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ArticleJournal of medical genetics2024

Dissecting genetic architecture of rare dystonia: genetic, molecular and clinical insights.

Burcu Atasu, Javier Simón-Sánchez, Hasmet Hanagasi, Basar Bilgic, Ann-Kathrin Hauser, Gamze Guven, Peter Heutink, Thomas Gasser, Ebba Lohmann

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Dystonia: Insights into Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutics.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026
    Review
  4. Rare but Relevant? Assessing Variants in Dystonia-Linked Genes in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  8. Long-Read Sequencing: The Third Generation of Diagnostic Testing for Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  10. A Closer Look at Dystonia with the Glycosylation.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Burcu AtasuEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Allgemeine Neurologie, Tubingen, Germany.
Javier Simón-SánchezEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Allgemeine Neurologie, Tubingen, Germany.
Hasmet HanagasiDepartment of Neurology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Basar BilgicDepartment of Neurology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ann-Kathrin HauserEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Allgemeine Neurologie, Tubingen, Germany.
Gamze GuvenGenetics Department, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Peter HeutinkDZNE Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Thomas GasserEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Allgemeine Neurologie, Tubingen, Germany.
Ebba LohmannEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Allgemeine Neurologie, Tubingen, Germany ebbalohmann@gmx.net.ORCID 0000-0001-8695-7919
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research · DEIstanbul University · TRBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDystonia is one of the most common movement disorders. To date, the genetic causes of dystonia in populations of European descent have been extensively studied. However, other populations, particularly those from the Middle East, have not been adequately studied. The purpose of this study is to discover the genetic basis of dystonia in a clinically and genetically well-characterised dystonia cohort from Turkey, which harbours poorly studied populations.

methodsExome sequencing analysis was performed in 42 Turkish dystonia families. Using co-expression network (CEN) analysis, identified candidate genes were interrogated for the networks including known dystonia-associated genes and genes further associated with the protein-protein interaction, animal model-based characteristics and clinical findings.

resultsWe identified potentially disease-causing variants in the established dystonia genes (

conclusionsHere, using a structured approach, we have characterised a clinically and genetically well-defined dystonia cohort from Turkey, where dystonia has not been widely studied, and provided an uncovered genetic basis, which will facilitate diagnostic dystonia research.

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DystoniaDystonic DisordersAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsGenetic TestingHumansMolecular BiologyMutationTurkeyApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsTHAP1 protein, humangene expression profilingGene Ontologygenetics, medicalnervous system diseasesneurodegenerative diseases

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