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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2024

The shared ancestry between the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion and intermediate-length alleles using haplotype sharing trees and HAPTK.

Osma S Rautila, Karri Kaivola, Harri Rautila, Laura Hokkanen, Jyrki Launes, Timo E Strandberg, Hannu Laaksovirta, Johanna Palmio, Pentti J Tienari

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  1. Association between C9orf72 G4C2 repeat length and idiopathic Parkinson's disease in a Turkish cohort.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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Osma S RautilaTranslational Immunology, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: osma.rautila@helsinki.fi.
Karri KaivolaTranslational Immunology, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Harri RautilaTranslational Immunology, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Laura HokkanenDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Jyrki LaunesDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Timo E StrandbergUniversity of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Hannu LaaksovirtaDepartment of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Johanna PalmioNeuromuscular Research Center, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Pentti J TienariTranslational Immunology, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

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Abstract

The C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) is a common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The inheritance is autosomal dominant, but a high proportion of subjects with the mutation are simplex cases. One possible explanation is de novo expansions of unstable intermediate-length alleles (IAs). Using haplotype sharing trees (HSTs) with the haplotype analysis tool kit (HAPTK), we derived majority-based ancestral haplotypes of HRE samples and discovered that IAs containing ≥18-20 repeats share large haplotypes in common with the HRE. Using HSTs of HRE and IA samples, we demonstrate that the longer IA haplotypes are largely indistinguishable from HRE haplotypes and that several ≥18-20 IA haplotypes share over 5 Mb (>600 markers) haplotypes in common with the HRE haplotypes. These analysis tools allow physical understanding of the haplotype blocks shared with the majority-based ancestral haplotype. Our results demonstrate that the haplotypes with longer IAs belong to the same pool of haplotypes as the HRE and suggest that longer IAs represent potential premutation alleles.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinTreesAllelesDNA Repeat ExpansionHaplotypesHumansReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, humanReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesALSC9orf72FTDGGGGCChaplotype sharing treeHAPTKHSTrepeat disordersrepeat expansion

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PMCPMC10870140

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