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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2019

A novel S379A TARDBP mutation associated to late-onset sporadic ALS.

Teresa Sprovieri, Carmine Ungaro, Benedetta Perrone, Giuseppina Daniela Naimo, Rossella Spataro, Sebastiano Cavallaro, Vincenzo La Bella, Francesca Luisa Conforti

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TDP-43: [GU]-ardian of the transcriptome.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2026
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  2. Prevalence and impact of comorbidities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  5. Rare Neurologic Diseases and Neurological Sciences: a report for the celebration of the 2020 Rare Diseases Day.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Teresa SprovieriInstitute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Località Burga, 87050, Mangone, CS, Italy.
Carmine UngaroInstitute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Località Burga, 87050, Mangone, CS, Italy. carmine.ungaro@cnr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-2005
Benedetta PerroneInstitute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Località Burga, 87050, Mangone, CS, Italy.
Giuseppina Daniela NaimoInstitute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Località Burga, 87050, Mangone, CS, Italy.
Rossella SpataroIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo", Palermo, Italy.
Sebastiano CavallaroInstitute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Località Burga, 87050, Mangone, CS, Italy.
Vincenzo La BellaALS Clinical Research Center and Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Francesca Luisa ConfortiDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy.
Institute of Neurological Sciences · ITCentro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · ITUniversity of Calabria · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2008, several groups have reported a lot of dominant mutations in TARDBP gene as a primary cause of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Mutations in TARDBP gene are responsible for 4-5% of familial ALS (fALS) and nearly 1% of sporadic ALS (sALS). To date, over 50 dominant mutations were found in TDP-43 in both familial and sporadic ALS patients, most of which were missense mutations in the C-terminal glycine-rich region. Herein, we describe the clinical and genetic analysis of an Italian non-familial ALS patient with a late onset and a rapid disease progression, which led to the discovery of a novel TARDBP mutation. After neurological evaluation, molecular investigation highlighted the heterozygous substitution in exon 6 of TARDBP gene (S379A), which has previously neither been described nor reported in the ALS database. Several evidences supported the S379A mutation as causative in our patient: (a) it was neither found in ExAC nor 1000G and it was absent in our database of control subjects; (b) the position of the mutation involves an evolutionarily highly conserved residue; (c) two different amino acid substitutions in the same 379 codon were already reported in Swedish and Italian fALS cases, supporting the critical role of this codon for the protein function. The identification of this novel mutation enlarges the number of TARDBP mutations in ALS patients.

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Aged, 80 and overAge of OnsetAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansMutation, MissenseDNA-Binding ProteinsTARDBP protein, humanALSMutationTARDBPTDP-43

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