Rett syndrome

WA Gold, AK Percy, JL Neul, SR Cobb… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe, progressive, neurodevelopmental disorder, which affects
predominantly females. In most cases, RTT is associated with pathogenic variants in …

Epilepsy and genetic in Rett syndrome: A review

FF Operto, R Mazza, GMG Pastorino… - Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe X‐linked neurodevelopmental disorder that
primarily affects girls, with an incidence of 1: 10,000–20,000. The diagnosis is based on …

FAN1, a DNA repair nuclease, as a modifier of repeat expansion disorders

AL Deshmukh, A Porro, M Mohiuddin… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
FAN1 encodes a DNA repair nuclease. Genetic deficiencies, copy number variants, and
single nucleotide variants of FAN1 have been linked to karyomegalic interstitial nephritis …

WDR45, one gene associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders

Y Cong, V So, MAJ Tijssen, DS Verbeek, F Reggiori… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The WDR45 gene is localized on the X-chromosome and variants in this gene are linked to
six different neurodegenerative disorders, ie, ß-propeller protein associated …

Characterization of intellectual disability and autism comorbidity through gene panel sequencing

MC Aspromonte, M Bellini, A Gasparini… - Human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are clinically and genetically
heterogeneous diseases. Recent whole exome sequencing studies indicated that genes …

Genetic mechanisms of regression in autism spectrum disorder

K Tammimies - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Developmental regression occurs in approximately one-third of children with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). There is a strong genetic influence in ASD and hundreds of genes …

[HTML][HTML] Novel MECP2 gene therapy is effective in a multicenter study using two mouse models of Rett syndrome and is safe in non-human primates

S Powers, S Likhite, KK Gadalla, CJ Miranda… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
The AAV9 gene therapy vector presented in this study is safe in mice and non-human
primates and highly efficacious without causing overexpression toxicity, a major challenge …

The postnatal injection of AAV9-FOXG1 rescues corpus callosum agenesis and other brain deficits in the mouse model of FOXG1 syndrome

S Jeon, J Park, S Likhite, JH Moon, D Shin, L Li… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2024 - cell.com
Heterozygous mutations in the FOXG1 gene manifest as FOXG1 syndrome, a severe
neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by structural brain anomalies, including …

Behavioral phenotypes of Foxg1 heterozygous mice

S Younger, S Boutros, F Cargnin, S Jeon… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
FOXG1 syndrome (FS, aka a congenital variant of Rett syndrome) is a recently defined rare
and devastating neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by various symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenic Variants in STXBP1 and in Genes for GABAa Receptor Subunities Cause Atypical Rett/Rett-like Phenotypes

F Cogliati, V Giorgini, M Masciadri, MT Bonati… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, affecting 1 in 10,000 girls.
Intellectual disability, loss of speech and hand skills with stereotypies, seizures and ataxia …