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ArticleActa neuropathologica2021

Developmental malformations in Huntington disease: neuropathologic evidence of focal neuronal migration defects in a subset of adult brains.

R A Hickman, P L Faust, M K Rosenblum, K Marder, M F Mehler, J P Vonsattel

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

R A HickmanDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA. rh2850@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8329-6083
P L FaustDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.
M K RosenblumDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
K MarderDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA.
M F MehlerThe Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
J P VonsattelDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Satellite Diagnostic and Treatment Clinic CoreP50AG008702 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI DE JAGER, PHILIP L · 1989 to 2019
$46.3M
Research Education CoreP30AG066462 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Miguel Arce · 2020 to 2026
$30.1M
Interneurons as Early Drivers of Huntington´s Disease ProgressionR01NS125260 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Mark F Mehler · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Huntington's disease: a novel developmental oligodendrogliopathyR01NS096144 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI MEHLER, MARK F · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066462NIA NIH HHS P50 AG008702NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096144NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS125260
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropathologic hallmarks of Huntington Disease (HD) include the progressive neurodegeneration of the striatum and the presence of Huntingtin (HTT) aggregates that result from abnormal polyQ expansion of the HTT gene. Whether the pathogenic trinucleotide repeat expansion of the HTT gene causes neurodevelopmental abnormalities has garnered attention in both murine and human studies; however, documentation of discrete malformations in autopsy brains of HD individuals has yet to be described. We retrospectively searched the New York Brain Bank (discovery cohort) and an independent cohort (validation cohort) to determine whether developmental malformations are more frequently detected in HD versus non-HD brains and to document their neuropathologic features. One-hundred and thirty HD and 1600 non-HD whole brains were included in the discovery cohort and 720 HD and 1989 non-HD half brains were assessed in the validation cohort. Cases with developmental malformations were found at 6.4-8.2 times greater frequency in HD than in non-HD brains (discovery cohort: OR 8.68, 95% CI 3.48-21.63, P=4.8 × 10

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AdultAgedBrainCell MovementFemaleHumansHuntington DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedNervous System MalformationsNeurogenesisNeuronsRetrospective StudiesDevelopmentHamartomaHeterotopiaHuntingtinHuntington diseaseMalformation

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PMID33517535
PMCPMC7882590
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