Retention of hexanucleotide repeat-containing intron in C9orf72 mRNA: implications for the pathogenesis of ALS/FTD

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

(2016) Steven Boeynaems et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2015) Marka van Blitterswijk et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Isoform-specific antibodies reveal distinct subcellular localizations of C9orf72 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2015) Shangxi Xiao et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Detained introns are a novel, widespread class of post-transcriptionally spliced introns

(2015) Paul L. Boutz et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Nuclear accumulation of mRNAs underlies G4C2-repeat-induced translational repression in a cellular model of C9orf72 ALS

(2015) S. Rossi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9orf72 compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport

(2015) Brian D. Freibaum et al.   NATURE

Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS

(2015) Ana Jovičić 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

Nuclear retention of full-length HTT RNA is mediated by splicing factors MBNL1 and U2AF65

(2015) Xin Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

(2014) Johnathan Cooper-Knock et al.   BRAIN

Widespread intron retention in mammals functionally tunes transcriptomes

(2014) Ulrich Braunschweig et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

R-loops induce repressive chromatin marks over mammalian gene terminators

(2014) Konstantina Skourti-Stathaki et al.   NATURE

C9orf72 nucleotide repeat structures initiate molecular cascades of disease

(2014) Aaron R. Haeusler et al.   NATURE

Discovery of a Biomarker and Lead Small Molecules to Target r(GGGGCC)-Associated Defects in c9FTD/ALS

(2014) Zhaoming Su et al.   NEURON

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

Widespread Inhibition of Posttranscriptional Splicing Shapes the Cellular Transcriptome following Heat Shock

(2014) Reut Shalgi et al.   Cell Reports

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

Bidirectional transcripts of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat are translated into aggregating dipeptide repeat proteins

(2013) Kohji Mori 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

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): pathology and mechanisms

(2013) Paul Hagerman   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

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

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

(2013) Sandra Almeida et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Orchestrated Intron Retention Regulates Normal Granulocyte Differentiation

(2013) Justin J.-L. Wong et al.   CELL

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

Regulation of gene expression in mammalian nervous system through alternative pre-mRNA splicing coupled with RNA quality control mechanisms

(2013) Karen Yap et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

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

Aberrant splicing of HTT generates the pathogenic exon 1 protein in Huntington disease

(2013) K. Sathasivam 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

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

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

Current insights into the C9orf72 repeat expansion diseases of the FTLD/ALS spectrum

(2013) Marc Cruts et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

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 Human Nuclear Poly(A)-Binding Protein Promotes RNA Hyperadenylation and Decay

(2013) Stefan M. Bresson et al.   PLoS Genetics

The C9ORF72 expansion mutation is a common cause of ALS+/−FTD in Europe and has a single founder

(2012) Bradley N Smith et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

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

(2012) Pietro Fratta et al.   Scientific Reports

A Pre-mRNA Degradation Pathway that Selectively Targets Intron-Containing Genes Requires the Nuclear Poly(A)-Binding Protein

(2011) Caroline Lemieux et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

Mutant (CCTG)n Expansion Causes Abnormal Expression of Zinc Finger Protein 9 (ZNF9) in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2

(2010) Olayinka Raheem et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Nuclear-localized tiny RNAs are associated with transcription initiation and splice sites in metazoans

(2010) Ryan J Taft et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Many Pathways of RNA Degradation

(2009) Jonathan Houseley et al.   CELL

An Architectural Role for a Nuclear Noncoding RNA: NEAT1 RNA Is Essential for the Structure of Paraspeckles

(2009) Christine M. Clemson et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

mRNA journey to the cytoplasm: attire required

(2008) Mathieu Rougemaille et al.   BIOLOGY OF THE CELL