Publication
Title
Neuronal inclusion protein TDP-43 has no primary genetic role in FTD and ALS
Author
Abstract
The nuclear TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43) is deposited in ubiquitin-positive inclusions in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two clinicopathologically overlapping neurodegenerative diseases. In this study we excluded mutations and copy number variations in the gene encoding TDP-43 (TARDBP) from an extended series of 173 FTD and 237 ALS patients. Further, we did not identify association of common genetic variants in these patients. Our data implicate that TDP-43 has no primary genetic role in the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying central nervous system neurodegeneration in these diseases.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Neurobiology of aging. - Fayetteville, N.Y.
Publication
Fayetteville, N.Y. : 2009
ISSN
0197-4580
DOI
10.1016/J.NEUROBIOLAGING.2007.11.002
Volume/pages
30 :8 (2009) , p. 1329-1331
ISI
000267529500018
Note
doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.11.002
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Publication type
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
Record
Identifier
Creation 08.10.2008
Last edited 23.08.2022
To cite this reference