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Functional complementation in Drosophila to predict the pathogenicity of TARDBP variants: evidence for a loss-of-function mechanism.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2015
Vanden Broeck Lies, Kleinberger Gernot, Chapuis Julien, Gistelinck Marc, Amouyel Philippe, Van Broeckhoven Christine, Lambert Jean-Charles, Callaerts Patrick, Dermaut Bart
Abstract excerpt
The human TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43), encoded by the gene TARDBP, plays a central role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. TDP-43 inclusions are also found in up to approximately 60% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. Although ALS-causing TARDBP mutations cluster in the C-terminal glycine-rich region of the protein, the pathogenic nature of the atypical missense variants...
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