| Literature DB >> 19118816 |
Clement Y Chow1, John E Landers, Sarah K Bergren, Peter C Sapp, Adrienne E Grant, Julie M Jones, Lesley Everett, Guy M Lenk, Diane M McKenna-Yasek, Lois S Weisman, Denise Figlewicz, Robert H Brown, Miriam H Meisler.
Abstract
Mutations of the lipid phosphatase FIG4 that regulates PI(3,5)P(2) are responsible for the recessive peripheral-nerve disorder CMT4J. We now describe nonsynonymous variants of FIG4 in 2% (9/473) of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). Heterozygosity for a deleterious allele of FIG4 appears to be a risk factor for ALS and PLS, extending the list of known ALS genes and increasing the clinical spectrum of FIG4-related diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19118816 PMCID: PMC2668033 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.12.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025