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Genetic analysis of neurodegenerative diseases in a pathology cohort.


ABSTRACT: Molecular genetic research provides unprecedented opportunities to examine genotype-phenotype correlations underlying complex syndromes. To investigate pathogenic mutations and genotype-phenotype relationships in diverse neurodegenerative conditions, we performed a rare variant analysis of damaging mutations in autopsy-confirmed neurodegenerative cases from the Johns Hopkins Brain Resource Center (n = 1243 patients). We used NeuroChip genotyping and C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat analysis to rapidly screen our cohort for disease-causing mutations. In total, we identified 42 individuals who carried a pathogenic mutation in LRRK2, GBA, APP, PSEN1, MAPT, GRN, C9orf72, SETX, SPAST, or CSF1R, and we provide a comprehensive description of the diverse clinicopathological features of these well-characterized cases. Our study highlights the utility of high-throughput genetic screening arrays to establish a molecular diagnosis in individuals with complex neurodegenerative syndromes, to broaden disease phenotypes and to provide insights into unexpected disease associations.

SUBMITTER: Blauwendraat C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391207 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular genetic research provides unprecedented opportunities to examine genotype-phenotype correlations underlying complex syndromes. To investigate pathogenic mutations and genotype-phenotype relationships in diverse neurodegenerative conditions, we performed a rare variant analysis of damaging mutations in autopsy-confirmed neurodegenerative cases from the Johns Hopkins Brain Resource Center (n = 1243 patients). We used NeuroChip genotyping and C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat analysis to rapi  ...[more]

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