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ArticleEBioMedicine2024

GAA-FGF14 disease: defining its frequency, molecular basis, and 4-aminopyridine response in a large downbeat nystagmus cohort.

David Pellerin, Felix Heindl, Carlo Wilke, Matt C Danzi, Andreas Traschütz, Catherine Ashton, Marie-Josée Dicaire, Alexanne Cuillerier, Giulia Del Gobbo, Kym M Boycott and 7 more

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

David PellerinDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Felix HeindlDepartment of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Carlo WilkeDivision Translational Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany.
Matt C DanziDr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Andreas TraschützDivision Translational Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany.
Catherine AshtonDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
Marie-Josée DicaireDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Alexanne CuillerierChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Giulia Del GobboChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kym M BoycottChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jens ClaassenDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; MediClin Klinik Reichshof, Reichshof-Eckenhagen, Germany.
Dan RujescuDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health (C3NMH), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Annette M HartmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health (C3NMH), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Stephan ZuchnerDr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Bernard BraisDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Centre de Réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Michael StruppDepartment of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Matthis SynofzikDivision Translational Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: matthis.synofzik@uni-tuebingen.de.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CAGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEUniversity of Ottawa · CALudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEMedical University of Vienna · ATUniversity of Miami · USEssen University Hospital · DE

Funding

GENOME STUDIES IN HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA - beyond the exomeR01NS072248 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Stephan Zuchner · 2011 to 2026
$9.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGAA-FGF14 disease/spinocerebellar ataxia 27B is a recently described neurodegenerative disease caused by (GAA)

methodsRetrospective cohort study of 170 patients with idiopathic DBN, comprising in-depth phenotyping and assessment of 4-aminopyridine treatment response, including re-analysis of placebo-controlled video-oculography treatment response data from a previous randomised double-blind 4-aminopyridine trial.

findingsFrequency of FGF14 (GAA)

interpretationThis study confirms that FGF14 GAA expansions are a frequent cause of DBN syndromes. It provides preliminary evidence that (GAA)

fundingThis work was supported by the Clinician Scientist program "PRECISE.net" funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (to CW, AT, and MSy), the grant 779257 "Solve-RD" from the European's Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (to MSy), and the grant 01EO 1401 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (to MSt). This work was also supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) N° 441409627, as part of the PROSPAX consortium under the frame of EJP RD, the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases, under the EJP RD COFUND-EJP N° 825575 (to MSy, BB and-as associated partner-SZ), the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant 2R01NS072248-11A1 to SZ), the Fondation Groupe Monaco (to BB), and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation (grant PT79418 to BB). The Care4Rare Canada Consortium is funded in part by Genome Canada and the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI-147 to KMB), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR GP1-155867 to KMB), Ontario Research Foundation, Genome Quebec, and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation. The funders had no role in the conduct of this study.

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Fibroblast Growth FactorsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNystagmus, Pathologic4-AminopyridineChildHumansOntarioRetrospective Studies4-Aminopyridinefibroblast growth factor 14Fibroblast Growth Factors4-AminopyridineDownbeat nystagmusGAA-FGF14 ataxiaSCA27BTreatmentTrial

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PMID38507876
PMCPMC10960126
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