Fabiola De Marchi, Giacomo Tondo, Lucia Corrado, Federico Menegon, Davide Aprile, Matteo Anselmi, Sandra D'Alfonso, Cristoforo Comi, Letizia Mazzini
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal dementia (FDT) are progressive neurodegenerative disorders that, in several cases, overlap in clinical presentation, and genetic and pathological disease mechanisms. About 10-15% of ALS cases and up to 40% of FTD are familial, usually with dominant traits. ALS and FTD, in several cases, share common gene mutations, such as in C9ORF72 , TARDBP , SQSTM-1 , FUS , VCP , CHCHD10 , and TBK-1 . Also, several mechanisms are involved in ALS and FTD pathogenesis, such as protein misfolding, oxidative stress, and impaired axonal transport...
August 21, 2023: Genes