A zebrafish model for C9orf72 ALS reveals RNA toxicity as a pathogenic mechanism

Glycine-alanine dipeptide repeat protein contributes to toxicity in a zebrafish model of C9orf72 associated neurodegeneration

(2017) Yu Ohki et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

The Role of Dipeptide Repeats in C9ORF72-Related ALS-FTD

(2017) Brian D. Freibaum et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Full ablation of C9orf72 in mice causes immune system-related pathology and neoplastic events but no motor neuron defects

(2016) Emma Sudria-Lopez et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

There has been an awakening: Emerging mechanisms of C9orf72 mutations in FTD/ALS

(2016) Aaron D. Gitler et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

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

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

The expanding biology of the C9orf72 nucleotide repeat expansion in neurodegenerative disease

(2016) Aaron R. Haeusler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

C9orf72 BAC Mouse Model with Motor Deficits and Neurodegenerative Features of ALS/FTD

(2016) Yuanjing Liu et al.   NEURON

C9orf72 is required for proper macrophage and microglial function in mice

(2016) J. G. ORourke et al.   SCIENCE

C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Expansions Are Associated with Altered Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Homeostasis and Stress Granule Formation in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neurons from Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Demen

(2016) Ruxandra Dafinca et al.   STEM CELLS

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

Drosophila screen connects nuclear transport genes to DPR pathology in c9ALS/FTD

(2016) Steven Boeynaems et al.   Scientific Reports

C9orf72 ablation causes immune dysregulation characterized by leukocyte expansion, autoantibody production and glomerulonephropathy in mice

(2016) Amanda Atanasio et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Cerebellar c9RAN proteins associate with clinical and neuropathological characteristics of C9ORF72 repeat expansion carriers

(2015) Tania F. Gendron 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

C9ORF72 repeat expansions in mice cause TDP-43 pathology, neuronal loss, and behavioral deficits

(2015) J. Chew et al.   SCIENCE

C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expanded Repeats Produce Splicing Dysregulation which Correlates with Disease Severity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2015) Johnathan Cooper-Knock et al.   PLoS One

Sequestration of multiple RNA recognition motif-containing proteins by C9orf72 repeat expansions

(2014) Johnathan Cooper-Knock et al.   BRAIN

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

(2014) Mai Yamakawa et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

p62 Plays a Protective Role in the Autophagic Degradation of Polyglutamine Protein Oligomers in Polyglutamine Disease Model Flies

(2014) Yuji Saitoh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

C9orf72 nucleotide repeat structures initiate molecular cascades of disease

(2014) Aaron R. Haeusler et al.   NATURE

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

(2014) S. Mizielinska et al.   SCIENCE

Homozygosity for the C9orf72 GGGGCC repeat expansion in frontotemporal dementia

(2013) Pietro Fratta 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

Reduced C9orf72 gene expression in c9FTD/ALS is caused by histone trimethylation, an epigenetic event detectable in blood

(2013) Veronique V. Belzil et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Modeling key pathological features of frontotemporal dementia with C9ORF72 repeat expansion in iPSC-derived human neurons

(2013) Sandra Almeida et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Mutations in SQSTM1 encoding p62 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: genetics and neuropathology

(2013) Elisa Teyssou 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

Loss of function of C9orf72 causes motor deficits in a zebrafish model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2013) Sorana Ciura et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Association between repeat sizes and clinical and pathological characteristics in carriers of C9ORF72 repeat expansions (Xpansize-72): a cross-sectional cohort study

(2013) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

State of play in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genetics

(2013) Alan E Renton et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The changing scene of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2013) Wim Robberecht et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansions of 20-22 repeats are associated with frontotemporal deterioration

(2013) E. Gomez-Tortosa et al.   NEUROLOGY

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

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

The myotonic dystrophies: molecular, clinical, and therapeutic challenges

(2012) Bjarne Udd et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

EPHA4 is a disease modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in animal models and in humans

(2012) Annelies Van Hoecke et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

TRAF6 and p62 inhibit amyloid β-induced neuronal death through p75 neurotrophin receptor

(2012) Thangiah Geetha et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

Regulation of TDP-43 aggregation by phosphorylation andp62/SQSTM1

(2010) Owen A. Brady et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Progranulin is Neurotrophic In Vivo and Protects against a Mutant TDP-43 Induced Axonopathy

(2010) Angela S. Laird et al.   PLoS One