Loss of C9orf72 Enhances Autophagic Activity via Deregulated mTOR and TFEB Signaling

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

Time course decomposition of cell heterogeneity in TFEB signaling states reveals homeostatic mechanisms restricting the magnitude and duration of TFEB responses to mTOR activity modulation

(2016) Paula Andrea Marin Zapata et al.   BMC CANCER

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 binds SMCR8, localizes to lysosomes, and regulates mTORC1 signaling

(2016) Joseph Amick et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

(2016) Yuanjing Liu et al.   NEURON

Gain of Toxicity from ALS/FTD-Linked Repeat Expansions in C9ORF72 Is Alleviated by Antisense Oligonucleotides Targeting GGGGCC-Containing RNAs

(2016) Jie Jiang et al.   NEURON

C9orf72 is required for proper macrophage and microglial function in mice

(2016) J. G. ORourke et al.   SCIENCE

Loss-of-function mutations in the C9ORF72 mouse ortholog cause fatal autoimmune disease

(2016) Aaron Burberry et al.   Science Translational Medicine

A C9ORF72/SMCR8-containing complex regulates ULK1 and plays a dual role in autophagy

(2016) M. Yang et al.   Science Advances

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

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

(2016) Amanda Atanasio et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2015) Max Koppers et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

The C9orf72 repeat expansion disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport

(2015) Ke Zhang et al.   NATURE

Human C9ORF72 Hexanucleotide Expansion Reproduces RNA Foci and Dipeptide Repeat Proteins but Not Neurodegeneration in BAC Transgenic Mice

(2015) Owen M. Peters et al.   NEURON

C9orf72 BAC Transgenic Mice Display Typical Pathologic Features of ALS/FTD

(2015) Jacqueline G. O’Rourke et al.   NEURON

Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

(2015) E. T. Cirulli et al.   SCIENCE

C9orf72 hypermethylation protects against repeat expansion-associated pathology in ALS/FTD

(2014) Elaine Y. Liu et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Autophagy and Its Normal and Pathogenic States in the Brain

(2014) Ai Yamamoto et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Quantitation of autophagy by luciferase release assay

(2014) Robin Ketteler et al.   Autophagy

A new method for generating high purity motoneurons from mouse embryonic stem cells

(2014) Dylan A. McCreedy et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population

(2014) Morgan E. Levine et al.   Cell Metabolism

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

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

C9orf72 nucleotide repeat structures initiate molecular cascades of disease

(2014) Aaron R. Haeusler et al.   NATURE

Reduced C9orf72 protein levels in frontal cortex of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration brain with the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion

(2014) Adrian J. Waite et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

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

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

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 product of C9orf72, a gene strongly implicated in neurodegeneration, is structurally related to DENN Rab-GEFs

(2013) Timothy P. Levine et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Recruitment of folliculin to lysosomes supports the amino acid–dependent activation of Rag GTPases

(2013) Constance S. Petit et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Folliculin Tumor Suppressor Is a GAP for the RagC/D GTPases That Signal Amino Acid Levels to mTORC1

(2013) Zhi-Yang Tsun et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The role of autophagy in neurodegenerative disease

(2013) Ralph A Nixon   NATURE MEDICINE

Signals from the lysosome: a control centre for cellular clearance and energy metabolism

(2013) Carmine Settembre et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2013) Peter E.A. Ash et al.   NEURON

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

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

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

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

(2013) K. Mori et al.   SCIENCE

mTOR Signaling in Growth Control and Disease

(2012) Mathieu Laplante et al.   CELL

Modulation of Serines 17 and 24 in the LC3-interacting Region of Bnip3 Determines Pro-survival MitophagyversusApoptosis

(2012) Yanyan Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Discovery of Novel DENN Proteins: Implications for the Evolution of Eukaryotic Intracellular Membrane Structures and Human Disease

(2012) Dapeng Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

p62 positive, TDP-43 negative, neuronal cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions in the cerebellum and hippocampus define the pathology of C9orf72-linked FTLD and MND/ALS

(2011) Safa Al-Sarraj et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

SQSTM1 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2011) Faisal Fecto   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

DENN Domain Proteins: Regulators of Rab GTPases

(2011) Andrea L. Marat et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

TFEB Links Autophagy to Lysosomal Biogenesis

(2011) C. Settembre et al.   SCIENCE

Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2010) Hirofumi Maruyama et al.   NATURE

A pathway sensor for genome-wide screens of intracellular proteolytic cleavage

(2008) Robin Ketteler et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY