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ArticleJournal of human genetics2006

Exclusion of mutations in the PRNP, JPH3, TBP, ATN1, CREBBP, POU3F2 and FTL genes as a cause of disease in Portuguese patients with a Huntington-like phenotype.

Maria do Carmo Costa, Andreia Teixeira-Castro, Marco Constante, Marina Magalhães, Paula Magalhães, Joana Cerqueira, José Vale, Vitorina Passão, Célia Barbosa, Conceição Robalo and 5 more

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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15 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria do Carmo CostaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Andreia Teixeira-CastroLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Marco ConstanteDepartment of Medicine, CHUM, Université de Montreal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada.
Marina MagalhãesHospital Geral de Sto. António, Porto, Portugal.
Paula MagalhãesUnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
Joana CerqueiraUnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
José ValeHospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal.
Vitorina PassãoHospital Júlio de Matos, Lisboa, Portugal.
Célia BarbosaHospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Conceição RobaloHospital Pediátrico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Paula CoutinhoHospital de São Sebastião, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
José BarrosHospital Geral de Sto. António, Porto, Portugal.
Manuela M SantosDepartment of Medicine, CHUM, Université de Montreal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada.
Jorge SequeirosUnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
Patrícia MacielLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. pmaciel@ecsaude.uminho.pt.
University of Minho · PTHôpital Notre-Dame · CAHospital de Santo António · PTInstituto de Biologia Molecular e CelularHospital de Egas Moniz · PTHospital de São Sebastião · PTHospital Pedro Hispano · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

CIHR 44045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterised by chorea, cognitive impairment, dementia and personality changes, caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat in the HD gene. Often, patients with a similar clinical presentation do not carry expansions of the CAG repeat in this gene [Huntington disease-like (HDL) patients]. We report the genetic analysis of 107 Portuguese patients with an HDL phenotype. The HDL genes PRNP and JPH3, encoding the prion protein and junctophilin-3, respectively, were screened for repeat expansions in these patients. Given the partial clinical overlap of SCA17, DRPLA and neuroferritinopathy with HD, their causative genes (TBP, ATN1, and FTL, respectively) were also analysed. Finally, repeat expansions in two candidate genes, CREBBP and POU3F2, which encode the nuclear transcriptional coactivator CREB-binding protein and the CNS-specific transcription factor N-Oct-3, respectively, were also studied. Expansions of the repetitive tracts of the PRNP, JPH3, TBP, ATN1, CREBBP and POU3F2 genes were excluded in all patients, as were sequence alterations in the FTL gene. Since none of the genes already included in the differential diagnosis of HD was responsible for the disease in our sample, the genetic heterogeneity of the HDL phenotype is still open for investigation.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overApoferritinsChildChild, PreschoolCREB-Binding ProteinFemaleFerritinsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansHuntington DiseaseMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedApoferritinsatrophin-1CREB-Binding ProteinCREBBP protein, humanFerritinsFTL protein, humanHomeodomain ProteinsjunctophilinMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPOU Domain FactorsPrion ProteinsPrionsPRNP protein, humanProtein PrecursorsTATA-Box Binding Proteintranscription factor Brn-2

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PMID16858508
PMCPMC2909272
OpenAlexW1965989861

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