Novel insertion in the KSP region of the neurofilament heavy gene in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
作者:
Janine Tomkins,
Philip Usher,
Janet Slade,
Paul Ince,
Ann Curtis,
Katharine Bushby,
Pamela Shaw,
期刊:
NeuroReport
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 17
页码: 3967-3970
ISSN:0959-4965
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;Mutation;Neurofilament
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
THE abnormal assembly and accumulation of neurofilaments (NF) in the perikarya and proximal axons of motor neurones is a characteristic of ALS. Deletions in the KSP repeat region of theNF-Hgene have previously been reported in seven patients with sporadic ALS. Here we report the identification of a novel 84bp insertion in theNF-Hgene. This leads to an extra four KSP repeat elements in a highly conserved repetitive region of the gene. Although neurofilament mutations are only associated with a very small proportion of ALS cases, this insertion provides further support of a role for neurofilaments in the pathogenesis of ALS.
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