALS-associated poly(GR) protein impairs the Notch pathway and is recruited by poly(GA) into cytoplasmic inclusions

(2015) Dejun Yang et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 ablation in mice does not cause motor neuron degeneration or motor deficits

(2015) Max Koppers et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Nucleolar stress and impaired stress granule formation contribute to C9orf72 RAN translation-induced cytotoxicity

(2015) Zhouteng Tao et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Distinct brain transcriptome profiles in C9orf72-associated and sporadic ALS

(2015) Mercedes Prudencio et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Differential Toxicity of Nuclear RNA Foci versus Dipeptide Repeat Proteins in a Drosophila Model of C9ORF72 FTD/ALS

(2015) Helene Tran et al.   NEURON

Dipeptide repeat protein inclusions are rare in the spinal cord and almost absent from motor neurons in C9ORF72 mutant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and are unlikely to cause their degeneration

(2015) Jorge Gomez-Deza et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Aggregation-prone c9FTD/ALS poly(GA) RAN-translated proteins cause neurotoxicity by inducing ER stress

(2014) Yong-Jie Zhang et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 FTLD/ALS-associated Gly-Ala dipeptide repeat proteins cause neuronal toxicity and Unc119 sequestration

(2014) Stephanie May et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9ORF72, implicated in amytrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, regulates endosomal trafficking

(2014) Manal A. Farg et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Characterization of the dipeptide repeat protein in the molecular pathogenesis of c9FTD/ALS

(2014) Mai Yamakawa et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Tar DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) regulates axon growth in vitro and in vivo

(2014) Vineeta Bhasker Tripathi et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

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

(2014) Xinmei Wen et al.   NEURON

C9orf72 repeat expansions cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila through arginine-rich proteins

(2014) S. Mizielinska et al.   SCIENCE

Poly-dipeptides encoded by the C9orf72 repeats bind nucleoli, impede RNA biogenesis, and kill cells

(2014) I. Kwon et al.   SCIENCE

Dipeptide repeat protein pathology in C9ORF72 mutation cases: clinico-pathological correlations

(2013) Ian R. Mackenzie et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

C9orf72 frontotemporal lobar degeneration is characterised by frequent neuronal sense and antisense RNA foci

(2013) Sarah Mizielinska et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Antisense transcripts of the expanded C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat form nuclear RNA foci and undergo repeat-associated non-ATG translation in c9FTD/ALS

(2013) Tania F. Gendron et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Unconventional Translation of C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expansion Generates Insoluble Polypeptides Specific to c9FTD/ALS

(2013) Peter E.A. Ash et al.   NEURON

CGG Repeat-Associated Translation Mediates Neurodegeneration in Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome

(2013) Peter K. Todd et al.   NEURON

RAN proteins and RNA foci from antisense transcripts in C9ORF72 ALS and frontotemporal dementia

(2013) T. Zu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS

(2013) K. Mori et al.   SCIENCE

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

Axon guidance in the developing ocular motor system and Duane retraction syndrome depends on Semaphorin signaling via alpha2-chimaerin

(2012) J. E. Ferrario et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Non-ATG-initiated translation directed by microsatellite expansions

(2010) T. Zu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA