Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a clinical review

P Masrori, P Van Damme - European journal of neurology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting primarily the
motor system, but in which extra‐motor manifestations are increasingly recognized. The loss …

Huntington disease: new insights into molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities

SJ Tabrizi, MD Flower, CA Ross, EJ Wild - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by CAG repeat expansion
in the huntingtin gene (HTT) and involves a complex web of pathogenic mechanisms …

ALS genetics, mechanisms, and therapeutics: where are we now?

R Mejzini, LL Flynn, IL Pitout, S Fletcher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The scientific landscape surrounding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to shift
as the number of genes associated with the disease risk and pathogenesis, and the cellular …

ALS genetics: gains, losses, and implications for future therapies

G Kim, O Gautier, E Tassoni-Tsuchida, XR Ma… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss
of motor neurons from the brain and spinal cord. The ALS community has made remarkable …

Globally reduced N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD dysregulates RNA metabolism and contributes to neurodegeneration

Y Li, X Dou, J Liu, Y **ao, Z Zhang, L Hayes, R Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Here we show that N 6 …

Suppression of mutant C9orf72 expression by a potent mixed backbone antisense oligonucleotide

H Tran, MP Moazami, H Yang, D McKenna-Yasek… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Expansions of a G4C2 repeat in the C9ORF72 gene are the most common genetic cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), two devastating …

C9orf72-mediated ALS and FTD: multiple pathways to disease

R Balendra, AM Isaacs - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
The discovery that repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene are a frequent cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has revolutionized …

Animal models of neurodegenerative diseases

TM Dawson, TE Golde, C Lagier-Tourenne - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Animal models of adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases have enhanced the
understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease …

Antisense oligonucleotides: the next frontier for treatment of neurological disorders

C Rinaldi, MJA Wood - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) were first discovered to influence RNA processing and
modulate protein expression over two decades ago; however, progress translating these …