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1. Frequency and distribution of polyQ disease intermediate-length repeat alleles in healthy Italian population

Author: Franco Taroni, Caterina Mariotti, Anna De Rosa, Alessia Mongelli, Tommasina Fico, Cinzia Gellera, Elena Rizzo, Lorenzo Nanetti, Elena Salvatore, Marta Gatti, Stefania Magri, Mongelli, Alessia, Magri, Stefania, Salvatore, Elena, Rizzo, Elena, DE ROSA, Anna, Fico, Tommasina, Gatti, Marta, Gellera, Cinzia, Taroni, Franco, Mariotti, Caterina, and Nanetti, Lorenzo
Subjects: Adult, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Population, Dermatology, Disease, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Gene Frequency, Trinucleotide Repeats, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, 030212 general & internal medicine, Allele, education, Pathological, Gene, Alleles, Ataxin-1, Aged, Ataxin-2, Genetics, Huntingtin Protein, education.field_of_study, General Medicine, Middle Aged, TATA-Box Binding Protein, medicine.disease, Italian population, Penetrance, Psychiatry and Mental health, Huntington Disease, Italy, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, Neurology (clinical), Peptides, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Huntington disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1-2-17 (SCA1-2-17) are adult-onset autosomal dominant diseases, caused by triplet repeat expansions in the HTT, ATXN1, ATXN2, and TBP genes. Alleles with a repeat number just below the pathological threshold are associated with reduced penetrance and meiotic instability and are defined as intermediate alleles (IAs). We aimed to determine the frequencies of IAs in healthy Italian subjects and to compare the proportion of the IAs with the prevalence of the respective diseases. We analyzed the triplet repeat size in HTT, ATXN1, ATXN2, and TBP genes in the DNA samples from 729 consecutive adult healthy Italian subjects. IAs associated with reduced penetrance were found in ATXN2 gene (1 subject, 0.1%) and TBP gene (0.82%). IAs at risk for meiotic instability were found in HTT (5.3%) and ATXN2 genes (2.7%). In ATXN1, we found a low percentage of IAs (0.4%). Alleles lacking the common CAT interruption within the CAG sequence were also rare (0.3%). The high frequencies of IAs in HTT and ATXN2 genes suggest a correlation with the prevalence of the diseases in our population and support the hypothesis that IAs could represent a reservoir of new pathological expansions. On the opposite, ATXN1-IA were very rare in respect to the prevalence of SCA1 in our country, and TBP- IA were more frequent than expected, suggesting that other mechanisms could influence the occurrence of novel pathological expansions.
Published: 2020
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2. Late-onset Huntington’s disease with 40–42 CAG expansion

Author: Luca Romano, Anna Castaldo, M. Giuliana Cislaghi, Antonella Macerollo, Caterina Mariotti, Cinzia Gellera, E. Capiluppi, Lorenzo Nanetti, Paola Rebora, Capiluppi, E, Romano, L, Rebora, P, Nanetti, L, Castaldo, A, Gellera, C, Mariotti, C, Macerollo, A, and Cislaghi, M
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Neurology, Epidemiology, Age of onset, Dermatology, Disease, Severity of Illness Index, Gastroenterology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Trinucleotide Repeats, Huntington's disease, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Family history, Pathological, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Psychiatry and Mental health, Huntington Disease, 030104 developmental biology, Cohort, Disease Progression, Female, Original Article, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Follow-Up Studies, Huntington’s disease
Abstract: Introduction Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG expansion greater than 35 in the IT-15 gene. There is an inverse correlation between the number of pathological CAG and the age of onset. However, CAG repeats between 40 and 42 showed a wider onset variation. We aimed to investigate potential clinical differences between patients with age at onset ≥ 60 years (late onset-HD) and patients with age at onset between 30 and 59 years (common-onset HD) in a cohort of patients with the same CAG expansions (40–42). Methods A retrospective analysis of 66 HD patients with 40–41–42 CAG expansion was performed. Patients were investigated with the Unified Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale (subitems I–II–III and Total Functional Capacity, Functional Assessment and Stage of Disease). Data were analysed using χ2, Fisher’s test, t test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. GENMOD analysis and Kaplan-Meier analysis were used to study the disease progression. Results The age of onset ranged from 39 to 59 years in the CO subgroup, whereas the LO subgroup showed an age of onset from 60 to 73 years. No family history was reported in 31% of the late-onset in comparison with 20% in common-onset HD (p = 0.04). No difference emerged in symptoms of onset, in clinical manifestations and in progression of disease between the two groups. Conclusion There were no clinical differences between CO and LO subgroups with 40–42 CAG expansion. There is a need of further studies on environmental as well genetic variables modifying the age at onset.
Published: 2019
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3. Missing the pathological expansion in Huntington disease: de novo c. <scp>51C</scp> >G variant on the expanded allele causing intrafamilial allele dropout

Author: Alessia Mongelli, Elena Rizzo, Cinzia Gellera, Caterina Mariotti, Stefania Magri, Lorenzo Nanetti, and Franco Taroni
Subjects: Adult, Male, Proband, Heterozygote, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Cousin, Biology, Loss of heterozygosity, Trinucleotide Repeats, mental disorders, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Family history, Allele, Alleles, Genetics (clinical), Genetic testing, Huntingtin Protein, medicine.diagnostic_test, Homozygote, Autosomal dominant trait, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Pedigree, nervous system diseases, Huntington Disease, Female, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Abstract: Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by motor, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms, caused by the pathological expansion of more than 35 CAG/CAA repeats in the HTT gene. We describe the phenotype of a patient compatible with HD. Several family members were reported as affected, and a paternal cousin and his daughter carried 39 and 42 CAG/CAA. HD genetic testing in proband showed homozygosity for a 14 CAG/CAA allele. Considering the phenotype and family history, HTT gene sequence was performed, revealing heterozygosity for the c.51C>G variant that changes the last nucleotide before the CAG tract, causing misannealing of forward primer (HD344) and dropout of the expanded allele. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis performed with an alternative forward primer demonstrated a 41 CAG/CAA allele. The c.51C>G variant was not detected in the affected cousin, thus suggesting a de novo occurrence. The lack of biological samples from the proband father and grandmother prevented further investigations to establish in which family member the variant occurred. These data indicate that patients presenting HD phenotype, and homozygous for a normal HTT CAG/CAA allele should be thoroughly evaluated for the presence of a genetic variant, even de novo, within the repeat region that may hamper genetic diagnosis.
Published: 2020
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4. Huntingtin gene <scp>CAG</scp> repeat size affects autism risk: Family‐based and case–control association study

Author: Chiara Zuccato, Ignazio S. Piras, Lorenzo Nanetti, Elena Cattaneo, Francesca Cucinotta, Caterina Mariotti, Pasquale Tomaiuolo, Marco Baccarin, Laura Turriziani, Arianna Ricciardello, Antonio M. Persico, Raffaele Iennaco, Carla Lintas, Chiara Picinelli, Paola Castronovo, Roberto Sacco, and Cinzia Gellera
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Huntingtin, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Penetrance, autism, autism spectrum disorder, CAG tract, huntingtin, Huntington's disease, 030105 genetics & heredity, Gene Frequency, Trinucleotide Repeats, Risk Factors, Child, Genetics (clinical), Genetics, Huntingtin Protein, education.field_of_study, Brain, Middle Aged, Psychiatry and Mental health, Huntington Disease, Autism spectrum disorder, Child, Preschool, Female, Adult, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Neurogenesis, Population, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, mental disorders, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Humans, Family, Autistic Disorder, Allele, education, Alleles, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Case-Control Studies, Autism, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Abstract: The Huntingtin (HTT) gene contains a CAG repeat in exon 1, whose expansion beyond 39 repeats consistently leads to Huntington's disease (HD), whereas normal-to-intermediate alleles seemingly modulate brain structure, function and behavior. The role of the CAG repeat in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was investigated applying both family-based and case-control association designs, with the SCA3 repeat as a negative control. Significant overtransmission of "long" CAG alleles (≥17 repeats) to autistic children and of "short" alleles (≤16 repeats) to their unaffected siblings (all p < 10-5 ) was observed in 612 ASD families (548 simplex and 64 multiplex). Surprisingly, both 193 population controls and 1,188 neurological non-HD controls have significantly lower frequencies of "short" CAG alleles compared to 185 unaffected siblings and higher rates of "long" alleles compared to 548 ASD patients from the same families (p < .05-.001). The SCA3 CAG repeat displays no association. "Short" HTT alleles seemingly exert a protective effect from clinically overt autism in families carrying a genetic predisposition for ASD, while "long" alleles may enhance autism risk. Differential penetrance of autism-inducing genetic/epigenetic variants may imply atypical developmental trajectories linked to HTT functions, including excitation/inhibition imbalance, cortical neurogenesis and apoptosis, neuronal migration, synapse formation, connectivity and homeostasis.
Published: 2020
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5. Progression characteristics of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS): a 4-year cohort study

Author: Thomas Klopstock, M. Fichera, Francisco Javier Rodríguez de Rivera Garrido, Caterina Mariotti, Almut Turid Bischoff, Claudia Stendel, Christian Hohenfeld, Alexandra Durr, Anna Castaldo, Ilaria Giordano, Stefanie N. Hayer, Alessia Mongelli, Marie Lorraine Monin, Massimo Pandolfo, Kathrin Reetz, Katarina Manso, Gessica Vasco, Mar O'Callaghan, Nita Solanky, Matthias Amprosi, Claire Ewenczyk, Florian Holtbernd, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Sylvia Boesch, Enrico Bertini, Francesc Palau, Cinzia Gellera, Elisabetta Indelicato, Florentine Radelfahr, Imis Dogan, Marianthi Breza, Ludger Schöls, Christian Rummey, Michael H Parkinson, Andreas Eigentler, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Claire Didszun, Paola Giunti, Gilbert Thomas-Black, Nikolina Brcina, Marie Biet, Ralf-Dieter Hilgers, Robyn Labrum, Thomas Klockgether, Myriam Rai, Georgios Koutsis, Reetz, K, Dogan, I, Hilgers, R, Giunti, P, Parkinson, M, Mariotti, C, Nanetti, L, Durr, A, Ewenczyk, C, Boesch, S, Nachbauer, W, Klopstock, T, Stendel, C, Rodriguez de Rivera Garrido, F, Rummey, C, Schols, L, Hayer, S, Klockgether, T, Giordano, I, Didszun, C, Rai, M, Pandolfo, M, Schulz, J, Labrum, R, Thomas-Black, G, Manso, K, Solanky, N, Gellera, C, Mongelli, A, Castaldo, A, Fichera, M, Palau, F, O'Callaghan, M, Biet, M, Monin, M, Eigentler, A, Indelicato, E, Amprosi, M, Radelfahr, F, Bischoff, A, Holtbernd, F, Brcina, N, Hohenfeld, C, Koutsis, G, Breza, M, Bertini, E, and Vasco, G
Subjects: Registrie, 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Time Factors, Time Factor, pathology [Friedreich Ataxia], physiopathology [Friedreich Ataxia], Late onset, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Activities of Daily Living, medicine, Humans, ddc:610, Registries, Mobility Limitation, business.industry, Middle Aged, complications [Friedreich Ataxia], Clinical trial, Europe, 030104 developmental biology, Friedreich Ataxia, Ambulatory, Cohort, Disease Progression, Observational study, Female, Neurology (clinical), Cohort Studie, Age of onset, medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human, Cohort study
Abstract: Summary Background The European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS) investigates the natural history of Friedreich's ataxia. We aimed to assess progression characteristics and to identify patient groups with differential progression rates based on longitudinal 4-year data to inform upcoming clinical trials in Friedreich's ataxia. Methods EFACTS is a prospective, observational cohort study based on an ongoing and open-ended registry. Patients with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia were seen annually at 11 clinical centres in seven European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Data from baseline to 4-year follow-up were included in the current analysis. Our primary endpoints were the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and the activities of daily living (ADL). Linear mixed-effect models were used to analyse annual disease progression for the entire cohort and subgroups defined by age of onset and ambulatory abilities. Power calculations were done for potential trial designs. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT02069509 . Findings Between Sept 15, 2010, and Nov 20, 2018, of 914 individuals assessed for eligibility, 602 patients were included. Of these, 552 (92%) patients contributed data with at least one follow-up visit. Annual progression rate for SARA was 0·82 points (SE 0·05) in the overall cohort, and higher in patients who were ambulatory (1·12 [0·07]) than non-ambulatory (0·50 [0·07]). ADL worsened by 0·93 (SE 0·05) points per year in the entire cohort, with similar progression rates in patients who were ambulatory (0·94 [0·07]) and non-ambulatory (0·91 [0·08]). Although both SARA and ADL showed slightly greater worsening in patients with typical onset (symptom onset at ≤24 years) than those with late onset (symptom onset ≥25 years), differences in progression slopes were not significant. For a 2-year parallel-group trial, 230 (115 per group) patients would be required to detect a 50% reduction in SARA progression at 80% power: 118 (59 per group) if only individuals who are ambulatory are included. With ADL as the primary outcome, 190 (95 per group) patients with Friedreich's ataxia would be needed, and fewer patients would be required if only individuals with early-onset are included. Interpretation Our findings for stage-dependent progression rates have important implications for clinicians and researchers, as they provide reliable outcome measures to monitor disease progression, and enable tailored sample size calculation to guide upcoming clinical trial designs in Friedreich's ataxia. Funding European Commission, Voyager Therapeutics, and EuroAtaxia.
Published: 2021
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6. Different patterns of movement-related cortical oscillations in patients with myoclonus and in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia

Author: Anna Castaldo, Alessia Mongelli, Laura Canafoglia, Caterina Mariotti, Elisa Visani, Silvana Franceschetti, Lorenzo Nanetti, and Ferruccio Panzica
Subjects: Adult, Male, Myoclonus, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Movement, Alpha (ethology), Motor Activity, 050105 experimental psychology, Lateralization of brain function, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Reaction Time, medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, In patient, Cortical Synchronization, Evoked Potentials, Cerebral Cortex, Cued speech, Electromyography, business.industry, 05 social sciences, Electroencephalography, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Sensory Systems, medicine.anatomical_structure, Neurology, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Cardiology, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Motor cortex
Abstract: Objective To assess whether different patterns of EEG rhythms during a Go/No-go motor task characterize patients with cortical myoclonus (EPM1) or with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Methods We analyzed event-related desynchronization (ERD) and synchronization (ERS) in the alpha and beta-bands during visually cued Go/No-go task in 22 patients (11 with EPM1, 11 with SCA) and 11 controls. Results In the Go condition, the only significant difference was a reduced contralateral beta-ERS in the EPM1 patients compared with controls; in the No-go condition, the EPM1 patients showed prolonged alpha-ERD in comparison with both controls and SCA patients, and reduced or delayed alpha- and beta-ERS in comparison with controls. In both conditions, the SCA patients, unlike EPM1 patients and controls, showed minimal or absent lateralization of alpha- and beta-ERD. Conclusions EPM1 patients showed abnormal ERD/ERS dynamics, whereas SCA patients mainly showed defective ERD lateralization. Significance A different behavior of ERS/ERD distinguished the two patient groups: the pattern observed in EPM1 suggests a prominent defect of inhibition occurring in motor cortex contralateral to activated segment, whereas the pattern observed in SCA suggested a defective lateralization attributable to the damage of cerebello-cortical network, which is instead marginal in patients with cortical myoclonus.
Published: 2019
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7. Clinical and genetic characteristics of late-onset Huntington's disease

Author: Oosterloo, Mayke, Bijlsma, Emilia K., van Kuijk, Sander MJ., Minkels, Floor, de Die-Smulders, Christine EM., Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine, Bentivoglio, Anna-Rita, Biunno, Ida, Bonelli, Raphael M., Bronzova, Juliana, Burgunder, Jean-Marc, Dunnett, Stephen B., Ferreira, Joaquim J., Frich, Jan, Giuliano, Joe, Handley, Olivia J., Heiberg, Arvid, Illarioshkin, Sergey, Illmann, Torsten, Klempir, Jiri, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Levey, Jamie, Mclean, Tim, Nielsen, Jørgen E., Koivisto, Susana Pro, Päivärinta, Markku, Pålhagen, Sven, Quarrell, Oliver, Ramos-Arroyo, Maria, Roos, Raymund A. C., Saft, Carsten, Sebastián, Ana Rojo, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Vandenberghe, Wim, Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine, Uhrova, Tereza, Wahlström+, Jan, Zaremba, Jacek (formerly Rödig, Verena, Baake, Barth, Katrin, Garde, Monica Bascuñana, Becanovic, Kristina, Bernard, Tomáš, Betz, Sabrina, Bos, Reineke, Come, Adrien, Guedes, Leonor Correia, Callaghan, Jenny, Capodarca, Selene, Charpentier, Sébastien, Vieira da Silva, Wildson, Di Renzo, Martina, Ecker, Daniel, Finisterra, Ana Maria, Fullam, Ruth, Genoves, Camille, Gilling, Mette, Horta, Andrea, Hvalstedt, Carina, Held, Christine, Hussain, Hasina, Koppers, Kerstin, Lamanna, Claudia, Laurà, Matilde, Descals, Asunción Martínez, Martinez-Horta, Saul, Mestre, Tiago, Minster, Sara, Monza, Daniela, Münkel, Kristina, Mütze, Lisanne, Oehmen, Martin, Padieu, Helene, Paterski, Laurent, Peppa, Nadia, Rindal, Beate, Rogers, Dawn, Røren (formerly Heinonen), Niini, Salgueiro, Ana, Šašinková, Pavla, Seliverstov, Yury, Taylor, Catherine, Timewell, Erika, Townhill, Jenny, Cubillo, Patricia Trigo, van Walsem, Marleen R., Witjes-Ané, Marie-Noelle, Witkowski, Grzegorz, Wright, Abigail, Yudina, Elizaveta, Zielonka, Daniel, Zielonka, Eugeniusz, Zinzi, Paola, Hecht, Karen, Herranhof, Brigitte, Holl (formerly Hödl), Anna, Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter, Koppitz, Michael, Lilek, Sabine, Magnet, Markus, Müller, Nicole, Otti, Daniela, Painold, Annamaria, Reisinger, Karin, Scheibl, Monika, Schöggl, Helmut, Ullah, Jasmin, Braunwarth, Eva-Maria, Brugger, Florian, Buratti, Lisa, Hametner, Eva-Maria, Hepperger, Caroline, Holas, Christiane, Hotter, Anna, Hussl, Anna, Larcher, Barbara, Mahlknecht, Philipp, Müller, Christoph, Pinter, Bernadette, Poewe, Werner, Reiter, Eva-Magdalena, Seppi, Klaus, Sprenger, Fabienne, Wenning, Gregor, Ladurner, Gunther, Lilek, Stefan, Sinadinosa, Daniela, Staffen, Wolfgang, Walleczek, Anna Maria, Linder, Christoph, Pirker, Walter, Liessens, Dirk, Calmeyn, Godelinde, Somers, Nele, Delvaux, Isabelle, Boogaerts, Andrea, Flamez, Anja, de Raedt, Sylvie, Alaerts, Nick, Slama, Hichem, Supiot, Frédéric, Constant, Eric, Gillardin, Anne-Françoise, Léonard, Marie-Claude, van de Wyngaerde, Françoise, Dupuis, Michel, Minet, Cécile, Ribaï, Pascale, Van Paemel, Dominique, van Reijen, Dimphna, Weckx, Petra, Kaiserova, Michaela, Šenkárová, Zuzana, Bezdíček, Ondřej, Klempíř, Jiří, Klempířová, Olga, Majerová-Ibarburu, Veronika, Nikolai, Tomáš, Roth, Jan, Stárková, Irena, Madsen, Louise Hasselstrøm, Møller, Anette Torvin, Hjermind, Lena, Jacobsen, Oda, Larsen, Ida Unmack, Lindquist, Suzanne, Nielsen, Jørgen, Regeur, Lisbeth, Roos, Peter, Stockholm, Jette, Vangsted-Hansen, Christina, Vinther-Jensen, Tua, Lolk, Annette, Lundsgaard, Marianne, Wermuth, Lene, Andersson, Christian, Nyberg, Clara, Sundblom, Jimmy, Peippo, Maarit, Sipponen, Marjatta, Bruun, Anu, Hartikainen, Paivi, Mäkipää, Seija, Ollokainen, Mari, Åman, Jaana, Kärppä, Mikko, Ignatius, Jaakko, Jääskeläinen, Outi, Kajula, Outi, Moilanen, Jukka, Mustonen, Aki, Santala, Maire, Eklund, Pia, Hiivola, Heli, Hyppönen, Hannele, Martikainen, Kirsti, Ojala, Marjut, Tähkäpää, Sirkku, Tuuha, Katri, Allain, Philippe, Bonneau, Dominique, Bost, Marie, Gohier, Bénédicte, Guérid, Marie-Anne, Olivier, Audrey, Prouzet, Julie, Prundean, Adriana, Scherer-Gagou, Clarisse, Verny, Christophe, Babiloni, Blandine, Bled, Déborah, Debruxelles, Sabrina, Duché, Charlotte, Fraisse, Sonia, Goizet, Cyril, Jameau, Laetitia, Lafoucrière, Danielle, Spampinato, Umberto, Couttier, Julien, Debilly, Bérengère, Delaigue, Christine, Derost, Philippe, Durif, Franck, Germain, Véronique, Legendre, Perrine, Loiseau, Sylvie, Marques, Ana, Ulla, Miguel, Vidal, Tiphaine, Badei, Farideh, Boissé, Marie-Françoise, Boudali, Lotfi, Cleret de Langavant, Laurent, Lemoine, Laurie, Morgado, Graca, Youssov, Katia, Annic, Agnès, Barthélémy, Recka, De Bruycker, Christelle, Cabaret, Maryline, Carette, Anne-Sophie, Carrière, Nicolas, Decorte, Eric, Defebvre, Luc, Delliaux, Marie, Delval, Arnaud, Depelchin, Alizé, Destee, Alain, Dewulf-Pasz, Nelly, Dondaine, Thibaut, Dugauquier, Florence, Dujardin, Kathy, Hopes, Lucie, Krystkowiak, Pierre, Lemaire, Marie-Hélène, Manouvrier, Sylvie, Mutez, Eugénie, Peter, Mireille, Plomhause, Lucie, Sablonnière, Bernard, Simonin, Clémence, Tard, Céline, Thibault-Tanchou, Stéphanie, Vuillaume, Isabelle, Bellonet, Marcellin, Blin, Stéphanie, Chen, Simone, Masmoudi, Kamel, Morin, Gilles, Roussel, Martine, Tir, Mélissa, Schüler, Béatrice, Wannepain, Sandrine, Zouitina, Yassine, Azulay, Jean-Philippe, Delfini, Marie, Eusebio, Alexandre, Fluchere, Frédérique, Guenam, Aicha, Mundler, Laura, Nguyen, Karine, Benaich, Sandra, Brice, Alexis, Boster, Sarah, Charles, Perrine, Durr, Alexandra, Ewenczyk, Claire, Francisque, Hélène, Jauffret, Céline, Justo, Damian, Kassar, Abdulrahman, Klebe, Stephan, Lesne, Fabien, Milani, Paolo, Monin, Marie-Lorraine, Monnier, Tiffany, Roze, Emmanuel, Tataru, Alina, Tchikviladzé, Maya, Bioux, Sandrine, Bliaux, Evangeline, Girard, Carole, Guyant-Maréchal, Lucie, Hannequin, Didier, Hannier, Véronique, Jourdain, Séverine, Maltête, David, Pouliquen, Dorothée, Anheim, Mathieu, Barun, Nadia, Lagha-Boukbiza, Ouhaid, Longato, Nadine, Marcel, Christophe, Phillipps, Clélie, Rudolf, Gabrielle, Steinmetz, Gisèle, Tranchant, Christine, Wagner, Caroline, Zimmermann, Marie-Agathe, Blondeau, Leily, Calvas, Fabienne, Cheriet, Samia, Delabaere, Helène, Demonet, Jean-François, Marquine, Laurent, Pariente, Jérémie, Pierre, Michèle, Pomies, Elsa, Rolland, Sandrine, Souyris, Corinne, Kosinski, Christoph Michael, Milkereit, Eva, Probst, Daniela, Reetz, Kathrin, Sass, Christian, Schiefer, Johannes, Schlangen, Christiane, Werner, Cornelius J., Beuth, Markus, Gelderblom, Harald, Priller, Josef, Prüß, Harald, Spruth, Eike, Thiel, Silvia, Andrich, Jürgen, Ellrichmann, Gisa, Herrmann, Lennard, Hoffmann, Rainer, Kaminski, Barbara, Kraus, Peter, Stamm, Christiane, Ganos, Christos, Stubbe, Lars, Tadic, Vera, Tübing, Jennifer, Lange, Herwig, Bosredon, Cecile, Hunger, Ulrike, Löhle, Matthias, Maass, Antonia, Ossig, Christiana, Schmidt, Simone, Storch, Alexander, Wolz, Annett, Wolz, Martin, Kohl, Zacharias, Kozay, Christina, Winkler, Jürgen, Bergmann, Ulrike, Böringer, Regina, Capetian, Philipp, Kammel, Gerit, Lambeck, Johann, Mächtel, Miriam, Meier, Simone, Rijntjes, Michel, Zucker, Birgit, Boelmans, Kai, Goerendt, Ines, Heinicke, Walburgis, Hidding, Ute, Lewerenz, Jan, Münchau, Alexander, Orth, Michael, Schmalfeld, Jenny, Zittel, Simone, Diercks, Gabriele, Dressler, Dirk, Francis, Flverly, Gayde-Stephan, Sabine, Gorzolla, Heike, Kramer, Bianca, Minschke, Rebecca, Schrader, Christoph, Tacik, Pawel, Ribbat+, Michael, Longinus, Bernhard, Möller, Carsten, Bürk, Katrin, Lüsebrink, Antje, Mühlau, Mark, Peinemann, Alexander, Städtler, Michael, Weindl, Adolf, Winkelmann, Juliane, Ziegler, Cornelia, Bechtel, Natalie, Beckmann, Heike, Bohlen, Stefan, Göpfert, Nicole, Hölzner, Eva, Reilmann, Ralf, Rohm, Stefanie, Rumpf, Silke, Schepers, Sigrun, Weber, Nathalia, Bachmeier, Michael, Dose, Matthias, Hofstetter, Nina, Marquard, Ralf, Mühlbäck, Alzbeta, Buck, Andrea, Connemann, Julia, Geitner, Carolin, Kesse, Andrea, Landwehrmeyer, Bernhard, Lezius, Franziska, Nepper, Solveig, Niess, Anke, Schneider, Ariane, Schwenk, Daniela, Süssmuth, Sigurd, Trautmann, Sonja, Vogel, Melanie, Weydt, Patrick, Musacchio, Thomas, Leypold, Christine, Nöth, Kerstin, Cormio, Claudia, Difruscolo, Olimpia, Franco, Giovanni, Nuzzi, Angela, Sciruicchio, Vittorio, Serpino, Claudia, de Tommaso, Marina, Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna, Capellari, Sabina, Cortelli, Pietro, Gallassi, Roberto, Poda, Roberto, Scaglione, Cesa, Agosti, Chiara, Barlati, Sergio, Compostella, Silvia, Marchina, Eleonora, Padovani, Alessando, Figorilli, Michela, Marrosu, Francesco, Muroni, Antonella, Piras, Valeria, Vacca, Melisa, Bertini, Elisabetta, Bartoli, Caterina, Fortunato, Fernanda, Ghelli, Elena, Ginestroni, Andrea, Mechi, Claudia, Paganini, Marco, Piacentini, Silvia, Pradella, Silvia, Romoli, Anna Maria, Sorbi, Sandro, Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Bandettini di Poggio, Monica, Ferrandes, Giovanna, Mandich, Paola, Marchese, Roberta, Di Maria, Emilio, Tamburini, Tiziano, Albanese, Alberto, Castagliuolo, Simona, Castaldo, Anna, Di Donato, Stefano, Di Bella, Daniela, Gellera, Cinzia, Genitrini, Silvia, Mariotti, Caterina, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Panzeri, Marta, Paridi, Dominga, Soliveri, Paola, Spagnolo, Francesca, Taroni, Franco, Tomasello, Chiara, De Michele, Giuseppe, Di Maio, Luigi, Rinaldi, Carlo, Massarelli, Marco, Peluso, Silvio, Roca, Alessandro, Russo, Cinzia Valeria, Salvatore, Elena, Sorrentino, Pierpaolo, Tucci, Tecla, Cannella, Milena, Codella, Valentina, De Gregorio, Francesca, De Nicola, Annunziata, Elifani, Francesca, Esposito, Chiara, Martino, Tiziana, Mazzante, Irene, Petrollini, Martina, Simonelli, Maria, Vezza, Maurizio, Squitieri, Ferdinando, D'Alessio, Barbara, Lovo, Francesca, Bentivoglio, Anna Rita, Bove, Francesco, Catalli, Claudio, Di Giacopo, Raffaella, Fasano, Alfonso, Frontali, Marina, Guidubaldi, Arianna, Ialongo, Tamara, Jacopini, Gioia, Loria, Giovanna, Modoni, Anna, Petracca, Martina, Piano, Carla, Chiara, Piccininni, Quaranta, Davide, Romano, Silvia, Soleti, Francesco, Solito, Marcella, Spadaro, Maria, Torlizzi, Flavia, Coarelli, Giulia, Ferraldeschi, Michela, Ristori, Giovanni, van Hout, Monique S. E., van Vugt, Jeroen P. P., Marit de Weert, A., Verhoeven, Marloes, Dekker, Meike, Klooster, Jesper, Leenders, Nico, van Oostrom, Joost, Kremer, Berry, Baake, Verena, van den Bogaard, Simon J. A., Dumas, Eve M., t Hart, Ellen P., Hogenboom, Marye, Jacobs, Milou, Jurgens, Caroline, Kampstra, Anne, Schoonderbeek, Anne, Witjes-Ané, Marie-Noëlle, Duits, Annelien, Waber, Mirella, Verstappen, Carla, Blinkenberg, Ellen Økland, Hauge, Erik, Tyvoll, Hilde, Aaserud, Olaf, Aanonsen, Nils Olaf, Bjørgo, Kathrine, Borgerød, Nancy, Dramstad, Elisabeth, Fannemel, Madeleine, Frich, Jan C., Gørvell, Per F., Haggag, Kathrine, Johannessen, Cecilie Haggag, Retterstøl, Lars, Røsby, Oddveig, Rummel, Jutta, Sikiric, Alma, Stokke, Bodil, van Walsem, Marleen, Wehus, Ragnhild, Arntsen, Vibeke, Bjørnevoll, Inga, Sando, Sigrid Botne, Haug, Marte Gjøl, Størseth, Hanna Haugan, Østern, Rune, Paulsen, Julie, Dziadkiewicz, Artur, Konkel, Agnieszka, Narożańska, Ewa, Nowak, Malgorzata, Robowski, Piotr, Sitek, Emilia, Slawek, Jaroslaw, Soltan, Witold, Szinwelski, Michal, Arkuszewski, Michał, Błaszczyk, Magdalena, Boczarska-Jedynak, Magdalena, Ciach-Wysocka, Ewelina, Gorzkowska, Agnieszka, Jasińska-Myga, Barbara, Kaczmarczyk, Aleksandra, Kłodowska – Duda, Gabriela, Opala, Grzegorz, Rudzińska, Monika, Stompel, Daniel, Banaszkiewicz, Krzysztof, Boćwińska, Dorota, Bojakowska-Jaremek, Kamila, Dec, Małgorzata, Grabska, Natalia, Krawczyk, Malgorzata, Kubowicz, Ewelina, Malec-Litwinowicz, Michalina, Stenwak, Agata, Szczudlik, Andrzej, Szczygieł, Elżbieta, Wójcik, Magdalena, Wasielewska, Anna, Anna Bryl, Jacek Anioła, Ciesielska, Anna, Klimberg, Aneta, Marcinkowski, Jerzy, Samara, Husam, Sempołowicz, Justyna, Wiśniewski, Bartłomiej, Gogol (formerly Kalbarczyk), Anna, Janik, Piotr, Jamrozik, Zygmunt, Kaminska, Anna, Kwiecinski+, Hubert, Antczak, Jakub, Jachinska, Katarzyna, Krysa, Wioletta, Rakowicz, Maryla, Rola, Rafal, Ryglewicz, Danuta, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Halina, Stępniak, Iwona, Sułek, Anna, Zaremba, Jacek, Zdzienicka, Elzbieta, Ziora-Jakutowicz, Karolina, Januário, Cristina, Júlio, Filipa, Almeida, Manuel, Calado, Ana, Dias, Margarida, Morgado, Joana, Semedo, Cristina, Coelho, Miguel, Magalhães, Andreia, Mendes, Tiago, Neutel, Dulce, Rodrigues, Filipe, Valadas, Anabela, Costa, Cristina, Cardoso, Helena, Santos, Mariana, Cação, Gonçalo, Cavaco, Sara, Damásio, Joana, Fernandes, Joana, Gonçalves, Alexandra, Loureiro, Rui, Moreira, Inês, Magalhães, Marina, Salgado, Paula, Andrade, Carlos, Costa, Andreia, Garrett, Carolina, Gago, Miguel, Guimarães, Joana, Massano, João, Meireles, Joana, Monteiro, Ana, Khasanova, Diana, Zalyalova, Zuleykha, Klyushnikov, Sergey, Sidorova, Olga, Smirnov, Oleg, Antonova, Victoria, Kopishinskaya, Svetlana, Korotysh, Maria, Magzhanov, Rim, Saifullina, Elena, Kurbatov, Sergey, Solis, Pilar, Herrera, Carmen Durán, Moreno, Patrocinio Garcia, Bas, Jordi, Busquets, Núria, Calopa, Matilde, Classen, Serge Jaumà, Dedichá, Nadia Rodríguez, Buongiorno, María Teresa, María, Andrés de la Cerda Santa, Muñoz, Esteban, Santacruz, Pilar, Barbera, Miquel Aguilar, Pardo, Sonia Arribas, Guia, Dolors Badenes, Calzado, Noemi, Hernanz, Laura Casas, Tartari Díaz-Zorita, Juan Pablo, Catena, Judit López, Ferrer, Pilar Quiléz, Carruesco, Gemma Tome, Robert, Misericordia Floriach, Viladrich, Cèlia Mareca, Roca, Elvira, Ruiz Idiago, Jesús Miguel, Riballo, Antonio Villa, Campolongo, Antonia, Fernandez de Bobadilla, Ramon, Bojarsky, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pagonabarraga, Javier, Perez, Jesus Perez, Ribosa, Roser, Villa, Carolina, Acera Gil, Maria Angeles, Corrales, Koldo Berganzo, Gomez Esteban, Juan Carlos, González, Amaia, Merino, Beatriz Tijero, Cubo, Esther, Polo, Cecilia Gil, Mariscal, Natividad, Sánchez, Jesús, Romero, Sandra Gutierrez, Arbelo, José Matías, Malo de Molina, Rocío, Martín, Idaira, Periañez, Juan Manuel, Udaeta, Beatriz, Alonso-Frech, Fernando, Loarte, María del Valle, Barrero, Francisco, Morales, Blas, Frades, Belén, Villanueva, Marina Ávila, Zea Sevilla, Maria Ascension, Fenollar, María del Mar, García-Ramos García, Rocío, Villanueva, Clara, Bascuñana, Mónica, Ventura, Marta Fatás, Caldentey, Juan García, Ribas, Guillermo García, García de Yébenes, Justo, López-Sendón Moreno, José Luis, Barral, Verónica Mañanes, Feliz, Cici, García Ruíz, Pedro José, García, Ana, López, Rosa Guerrero, Bárcenas, Antonio Herranz, Martínez-Descals, Asunción, Pueyo, Angel Martínez, Martin, Veronica Puertas, Martínez, Noelia Rodríguez, Montojo, Teresa, Sainz Artiga, María José, Sánchez, Vicenta, Alarcón, María Dolores, Almagro, Carmen Antúnez, Diéguez, Esther, Fortuna, Lorenza, Legaz, Agustina, Manzanares, Salvadora, Muñoz, Juan Marín, Antequera Torres, María Martirio, Perea, Fuensanta Noguera, Vivancos, Laura, González, Sonia, Guisasola, Luis Menéndez, Prieto, Marta Para, Ribacoba, René, Salvador, Carlos, Lozano, Pablo Sánchez, Ramirez, Inés Legarda, Benito, Dolors Moragues, Arques, Penelope Navas, Lopera, Monica Rodriguez, Pastor, Barbara Vives, Gaston, Itziar, Garcia-Amigot, Fermin, Martinez-Jaurrieta, Maria Dolores, Ramos-Arroyo, Maria Antonia, Adarmes, Astrid, Bernal-Escudero, Maravilla, Carrillo, Fátima, Jesús, Silvia, Mir, Pablo, Vargas-González, Laura, Hermoso, Fátima Damas, García Moreno, José Manuel, Jaramillo, Javier Abril, Lucena, Carolina Mendez, Pacheco Cortegana, Eva María, Peña, José Chacón, Redondo, Luis, Sánchez, Violeta Sánchez, Fernandez, Cristina Melgar, Romero Lemos, María Dolores, Mata, Maite Paredes, Casado, Rocío Villagrán, Bosca, Maria, Burguera, Juan Andres, Brugada, Francisco Castera, Millán Salvador, Jose Maria, Vilaplana, Carmen Peiró, Solís, Pilar, Figuerola, Begoña Jeweinat, Palanca, Paloma Millan, Diago, Elena Bellosta, López del Val, Javier, Martinez, Laura Martinez, López, Elena, Høsterey-Ugander, Ulrika, Fredlund, Gunnel, Constantinescu, Radu, Lewin, Kajsa, Neleborn-Lingefjärd, Liselotte, Berglund, Maria, Berglund, Peter, Linnsand, Petra, Petersén, Åsa, Reimer, Jan, Widner, Håkan, Esmaeilzadeh, Mouna, Tedroff, Joakim, Winnberg, Elisabeth, Benaminov, Stanislav, Björnsson, Elisabeth, Merrick, Daniel, Paucar, Martin, Svenningsson, Per, Wallden, Tina, Berglund, Måns, Loutfi, Ghada, Olofsson, Carina, Stattin, Eva-Lena, Westman, Laila, Wikström, Birgitta, Ekwall, Camilla, Göller, Marie-Lousie, Johansson, Anders, Niemelä, Valter, Nyholm, Dag, Wiklund, Leif, Koehli, Jessica, Stebler, Yanik, Kaelin, Alain, Romero, Irene, Schüpbach, Michael, Zaugg, Sabine Weber, Esposito, Federica, Good, Jean-Marc, Paus, Karin, Vingerhoets, Francois, Wider+, Christian, Jung, Hans H., Petersen, Jens A., Ligon-Auer, Maria, Mihaylova, Violeta, Downie, Lorna, Jack, Roisin, Matheson, Kirsty, Miedzybrodzka, Zosia, Rae, Daniela, Simpson, Sheila A., Summers, Fiona, Ure, Alexandra, Vaughan, Vivien, Harrower, Timothy, Vernon, Nathan, Akhtar, Shahbana, Crooks, Jenny, Curtis, Adrienne, de Souza (Keylock), Jenny, Piedad, John, Rickards, Hugh, Wright, Jan, Haig-Brown, Diane, Craven, Janet, Pallett, Andrew, Simpson, Steve, Weekes, Rebecca, Coulthard, Elizabeth, Gethin, Louise, Hayward, Beverley, Sieradzan, Kasia, Barker, Roger A., O'Keefe, Deidre, Gerrtiz (nee Di Pietro), Anna, Fisher, Kate, Goodman, Anna, Hill, Susan, Mason, Sarah, Swain, Rachel, Guzman, Natalie Valle, Busse, Monica, Butcher, Cynthia, Dunnett, Stephen, Clenaghan, Catherine, Hunt, Sarah, Jones, Lesley, Jones, Una, Khalil, Hanan, Owen, Michael, Price, Kathleen, Rosser, Anne, Goudie, David, Buchanan, Lindsay, Mcfadyen, Paula, Tonner, Alison, Taylor, Anne-Marie, Edwards, Maureen, Carrie, Ho, Mcgill, Marie, Porteous, Mary, Pearson, Pauline, Irvine, Sarah, Brockie, Peter, Foster, Jillian, Johns, Nicola, Mckenzie, Sue, Rothery, Jean, Thomas, Gareth, Yates, Shona, Neumann, Christian, Patterson, Kirsten, Thomson, David, Deith, Catherine, Ireland, Jane, Ritchie, Stuart, Brown, Pauline, Burrows, Liz, Fletcher, Amy, Harding, Alison, Harrison, Kaye, Laver, Fiona, Silva, Mark, Thomson, Aileen, Chu, Carol, Evans, Carole, Gallentree, Deena, Hamer, Stephanie, Kraus, Alison, Markova, Ivana, Raman, Ashok, Rowett, Liz, Andrew, Alyson, Frost, Julie, Noad, Rupert, Cosgrove, Jeremy, Gallantree, Deena, Hobson, Emma, Jamieson, Stuart, Longthorpe, Mandy, Musgrave, Hannah, Peacy, Caroline, Toscano, Jean, Wild, Sue, Yardumian, Pam, Clayton, Carole, Dipple, Heather, Freire-Patino, Dawn, Hallam, Caroline, Middleton, Julia, Alusi, Sundus, Davies, Rhys, Foy, Kevin, Gerrans, Emily, Pate, Louise, Anjum, Uruj, Coebergh, Jan, Eddy, Charlotte, Lahiri, Nayana, Mcentagart, Meriel, Patton, Michael, Peterson, Maria, Rose, Sarah, Andrews, Thomasin, Dougherty, Andrew, Golding, Charlotte, Kavalier, Fred, Laing, Hana, Lashwood, Alison, Robertson, Dene, Ruddy, Deborah, Santhouse, Alastair, Whaite, Anna, Gosling (nee Brown), Stefanie, Bruno, Stefania, Chu, Elvina, Doherty, Karen, Haider, Salman, Hensman, Davina, Lewis, Monica, Novak, Marianne, Patel, Aakta, Robertson, Nicola, Rosser, Elisabeth, Tabrizi, Sarah, Taylor, Rachel, Warner, Thomas, Wild, Edward, Ackermann, Oda, Duport, Sophie, Scott, Adrienne, Stoy, Nicholas, Vaughn, Jenny, Arran, Natalie, Bek, Judith, Craufurd, David, Hare, Marianne, Howard, Liz, Huson, Susan, Johnson, Liz, Jones, Mary, Krishnamoorthy, Ashok, Murphy, Helen, Oughton, Emma, Partington-Jones, Lucy, Sollom, Andrea, Snowden, Julie, Stopford, Cheryl, Thompson, Jennifer, Trender-Gerhard, Iris, Verstraelen (formerly Ritchie), Nichola, Westmoreland, Leann, Cass, Ginette, Davidson, Lynn, Davison, Jill, Fullerton, Neil, Holmes, Katrina, Komati, Suresh, Mcdonnell, Sharon, Mohammed, Zeid, Morgan, Karen, Savage, Lois, Singh, Baldev, Wood, Josh, Knight, Caroline, O'Neill, Mari, Purkayastha, Debasish Das, Nemeth, Andrea H., Siuda, Gill, Valentine, Ruth, Dixon, Kathryn, Armstrong, Richard, Harrison, David, Hughes, Max, Large, Sandra, Donovan, John O., Palmer, Amy, Parkinson, Andrew, Soltysiak, Beverley, Timings, Leanne, Williams, Josh, Burn, John, Bailey, Wendy, Coleman, Caroline, Majeed, Tahir, Verstraelen (Ritchie), Nicola, Barrett, Wendy, Aileen, Ho, Bandmann, Oliver, Bradbury, Alyson, Fairtlough, Helen, Fillingham, Kay, Foustanos, Isabella, Gill, Paul, Kazoka, Mbombe, O'Donovan, Kirsty, Nevitt, Louise, Taylor, Cat, Tidswell, Katherine, Kipps, Christopher, Mackinnon, Lesley, Agarwal, Veena, Hayward, Elaine, Gunner, Kerry, Harris, Kayla, Anderson, Mary, Heywood, Melanie, Keys, Liane, Smalley, Sarah, El-Nimr, George, Duffell, Allison, Wood, Sue, Kennedy (nee Smith), Karen, Gowers, Lesley, Powell, Kingsley, Bethwaite, Pamela, Edwards, Rachel, Fuller, Kathleen, Phillips, Michelle, Tan, Louis, Lau, Puay Ngoh, Pica, Emmanuel, Roos, Raymund AC., Klinische Neurowetenschappen, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Neurologie (9), MUMC+: KIO Kemta (9), Epidemiologie, RS: CAPHRI - R2 - Creating Value-Based Health Care, Klinische Genetica, MUMC+: DA KG Polikliniek (9), and RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine
Subjects: Male, HD, 0301 basic medicine, Pediatrics, Neurology, Huntingtin Protein/genetics, FEATURES, Disease, Neuropsychological Tests, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognitive Dysfunction/psychology, Medicine, Family history, Postural Balance, Huntington Disease/genetics, Huntingtin Protein, education.field_of_study, Chorea/physiopathology, Huntington's disease, Sensation Disorders/physiopathology, Middle Aged, Dystonia, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Huntington Disease, neurodegenerative disorders, Sensation Disorders, Disease Progression, Female, medicine.symptom, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Age of onset, Late-onset Huntington's disease, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Neurology (clinical), 03 medical and health sciences, AGE, Chorea, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, education, Dystonia/physiopathology, Gait Disorders, Neurologic/physiopathology, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, business.industry, medicine.disease, Gait, 030104 developmental biology, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Balance problems
Abstract: Background: The frequency of late-onset Huntington's disease (>59 years) is assumed to be low and the clinical course milder. However, previous literature on late-onset disease is scarce and inconclusive. Objective: Our aim is to study clinical characteristics of late-onset compared to common-onset HD patients in a large cohort of HD patients from the Registry database. Methods: Participants with late- and common-onset (30–50 years)were compared for first clinical symptoms, disease progression, CAG repeat size and family history. Participants with a missing CAG repeat size, a repeat size of ≤35 or a UHDRS motor score of ≤5 were excluded. Results: Of 6007 eligible participants, 687 had late-onset (11.4%) and 3216 (53.5%) common-onset HD. Late-onset (n = 577) had significantly more gait and balance problems as first symptom compared to common-onset (n = 2408) (P
Published: 2019
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8. Nonataxia symptoms in Friedreich Ataxia

Author: Reetz, Kathrin, Dogan, Imis, Schöls, Ludger, Giordano, Ilaria, Bürk, Katrin, Pandolfo, Massimo, Schulz, Jörg B, Group, EFACTS Study, Nachbauer, Wolfgang, Eigentler, Andreas, Depondt, Chantal, Benaich, Sandra, Hohenfeld, Christian, Charles, Perrine, Ewenczyk, Claire, Monin, Marie-Lorraine, Fedosov, Kathrin, Dafotakis, Manuel, Timmann, Dagmar, Karin, Ivan, Sarro, Lidia, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Castaldo, Anna, Didszun, Claire, Arpa, Javier, Sanz-Gallego, Irene, Parkinson, Michael H, Sweeney, Mary G, Giunti, Paola, Mariotti, Caterina, Durr, Alexandra, Boesch, Sylvia, Klopstock, Thomas, Rodríguez de Rivera Garrido, Francisco Javier, and Timmann, Dagmar (Beitragende*r)
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Adolescent, Medizin, Cardiomyopathy, physiopathology [Friedreich Ataxia], Disease, Scoliosis, Translational Research, Biomedical, Cohort Studies, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Neurologie, diagnosis [Friedreich Ataxia], medicine, Humans, Medical history, ddc:610, Registries, Child, Translational Medical Research, Depression (differential diagnoses), Aged, Neurologic Examination, business.industry, epidemiology [Friedreich Ataxia], epidemiology [Europe], Middle Aged, medicine.disease, genetics [Friedreich Ataxia], Europe, Clinical trial, 030104 developmental biology, Friedreich Ataxia, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To provide a systematic evaluation of the broad clinical variability in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), a multisystem disorder presenting mainly with afferent ataxia but also a complex phenotype of nonataxia symptoms. METHODS: From the large database of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies, 650 patients with genetically confirmed FRDA were included. Detailed data of medical history documentation, questionnaires, and reports on clinical features were analyzed to provide in-depth description of the clinical profile and frequency rates of phenotypical features with a focus on differences between typical-onset and late-onset FRDA. Logistic regression modeling was used to identify predictors for the presence of the most common clinical features. RESULTS: The most frequent clinical features beyond afferent ataxia were abnormal eye movements (90.5%), scoliosis (73.5%), deformities of the feet (58.8%), urinary dysfunction (42.8%), cardiomyopathy and cardiac hypertrophy (40.3%), followed by decreased visual acuity (36.8%); less frequent features were, among others, depression (14.1%) and diabetes (7.1%). Most of these features were more common in the typical-onset group compared to the late-onset group. Logistic regression models for the presence of these symptoms demonstrated the predictive value of GAA repeat length on the shorter allele and age at onset, but also severity of ataxia signs, sex, and presence of neonatal problems. CONCLUSIONS: This joint European effort demonstrates the multisystem nature of this neurodegenerative disease encompassing most the central nervous, neuromuscular, cardiologic, and sensory systems. A distinct and deeper knowledge of this rare and chronic disease is highly relevant for clinical practice and designs of clinical trials., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Published: 2018
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9. Multiple system atrophy and CAG repeat length: A genetic screening of polyglutamine disease genes in Italian patients

Author: Alessia Mongelli, Nicoletta Meucci, Gianni Pezzoli, Elena Rizzo, Caterina Mariotti, Lidia Sarro, Franco Taroni, Stefano Goldwurm, Lorenzo Nanetti, and Cinzia Gellera
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Genotype, Disease, 030105 genetics & heredity, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Atrophy, Gene Frequency, stomatognathic system, parasitic diseases, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Allele, Ataxin-1, Aged, Ataxin-2, Genetic testing, Cerebellar ataxia, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, General Neuroscience, Parkinsonism, Middle Aged, Multiple System Atrophy, medicine.disease, nervous system diseases, Italy, nervous system, Immunology, Etiology, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, medicine.symptom, Peptides, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an adult onset, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology characterized by autonomic dysfunction, parkinsonism (MSA-P) and cerebellar ataxia (MSA-C). The phenotypic spectrum may present overlapping features with other neurodegenerative diseases, particularly the autosomal dominant inherited polyglutamine disorders. To investigate the possible contribution of CAG expansions in the MSA phenotype, we analyzed the triplet repeat length in the autosomal dominant causative genes for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 17, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) and Huntington disease (HD) in a cohort of 246 Italian MSA patients. As comparison, 223 controls were also analyzed. The alleles were classified on the basis of CAG repeat length as "normal", "intermediate" or "expanded" according to literature. The MSA patients (101 men/145 women) had a mean age at onset of 58 years and a mean age at genetic testing of 63 years. MSA-C patients had significantly younger age at onset and at examination in comparison to MSA-P (p 0.0001). We identified a SCA1 intermediate allele in a MSA-C subject (36 CAG), a SCA2 intermediate allele in a MSA-P patient (31 CAG), and a pathologically expanded SCA2 allele (36 CAG) in a patient initially misdiagnosed as MSA-C. No intermediate or expanded SCA alleles were detected in controls. The distribution of CAG repeat length was similar among groups except for SCA1 gene that showed a higher percentage of longer normal alleles in MSA-C as compared to MSA-P and controls (p 0.0001). This study supports the utility of polyQ genetic testing in the differential diagnosis of MSA, and may suggest a possible role of SCA1 repeat length as risk factor for MSA-C. SCA1 and SCA2 genetic screening is recommended in MSA Italian patients.
Published: 2018
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10. Cortical thickness, stance control, and arithmetic skill: An exploratory study in premanifest Huntington disease

Author: Caterina Mariotti, Valeria Elisa Contarino, Marina Grisoli, Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, Elena Rizzo, Lidia Sarro, Franco Taroni, Maria Giavazzi, Serena Frittoli, Anna Castaldo, Cinzia Gellera, Lorenzo Nanetti, and Andrea Ciammola
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, Prodromal Symptoms, Disease, Motor symptoms, Upper Extremity, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Basal ganglia, Humans, Medicine, Cognitive Dysfunction, Arithmetic, Postural Balance, Cerebral Cortex, business.industry, Posturography, Neurodegeneration, Symbol digit modalities test, Cognition, Mathematical Concepts, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Corpus Striatum, Huntington Disease, 030104 developmental biology, Neurology, Valid Biomarker, Female, Neurology (clinical), Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Psychomotor Performance, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder most commonly manifesting in adulthood. Identification of biomarkers tracking neurodegeneration before the onset of motor symptoms is important for future interventional studies. Our study aimed to contribute in the phenotypic characterization of the premanifest HD phase.28 premanifest subjects (preHD), 25 age-matched controls, and 12 manifest HD patients were enrolled for the study. The participants underwent a multimodal protocol including cognitive evaluations, arithmetic ability test, posturography, composite cerebellar functional test (CCFS), and brain 3T-MRI. PreHD were divided at the group median for predicted years to expected onset into "far-from-onset" (15 years, PreHD-far), and "close-to-onset" (≤15 years, preHD-close). Basal ganglia volumes and cortical thickness were computed using FreeSurfer.PreHD-close showed significantly lower scores than controls in Symbol Digit Modalities Test (p = 0.017), Arithmetic subtraction task (p = 0.04), and MMSE (p 0.006). At posturography, preHD-close showed increased sway velocity (0.04) and distance (p 0.02) compared to controls. PreHD-close had reduced striatum and globus pallidus volumes and left occipital cortical thinning compared to controls. Compared to PreHD far-from-onset, PreHD-close showed bilateral cortical thinning in occipital and parahippocampal regions, inversely correlating with burden score and prognostic index for HD. CCFS only differed between controls and manifest HD. PreHD far-from-onset did not show significant differences in comparison with controls.We confirmed that quantitative brain MRI represents a valid biomarker of neurodegeneration in preHD. Posturography and Arithmentic tests seem promising tools for detecting early changes in premanifest HD, but need to be further confirmed in large cohorts.
Published: 2018
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11. Evaluation of antioxidative and diabetes-preventive properties of an ancient grain, KAMUT® khorasan wheat, in healthy volunteers

Author: Caterina Trozzi, Rosaria Gesuita, Laura Mazzanti, Francesca Raffaelli, Arianna Vignini, and Laura Nanetti
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Khorasan wheat, food.ingredient, KAMUT® khorasan wheat, Antioxidant properties, Physical activity, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Pilot Projects, Whole grains, Antioxidants, Fat mass, 03 medical and health sciences, Selenium, 0302 clinical medicine, Animal science, food, Reference Values, Diabetes mellitus, Healthy volunteers, medicine, Humans, Triticum, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Ancient wheat, business.industry, food and beverages, Original Contribution, medicine.disease, Healthy Volunteers, Biotechnology, DHA, Oxidative Stress, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetes risk factors, Female, business, Edible Grain
Abstract: Purpose Recently, there was an increasing interest on the use of ancient grains because of their better health-related composition. The aim of this study was to evaluate in healthy human subjects the antioxidative and diabetes-preventive properties of ancient KAMUT® khorasan wheat compared to modern wheat. Methods The study was a randomized, non-blind, parallel arm study where the biochemical parameters of volunteers with a diet based on organic whole grain KAMUT® khorasan products, as the only source of cereal products were compared to a similar replacement diet based on organic whole grain modern durum wheat products. A total of 30 healthy volunteers were recruited and the intervention period lasted 16 weeks. Blood analyses were performed before and after the diet intervention. The effect of KAMUT® khorasan products on biochemical parameters was analyzed by multiple quantile regression adjusted for age, sex, physical activity and BMI compared to data at baseline. Results Subjects receiving KAMUT® khorasan products showed a significantly greater decrease of fat mass (b = 3.7%; CI 1.6–5.5; p = 0.042), insulin (b = 2.4 µU/ml; CI 0.2–4.2; p = 0.036) and a significant increase of DHA (b = − 0.52%; CI − 1.1 to − 0.12; p = 0.021). Conclusions Our study provides evidence that a substitution diet with KAMUT® khorasan wheat products can reduce some markers associated to the development of type-2 diabetes compared to a diet of modern wheat.
Published: 2017

12. Effect of 1-y oral supplementation with vitaminized olive oil on platelets from healthy postmenopausal women

Author: Eleonora Salvolini, Jacopo Sabbatinelli, Laura Mazzanti, Laura Nanetti, Arianna Vignini, Nelvio Cester, Francesca Raffaelli, and Veronica Quagliarini
Subjects: Blood Platelets, medicine.medical_specialty, Antioxidant, Mediterranean diet, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, medicine.medical_treatment, Osteoporosis, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Nitric Oxide, Placebo, Nitric oxide, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Peroxynitrous Acid, Internal medicine, medicine, Membrane fluidity, Humans, Olive Oil, Cholecalciferol, Nutrition and Dietetics, business.industry, Vitamin K 1, Vitamins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Vitamin B 6, Postmenopause, Menopause, Oxidative Stress, Endocrinology, chemistry, Nitrosative Stress, Dietary Supplements, Female, business, Peroxynitrite
Abstract: Objective Olive oil is the main fat source in the Mediterranean diet and shows a protective role against aging and related diseases. Osteoporosis represents a serious health problem worldwide and is associated with an increased risk for fractures and mortality. Nutrition should be part of bone disease prevention strategies, especially in light of the aging population and the effect of diet on bone health. The aim of this study was to investigate whether oral supplementation with extra virgin olive oil (VOO) enriched with vitamins D3, K1, and B6 (VitVOO) is able to modify some physicochemical and functional plasma membrane properties and nitrosative stress markers status. Methods In this single-center, randomized placebo-controlled trial, 60 postmenopausal women were administered either VitVOO or placebo (PlaVOO). After 1 y of oral supplementation, platelet membrane fluidity changes, Na+/K+-ATPase activity, serum nitric oxide, and peroxynitrite levels were determined in participants. Results After 1 y (time 1), women taking VitVOO showed lower nitric oxide levels than those taking PlaVOO; the same trend was found for peroxynitrite levels. As far as membrane fluidity was concerned, a significant decrease in anisotropy of diphenylhexatriene and trimethylammonium-diphenylhexatriene at time 1 in VitVOO participants compared with PlaVOO was found. Finally, Na+/K+-ATPase activity showed a significant increase after VitVOO supplementation. Conclusion The supplementation of VitVOO into the diet of postmenopausal women could represent a proper tool for platelet function and a useful strategy against nitrosative stress and related diseases, thus confirming the antioxidant role played by the added vitamins.
Published: 2017
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13. Conversion of individuals at risk for spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6 to manifest ataxia (RISCA): a longitudinal cohort study

Author: Thomas Klockgether, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Alexandra Durr, Holger Hengel, Alessandro Roca, Katrin Bürk-Gergs, Kathrin Reetz, Dagmar Timmann, Olaf Riess, Caterina Mariotti, Florian Harmuth, Sandro Romanzetti, Jörg B. Schulz, Marcella Masciullo, Carlo Casali, Lorenzo Nanetti, Alessandro Filla, Maria Rakowicz, Jun Suk Kang, Béla Melegh, Laszlo Baliko, Jon Infante, Grzegorz Makowicz, Ludger Schöls, Heike Jacobi, Marie Lorraine Monin, and Sophie Tezenas du Montcel
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, diagnostic imaging [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Medizin, Context (language use), genetics [Mutation], Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, medicine, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Humans, ddc:610, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, genetics [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Young adult, Prospective cohort study, Genetic testing, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Spinocerebellar ataxua, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Disease Progression, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study
Abstract: Summary Background Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are autosomal dominant neurodegenerative diseases. Our aim was to study the conversion to manifest ataxia among apparently healthy carriers of mutations associated with the most common SCAs (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, and SCA6), and the sensitivity of clinical and functional measures to detect change in these individuals. Methods In this prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study, based at 14 referral centres in seven European countries, we enrolled children or siblings of patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6. Eligible individuals were those without ataxia, defined by a score on the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) of less than 3; participants had to be aged 18–50 years for children or siblings of patients with SCA1, SCA2, or SCA3, and 35–70 years for children or siblings of patients with SCA6. Study visits took place at recruitment and after 2, 4, and 6 years (plus or minus 3 months). We did genetic testing to identify mutation carriers, with results concealed to the participant and clinical investigator. We assessed patients with clinical scales, questionnaires of patient-reported outcome measures, a rating of the examiner's confidence of presence of ataxia, and performance-based coordination tests. Conversion to ataxia was defined by an SARA score of 3 or higher. We analysed the association of factors at baseline with conversion to ataxia and the evolution of outcome parameters on temporal scales (time from inclusion and time to predicted age at ataxia onset) in the context of mutation status and conversion status. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT01037777 . Findings Between Sept 13, 2008, and Oct 28, 2015, 302 participants were enrolled. We analysed data for 252 participants with at least one follow-up visit. 83 (33%) participants were from families affected by SCA1, 99 (39%) by SCA2, 46 (18%) by SCA3, and 24 (10%) by SCA6. In participants who carried SCA mutations, 26 (52%) of 50 SCA1 carriers, 22 (59%) of 37 SCA2 carriers, 11 (42%) of 26 SCA3 carriers, and two (13%) of 15 SCA6 carriers converted to ataxia. One (3%) of 33 SCA1 non-carriers and one (2%) of 62 SCA2 non-carriers converted to ataxia. Owing to the small number of people who met our criteria for ataxia, subsequent analyses could not be done in carriers of the SCA6 mutation. Baseline factors associated with conversion were age (hazard ratio 1·13 [95% CI 1·03–1·24]; p=0·011), CAG repeat length (1·25 [1·11–1·41]; p=0·0002), and ataxia confidence rating (1·72 [1·23–2·41]; p=0·0015) for SCA1; age (1·08 [1·02–1·14]; p=0·0077) and CAG repeat length (1·65 [1·27–2·13]; p=0·0001) for SCA2; and age (1·27 [1·09–1·50]; p=0·0031), confidence rating (2·60 [1·23–5·47]; p=0·012), and double vision (14·83 [2·15–102·44]; p=0·0063) for SCA3. From the time of inclusion, the SARA scores of SCA1, SCA2, and SCA3 mutation carriers increased, whereas they remained stable in non-carriers. On a timescale defined by the predicted time of ataxia onset, SARA progression in SCA1, SCA2, and SCA3 mutation carriers was non-linear, with marginal progression before ataxia and increasing progression after ataxia onset. Interpretation Our study provides quantitative data on the conversion of non-ataxic SCA1, SCA2, and SCA3 mutation carriers to manifest ataxia. Our data could prove useful for the design of preventive trials aimed at delaying the onset of ataxia by aiding sample size calculations and stratification of study participants. Funding European Research Area Network for Research Programmes on Rare Diseases, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Italian Ministry of Health, European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.
Published: 2020
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14. Cortical network dysfunction revealed by magnetoencephalography in carriers of spinocerebellar ataxia 1 or 2 mutation

Author: Alessia Mongelli, Ferruccio Panzica, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Elisa Visani, Marina Grisoli, Laura Canafoglia, Lorenzo Nanetti, Silvana Franceschetti, Anna Castaldo, Caterina Mariotti, and Anna Nigri
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Heterozygote, Ataxia, Movement, Alpha (ethology), Audiology, medicine.disease_cause, Asymptomatic, 050105 experimental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Beta (finance), Ataxin-1, Ataxin-2, Cerebral Cortex, Mutation, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, 05 social sciences, Magnetoencephalography, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Brain Waves, Sensory Systems, Neurology, Asymptomatic Diseases, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Objective In patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 or 2 (SCA1 or SCA2) and in their asymptomatic gene-positive relatives (AsyRs) we investigated the event-related desynchronization and synchronisation (ERD/ERS) on magnetoencephalographic signals to assess the changes occurring before manifest ataxia, by comparing the results obtained in AsyRs and in their gene-negative healthy relatives (HRs). Methods Twenty-four patients (12 SCA1, 12 SCA2), 24 AsyRs (13 SCA1, 11 SCA2) and 17 HRs performed a visually cued Go/No-go task. We evaluated the ERD/ERS in regions of interest corresponding to the frontal, central and parietal cortices. Results In the SCA patients the main findings were a loss of side predominance for alpha and beta ERD and significantly weakened beta ERS. In AsyRs the main finding was a significantly enhanced alpha ERD, namely in those who were approaching the estimated time of symptom onset. Conclusions In ataxic patients, the loss of ERD lateralisation and the significantly reduction of beta ERS suggest defective bilateral processes that are involved in ending the movement. In AsyRs, enhanced alpha ERD proposes the presence of preclinical marker closely preceding symptom onset. Significance Movement-related ERD/ERS can detect the defective sensorimotor integration in ataxic patients, and reveals possible compensatory mechanisms in their AsyRs.
Published: 2019

15. From congenital microcephaly to adult onset cerebellar ataxia: Distinct and overlapping phenotypes in patients with PNKP gene mutations

Author: Chiara Pantaleoni, Ettore Salsano, Elisa Sarto, Daniela Di Bella, Marta Gatti, Caterina Mariotti, Stefania Magri, Lorenzo Nanetti, and Franco Taroni
Subjects: Adult, Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Microcephaly, Ataxia, Cerebellar Ataxia, Frameshift mutation, Diagnosis, Differential, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Oculomotor apraxia, Genetics (clinical), Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Cerebellar ataxia, business.industry, Age Factors, Infant, Electroencephalography, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), Peripheral neuropathy, DNA Repair Enzymes, Phenotype, Mutation, Cerebellar atrophy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Polyneuropathy, Biomarkers
Abstract: Pathogenic variants in polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase (PNKP) gene have been associated with two distinct clinical presentations: autosomal recessive microcephaly, seizures, and developmental delay (MCSZ; MIM 613402) and ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 4 (AOA4; MIM 616267). More than 40 patients have been reported so far, and their clinical presentations revealed a continuum phenotypic spectrum ranging from congenital microcephaly and early-onset intractable seizures, to adult onset slowly progressive sensory-motor neuropathy and cerebellar ataxia. We describe three unrelated Italian patients with different phenotypes and novel or recurrent pathogenic variants in PNKP gene. Patient 1, homozygous for the recurrent frameshift variant (p.Thr424Glyfs*49), had an early-onset MCSZ phenotype. Late in the disease progression, cerebellar ataxia and peripheral neuropathy were recognized. Patient 2, homozygous for a frameshift variant (p.Ala429Thrfs*42), presented a phenotype partially consistent with MCSZ including microcephaly and developmental delay, but without seizures. Patient 3 is one of the oldest patients described to date and presented polyneuropathy, and cerebellar signs. Biochemical tests showed abnormalities of cholesterol, albumin, or alpha-fetoprotein plasma levels. The clinical presentation of our patients encompassed early-to-adult-onset manifestations. For these cases, the long clinical follow-up allowed an in-depth phenotypic characterization and a better delineation of the natural history of patients carrying PNKP pathogenic variants.
Published: 2019

16. Long-term disease progression in spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6: a longitudinal cohort study

Author: Massimo Pandolfo, Sylvia Boesch, Laszlo Baliko, Thomas Klockgether, Sandra Szymanski, Ludger Schöls, Alessandro Filla, Anna Sulek, Arron Cook, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Heike Jacobi, Maria Rakowicz, Jun Suk Kang, Holger Hengel, Michael H Parkinson, Dagmar Timmann, Anna Sobanska, Jon Infante, Alexis Brice, Peter Bauer, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Antonella Antenora, Cecilia Marelli, Alexandra Durr, Paola Giunti, Robyn Labrum, Marta Panzeri, Béla Melegh, Alhassane Diallo, Perrine Charles, Caterina Mariotti, Sonia Molho, José Berciano, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Jacobi, Heike, du Montcel, Sophie Tezena, Bauer, Peter, Giunti, Paola, Cook, Arron, Labrum, Robyn, Parkinson, Michael H, Durr, Alexandra, Brice, Alexi, Charles, Perrine, Marelli, Cecilia, Mariotti, Caterina, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Panzeri, Marta, Rakowicz, Maria, Sulek, Anna, Sobanska, Anna, Schmitz Hübsch, Tanja, Schöls, Ludger, Hengel, Holger, Baliko, Laszlo, Melegh, Bela, Filla, Alessandro, Antenora, Antonella, Infante, Jon, Berciano, José, van de Warrenburg, Bart P, Timmann, Dagmar, Szymanski, Sandra, Boesch, Sylvia, Kang, Jun Suk, Pandolfo, Massimo, Schulz, Jörg B, Molho, Sonia, Diallo, Alhassane, and Klockgether, Thomas
Subjects: Male, Pediatrics, Medizin, physiopathology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Cohort Studies, genetics [Ataxin-1], ATXN2 protein, human, genetics [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Young adult, Ataxin-3, Ataxin-1, Ataxin-2, CACNA1A protein, human, medicine.diagnostic_test, Middle Aged, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], classification [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Natural history, genetics [Ataxin-2], genetics [Calcium Channels], Disease Progression, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, medicine.symptom, Cohort study, Adult, PubMed, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Referral, Young Adult, genetics [Ataxin-3], statistics & numerical data [PubMed], medicine, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Humans, ATXN1 protein, human, ddc:610, Genetic testing, business.industry, ATXN3 protein, human, medicine.disease, Repressor Proteins, genetics [Repressor Proteins], Sample size determination, Physical therapy, Calcium Channels, Neurology (clinical), business
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext BACKGROUND: Spinocerebellar ataxias are dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases. As potential treatments for these diseases are being developed, precise knowledge of their natural history is needed. We aimed to study the long-term disease progression of the most common spinocerebellar ataxias: SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, and SCA6. Furthermore, we aimed to establish the order and occurrence of non-ataxia symptoms, and identify predictors of disease progression. METHODS: In this longitudinal cohort study (EUROSCA), we enrolled men and women with positive genetic testing for SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6 and with progressive, otherwise unexplained ataxia who were aged 18 years or older from 17 ataxia referral centres in ten European countries. Patients were seen every year for 3 years, and at irregular intervals thereafter. The primary outcome was the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), and the inventory of non-ataxia signs (INAS). We used linear mixed models to analyse progression. To account for dropouts, we applied a pattern-mixture model. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02440763. FINDINGS: Between July 1, 2005, and Aug 31, 2006, 526 patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6 were enrolled. We analysed data for 462 patients with at least one follow-up visit. Median observation time was 49 months (IQR 35-72). SARA progression data were best fitted with a linear model in all genotypes. Annual SARA score increase was 2.11 (SE 0.12) in patients with SCA1, 1.49 (0.07) in patients with SCA2, 1.56 (0.08) in patients with SCA3, and 0.80 (0.09) in patients with SCA6. The increase of the number of non-ataxia signs reached a plateau in SCA1, SCA2, and SCA3. In patients with SCA6, the number of non-ataxia symptoms increased linearly, but more slowly than in patients with SCA1, SCA2, and SCA3 (p
Published: 2015
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17. Survival in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6 (EUROSCA): a longitudinal cohort study

Author: Maria Rakowicz, Jun Suk Kang, Alessandro Filla, Caterina Mariotti, Arron Cook, Sylvia Boesch, Alhassane Diallo, Ludger Schöls, Massimo Pandolfo, Antonella Antenora, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Perrine Charles, José Berciano, Anna Sulek, Thomas Klockgether, Anna Sobanska, Jon Infante, Béla Melegh, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Dagmar Timmann, Alexis Brice, Peter Bauer, Robyn Labrum, Paola Giunti, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Cecilia Marelli, Alexandra Durr, Heike Jacobi, Holger Hengel, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Marta Panzeri, Diallo, Alhassane, Jacobi, Heike, Cook, Arron, Labrum, Robyn, Durr, Alexandra, Brice, Alexi, Charles, Perrine, Marelli, Cecilia, Mariotti, Caterina, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Panzeri, Marta, Rakowicz, Maria, Sobanska, Anna, Sulek, Anna, Schmitz-Hübsch, Tanja, Schöls, Ludger, Hengel, Holger, Melegh, Bela, Filla, Alessandro, Antenora, Antonella, Infante, Jon, Berciano, José, van de Warrenburg, Bart P, Timmann, Dagmar, Boesch, Sylvia, Pandolfo, Massimo, Schulz, Jörg B, Bauer, Peter, Giunti, Paola, Kang, Jun-Suk, Klockgether, Thoma, and Tezenas du Montcel, Sophie
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Medizin, Cohort Studies, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Internal medicine, medicine, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Humans, media_common.cataloged_instance, ddc:610, Longitudinal Studies, Age of Onset, European union, education, Survival rate, Aged, media_common, education.field_of_study, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, Hazard ratio, mortality [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], Europe, Survival Rate, 030104 developmental biology, Disease Progression, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, Neurology (clinical), Age of onset, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Follow-Up Studies, Cohort study
Abstract: Summary Background Spinocerebellar ataxias are dominantly inherited progressive ataxia disorders that can lead to premature death. We aimed to study the overall survival of patients with the most common spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, and SCA6) and to identify the strongest contributing predictors that affect survival. Methods In this longitudinal cohort study (EUROSCA), we enrolled men and women, aged 18 years or older, from 17 ataxia referral centres in ten European countries; participants had positive genetic test results for SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6 and progressive, otherwise unexplained, ataxias. Survival was defined as the time from enrolment to death for any reason. We used the Cox regression model adjusted for age at baseline to analyse survival. We used prognostic factors with a p value less than 0·05 from a multivariate model to build nomograms and assessed their performance based on discrimination and calibration. The EUROSCA study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02440763. Findings Between July 1, 2005, and Aug 31, 2006, 525 patients with SCA1 (n=117), SCA2 (n=162), SCA3 (n=139), or SCA6 (n=107) were enrolled and followed up. The 10-year survival rate was 57% (95% CI 47–69) for SCA1, 74% (67–81) for SCA2, 73% (65–82) for SCA3, and 87% (80–94) for SCA6. Factors associated with shorter survival were: dysphagia (hazard ratio 4·52, 95% CI 1·83–11·15) and a higher value for the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score (1·26, 1·19–1·33) for patients with SCA1; older age at inclusion (1·04, 1·01–1·08), longer CAG repeat length (1·16, 1·03–1·31), and higher SARA score (1·15, 1·10–1·20) for patients with SCA2; older age at inclusion (1·44, 1·20–1·74), dystonia (2·65, 1·21–5·53), higher SARA score (1·26, 1·17–1·35), and negative interaction between CAG and age at inclusion (0·994, 0·991–0·997) for patients with SCA3; and higher SARA score (1·17, 1·08–1·27) for patients with SCA6. The nomogram-predicted probability of 10-year survival showed good discrimination ( c index 0·905 [SD 0·027] for SCA1, 0·822 [0·032] for SCA2, 0·891 [0·021] for SCA3, and 0·825 [0·054] for SCA6). Interpretation Our study provides quantitative data on the survival of patients with the most common spinocerebellar ataxias, based on a long follow-up period. These results have implications for the design of future interventional studies of spinocerebellar ataxias; for example, the prognostic survival nomogram could be useful for selection and stratification of patients. Our findings need validation in an external population before they can be used to counsel patients and their families. Funding European Union 6th Framework programme, German Ministry of Education and Research, Polish Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology, European Union 7th Framework programme, and Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale.
Published: 2018
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18. Reduced Cancer Incidence in Huntington's Disease: Analysis in the Registry Study

Author: Mcnulty, Paul, Pilcher, Richard, Ramesh, Raviram, Necuiniate, Renata, Hughes, Alis, Farewell, Daniel, Holmans, Peter, Jones, Lesley, Bonelli, Raphael M., Hecht, Karen, Herranhof, Brigitte, Holl, Anna, Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter, Koppitz, Michael, Lilek, Sabine, Magnet, Markus, Müller, Nicole, Otti, Daniela, Painold, Annamaria, Reisinger, Karin, Scheibl, Monika, Schöggl, Helmut, Ullah, Jasmin, Braunwarth, Eva-Maria, Brugger, Florian, Buratti, Lisa, Hametner, Eva-Maria, Hepperger, Caroline, Holas, Christiane, Hotter, Anna, Hussl, Anna, Larcher, Barbara, Mahlknecht, Philipp, Müller, Christoph, Pinter, Bernadette, Poewe, Werner, Reiter, Eva-Magdalena, Seppi, Klaus, Sprenger, Fabienne, Wenning, Gregor, Ladurner, Gunther, Lilek, Stefan, Sinadinosa, Daniela, Staffen, Wolfgang, Walleczek, Anna Maria, Constant, Eric, Gillardin, Anne-Françoise, Léonard, Marie-Claude, Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine, Van De Wyngaerde, Françoise, Dupuis, Michel, Minet, Cécile, Ribaï, Pascale, Van Paemel, Dominique, Boogaerts, Andrea, Vandenberghe, Wim, Van Reijen, Dimphna, Kaiserova, Michaela, Šenkárová, Zuzana, Klempíř, Jiří, Majerová, Veronika, Roth, Jan, Madsen, Louise Hasselstrøm, Møller, Anette Torvin, Hjermind, Lena, Jacobsen, Oda, Lindquist, Suzanne, Nielsen, Jørgen, Regeur, Lisbeth, Stockholm, Jette, Larsen, Ida Unmack, Vangsted-Hansen, Christina, Vinther-Jensen, Tua, Lolk, Annette, Lundsgaard, Marianne, Wermuth, Lene, Andersson, Christian, Nyberg, Clara, Sundblom, Jimmy, Peippo, Maarit, Sipponen, Marjett, Hartikainen, Paivi, Ollokainen, Mari, Åman, Jaana, Ignatius, Jaakko, Kärppä, Mikko, Mustonen, Aki, Kajula, Outi, Jääskalainen, Outi, Moilanen, Jukka, Santala, Maire, Eklund, Pia, Hiivola, Heli, Hyppönen, Hannele, Martikainen, Kirsti, Tuuha, Katri, Allain, Philippe, Bonneau, Dominique, Bost, Marie, Gohier, Bénédicte, Guérid, Marie-Anne, Olivier, Audrey, Prouzet, Julie, Prundean, Adriana, Scherer-Gagou, Clarisse, Verny, Christophe, Babiloni, Blandine, Debruxelles, Sabrina, Duché, Charlotte, Goizet, Cyril, Jameau, Laetitia, Lafoucrière, Danielle, Spampinato, Umberto, Couttier, Julien, Debilly, Bérengère, Delaigue, Christine, Durif, Franck, Legendre, Perrine, Loiseau, Sylvie, Ulla, Miguel, Vidal, Tiphaine, Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine, Badei, Farideh, Boissé, Marie-Françoise, Boudali, Lotfi, De Langavant, Laurent Cleret, Lemoine, Laurie, Morgado, Graca, Youssov, Katia, Annic, Agnès, Barthélémy, Recka, De Bruycker, Christelle, Cabaret, Maryline, Carette, Anne-Sophie, Carrière, Nicolas, Decorte, Eric, Defebvre, Luc, Delliaux, Marie, Delval, Arnaud, Depelchin, Alizé, Destee, Alain, Dewulf-Pasz, Nelly, Dondaine, Thibaut, Dugauquier, Florence, Dujardin, Kathy, Hopes, Lucie, Krystkowiak, Pierre, Lemaire, Marie-Hélène, Manouvrier, Sylvie, Mutez, Eugénie, Peter, Mireille, Plomhause, Lucie, Sablonnière, Bernard, Simonin, Clémence, Tard, Céline, Thibault-Tanchou, Stéphanie, Vuillaume, Isabelle, Bellonet, Marcellin, Benoit, Alexandra, Berrisoul, Hassan, Blin, Stéphanie, Courtin, Françoise, Duru, Cécile, Fasquel, Véronique, Flament, Mélanie, Godefroy, Olivier, Mantaux, Béatrice, Playe, Alicia, Roussel, Martine, Tir, Mélissa, Schüler, Béatrice, Wannepain, Sandrine, Azulay, Jean-Philippe, Chabot, Christelle, Delfini, Marie, Eusebio, Alexandre, Fluchere, Frédérique, Grosjean, Hélène, Mundler, Laura, Nowak, Marielle, Raseta, Rolland, Benaich, Sandra, Brice, Alexis, Charles, Perrine, Durr, Alexandra, Ewenczyk, Claire, Francisque, Hélène, Jauffret, Céline, Justo, Damian, Kassar, Abdulrahman, Klebe, Stephan, Lesne, Fabien, Milani, Paolo, Monin, Marie-Lorraine, Roze, Emmanuel, Tataru, Alina, Tchikviladzé, Maya, Bioux, Sandrine, Bliaux, Evangeline, Girard, Carole, Guyant-Maréchal, Lucie, Hannequin, Didier, Hannier, Véronique, Jourdain, Séverine, Maltête, David, Pouliquen, Dorothée, Lagha-Boukbiza, Ouhaid, Longato, Nadine, Marcel, Christophe, Phillipps, Clélie, Rudolf, Gabrielle, Steinmetz, Giséle, Tranchant, Christine, Wagner, Caroline, Zimmermann, 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Peiró, Solís, Pilar, Figuerola, Begoña Jeweinat, Palanca, Paloma Millan, Wahlström, Jan, Høsterey-Ugander, Ulrika, Fredlund, Gunnel, Constantinescu, Radu, Neleborn-Lingefjärd, Liselotte, Berglund, Maria, Berglund, Peter, Linnsand, Petra, Björnsson, Elisabeth, Paucar, Martin, Pålhagen, Sven, Svenningsson, Per, Wallden, Tina, Loutfi, Ghada, Olofsson, Carina, Stattin, Eva-Lena, Westman, Laila, Wikström, Birgitta, Ekwall, Camilla, Göller, Marie-Lousie, Burgunder, Jean-Marc, Stebler, Yanik, Kaelin, Alain, Romero, Irene, Schüpbach, Michael, Zaugg, Sabine Weber, Esposito, Federica, Good, Jean-Marc, Paus, Karin, Vingerhoets, Francoi, Wider, Christian, Jung, Hans H., Petersen, Jens A., Ligon-Auer, Maria, Mihaylova, Violeta, Downie, Lorna, Jack, Roisin, Matheson, Kirsty, Miedzybrodzka, Zosia, Rae, Daniela, Simpson, Sheila A, Summers, Fiona, Ure, Alexandra, Vaughan, Vivien, Harrower, Timothy, Vernon, Nathan, Akhtar, Shahbana, Crooks, Jenny, Curtis, Adrienne, De Souza Keylock, Jenny, Rickards, 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Katherine, Agarwal, Veena, Anderson, Mary, Gunner, Kerry, Harris, Kayla, Hayward, Elaine, Heywood, Melanie, Keys, Liane, MacKinnon, Lesley, Kipps, Christopher, Smalley, Sarah, Bethwaite, Pamela, Edwards, Rachel, Fuller, Kathleen, Gowers, Lesley, Phillips, Michelle, Powell, Kingsley, Biunno, Ida, Bronzova, Juliana, Giuliano, Joe, Handley, Olivia J., Illarioshkin, Sergey, Illmann, Torsten, Levey, Jamie, McLean, Tim, Koivisto, Susana Pro, Päivärinta, Markku, Uhrova, Tereza, Betz, Sabrina, Come, Adrien, Capodarca, Selene, Charpentier, Sébastien, Da Silva, Wildson Vieira, DI Renzo, Martina, Finisterra, Ana Maria, Genoves, Camille, Gilling, Mette, Hvalstedt, Carina, Koppers, Kerstin, Lamanna, Claudia, Laurá, Matilde, Münkel, Kristina, Mütze, Lisanne, Oehmen, Martin, Padieu, Helene, Paterski, Laurent, Rindal, Beate, Røren, Niini, Šašinková, Pavla, Seliverstov, Yury, Timewell, Erika, Witjes-Ané, Marie-Noelle, Yudina, Elizaveta, Zielonka, Eugeniusz, Mcnulty, Paul, Hannequin, Didier, Diercks, Gabriele, Dressler, Dirk, Difruscolo, Olimpia, Van Hout, Monique S. E., Van Vugt, Jeroen P. P., Van Den Bogaard, Simon J. A., Hart'T, Ellen P., Roos, Raymund A. C., Dias, Margarida, Diéguez, Esther, Mcfadyen, Paula, Mcgill, Marie, Mckenzie, Sue, Dipple, Heather, Mcentagart, Meriel, Mcdonnell, Sharon, Haig-Brown, Diane, Mackinnon, Lesley, and Mclean, Tim
Subjects: Adult, Male, Adolescent, Huntington's disease, cancer, neurodegeneration, trinucleotide repeat, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Young Adult, Neoplasms, Trinucleotide repeat, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Prospective Studies, Registries, Age of Onset, Neurodegeneration, Child, Aged, Cancer, Aged, 80 and over, Huntingtin Protein, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Middle Aged, Europe, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Huntington Disease, Huntington’s disease, Child, Preschool, Female, Neurology (clinical), Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Abstract: Background: People with Huntington's disease (HD) have been observed to have lower rates of cancers. Objective: To investigate the relationship between age of onset of HD, CAG repeat length, and cancer diagnosis. Methods: Data were obtained from the European Huntington's disease network REGISTRY study for 6540 subjects. Population cancer incidence was ascertained from the GLOBOCAN database to obtain standardised incidence ratios of cancers in the REGISTRY subjects. Results: 173/6528 HD REGISTRY subjects had had a cancer diagnosis. The age-standardised incidence rate of all cancers in the REGISTRY HD population was 0.26 (CI 0.22-0.30). Individual cancers showed a lower age-standardised incidence rate compared with the control population with prostate and colorectal cancers showing the lowest rates. There was no effect of CAG length on the likelihood of cancer, but a cancer diagnosis within the last year was associated with a greatly increased rate of HD onset (Hazard Ratio 18.94, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Cancer is less common than expected in the HD population, confirming previous reports. However, this does not appear to be related to CAG length in HTT. A recent diagnosis of cancer increases the risk of HD onset at any age, likely due to increased investigation following a cancer diagnosis.
Published: 2018
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19. Long-term evolution of patient-reported outcome measures in spinocerebellar ataxias

Author: Paola Giunti, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Alessandro Filla, Anna Sulek, Massimo Pandolfo, Caterina Mariotti, Alhassane Diallo, Sylvia Boesch, Dagmar Timmann, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Lidia Sarro, Peter Bauer, Perrine Charles, Maria Rakowicz, Jun Suk Kang, Robyn Labrum, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Cecila Marelli, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Holger Hengel, Alexis Brice, Laszlo Baliko, Thomas Klockgether, Ludger Schöls, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Michael H Parkinson, Sandra Szymanski, Béla Melegh, Arron Cook, Heike Jacobi, Jon Infante, Antonella Antenora, Anna Sobanska, Audrey Tanguy Melac, Alexandra Durr, José Berciano, Jacobi, Heike, du Montcel, Sophie Tezena, Bauer, Peter, Giunti, Paola, Cook, Arron, Labrum, Robyn, Parkinson, Michael H., Durr, Alexandra, Brice, Alexi, Charles, Perrine, Marelli, Cecilia, Mariotti, Caterina, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Sarro, Lidia, Rakowicz, Maria, Sulek, Anna, Sobanska, Anna, Schmitz-Hübsch, Tanja, Schöls, Ludger, Hengel, Holger, Baliko, Laszlo, Melegh, Bela, Filla, Alessandro, Antenora, Antonella, Infante, Jon, Berciano, José, van de Warrenburg, Bart P., Timmann, Dagmar, Szymanski, Sandra, Boesch, Sylvia, Nachbauer, Wolfgang, Kang, Jun-Suk, Pandolfo, Massimo, Schulz, Jörg B., Melac, Audrey Tanguy, Diallo, Alhassane, and Klockgether, Thomas
Subjects: Male, Quality of life, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Visual analogue scale, ADL, physiopathology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Medizin, Severity of Illness Index, 03 medical and health sciences, psychology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], 0302 clinical medicine, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Rating scale, Severity of illness, Activities of Daily Living, Medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, 030212 general & internal medicine, ddc:610, Longitudinal Studies, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Trinucleotide repeat disease, therapy [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Aged, business.industry, Depression, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], Patient Health Questionnaire, Natural history studie, Neurology, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Quality of Life, Disease Progression, Patient-reported outcome, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: To study the long-term evolution of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the most common spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs), we analyzed 8 years follow-up data of the EUROSCA Natural History Study, a cohort study of 526 patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3 and SCA6. To assess the functional capacity in daily living, we used the functional assessment (part IV) of the Unified Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS-IV), for health-related quality of life the visual analogue scale of the EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D VAS), and for depressive symptoms the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Severity of ataxia was assessed using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and neurological symptoms other than ataxia with the Inventory of Non-Ataxia Signs (INAS). UHDRS-IV [SCA1: − 1.35 (0.12); SCA2: − 1.15 (0.11); SCA3: − 1.16 (0.11); SCA6: − 0.99 (0.12)] and EQ-5D [SCA1: − 2.88 (0.72); SCA2: − 1.97 (0.49); SCA3: − 2.06 (0.55); SCA6: − 1.03 (0.57)] decreased linearly, whereas PHQ-9 increased [SCA1: 0.15 (0.04); SCA2: 0.09 (0.03); SCA3: 0.06 (0.04); SCA6: 0.07 (0.04)] during the observational period. Standard response means (SRMs) of UHDRS-IV (0.473–0.707) and EQ-5D VAS (0.053–0.184) were lower than that of SARA (0.404–0.979). In SCA1, higher SARA scores [− 0.0288 (0.01), p = 0.0251], longer repeat expansions [− 0.0622 (0.02), p = 0.0002] and the presence of cognitive impairment at baseline [− 0.5381 (0.25), p = 0.0365] were associated with faster UHDRS-IV decline. In SCA3, higher INAS counts were associated with a faster UHDRS-IV decline [− 0.05 (0.02), p = 0.0212]. In SCA1, PHQ-9 progression was faster in patients with cognitive impairment [0.14 (0.07); p = 0.0396]. In the common SCAs, PROMs give complementary information to the information provided by neurological scales. This underlines the importance of PROMs as additional outcome measures in future interventional trials.
Published: 2018
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20. Prediction of Survival With Long-Term Disease Progression in Most Common Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Author: Rafał Rola, Antonella Antenora, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Massimo Pandolfo, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Anna Castaldo, Alexis Brice, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, José Berciano, Arron Cook, Paola Giunti, Caterina Mariotti, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Heike Jacobi, Kang Jun-Suk, Jon Infante, Holger Hengel, Alexandra Durr, Laszlo Baliko, Thomas Klockgether, Ludger Schöls, Michael H Parkinson, Alessandro Filla, Béla Melegh, Maria Rakowicz, Alhassane Diallo, Perrine Charles, Sylvia Boesch, Anna Sulek, Dagmar Timmann, Peter Bauer, Cecila Marelli, Robyn Labrum, and Marta Panzeri
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Pediatrics, longitudinal data, physiopathology [Cognitive Dysfunction], Time Factors, physiopathology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Medizin, mortality [Machado-Joseph Disease], etiology [Cognitive Dysfunction], Cohort Studies, physiopathology [Machado-Joseph Disease], 0302 clinical medicine, physiopathology [Dystonia], spinocerebellar ataxia, EUROSCA study, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, etiology [Dystonia], Machado-Joseph Disease, Middle Aged, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], Survival Rate, Dystonia, Neurology, complications [Machado-Joseph Disease], Spinocerebellar ataxia, Disease Progression, Female, medicine.symptom, etiology [Deglutition Disorders], Change over time, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Ataxia, physiopathology [Deglutition Disorders], 03 medical and health sciences, Neurologie, medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Cognitive Dysfunction, ddc:610, EPOCE, Aged, complications [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], business.industry, Disease progression, mortality [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], dynamic predictions, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, nervous system diseases, 030104 developmental biology, nervous system, Neurology (clinical), business, Deglutition Disorders, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background: Spinocerebellar ataxias are rare dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases that lead to severe disability and premature death. Objective: To quantify the impact of disease progression measured by the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia on survival, and to identify different profiles of disease progression and survival. Methods: Four hundred sixty-two spinocerebellar ataxia patients from the EUROSCA prospective cohort study, suffering from spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, and who had at least two measurements of Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score, were analyzed. Outcomes were change over time in Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score and time to death. Joint model was used to analyze disease progression and survival. Results: Disease progression was the strongest predictor for death in all genotypes: An increase of 1 standard deviation in total Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score increased the risk of death by 1.28 times (95% confidence interval: 1.18–1.38) for patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1; 1.19 times (1.12–1.26) for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2; 1.30 times (1.19–1.42) for spinocerebellar ataxia type 3; and 1.26 times (1.11–1.43) for spinocerebellar ataxia type 6. Three subgroups of disease progression and survival were identified for patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1: “severe” (n = 13; 12%), “intermediate” (n = 31; 29%), and “moderate” (n = 62; 58%). Patients in the severe group were more severely affected at baseline with higher Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia scores and frequency of nonataxia signs compared to those in the other groups. Conclusion: Rapid ataxia progression is associated with poor survival of the most common spinocerebellar ataxia. Theses current results have implications for the design of future interventional studies of spinocerebellar ataxia. © 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Published: 2019
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21. ANO10 mutational screening in recessive ataxia: genetic findings and refinement of the clinical phenotype

Author: Daniela Di Bella, Stefania Magri, Anna Castaldo, Silvana Franceschetti, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Lorenzo Nanetti, Franco Taroni, Laura Canafoglia, Elisa Sarto, Alessia Mongelli, Marina Grisoli, Chiara Malaguti, Francesca Rivieri, Maria Chiara D’Amico, and Caterina Mariotti
Subjects: Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Neurology, Anoctamins, Genes, Recessive, 03 medical and health sciences, Epilepsy, Executive Function, 0302 clinical medicine, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Cognitive Dysfunction, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cognitive decline, Cerebellar ataxia, business.industry, Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Mutation, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Disease Progression, Cerebellar atrophy, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type 3 (ARCA3) is a rare inherited disorder caused by mutations in the ANO10 gene. The disease is characterized by slowly progressive spastic ataxia variably associated with motor neuron involvement, epilepsy, and cognitive decline. We performed mutational screening in 80 patients with sporadic or autosomal recessive adult-onset ataxia. We identified 11 ANO10 gene variants in 10 patients from 8 families (10%): 4 mutations were previously described and 7 were novel. Age at onset ranged between 27 and 53 years. All patients presented ataxia, pyramidal signs and cerebellar atrophy at brain MRI. Additional signs were bradykinesia (7/10), mild vertical gaze paresis (5/10), pes cavus (4/10), and sphincteric disturbances (3/10). Six patients, with normal MMSE score, failed several neuropsychological tests rating executive functions. Three patients had giant somatosensory evoked potentials and epileptic spikes in EEG without clinical evidence of seizures. Our observational study indicates a high frequency of ARCA3 disease in sporadic patients with adult-onset cerebellar ataxia. We extended the ANO10 mutational spectrum with the identification of novel gene variants, and further defined the clinical, cognitive, and neurophysiological features in a new cohort of patients. These findings may contribute to the refinement of the complex ARCA3 phenotype and be valuable in clinical management and natural history studies.
Published: 2018

22. Central Somatosensory Networks Respond to a De Novo Innervated Penis: A Proof of Concept in Three Spina Bifida Patients

Author: Max L.E. Overgoor, Luca Nanetti, Rudie Kortekaas, Janniko R. Georgiadis, Bauke M. de Jong, Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), and Movement Disorder (MD)
Subjects: Spina Bifida, STIMULATION, Male, Cingulate cortex, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Stimulation, Somatosensory system, Endocrinology, Cortex (anatomy), BRAIN ACTIVATION, Spinal Dysraphism, Cerebral Cortex, Primary Somatosensory Cortex, fMRI, PAIN, Anatomy, AROUSAL, Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental health, medicine.anatomical_structure, LINKING, Sensory Thresholds, Female, Psychology, Adult, Peripheral Innervation, CORTEX, Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male, Urology, GRANGER CAUSALITY, Gyrus Cinguli, Functional Connectivity, SEXUAL FUNCTION, Sensation, Body Image, medicine, Humans, fMRI, Surgery, Aged, Spina bifida, DISTINCT COMPONENTS, Glans penis, Recovery of Function, medicine.disease, Reproductive Medicine, Touch, Quality of Life, Surgery, Neuroscience, Penis
Abstract: Introduction Spina bifida (SB) causes low spinal lesions, and patients often have absent genital sensation and a highly impaired sex life. TOMAX (TO MAX-imize sensation, sexuality and quality of life) is a surgical procedure whereby the penis is newly innervated using a sensory nerve originally targeting the inguinal area. Most TOMAX-treated SB patients initially experience penile stimulation as inguinal sensation, but eventually, the perception shifts to penis sensation with erotic feelings. The brain mechanisms mediating this perceptual shift, which are completely unknown, could hold relevance for understanding the brain's role in sexual development. Aim The aim of this study was to study how a newly perceived penis would be mapped onto the brain after a lifelong disconnection. Methods Three TOMAX-treated SB patients participated in a functional magnetic resonance imagery experiment while glans penis, inguinal area, and index finger were stimulated with a paint brush. Main Outcome Measure Brush stimulation-induced activation of the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) and functional connectivity between SI and remote cerebral regions. Results Stimulation of the re-innervated side of the glans penis and the intact contralateral inguinal area activated a very similar location on SI. Yet, connectivity analysis identified distinct SI functional networks. In all three subjects, the middle cingulate cortex (MCC) and the parietal operculum-insular cortex (OIC) were functionally connected to SI activity during glans penis stimulation, but not to SI activity induced by inguinal stimulation. Conclusions Investigating central somatosensory network activity to a de novo innervated penis in SB patients is feasible and informative. The consistent involvement of MCC and OIC above and beyond the brain network expected on the basis of inguinal stimulation suggests that these areas mediate the novel penis sensation in these patients. The potential role of MCC and OIC in this process is discussed, along with recommendations for further research.
Published: 2015
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23. Higher Levels of Oxidized Low Density Lipoproteins in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: Roles for Platelet Activating Factor Acetyl Hydrolase and Paraoxonase-1

Author: Gianna Ferretti, Alessia Giulietti, Laura Nanetti, Leandro Provinciali, Simona Luzzi, Laura Mazzanti, Tiziana Bacchetti, and Arianna Vignini
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Statistics as Topic, medicine.disease_cause, Apolipoproteins E, Arylesterase, chemistry.chemical_compound, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, biology, Platelet-activating factor, Aryldialkylphosphatase, business.industry, General Neuroscience, Paraoxonase, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, PON1, Lipoproteins, LDL, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Endocrinology, chemistry, 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase, Immunology, biology.protein, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Geriatrics and Gerontology, Alzheimer's disease, Mental Status Schedule, business, Oxidative stress
Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with oxidative damage of low density lipoproteins (ox-LDL). In order to investigate whether higher levels of ox-LDL are related to alterations of the activity of enzymes involved in lipid metabolism, we studied the activity of paraoxonase-1 (PON1) and platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) in AD patients and the relationship between biochemical markers and severity of the disease. Levels of ox-LDL, PON1 (paraoxonase, arylesterase, and lactonase activities), and PAF-AH activity were evaluated in plasma from 49 patients affected by AD and from 34 control subjects matched for gender and age. Our results demonstrated alterations in the activities of PON1 and PAF-AH in AD patients compared to controls and showed, for the first time, a relationship between the activities of these enzymes, ox-LDL levels, and severity of the disease. A significant negative correlation was observed between the ratio PON1/PAF-AH and ox-LDL. Whatever the causes that contribute to a systemic oxidative stress in AD, our results have shown that AD patients exhibit higher PAF-AH activity than control subjects and higher ox-LDL. This phenomenon, in combination with diminished PON1 in these patients and, consequently, the relatively lower ratio PON1/PAF-AH activity, could contribute to inflammation and oxidative stress of plasma lipoproteins.
Published: 2015
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24. Cognitive decline in Huntington's disease expansion gene carriers

Author: Baake, Verena, Reijntjes, Robert H. A. M., Dumas, Eve M., Thompson, Jennifer C., Roos, Raymund A. C., Bentivoglio, Anna-Rita, Biunno, Ida, Bronzova, Juliana, Dunnett, Stephen B., Frich, Jan, Giuliano, Joe, Illarioshkin, Sergey, Illmann, Torsten, Klempír, Jirí, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Levey, Jamie, McLean, Tim, Nielsen, Jørgen E., Päivärinta, Markku, Pålhagen, Sven, Ramos-Arroyo, Maria, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Vandenberghe, Wim, Uhrova, Tereza, Bernard, Tomáš, Betz, Sabrina, Come, Adrien, Capodarca, Selene, Wildson, Sébastien Charpentier, Da Silva, Vieira, Di Renzo, Martina, Finisterra, Ana Maria, Fullam, Ruth, Genoves, Camille, Gilling, Mette, Handley, Olivia J., Hvalstedt, Carina, Koppers, Kerstin, Lamanna, Claudia, Laurà, Matilde, Descals, Asunción Martínez, Münkel, Kristina, Mütze, Lisanne, Oehmen, Martin, Padieu, Helene, Paterski, Laurent, Koivisto, Susana Pro, Rindal, Beate, Røren, Niini, Salgueiro, Ana, Šašinková, Pavla, Timewell, Erika, Van Walsem, Marleen R, Witjes-Ané, Marie-Noelle, Zielonka, Eugeniusz, Bonelli, Raphael M., Hecht, Karen, Herranhof, Brigitte, Holl, Anna, Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter, Koppitz, Michael, Lilek, Sabine, Magnet, Markus, Müller, Nicole, Otti, Daniela, Painold, Annamaria, Reisinger, Karin, Scheibl, Monika, Schöggl, Helmut, Ullah, Jasmin, Braunwarth, Eva-Maria, Brugger, Florian, Buratti, Lisa, Hametner, Eva-Maria, Hepperger, Caroline, Holas, Christiane, Hotter, Anna, Hussl, Anna, Larcher, Barbara, Mahlknecht, Philipp, Müller, Christoph, Pinter, Bernadette, Poewe, Werner, Reiter, Eva-Magdalena, Seppi, Klaus, Sprenger, Fabienne, Wenning, Gregor, Ladurner, Gunther, Lilek, Stefan, Sinadinosa, Daniela, Staffen, Wolfgang, Walleczek, Anna Maria, Dupuis, Michel, Minet, Cécile, Ribaï, Pascale, Van Paemel, Dominique, Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine, Majerová, Veronika, Roth, Jan, Hartikainen, Paivi, Ollokainen, Mari, Santala, Maire, Eklund, Pia, Hiivola, Heli, Hyppönen, Hannele, Martikainen, Kirsti, Tuuha, Katri, Allain, Philippe, Bonneau, Dominique, Bost, Marie, Gohier, Bénédicte, Guérid, Marie-Anne, Olivier, Audrey, Prouzet, Julie, Prundean, Adriana, Scherer-Gagou, Clarisse, Verny, Christophe, Babiloni, Blandine, Debruxelles, Sabrina, Duché, Charlotte, Goizet, Cyril, Jameau, Laetitia, Lafoucrière, Danielle, Spampinato, Umberto, Couttier, Julien, Debilly, Bérengère, Delaigue, Christine, Durif, Franck, Legendre, Perrine, Loiseau, Sylvie, Ulla, Miguel, Vidal, Tiphaine, Bachoud-Lévi, Anne-Catherine, Badei, Farideh, Boissé, Marie-Françoise, Boudali, Lotfi, De Langavant, Laurent Cleret, Lemoine, Laurie, Morgado, Graca, Youssov, Katia, Annic, Agnès, Barthélémy, Recka, Bruycker, Christelle De, Cabaret, Maryline, Carette, Anne-Sophie, Carrière, Nicolas, Decorte, Eric, Defebvre, Luc, Delliaux, Marie, Delval, Arnaud, Depelchin, Alizé, Destee, Alain, Dewulf-Pasz, Nelly, Dondaine, Thibaut, Dugauquier, Florence, Dujardin, Kathy, Hopes, Lucie, Krystkowiak, Pierre, Lemaire, Marie-Helene, Manouvrier, Sylvie, Mutez, Eugénie, Peter, Mireille, Plomhause, Lucie, Sablonnière, Bernard, Simonin, Clémence, Tard, Céline, Thibault-Tanchou, Stéphanie, Vuillaume, Isabelle, Bellonet, Marcellin, Benoit, Alexandra, Berrisoul, Hassan, Blin, Stéphanie, Courtin, Françoise, Duru, Cécile, Fasquel, Véronique, Flament, Mélanie, Godefroy, Olivier, Mantaux, Béatrice, Playe, Alicia, Roussel, Martine, Tir, Mélissa, Schüler, Béatrice, Wannepain, Sandrine, Azulay, Jean-Philippe, Chabot, Christelle, Delfini, Marie, Eusebio, Alexandre, Fluchere, Frédérique, Garreau, Christine, Grosjean, Hélène, Guenam, Aicha, Mundler, Laura, Nowak, Marielle, Raseta, Rolland, Benaich, Sandra, Brice, Alexis, Boster, Sarah, Charles, Perrine, Durr, Alexandra, Ewenczyk, Claire, Francisque, Hélène, Jauffret, Céline, Justo, Damian, Kassar, Abdulrahman, Klebe, Stephan, Lesne, Fabien, Milani, Paolo, Monin, Marie-Lorraine, Roze, Emmanuel, Tataru, Alina, Tchikviladzé, Maya, Bioux, Sandrine, Bliaux, Evangeline, Girard, Carole, Guyant-Maréchal, Lucie, Hannequin, Didier, Hannier, Véronique, Jourdain, Séverine, Maltête, David, Pouliquen, Dorothée, Anheim, Mathieu, Barun, Nadia, Lagha-Boukbiza, Ouhaid, Longato, Nadine, Marcel, Christophe, Phillipps, Clélie, Rudolf, Gabrielle, Steinmetz, Gisèle, Tranchant, Christine, Wagner, Caroline, Zimmermann, Marie-Agathe, Blondeau, Leily, Calvas, Fabienne, Cheriet, Samia, Delabaere, Helène, Demonet, Jean-François, Pariente, Jérémie, Pierre, Michèle, Rolland, Sandrine, Kosinski, Christoph Michael, Milkereit, Eva, Probst, Daniela, Reetz, Kathrin, Sass, Christian, Schiefer, Johannes, Schlangen, Christiane, Werner, Cornelius J., Beuth, Markus, Gelderblom, Harald, Priller, Josef, Prüß, Harald, Spruth, Eike, Thiel, Silvia, Andrich, Jürgen, Ellrichmann, Gisa, Herrmann, Lennard, Hoffmann, Rainer, Kaminski, Barbara, Kraus, Peter, Saft, Carsten, Stamm, Christiane, Lange, Herwig, Maiwald, Robert, Bosredon, Cecile, Hunger, Ulrike, Löhle, Matthias, Maass, Antonia, Ossig, Christiana, Schmidt, Simone, Storch, Alexander, Wolz, Annett, Wolz, Martin, Kohl, Zacharias, Kozay, Christina, Winkler, Jürgen, Bergmann, Ulrike, Böringer, Regina, Capetian, Philipp, Kammel, Gerit, Lambeck, Johann, Mächtel, Miriam, Meier, Simone, Rijntjes, Michel, Zucker, Birgit, Boelmans, Kai, Ganos, Christos, Goerendt, Ines, Heinicke, Walburgis, Hidding, Ute, Lewerenz, Jan, Münchau, Alexander, Orth, Michael, Schmalfeld, Jenny, Stubbe, Lars, Zittel, Simone, Diercks, Gabriele, Dressler, Dirk, Francis, Flverly, Gayde-Stephan, Sabine, Gorzolla, Heike, Kramer, Bianca, Minschke, Rebecca, Schrader, Christoph, Tacik, Pawel, Ribbat, Michael, Longinus, Bernhard, Möller, Carsten, Bürk, Katrin, Lüsebrink, Antje, Mühlau, Mark, Peinemann, Alexander, Städtler, Michael, Weindl, Adolf, Winkelmann, Juliane, Ziegler, Cornelia, Bechtel, Natalie, Beckmann, Heike, Bohlen, Stefan, Göpfert, Nicole, Hölzner, Eva, Reilmann, Ralf, Rohm, Stefanie, Rumpf, Silke, Schepers, Sigrun, Weber, Nathalia, Bachmeier, Michael, Dose, Matthias, Hofstetter, Nina, Marquard, Ralf, Mühlbäck, Alzbeta, Barth, Katrin, Buck, Andrea, Connemann, Julia, Ecker, Daniel, Geitner, Carolin, Held, Christine, Kesse, Andrea, Landwehrmeyer, Bernhard, Lezius, Franziska, Nepper, Solveig, Niess, Anke, Schneider, Ariane, Schwenk, Daniela, Süssmuth, Sigurd, Trautmann, Sonja, Vogel, Melanie, Weydt, Patrick, Cormio, Claudia, Difruscolo, Olimpia, Franco, Giovanni, Sciruicchio, Vittorio, Serpino, Claudia, De Tommaso, Marina, Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna, Capellari, Sabina, Cortelli, Pietro, Gallassi, Roberto, Poda, Roberto, Scaglione, Cesa, Bertini, Elisabetta, Bartoli, Caterina, Fortunato, Fernanda, Ghelli, Elena, Ginestroni, Andrea, Mechi, Claudia, Paganini, Marco, Piacentini, Silvia, Pradella, Silvia, Romoli, Anna Maria, Sorbi, Sandro, Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Di Poggio, Monica Bandettini, Ferrandes, Giovanna, Mandich, Paola, Marchese, Roberta, Di Maria, Emilio, Albanese, Alberto, Castagliuolo, Simona, Castaldo, Anna, Di Donato, Stefano, Di Bella, Daniela, Gellera, Cinzia, Genitrini, Silvia, Mariotti, Caterina, Monza, Daniela, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Panzeri, Marta, Paridi, Dominga, Soliveri, Paola, Spagnolo, Francesca, Taroni, Franco, Tomasello, Chiara, De Michele, Giuseppe, Di Maio, Luigi, Rinaldi, Carlo, Massarelli, Marco, Peluso, Silvio, Roca, Alessandro, Russo, Cinzia Valeria, Salvatore, Elena, Sorrentino, Pierpaolo, Tucci, Tecla, Cannella, Milena, Codella, Valentina, De Gregorio, Francesca, De Nicola, Annunziata, Elifani, Francesca, Esposito, Chiara, Martino, Tiziana, Mazzante, Irene, Petrollini, Martina, Simonelli, Maria, Vezza, Maurizio, Squitieri, Ferdinando, D'Alessio, Barbara, Lovo, Francesca, Bentivoglio, Anna Rita, Bove, Francesco, Catalli, Claudio, Di Giacopo, Raffaella, Fasano, Alfonso, Guidubaldi, Arianna, Ialongo, Tamara, Loria, Giovanna, Modoni, Anna, Petracca, Martina, Piano, Carla, Chiara, Piccininni, Quaranta, Davide, Soleti, Francesco, Solito, Marcella, Spadaro, Maria, Torlizzi, Flavia, Coarelli, Giulia, Ferraldeschi, Michela, Frontali, Marina, Jacopini, Gioia, Ristori, Giovanni, Romano, Silvia, Zinzi, Paola, Van Hout, Monique S. E., Van Vugt, Jeroen P. P., De Weert, A. Marit, Verhoeven, Marloes, Dekker, Meike, Leenders, Nico, Van Oostrom, Joost, Klooster, Jesper, Kremer, Berry, Van Den Bogaard, Simon J. A., Bos, Reineke, T Hart, Ellen P., Kampstra, Anne, Schoonderbeek, Anne, Duits, Annelien, Oosterloo, Mayke, Waber, Mirella, Blinkenberg, Ellen Økland, Hauge, Erik, Tyvoll, Hilde, Aaserud, Olaf, Aanonsen, Nils Olaf, Bjørgo, Kathrine, Borgeød, Nancy, Dramstad, Elisabeth, Fannemel, Madeleine, Frich, Jan C., Gørvell, Per F., Haggag, Kathrine, Johannessen, Cecilie Haggag, Heiberg, Arvid, Retterstøl, Lars, Røsby, Oddveig, Rummel, Jutta, Sikiric, Alma, Stokke, Bodil, Van Walsem, Marleen, Wehus, Ragnhild, Bjørnevoll, Inga, Sando, Sigrid Botne, Haug, Marte Gjøl, Størseth, Hanna Haugan, Arntsen, Vibeke, Dziadkiewicz, Artur, Konkel, Agnieszka, Narozańska, Ewa, Nowak, Malgorzata, Robowski, Piotr, Sitek, Emilia, Slawek, Jaroslaw, Soltan, Witold, Szinwelski, Michal, Arkuszewski, Michał, Błaszczyk, Magdalena, Boczarska-Jedynak, Magdalena, Ciach-Wysocka, Ewelina, Gorzkowska, Agnieszka, Jasińska-Myga, Barbara, Kaczmarczyk, Aleksandra, Duda, Gabriela Kłodowska E., Opala, Grzegorz, Rudzińska, Monika, Stompel, Daniel, Banaszkiewicz, Krzysztof, Boćwińska, Dorota, Bojakowska-Jaremek, Kamila, Dec, Małgorzata, Grabska, Natalia, Krawczyk, Malgorzata, Kubowicz, Ewelina, Malec-Litwinowicz, Michalina, Stenwak, Agata, Szczudlik, Andrzej, Szczygieł, Elzbieta, Wójcik, Magdalena, Wasielewska, Anna, Bryl, Jacek Anioła Anna, Ciesielska, Anna, Klimberg, Aneta, Marcinkowski, Jerzy, Samara, Husam, Sempołowicz, Justyna, Wiśniewski, Bartłomiej, Zielonka, Daniel, Gogol, Anna, Janik, Piotr, Jamrozik, Zygmunt, Kaminska, Anna, Kwiecinski, Hubert, Szejko, Natalia, Antczak, Jakub, Jachinska, Katarzyna, Krysa, Wioletta, Rakowicz, Maryla, Richter, Przemyslaw, Rola, Rafal, Ryglewicz, Danuta, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Halina, Stȩpniak, Iwona, Sułek, Anna, Witkowski, Grzegorz, Zaremba, Jacek, Zdzienicka, Elzbieta, Ziora-Jakutowicz, Karolina, Januário, Cristina, Júlio, Filipa, Guedes, Leonor Correia, Coelho, Miguel, Ferreira, Joaquim J., Mestre, Tiago, Mendes, Tiago, Valadas, Anabela, Cação, Gonçalo, Cavaco, Sara, Damásio, Joana, Fernandes, Joana, Loureiro, Rui, Moreira, Inês, Magalhães, Marina, Andrade, Carlos, Costa, Andreia, Garrett, Carolina, Gago, Miguel, Guimarães, Joana, Massano, João, Meireles, Joana, Monteiro, Ana, Herrera, Carmen Duran, Moreno, Patrocinio Garcia, Bas, Jordi, Busquets, Núria, Calopa, Matilde, Classen, Serge Jaumà, Dedichá, Nadia Rodríguez, Buongiorno, María Teresa, De La Cerda Santa María, Andrés, Muñoz, Esteban, Santacruz, Pilar, Barbera, Miquel Aguilar, Sebastián, Ana Rojo, Pardo, Sonia Arribas, Guia, Dolors Badenes, Calzado, Noemi, Hernanz, Laura Casas, Díaz-Zorita, Juan Pablo Tartari, Catena, Judit López, Ferrer, Pilar Quiléz, Carruesco, Gemma Tome, Robert, Misericordia Floriach, Viladrich, Cèlia Mareca, Roca, Elvira, Idiago, Jesús Miguel Ruiz, Riballo, Antonio Villa, Campolongo, Antonia, De Bobadilla, Ramon Fernandez, Bojarsky, Jaime Kulisevsky, Martinez-Horta, Saul, Pagonabarraga, Javier, Perez, Jesus Perez, Ribosa, Roser, Villa, Carolina, Cubo, Esther, Polo, Cecilia Gil, Mariscal, Natividad, Romero, Sandra Gutierrez, Arbelo, José Matías, De Molina, Rocío Malo, Martín, Idaira, Periañez, Juan Manuel, Udaeta, Beatriz, Alonso-Frech, Fernando, Del ValleLoarte, María, Barrero, Francisco, Morales, Blas, Frades, Belén, Villanueva, Marina Ávila, Sevilla, Maria Ascension Zea, Frech, Fernando Alonso, Del Mar Fenollar, María, García, Rocío García-Ramos, Villanueva, Clara, Bascuñana, Mónica, Ventura, Marta Fatás, Caldentey, Juan García, Ribas, Guillermo García, DeYebenes, Justo García, Moreno, José Luis Lópeze-Sendón, Barral, Verónica Mañanes, Cubillo, Patricia Trigo, Feliz, Cici Feliz, Ruíz, Pedro José García, García, Ana, López, Rosa Guerrero, Bárcenas, Antonio Herranz, Martínez-Descals, Asunción, Martin, Veronica Puertas, Martínez, Noelia Rodríguez, Artiga, María José Sainz, Sánchez, Vicenta, Pueyo, Angel Martínez, Del Val Fernandez, Javier, Alarcón, Moreau María Dolores, Almagro, Carmen Antúnez, Dieguez, Esther, Fortuna, Lorenza, Manzanares, 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Juan Marín, Torres, María Martirio Antequera, Perea, Fuensanta Noguera, Vivancos, Laura, González, Sonia, Guisasola, Luis Menéndez, Prieto, Marta Para, Ribacoba, René, Salvador, Carlo, Lozano, Pablo Sánchez, Gorospe, Aránzazu, Ramirez, Inés Legarda, Arques, Penelope Nava, Lopera, Monica Rodriguez, Pastor, Barbara Vive, Gaston, Itziar, Garcia-Amigot, Fermin, Martinez-Jaurrieta, Maria Dolore, Ramos-Arroyo, Maria Antonia, Hermoso, Fátima Dama, Moreno, José Manuel García, Lucena, Carolina Mendez, Cortegana, Eva María Pacheco, Peña, José Chacón, Redondo, Lui, Sánchez, Violeta Sánchez, Bosca, Maria, Burguera, Juan Andre, Vilaplana, Francisco Castera Brugada Carmen Peiró, Solís, Pilar, Figuerola, Begoña Jeweinat, Palanca, Paloma Millan, Berglund, Maria, Berglund, Peter, Constantinescu, Radu, Fredlund, Gunnel, Høsterey-Ugander, Ulrika, Lewin, Kajsa, Linnsand, Petra, Neleborn-Lingefjärd, Liselotte, Wahlström, Jan, Petersén, Åsa, Reimer, Jan, Widner, Håkan, Berglund, Mån, Loutfi, Ghada, Olofsson, Carina, Stattin, Eva-Lena, Westman, Laila, Wikström, Birgitta, Ekwall, Camilla, Göller, Marie-Lousie, Niemelä, Valter, Sundblom, Jimmy, Burgunder, Jean-Marc, Stebler, Yanik, Kaelin, Alain, Romero, Irene, Schüpbach, Michael, Zaugg, Sabine Weber, Jung, Hans H., Petersen, Jens A., Ligon-Auer, Maria, Mihaylova, Violeta, Downie, Lorna, Jack, Roisin, Matheson, Kirsty, Miedzybrodzka, Zosia, Rae, Daniela, Simpson, Sheila A., Summers, Fiona, Ure, Alexandra, Vaughan, Vivien, Akhtar, Shahbana, Crooks, Jenny, Curtis, Adrienne, De Souza, Jenny, Piedad, John, Rickards, Hugh, Wright, Jan, Coulthard, Elizabeth, Gethin, Louise, Hayward, Beverley, Sieradzan, Kasia, Wright, Abigail, Barker, Roger A., O'Keefe, Deidre, Gerrtiz, Anna, Fisher, Kate, Goodman, Anna, Hill, Susan, Mason, Sarah, Swain, Rachel, Guzman, Natalie Valle, Busse, Monica, Butcher, Cynthia, Dunnett, Stephen, Clenaghan, Catherine, Hunt, Sarah, Jones, Lesley, Jones, Una, Khalil, Hanan, Minster, Sara, Owen, Michael, Price, Kathleen, Townhill, Jenny, Rosser, Anne, Goudie, David, Buchanan, Lindsay, Mcfadyen, Paula, Tonner, Alison, Taylor, Anne-Marie, Edwards, Maureen, Ho, Carrie, Mcgill, Marie, Porteous, Mary, Pearson, Pauline, Harrower, Timothy, Irvine, Sarah, Brockie, Peter, Foster, Jillian, Johns, Nicola, Mckenzie, Sue, Rothery, Jean, Thomas, Gareth, Yates, Shona, Deith, Catherine, Ireland, Jane, Ritchie, Stuart, Brown, Pauline, Burrows, Liz, Fletcher, Amy, Harding, Alison, Laver, Fiona, Silva, Mark, Thomson, Aileen, Chu, Carol, Evans, Carole, Gallentree, Deena, Hamer, Stephanie, Kraus, Alison, Markova, Ivana, Raman, Ashok, Cosgrove, Jeremy, Gallantree, Deena, Hobson, Emma, Jamieson, Stuart, Longthorpe, Mandy, Musgrave, Hannah, Peacy, Caroline, Rowett, Liz, Toscano, Jean, Wild, Sue, Yardumian, Pam, Clayton, Carole, Dipple, Heather, Freire-Patino, Dawn, Hallam, Caroline, Middleton, Julia, Anjum, Uruj, Coebergh, Jan, Eddy, Charlotte, Lahiri, Nayana, Mcentagart, Meriel, Patton, Michael, Peterson, Maria, Rose, Sarah, Andrews, Thomasin, Dougherty, Andrew, Golding, Charlotte, Kavalier, Fred, Laing, Hana, Lashwood, Alison, Robertson, Dene, Ruddy, Deborah, Santhouse, Alastair, Whaite, Anna, Brown, Stefanie, Bruno, Stefania, Chu, Elvina, Doherty, Karen, Haider, Salman, Hensman, Davina, Lewis, Monica, Novak, Marianne, Patel, Aakta, Robertson, Nicola, Rosser, Elisabeth, Tabrizi, Sarah, Taylor, Rachel, Warner, Thoma, Wild, Edward, Arran, Natalie, Bek, Judith, Callaghan, Jenny, Craufurd, David, Hare, Marianne, Howard, Liz, Huson, Susan, Johnson, Liz, Jones, Mary, Krishnamoorthy, Ashok, Murphy, Helen, Oughton, Emma, Partington-Jones, Lucy, Rogers, Dawn, Sollom, Andrea, Snowden, Julie, Stopford, Cheryl, Thompson, Jennifer, Trender-Gerhard, Iri, Verstraelen, Nichola, Westmoreland, Leann, Cass, Ginette, Davidson, Lynn, Davison, Jill, Fullerton, Neil, Holmes, Katrina, Komati, Suresh, Mcdonnell, Sharon, Mohammed, Zeid, Morgan, Karen, Savage, Loi, Singh, Baldev, Wood, Josh, Knight, Caroline, O'Neill, Mari, Das Purkayastha, Debasish, Nemeth, Andrea H., Siuda, Gill, Valentine, Ruth, Dixon, Kathryn, Armstrong, Richard, Harrison, David, Hughes, Max, Large, Sandra, Donovan, John O., Palmer, Amy, Parkinson, Andrew, Soltysiak, Beverley, Timings, Leanne, Williams, Josh, Majeed, Tahir, Verstraelen, Nicola, Bandmann, Oliver, Bradbury, Alyson, Fairtlough, Helen, Fillingham, Kay, Foustanos, Isabella, Gill, Paul, Kazoka, Mbombe, O'Donovan, Kirsty, Nevitt, Louise, Peppa, Nadia, Quarrell, Oliver, Taylor, Cat, Tidswell, Katherine, Gowers, Lesley, Powell, Kingsley, Bethwaite, Pamela, Edwards, Rachel, Fuller, Kathleen, Phillips, Michelle, Tan, Loui, Lau, Puay Ngoh, and Pica, Emmanuel
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Disease, Huntington's disease, Cognition, Longitudinal, REGISTRY, Neuropsychological Tests, Cognitive neuroscience, Audiology, Developmental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Cognitive decline, Aged, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, 030104 developmental biology, Huntington Disease, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, cognition, huntington's disease, longitudinal, registry, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, Disease Progression, Female, Neuropsychological Test, Psychology, Trinucleotide repeat expansion, Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Stroop effect, Human
Abstract: Background: In Huntington's Disease (HD) cognitive decline can occur before unequivocal motor signs become apparent. As cognitive decline often starts early in the course of the disease and has a progressive nature over time, cognition can be regarded as a key target for symptomatic treatment. The specific progressive profile of cognitive decline over time is unknown.Objective: The aim of this study is to quantify the progression of cognitive decline across all HD stages, from pre-motormanifest to advanced HD, and to investigate if CAG length mediates cognitive decline.Methods: In the European REGISTRY study 2669 HD expansion gene carriers underwent annual cognitive assessment. General linear mixed models were used to model the cognitive decline for each cognitive task across all disease stages. Additionally, a model was developed to evaluate the cognitive decline based on CAG length and age rather than disease stage.Results: There was significant cognitive decline on all administered tasks throughout pre-motormanifest (close to estimated disease onset) participants and the subsequent motormanifest participants from stage 1 to stage 4. Performance on the Stroop Word and Stroop Color tests additionally declined significantly across the two pre-motormanifest groups: far and close to estimated disease onset.The evaluation of cognition performance in relation to CAG length and age revealed a more rapid cognitive decline in participants with longer CAG length than participants with shorter CAG length over time.Conclusion: Cognitive performance already shows decline in pre-motormanifest HD gene expansion carriers and gradually worsens to late stage HD. HD gene expansion carriers with certain CAG length have their own cognitive profile, i.e., longer CAG length is associated with more rapid decline.
Published: 2017
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25. Placental expression of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthase and NO metabolism in gestational hypertension: a case–control study

Author: Monica Emanuelli, Laura Nanetti, Andrea Ciavattini, Franca Saccucci, Arianna Vignini, Monia Cecati, Francesca Raffaelli, Andrea L. Tranquilli, Laura Mazzanti, and Stefano Raffaele Giannubilo
Subjects: Adult, 0301 basic medicine, Gestational hypertension, medicine.medical_specialty, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, Placenta, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Nitric Oxide, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Nitric oxide, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Enos, Peroxynitrous Acid, Internal medicine, Gene expression, Humans, Medicine, RNA, Messenger, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, biology, business.industry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Metabolism, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Nitric oxide synthase, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Case-Control Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, biology.protein, Female, business
Abstract: Hypertension is one of the most common medical disorders in pregnancy and a role of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism has been described. Thus, the present work aimed at determining placental gene expression of eNOS and iNOS, to measure NO and ONOO(-) levels in patients with gestational hypertension (GH).Fifteen patients with GH and 15 healthy pregnant controls were enrolled in the study. Placental tissue was taken immediately after delivery and was stored at -80 °C until analysis. A piece of frozen tissue was homogenized in the appropriate buffer. Total RNA was extracted and was reverse transcribed to obtain complementary DNA that was used for real-time PCR for iNOS and eNOS expression, whereas NO and ONOO(-) production were measured by commercially available kits.Placental eNOS and iNOS mRNA levels were significantly reduced in GH when compared to controls. NO and ONOO(-) production were both significantly higher in GH than controls.The reduced eNOS and iNOS gene expression in women with GH reinforces the hypothesis that the mechanisms involving NO pathways, may promote oxidative damage, by contributing to the reduced blood flow and increased resistance in the feto-maternal circulation and suggests the use of NO modulators as useful tools in GH management.
Published: 2015
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26. Biological and clinical characteristics of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS) cohort: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data

Author: Kathrin Reetz, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Ana Sofia Costa, Thomas Klopstock, Marta Panzeri, Alexandra Durr, Michael H Parkinson, Katrin Bürk, Javier Arpa, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Kathrin Fedosov, Manuel Dafotakis, Chantal Depondt, Imis Dogan, Thomas Klockgether, Massimo Pandolfo, Sylvia Boesch, Perrine Charles, Ilaria Giordano, Ludger Schöls, Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, Ivan Karin, Paola Giunti, Mary G. Sweeney, Irene Sanz-Gallego, and Caterina Mariotti
Subjects: Adult, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, methods [Translational Research, Biomedical], Ataxia, Adolescent, Databases, Factual, Late onset, Cohort Studies, Translational Research, Biomedical, Young Adult, Trinucleotide Repeats, diagnosis [Friedreich Ataxia], Activities of Daily Living, medicine, Humans, ddc:610, methods [Translational Medical Research], Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Child, Prospective cohort study, Aged, biology, epidemiology [Friedreich Ataxia], epidemiology [Europe], Middle Aged, medicine.disease, genetics [Friedreich Ataxia], Europe, Cross-Sectional Studies, Friedreich Ataxia, genetics [Trinucleotide Repeats], Cohort, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Physical therapy, Frataxin, biology.protein, Female, Neurology (clinical), Age of onset, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Cohort study
Abstract: Summary Background Friedreich's ataxia is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder. Here we report cross-sectional baseline data to establish the biological and clinical characteristics for a prospective, international, European Friedreich's ataxia database registry. Methods Within the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS) framework, we assessed a cohort of patients with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia. The primary outcome measure was the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and secondary outcome measures were the Inventory of Non-Ataxia Signs (INAS), the performance-based coordination test Spinocerebellar Ataxia Functional Index (SCAFI), the neurocognitive phonemic verbal fluency test, and two quality-of-life measures: the activities of daily living (ADL) part of the Friedreich's Ataxia Rating Scale and EQ-5D. The Friedreich's ataxia cohort was subdivided into three groups: early disease onset (≤14 years), intermediate onset (15–24 years), and late onset (≥25 years), which were compared for clinical characteristics and outcome measures. We used linear regression analysis to estimate the annual decline of clinical outcome measures based on disease duration. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02069509. Findings We enrolled 592 patients with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia between Sept 15, 2010, and April 30, 2013, at 11 sites in seven European countries. Age of disease onset was inversely correlated with the number of GAA repeats in the frataxin ( FXN ) gene: every 100 GAA repeats on the smaller repeat allele was associated with a 2·3 year (SE 0·2) earlier onset. Regression analyses showed significant estimated annual worsening of SARA (regression coefficient 0·86 points [SE 0·05], INAS (0·14 points [0·01]), SCAFI Z scores (−0·09 [0·01]), verbal fluency (−0·34 words [0·07]), and ADL (0·64 points [0·04]) during the first 25 years of disease; the regression slope for health-related quality-of-life state from EQ-5D was not significant (−0·33 points [0·18]). For SARA, the predicted annual rate of worsening was significantly higher in early-onset patients (n=354; 1·04 points [0·13]) and intermediate-onset patients (n=137; 1·17 points [0·22]) than in late-onset patients (n=100; 0·56 points [0·10]). Interpretation The results of this cross-sectional baseline analysis of the EFACTS cohort suggest that earlier disease onset is associated with larger numbers of GAA repeats and more rapid disease progression. The differential estimated progression of ataxia symptoms related to age of onset have implications for the design of clinical trials in Friedreich's ataxia, for which SARA might be the most suitable measure to monitor disease progression. Funding European Commission.
Published: 2015
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27. Friedreich and dominant ataxias: quantitative differences in cerebellar dysfunction measurements

Author: Massimo Pandolfo, Javier Arpa, Ivan Karin, Andreas Eigentler, Anna Castaldo, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Paola Giunti, Michael H Parkinson, Irene Sanz-Gallego, Marta Panzeri, Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, L. Schoels, Audrey Tanguy Melac, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Thomas Klopstock, Caterina Mariotti, Sylvia Boesch, Alexandra Durr, Antoine Filipovic Pierucci, Thomas Klockgether, Kathrin Reetz, Ilaria Giordano, Chantal Depondt, Katrin Bürk, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Tezenas du Montcel, Sophie, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), University College of London [London] (UCL), Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck, Munich Cluster for systems neurology [Munich] (SyNergy), Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM)-Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), University of Tübingen, German Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases - Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Philipps Universität Marburg = Philipps University of Marburg, Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen - University Hospital Aachen [Aachen, Germany] (UKA), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University (RWTH), Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA), Hôpital Erasme [Bruxelles], Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Time Factors, physiopathology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Severity of Illness Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, Age of Onset, Child, etiology [Cerebellar Diseases], Aged, 80 and over, Outcome measures, Middle Aged, Psychiatry and Mental health, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Cardiology, Female, medicine.symptom, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Adolescent, Disease duration, physiopathology [Friedreich Ataxia], Context (language use), 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Cerebellar Diseases, Internal medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, In patient, ddc:610, Trial registration, Aged, complications [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], diagnosis [Cerebellar Diseases], business.industry, Cerebellar dysfunction, medicine.disease, complications [Friedreich Ataxia], 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Friedreich Ataxia, Case-Control Studies, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: BackgroundSensitive outcome measures for clinical trials on cerebellar ataxias are lacking. Most cerebellar ataxias progress very slowly and quantitative measurements are required to evaluate cerebellar dysfunction.MethodsWe evaluated two scales for rating cerebellar ataxias: the Composite Cerebellar Functional Severity (CCFS) Scale and Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA), in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and controls. We evaluated these scales for different diseases and investigated the factors governing the scores obtained. All patients were recruited prospectively.ResultsThere were 383 patients with Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA), 205 patients with SCA and 168 controls. In FRDA, 31% of the variance of cerebellar signs with the CCFS and 41% of that with SARA were explained by disease duration, age at onset and the shorter abnormal repeat in the FXN gene. Increases in CCFS and SARA scores per year were lower for FRDA than for SCA (CCFS index: 0.123±0.123 per year vs 0.163±0.179, PConclusionsCerebellar dysfunction, as measured with the CCFS and SARA scales, was more severe in FRDA than in patients with SCA, but with lower progression indexes, within the limits of these types of indexes. Ceiling effects may occur at late stages, for both scales. The CCFS scale is rater-independent and could be used in a multicentre context, as it is simple, rapid and fully automated.Trial registration numberClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02069509.
Published: 2017
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28. A recessive ataxia diagnosis algorithm for the next generation sequencing era

Author: Renaud, Mathilde, Tranchant, Christine, Group, RADIAL Working, Alonso, Isabel, Azzedine, Hamid, Barbot, Clara, Bereau, Matthieu, Berkovic, Sam, Bernard, Geneviéve, Bindoff, Laurence A, Bompaire, Flavie, Bonneau, Dominique, Martin, Juan Vicente Torres, Bonneau, Patrizia, Boycott, Kym M, Bras, Jose, Brais, Bernard, Brigatti, Karlla W, Cameron, Jillian, Chamova, Teodora, Choquet, Karine, Delague, Valérie, Denizeau, Philippe, Mochel, Fanny, Dotti, Maria Teresa, El-Euch, Ghada, Elmalik, Salah A, Federico, Antonio, Fiskerstrand, Torunn, Gagnon, Cynthia, Guerreiro, Rita, Guissart, Claire, Hassin-Baer, Sharon, Heimdal, Ketil Riddervold, Synofzik, Matthis, Héron, Bénédicte, Isohanni, Pirjo, Kalaydijeva, Luba, Kawarai, Toshitaka, Koht, Jeanette Aimee, Lai, Szu-Chia, Piana, Roberta La, Lecocq, Claire, Linnankivi, Tarja, Lönnqvist, Tuula, van de Warrenburg, Bart, Lu, Chin-Song, Maas, Roderick, Mahlaoui, Nizar, Mallaret, Martial, Marelli, Cecilia, Mariotti, Caterina, Mathieu, Jean, Méneret, Aurélie, Mignarri, Andrea, Monin, Marie Lorraine, Pandolfo, Massimo, Montaut, Solveig, Nanetti, Lorenzo, Nadjar, Yann, Poujois, Aurélia, Salih, Mustafa A, Sousa, Sergio, Stanier, Philip, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Strauss, Kevin, Tallaksen, Chantal, Koenig, Michel, Tarnopolsky, Mark, Tinant, Nadége, Tournev, Ivailo, Topaloglu, Haluk, Varhaug, Kristin Nielsen, Woimant, France, Wolf, Nicole I, Yahalom, Gilad, Yoon, Grace, Young, Millie, Kolb, Stefan A, Anheim, Mathieu, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center for Neurology, University of Tübingen, Radboud university [Nijmegen], Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme [Bruxelles] (ULB), Faculté de Médecine [Bruxelles] (ULB), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)-Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)-Faculté de Médecine [Bruxelles] (ULB), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)-Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Institut de génétique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IGBMC), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University [Newcastle], Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital de Hautepierre [Strasbourg], Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Service de génétique [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Laboratoire de génétique des maladies rares. Pathologie moleculaire, etudes fonctionnelles et banque de données génétiques (LGMR), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-IFR3, Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Service de génétique médicale [Montpellier], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Service de Génétique Cytogénétique et Embryologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], trends [High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing], Cohort Studies, 0302 clinical medicine, Diagnosis, Medical diagnosis, Child, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, genetics [Cerebellar Ataxia], medicine.diagnostic_test, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], [SDV.BIBS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM], 3. Good health, diagnosis [Cerebellar Ataxia], Neurology, Child, Preschool, Female, medicine.symptom, Algorithm, Algorithms, methods [High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing], Ataxia, Cerebellar Ataxia, Context (language use), Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN], medicine, Humans, Medical history, ddc:610, Preschool, Genetic testing, Cerebellar ataxia, business.industry, Infant, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Differential, Neurology (clinical), Differential diagnosis, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: International audience; OBJECTIVE: Differential diagnosis of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias can be challenging. A ranking algorithm named RADIAL that predicts the molecular diagnosis based on the clinical phenotype of a patient has been developed to guide genetic testing and to align genetic findings with the clinical context. METHODS: An algorithm that follows clinical practice, including patient history, clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, electromyography, and biomarker features, was developed following a review of the literature on 67 autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias and personal clinical experience. Frequency and specificity of each feature were defined for each autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia, and corresponding prediction scores were assigned. Clinical and paraclinical features of patients are entered into the algorithm, and a patient's total score for each autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia is calculated, producing a ranking of possible diagnoses. Sensitivity and specificity of the algorithm were assessed by blinded analysis of a multinational cohort of 834 patients with molecularly confirmed autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia. The performance of the algorithm was assessed versus a blinded panel of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia experts. RESULTS: The correct diagnosis was ranked within the top 3 highest-scoring diagnoses at a sensitivity and specificity of \textgreater90% for 84% and 91% of the evaluated genes, respectively. Mean sensitivity and specificity of the top 3 highest-scoring diagnoses were 92% and 95%, respectively. The algorithm outperformed the panel of ataxia experts (p = 0.001). INTERPRETATION: Our algorithm is highly sensitive and specific, accurately predicting the underlying molecular diagnoses of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias, thereby guiding targeted sequencing or facilitating interpretation of next-generation sequencing data. Ann Neurol 2017;82:892-899.
Published: 2017
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29. Data modelling in corpus linguistics

Author: Peter Paul De Deyn, Marjolein van Velzen, Luca Nanetti, and Molecular Neuroscience and Ageing Research (MOLAR)
Subjects: Male, Patient-Specific Modeling, Cognitive Neuroscience, Agatha, Writing, Information Theory, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistic analysis, Information theory, Data modeling, EARLY ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, Corpus linguistics, Alzheimer Disease, Akaike Information Criterion, Humans, Psychology, Biology, Research data, Language, biology, DEMENTIA, Linguistic profiling, Data interpretation, Probable Alzheimer's Disease, Linguistics, IMPAIRMENT, biology.organism_classification, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Dynamics (music), Female, Human medicine, Data modelling
Abstract: Corpus linguistics allows researchers to process millions of words. However, the more words we analyse, i.e., the more data we acquire, the more urgent the call for correct data interpretation becomes. In recent years, a number of studies saw the light attempting to profile some prolific authors' linguistic decline, linking this decline to pathological conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However, in line with the nature of the (literary) work that was analysed, numbers alone do not suffice to 'tell the story'. The one and only objective of using statistical methods for the analysis of research data is to tell a story - what happened, when, and how.In the present study we describe a computerised but individualised approach to linguistic analysis - we propose a unifying approach, with firm grounds in Information Theory, that, independently from the specific parameter being investigated, guarantees to produce a robust model of the temporal dynamics of an author's linguistic richness over his or her lifetime. We applied this methodology to six renowned authors with an active writing life of four decades or more: Iris Murdoch, Gerard Reve, Hugo Claus, Agatha Christie, P.D. James, and Harry Mulisch. The first three were diagnosed with probable Alzheimer Disease, confirmed post-mortem for Iris Murdoch; this same condition was hypothesized for Agatha Christie. Our analysis reveals different evolutive patterns of lexical richness, in turn plausibly correlated with the authors' different conditions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published: 2014
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30. Overlapping phenotypes in complex spastic paraplegias SPG11, SPG15, SPG35 and SPG48

Author: Marica Eoli, Davide Pareyson, Paola Soliveri, Claudia Ciano, Lorenzo Nanetti, Luisa Chiapparini, Caterina Mariotti, Franco Taroni, Elena Lamperti, Barbara Castellotti, Cinzia Gellera, Ettore Salsano, Viviana Pensato, Isabella Moroni, Giuseppe Piscosquito, Daniela Di Bella, and Elisa Sarto
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Adolescent, Hereditary spastic paraplegia, Corpus callosum, Severity of Illness Index, Mixed Function Oxygenases, White matter, Young Adult, Molecular genetics, Spastic, Humans, Medicine, Child, Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary, business.industry, Genetic heterogeneity, Brain, Genetic Variation, Proteins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hyperintensity, Phenotype, medicine.anatomical_structure, Child, Preschool, Corticospinal tract, Female, Neurology (clinical), Carrier Proteins, business
Abstract: Hereditary spastic paraplegias are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders, clinically classified in pure and complex forms. Genetically, more than 70 different forms of spastic paraplegias have been characterized. A subgroup of complicate recessive forms has been distinguished for the presence of thin corpus callosum and white matter lesions at brain imaging. This group includes several genetic entities, but most of the cases are caused by mutations in the KIAA1840 (SPG11) and ZFYVE26 genes (SPG15). We studied a cohort of 61 consecutive patients with complicated spastic paraplegias, presenting at least one of the following features: mental retardation, thin corpus callosum and/or white matter lesions. DNA samples were screened for mutations in the SPG11/KIAA1840, SPG15/ZFYVE26, SPG21/ACP33, SPG35/FA2H, SPG48/AP5Z1 and SPG54/DDHD2 genes by direct sequencing. Sequence variants were found in 30 of 61 cases: 16 patients carried SPG11/KIAA1840 gene variants (26.2%), nine patients carried SPG15/ZFYVE26 variants (14.8%), three patients SPG35/FA2H (5%), and two patients carried SPG48/AP5Z1 gene variants (3%). Mean age at onset was similar in patients with SPG11 and with SPG15 (range 11-36), and the phenotype was mostly indistinguishable. Extrapyramidal signs were observed only in patients with SPG15, and epilepsy in three subjects with SPG11. Motor axonal neuropathy was found in 60% of cases with SPG11 and 70% of cases with SPG15. Subjects with SPG35 had intellectual impairment, spastic paraplegia, thin corpus callosum, white matter hyperintensities, and cerebellar atrophy. Two families had a late-onset presentation, and none had signs of brain iron accumulation. The patients with SPG48 were a 5-year-old child, homozygous for a missense SPG48/AP5Z1 variant, and a 51-year-old female, carrying two different nonsense variants. Both patients had intellectual deficits, thin corpus callosum and white matter lesions. None of the cases in our cohort carried mutations in the SPG21/ACP33 and SPG54/DDH2H genes. Our study confirms that the phenotype of patients with SPG11 and with SPG15 is homogeneous, whereas cases with SPG35 and with SPG48 cases present overlapping features, and a broader clinical spectrum. The large group of non-diagnosed subjects (51%) suggests further genetic heterogeneity. The observation of common clinical features in association with defects in different causative genes, suggest a general vulnerability of the corticospinal tract axons to a wide spectrum of cellular alterations.
Published: 2014
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31. Expanding sialidosis spectrum by genome-wide screening: NEU1 mutations in adult-onset myoclonus

Author: Anna Rita Giovagnoli, Davide Pareyson, Federico Zara, Anna Venerando, Lorenzo Nanetti, Laura Canafoglia, Ferruccio Panzica, Angela Robbiano, Cinzia Gellera, and Silvana Franceschetti
Subjects: Adult, Male, Myoclonus, Proband, Neuraminidase, Compound heterozygosity, Diagnosis, Differential, NEU1, symbols.namesake, Mucolipidoses, Diagnosis, Humans, Medicine, Exome, Sialidosis, Age of Onset, Exome sequencing, Sanger sequencing, Genetics, business.industry, medicine.disease, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Mutation, Pedigree, Differential, symbols, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Objective: To identify the genetic cause of a familial form of late-onset action myoclonus in 2 unrelated patients. Both probands had 2 siblings displaying a similar disorder. Extensive laboratory examinations, including biochemical assessment for urine sialic acid in the 2 probands, were negative. Methods: Exome sequencing was performed in the probands using an Illumina platform. Segregation analysis of putative mutations was performed in all family members by standard Sanger sequencing protocols. Results: NEU1 mutations were detected in 3 siblings of each family with prominent cortical myoclonus presenting in the third decade of life and having a mild and slowly progressive course. They did not have macular cherry-red spot and their urinary sialic acid excretion was within normal values. Genetic analysis demonstrated a homozygous mutation in family 1 (c.200G>T, p.S67I) and 2 compound heterozygous mutations in family 2 (c.679G>A, p.G227R; c.913C>T, p.R305C). Conclusions: Our observation indicates that sialidosis should be suspected and the NEU1 gene analyzed in patients with isolated action myoclonus presenting in adulthood in the absence of other typical clinical and laboratory findings.
Published: 2014
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32. Suicidal ideation in a European Huntington's disease population

Author: Hubers, Aa, van Duijn, E, Roos, Ra, Craufurd, D, Rickards, H, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, G, van der Mast RC, Giltay, Ej, Bachoud Lévi AC, Bentivoglio, Ar, Biunno, I, Bonelli, Rm, Burgunder, Jm, Dunnett, Sb, Ferreira, Jj, Handley, Oj, Heiberg, A, Llmann, Ti, Landwehrmeyer, Gb, Levey, J, Ramos Arroyo MA, Nielsen, Je, Prokoivisto, S, Päivärinta, M, Rojo Sebastián, A, Tabrizi, Sj, Vandenberghe, W, Verellen Dumoulin, C, Zaremba, J, Uhrova, T, Wahlström, J, Barth, K, Correia Guedes, L, Finisterra, Am, Garde, Mb, Bos, R, Betz, S, Callaghan, J, Fullam, R, Ecker, D, Nielsen, Mg, Hvalstedt, C, Held, C, Koppers, K, Laurà, M, Horta, Sm, Descals, Am, Mestre, T, Minster, S, Monza, D, Mütze, L, Oehmen, M, Townhill, J, Orth, M, Padieu, H, Paterski, L, Peppa, N, Pro Koivisto, S, Roedig, V, Rialland, A, Røren, N, Šašinková, P, Seliverstov, Y, Cubillo, Pt, Walsem, Mr, Wright, A, da Silva WV, Witjes Ané MN, Yudina, E, Zielonka, D, Zielonka, E, Zinzi, P, Herranhof, B, Holl, A, Kapfhammer, Hp, Koppitz, M, Magnet, M, Otti, D, Painold, A, Reisinger, K, Scheibl, M, Hecht, K, Lilek, S, Müller, N, Schöggl, H, Ullah, J, Brugger, F, Hepperger, C, Hotter, A, Seppi, K, Wenning, G, Buratti, L, Hametner, Em, Holas, C, Hussl, A, Poewe, W, Braunwarth, Em, Sprenger, F, Müller, C, Sinadinosa, D, Walleczek, Am, Ladurner, G, Staffen, W, Flamez, A, Morez, V, de Raedt, S, Boogaerts, A, van Reijen, D, Klempíř, J, Majerová, V, Roth, J, Hartikainen, P, Hiivola, H, Martikainen, K, Tuuha, K, Ignatius, J, Kärppä, M, Åman, J, Mustonen, A, Kajula, O, Santala, M, Allain, P, Guérid, Ma, Gohier, B, Olivier, A, Prundean, A, Scherer Gagou, C, Verny, C, Bost, M, Babiloni, B, Debruxelles, S, Duché, C, Goizet, C, Lafoucrière, D, Jameau, L, Spampinato, U, De Bruycker, C, Cabaret, M, Carette, As, Defebvre, L, Decorte, E, Delval, A, Delliaux, M, Destee, A, Dujardin, K, Peter, M, Plomhouse, L, Sablonnière, B, Simonin, C, Lemaire, Mh, Manouvrier, S, Thibault Tanchou, S, Vuillaume, I, Krystkowiak, P, Duru, C, Roussel, M, 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A., M, E. v., Duijn, R. A., C, D., Craufurd, H., Rickard, G. B., Landwehrmeyer, R. C., Van, E. J., Giltay, R. E., G., Rinaldi, Carlo, Anna A.M. Huber, Erik van Duijn, Raymund A.C. Roo, David Craufurd, Hugh Rickard, G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Rose C. van der Mast, Erik J. Giltay REGISTRY investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network. Collaborators: Bachoud-Lévi AC, Bentivoglio AR, Biunno I, Bonelli RM, Burgunder JM, Dunnett SB, Ferreira JJ, Handley OJ, Heiberg A, llmann TI, Landwehrmeyer GB, Levey J, Ramos-Arroyo MA, Nielsen JE, ProKoivisto S, Päivärinta M, Roos RA, Rojo Sebastián A, Tabrizi SJ, Vandenberghe W, Verellen- Dumoulin C, Zaremba J, Uhrova T, Wahlström J, Barth K, Correia-Guedes L, Finisterra AM, Garde MB, Bos R, Betz S, Callaghan J, Fullam R, Ecker D, Nielsen MG, Hvalstedt C, Held C, Koppers K, Laurà M, Horta SM, Descals AM, Mestre T, Minster S, Monza D, Mütze L, Oehmen M, Townhill J, Orth M, Padieu H, Paterski L, Peppa N, Pro Koivisto S, Roedig V, Rialland A, Røren N, Šašinková P, Seliverstov Y, Cubillo PT, Walsem MR, Wright A, da Silva WV, Witjes-Ané MN, Yudina E, Zielonka D, Zielonka E, Zinzi P, Herranhof B, Holl A, Kapfhammer HP, Koppitz M, Magnet M, Otti D, Painold A, Reisinger K, Scheibl M, Hecht K, Lilek S, Müller N, Schöggl H, Ullah J, Brugger F, Hepperger C, Hotter A, Seppi K, Wenning G, 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M, Blaszcyk M, Boczarska-Jedynak M, Ciach-Wysocka E, Gorzkowska A, Jasinska-Myga B, Opala G, Kłodowska-Duda G, Stompel D, Banaszkiewicz K, Boćwińska D, Szczudlik A, Rudzińska M, Wójcik M, Dec M, Krawczyk M, Jaremek KB, Szczygieł E, Stenwak A, ielewska AW, Bryl A, Ciesielska A, Klimberg A, Marcinkowski J, Sempołowicz J, Samara H, Wiśniewski B, Janik P, Gogol A, Kwiecinski H, Jamrozik Z, Kaminska A, Antczak J, Jachinska K, Rakowicz M, Richter P, Rola R, Ryglewicz D, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz H, Stępniak I, Witkowski G, Zdzienicka E, Sułek A, Krysa W, Zieora-Jakutowicz K, Júlio F, Januário C, Coelho M, Mendes T, Valadas A, Timóteo Â, Costa C, Cavaco S, Damásio J, Loureiro R, Magalhães M, Andrade C, Gago M, Garrett C, Guerra MR, Lima J, Massano J, Meireles J, Herrera CD, Garcia PM, Barrero F, Morales B, Cubo E, Mariscal N, Sánchez J, Alonso-Frech F, Perez MR, Fenollar M, García RG, Quiroga PP, Rivera SV, Villanueva C, Alegre J, Bascuñana M, Caldentey JG, Ventura MF, Ribas GG, Yébenes JG, López-Sendón Moreno JL, García Ruíz PJ, Martínez-Descals A, Artiga MJ, Sánchez V, Guerrero R, Bárcenas AH, Noguera Perea MF, Fortuna L, Martirio M, Torres A, Reinante G, Moreau LV, Barbera MA, Guia DB, Hernanz LC, Catena JL, Sebastián AR, Ferrer PQ, Carruesco GT, Bas J, Busquets N, Calopa M, Elorza MD, Díez-AjaLópez C, Terol SD, Robert MF, Ruíz BG, Casado AG, Martínez IH, Viladrich CM, Càrdenas RP, Roca E, Llesoy JR, Idiago JM, Vergara MR, García SS, Riballo AV, González SG, Guisasola LM, Salvador C, San Martín ES, González M, Gorospe A, Legarda I, Arques PN, Torres Rodríguez MJ, Vives B, Gaston I, Martinez-Jaurrieta MD, Manuel J, Moreno G, Peña JC, Avarvarei LD, Bastida AM, Recio MF, Vergé LR, Sánchez VS, Carrillo F, Cáceres MT, Mir P, Suarez MJ, Bosca M, Burguera JA, Garcia AC, Brugada FC, Martínez LM, Val JL, Loutfi G, Olofsson C, Stattin EL, Westman L, Wikström B, lhagen SE, Paucar M, Svenningsson P, Reza- Soltani TW, Höglund A, Sandström B, Høsterey-Ugander U, Fredlund G, 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Miedzybrodzka, Z, Rae, D, Downie, L, Simpson, S, Summers, F, Ure, A, Jack, R, Matheson, K, Akhtar, S, Crooks, J, Curtis, A, Souza, J, Wright, J, Hayward, B, Sieradzan, K, Barker, Ra, O'Keefe, D, Di Pietro, A, Fisher, K, Hill, S, Mason, S, Swain, R, Valle, N, Bisson, J, Busse, M, Butcher, C, Clenaghan, C, Dunnett, S, Handley, O, Hunt, S, Hughes, A, Johnstone, C, Jones, L, Jones, U, Khalil, H, Owen, M, Price, K, Rose, Le, Rosser, A, Porteous, M, Edwards, M, Ho, C, Mcgill, M, Pearson, P, Brockie, P, Foster, J, Johns, N, Mckenzie, S, Rothery, J, Thomas, G, Yates, S, Miller, J, Ritchie, S, Burrows, L, Fletcher, A, Harding, A, Laver, F, Silva, M, Thomson, A, Rowett, L, Gallantrae, D, Longthorpe, M, Markova, I, Raman, A, Hamer, S, Wild, S, Yarduiman, P, Chu, C, Kraus, A, Yardumian, P, Musgrave, H, Toscano, J, Jamieson, S, Hobson, E, Clayton, C, Dipple, H, Middleton, J, Freire Patino, D, Andrews, T, Dougherty, A, Kavalier, F, Golding, C, Laing, H, Lashwood, A, Robertson, D, Ruddy, D, Whaite, A, Santhouse, A, Patton, M, Peterson, M, Rose, S, Bruno, S, Chu, E, Doherty, K, Haider, S, Hensman, D, Lahiri, N, Lewis, M, Novak, M, Patel, A, Robertson, N, Rosser, E, Tabrizi, S, Taylor, R, Warner, T, Wild, E, Howard, L, Sollom, A, Snowden, J, Thompson, J, Jones, M, Murphy, H, Trender Gerhard, I, Rogers, D, Bek, J, Oughton, E, Johnson, L, Hare, M, Arran, N, Verstraelen, N, Partington Jones, L, Huson, S, Stopford, C, Westmoreland, L, Davidson, J, Morgan, K, Savage, L, Singh, B, Komati, S, Nemeth, Ah, Armstrong, R, Valentine, R, Siuda, G, Harrison, D, Hughes, M, Parkinson, A, Soltysiak, B, Burn, J, Coleman, C, Bandmann, O, Bradbury, A, Gill, P, Fairtlough, H, Fillingham, K, Foustanos, I, Kazoka, M, O'Donovan, K, Taylor, C, Tidswell, K, and Quarrell, O.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Psychopharmacology, Population, Poison control, psychology/statistics /&/ numerical data, Suicide, Attempted, Suicide prevention, Suicidal Ideation, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, epidemiology, Europe, Psychiatry, education, Suicidal ideation, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Proportional Hazards Models, Attempted, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, education.field_of_study, Psychological Tests, Suicide attempt, Psychopathology, Depression, Hazard ratio, Huntington's disease, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, 030227 psychiatry, Europe, psychology, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Proportional Hazards Models, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Suicide, Huntington Disease, epidemiology, Female, Heterozygote, Humans, Huntington Disease, Cohort studies, Female, medicine.symptom, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Clinical psychology
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicate increased prevalences of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicide in Huntington's disease (HD) compared with the general population. This study investigates correlates and predictors of suicidal ideation in HD.METHODS: The study cohort consisted of 2106 HD mutation carriers, all participating in the REGISTRY study of the European Huntington's Disease Network. Of the 1937 participants without suicidal ideation at baseline, 945 had one or more follow-up measurements. Participants were assessed for suicidal ideation by the behavioural subscale of the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS). Correlates of suicidal ideation were analyzed using logistic regression analysis and predictors were analyzed using Cox regression analysis.RESULTS: At baseline, 169 (8.0%) mutation carriers endorsed suicidal ideation. Disease duration (odds ratio [OR]=0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.9-1.0), anxiety (OR=2.14; 95%CI: 1.4-3.3), aggression (OR=2.41; 95%CI: 1.5-3.8), a previous suicide attempt (OR=3.95; 95%CI: 2.4-6.6), and a depressed mood (OR=13.71; 95%CI: 6.7-28.0) were independently correlated to suicidal ideation at baseline. The 4-year cumulative incidence of suicidal ideation was 9.9%. Longitudinally, the presence of a depressed mood (hazard ratio [HR]=2.05; 95%CI: 1.1-4.0) and use of benzodiazepines (HR=2.44; 95%CI: 1.2-5.0) at baseline were independent predictors of incident suicidal ideation, whereas a previous suicide attempt was not predictive.LIMITATIONS: As suicidal ideation was assessed by only one item, and participants were a selection of all HD mutation carriers, the prevalence of suicidal ideation was likely underestimated.CONCLUSIONS: Suicidal ideation in HD frequently occurs. Assessment of suicidal ideation is a priority in mutation carriers with a depressed mood and in those using benzodiazepines.
Published: 2013
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33. Not on speaking terms: hallucinations and structural network disconnectivity in schizophrenia

Author: Remco J. Renken, Lisette van der Meer, André Aleman, Luca Nanetti, Leonardo Cerliani, Gerdina H. M. Pijnenborg, Branislava Ćurčić-Blake, Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Perceptual and Cognitive Neuroscience (PCN), Clinical Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Program (CCNP), and Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)
Subjects: Male, Hallucinations, Statistics as Topic, WHITE-MATTER ABNORMALITIES, Corpus callosum, CONNECTIVITY, Neural Pathways, LANGUAGE PATHWAYS, Cingulum (brain), Arcuate fasciculus, Brain Mapping, biology, General Neuroscience, Superior longitudinal fasciculus, Brain, Anatomy, Middle Aged, White Matter, DIFFUSION, INTEGRITY, medicine.anatomical_structure, Fronto-temporal connectivity, Female, Psychology, psychological phenomena and processes, Adult, Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), Histology, Uncinate fasciculus, behavioral disciplines and activities, Lateralization of brain function, White matter, Young Adult, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Fasciculus, medicine, Humans, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Anatomical connectivity, ARCUATE FASCICULUS, TRACTOGRAPHY, biology.organism_classification, BRAIN-STIMULATION, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Thalamo-cortical connectivity, nervous system, Schizophrenia, Anisotropy, Language network, UNCINATE FASCICULUS, Neuroscience, AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATIONS
Abstract: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia have previously been associated with functional deficiencies in language networks, specifically with functional disconnectivity in fronto-temporal connections in the left hemisphere and in interhemispheric connections between frontal regions. Here, we investigate whether AVH are accompanied by white matter abnormalities in tracts connecting the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes, also engaged during language tasks. We combined diffusion tensor imaging with tract-based spatial statistics and found white matter abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia as compared with healthy controls. The patients showed reduced fractional anisotropy bilaterally: in the anterior thalamic radiation (ATR), body of the corpus callosum (forceps minor), cingulum, temporal part of the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) and a small area in the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF); and in the right hemisphere: in the visual cortex, forceps major, body of the corpus callosum (posterior parts) and inferior parietal cortex. Compared to patients without current hallucinations, patients with hallucinations revealed decreased fractional anisotropy in the left IFOF, uncinate fasciculus, arcuate fasciculus with SLF, corpus callosum (posterior parts-forceps major), cingulate, corticospinal tract and ATR. The severity of hallucinations correlated negatively with white matter integrity in tracts connecting the left frontal lobe with temporal regions (uncinate fasciculus, IFOF, cingulum, arcuate fasciculus anterior and long part and superior long fasciculus frontal part) and in interhemispheric connections (anterior corona radiata). These findings support the hypothesis that hallucinations in schizophrenia are accompanied by a complex pattern of white matter alterations that negatively affect the language, emotion and attention/perception networks.
Published: 2013
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34. Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes: New Insights and Unifying Therapies

Author: Arianna Vignini, Laura Nanetti, Lucia Giusti, Francesca Raffaelli, Laura Mazzanti, Leandro Provinciali, and Alessia Giulietti
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hypercholesterolemia, tau Proteins, Type 2 diabetes, Disease, Bioinformatics, Endocrinology, Insulin resistance, Alzheimer Disease, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Risk Factors, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, medicine, Amyloid precursor protein, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, biology, Liraglutide, business.industry, Incidence, medicine.disease, Metformin, Receptor, Insulin, Insulin receptor, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, biology.protein, Female, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Alzheimer's disease, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Several research groups have begun to associate the Alzheimer Disease (AD) to Diabetes Mellitus (DM), obesity and cardiovascular disease. This relationship is so close that some authors have defined Alzheimer Disease as Type 3 Diabetes. Numerous studies have shown that people with type 2 diabetes have twice the incidence of sporadic AD. Insulin deficiency or insulin resistance facilitates cerebral β-amyloidogenesis in murine model of AD, accompanied by a significant elevation in APP (Amyloid Precursor Protein) and BACE1 (β-site APP Cleaving Enzime 1). Similarly, deposits of Aβ produce a loss of neuronal surface insulin receptors and directly interfere with the insulin signaling pathway. Furthermore, as it is well known, these disorders are both associated to an increased cardiovascular risk and an altered cholesterol metabolism, so we have analyzed several therapies which recently have been suggested as a remedy to treat together AD and DM. The aim of the present review is to better understand the strengths and drawbacks of these therapies.
Published: 2013
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35. Platelet-Derived NO in Subjects Affected by Type 2 Diabetes with and without Complications: Is there any Relationship with their Offspring?

Author: Arianna Vignini, Laura Nanetti, Rosa Anna Rabini, Eleonora Salvolini, Jacopo Sabbatinelli, and Laura Mazzanti
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Blood Platelets, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Homocysteine, Offspring, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Type 2 diabetes, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Nitric Oxide, Nephropathy, Diabetic nephropathy, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Diabetic Nephropathies, Aged, biology, business.industry, Case-control study, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Nitric oxide synthase, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Case-Control Studies, biology.protein, Adult Children, Female, business
Abstract: Macro- and microvascular complications are currently the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. Aim of this study was to determine if type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy and coronary artery disease showed altered platelet-derived nitric oxide (NO) production, compared with diabetic subjects without complications, and if this alteration is also present in their diabetic offspring. In this case-control observational study, platelet NO and peroxynitrite content was determined on plasma from 60 male adult type 2 diabetic patients and 60 male offspring type 2 diabetic patients. Plasmatic levels of homocysteine were also determined in the same individuals. Moreover, Western blot analysis of platelet lysates was performed with specific monoclonal antibody for endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS) nitric oxide synthase. Our study showed a lower piastrinic production of NO in the group of parents without complications (ADH), compared with the group of offspring without complications (YDH) and with the groups of parents with complications. Furthermore, we observed a lower synthesis of peroxynitrite in platelets from the ADH group than in the groups of patients with complications, and in the YDH group compared with all other groups. Subjects from YDH group also showed lower iNOS expression, compared with all other groups. Our data suggest that alterations in nitric oxide metabolism may represent potential risk factors in type 2 diabetes complications, such as nephropathy and cardiovascular diseases, leading to development of new therapeutic strategies in order to delay and prevent the onset of such complications.
Published: 2017

36. PMP22 messenger RNA levels in skin biopsies: testing the effectiveness of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A biomarker

Author: L. Nobbio, D. Visigalli, D. Radice, E. Fiorina, A. Solari, G. Lauria, M. M. Reilly, A. Schenone, D. Pareyson, C. Marchesi, E. Salsano, L. Nanetti, C. Marelli, V. Scaioli, C. Ciano, M. Rimoldi, E. Rizzetto, F. Camozzi, E. Narciso, M. Grandis, M. Monti Bragadin, G. M. Fabrizi, T. Cavallaro, A. Casano, L. Bertolasi, I. Cabrini, K. Corra, N. Rizzuto, L. Santoro, M. Nolano, G. Vita, A. Mazzeo, M. Aguennouz, R. Di Leo, G. Majorana, N. Lanzano, F. Valenti, A. Quattrone, P. Valentino, R. Nistico, D. Pirritano, A. Lucisano, M. Canino, L. Padua, C. Pazzaglia, G. Granata, M. Foschini, F. Gemignani, F. Brindani, F. Vitetta, I. Allegri, F. Visioli, P. Bogani, NOLANO, MARIA, SANTORO, LUCIO, MANGANELLI, FIORE, PISCIOTTA, CHIARA, L., Nobbio, D., Visigalli, D., Radice, E., Fiorina, A., Solari, G., Lauria, M. M., Reilly, Santoro, Lucio, A., Schenone, D., Pareyson, C., Marchesi, E., Salsano, L., Nanetti, C., Marelli, V., Scaioli, C., Ciano, M., Rimoldi, E., Rizzetto, F., Camozzi, E., Narciso, M., Grandi, M., Monti Bragadin, G. M., Fabrizi, T., Cavallaro, A., Casano, L., Bertolasi, I., Cabrini, K., Corra, N., Rizzuto, L., Santoro, Manganelli, Fiore, Pisciotta, Chiara, M., Nolano, G., Vita, A., Mazzeo, M., Aguennouz, R., Di Leo, G., Majorana, N., Lanzano, F., Valenti, A., Quattrone, P., Valentino, R., Nistico, D., Pirritano, A., Lucisano, M., Canino, L., Padua, C., Pazzaglia, G., Granata, M., Foschini, F., Gemignani, F., Brindani, F., Vitetta, I., Allegri, F., Visioli, P., Bogani, and Nolano, Maria
Subjects: Adult, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, ascorbic acid, biological marker, CMT1A, PMP22, Biomarkers, Biopsy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Middle Aged, Myelin Proteins, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, RNA, Messenger, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Skin, Sural Nerve, Young Adult, Neurology (clinical), Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Messenger, Sural nerve, Gene dosage, chemistry.chemical_compound, Peripheral myelin protein 22, Transcriptional regulation, medicine, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate, Messenger RNA, business.industry, Ascorbic acid, chemistry, RNA, Biomarker (medicine), business
Abstract: Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) is associated with increased gene dosage for PMP22 . Therapeutic approaches are currently aiming at correcting PMP22 over-expression. It is unknown whether PMP22 can be used as a biological marker of disease progression and therapy efficacy. We performed quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction on skin biopsies of 45 patients with CMT1A, obtained at study entry and after 24-months of treatment either with ascorbic acid or placebo. Data of a subgroup of patients were also compared with matched healthy subjects. Finally, we analysed PMP22 messenger RNA levels in sural nerve biopsies. We did not find significant differences in the levels of any known PMP22 transcripts in treated or untreated patients with CMT1A, thus confirming that ascorbic acid does not impact on the molecular features of CMT1A. Most importantly, we did not observe any correlation between PMP22 messenger RNA levels and the different clinical and electrophysiological outcome measures, underscoring the weakness of PMP22 to mirror the phenotypic variability of patients with CMT1A. We did not find increased PMP22 messenger RNA levels in skin and sural nerve biopsies of patients with CMT1A compared with relative controls. In conclusion, this study shows that ascorbic acid does not impact on PMP22 transcriptional regulation and PMP22 is not a suitable biomarker for CMT1A. * Abbreviations : cAMP : cyclic adenosine monophosphate CMT1A : Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A
Published: 2014
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37. Stance instability in preclinical SCA1 mutation carriers: A 4-year prospective posturography study

Author: Anna Castaldo, Caterina Mariotti, Greta Brenna, Dario Alpini, Lorenzo Nanetti, Alessia Mongelli, Cinzia Gellera, and Valentina Mattei
Subjects: Adult, Genetic Markers, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Adolescent, Biophysics, Ataxin 1, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, medicine, Postural Balance, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Prospective Studies, 030223 otorhinolaryngology, Prospective cohort study, Ataxin-1, biology, business.industry, Rehabilitation, Posturography, Case-control study, medicine.disease, Case-Control Studies, Mutation (genetic algorithm), Asymptomatic Diseases, Mutation, biology.protein, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Physical therapy, Disease Progression, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: We aimed to study postural balance in preclinical Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) mutation carriers to identify and observe specific motor functional deficit before evident clinical manifestation.Participants were 9 asymptomatic SCA1 mutation carriers (6M/3F), aged 31.8±7years (range 22-44), and 17 age-matched non-carrier controls (5M/12F) (age 18-42). Subjects underwent postural tests on a force platform (TetraxIn controls, ST was unchanged from baseline to 4-year evaluations in all standing conditions. SCA1 mutation carriers performed similarly to controls in the postural tasks with open eyes, whereas in conditions without visual feedback SCA1 carriers had significantly higher ST than controls at all longitudinal evaluations. Close-to-disease onset carriers (≤7years) showed more prominent time-dependent stance abnormalities (p0.0001 for all comparisons).Traceable and progressive postural abnormalities can be observed in preclinical close-to-onset SCA1 carriers. Quantitative analysis of stance could represent a promising outcome measure in clinical trials including preclinical subjects.
Published: 2016

38. MRI Evidence of Cerebellar and Extraocular Muscle Atrophy Differently Contributing to Eye Movement Abnormalities in SCA2 and SCA28 Diseases

Author: Anna Castaldo, Paola Ciasca, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Lorenzo Nanetti, Franco Taroni, Letterio S. Politi, Daniela Di Bella, Caterina Mariotti, Gianluca Brugnara, Claudia Godi, and Marta Panzeri
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Cerebellum, genetic structures, Adolescent, Eye Movements, Extraocular muscles, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Atrophy, Ocular Motility Disorders, Ptosis, Hypometric saccades, medicine, Humans, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Aged, business.industry, Reproducibility of Results, Anatomy, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pons, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Frontal lobe, Oculomotor Muscles, Female, Brainstem, medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: PURPOSE Spinocerebellar ataxias type 2 and 28 (SCA2, SCA28) are autosomal dominant disorders characterized by progressive cerebellar and oculomotor abnormalities. We aimed to investigate cerebellar, brainstem, and extraocular muscle involvement in the mitochondrial SCA28 disease compared with SCA2. METHODS We obtained orbital and brain 1.5 T-magnetic resonance images (MRI) in eight SCA28 subjects, nine SCA2, and nine age-matched healthy subjects. Automated segmentation of cerebellum and frontal lobe was performed using Freesurfer software. Manual segmentations for midbrain, pons, and extraocular muscles were performed using OsiriX. RESULTS Eye movement abnormalities in SCA2 subjects were characterized by slow horizontal saccades. Subjects with SCA28 variably presented hypometric saccades, saccadic horizontal pursuit, impaired horizontal gaze holding, and superior eyelid ptosis. Quantitative brain MRI demonstrated that cerebellar and pons volumes were significantly reduced in both SCA2 and SCA28 subjects compared with controls (P < 0.03), and in SCA2 subjects compared with SCA28 (P < 0.01). Midbrain and frontal lobe volumes were also significantly reduced in SCA2 compared to controls (P < 0.03), whereas these volumes did not differ between SCA2 and SCA28 and between SCA28 and control subjects. The extraocular muscle areas were 37% to 48% smaller in SCA28 subjects compared with controls (P < 0.002), and 14% to 36% smaller compared with SCA2 subjects (P < 0.03). Extraocular muscle areas did not differ between SCA2 and controls. CONCLUSIONS Our MRI findings support the hypothesis of different cerebellar and extraocular myopathic contributions in the eye movement abnormalities in SCA2 and SCA28 diseases. In SCA28, a myopathic defect selectively involving the extraocular muscles supports a specific impairment of mitochondrial energy metabolism.
Published: 2016

39. SYNE1 ataxia is a common recessive ataxia with major non-cerebellar features: a large multi-centre study

Author: Constanze Gallenmüller, Mona Mustafa, Rebecca Schüle, Tobias B. Haack, Martin Schulze, Daniela Di Bella, Michel Koenig, Thomas Klopstock, Marc Sturm, Michael A. Gonzalez, Elisa Sarto, Dagmar Timmann, Stefania Magri, Alexandra Durr, Matthis Synofzik, Peter Bauer, Ludger Schöls, Martial Mallaret, Christine Tranchant, Stephan Züchner, Mathieu Anheim, Katrien Smets, Tine Deconinck, Wahiba Hamza, Lorenzo Nanetti, Franco Taroni, Peter De Jonghe, Claudia Stendel, Caterina Mariotti, Jonathan Baets, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Strasbourg, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (CRICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Laboratoire de génétique des maladies rares. Pathologie moleculaire, etudes fonctionnelles et banque de données génétiques (LGMR), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-IFR3, Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Service de Génétique Cytogénétique et Embryologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Cerebellum, Pathology, Medizin, diagnostic imaging [Cerebellar Ataxia], Disease, medicine.disease_cause, 0302 clinical medicine, physiopathology [Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System], diagnosis [Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System], genetics, SYNE1 protein, human, genetics [Nerve Tissue Proteins], Mutation, medicine.diagnostic_test, genetics [Cerebellar Ataxia], Muscles, Brain, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Nuclear Proteins, genetics [Nuclear Proteins], Middle Aged, Nesprin 1, Phenotype, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 3. Good health, diagnosis [Cerebellar Ataxia], medicine.anatomical_structure, motor neuron disease, Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System, Female, [SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], medicine.symptom, physiopathology [Cerebellar Ataxia], metabolism [Nuclear Proteins], Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, genetics [Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System], Cerebellar Ataxia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia, Mutation, Missense, Genes, Recessive, Neuroimaging, Nerve Tissue Proteins, metabolism [Muscles], physiology [Evoked Potentials, Motor], 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, medicine, Humans, ddc:610, hereditary spastic paraplegia, Letters to the Editor, diagnostic imaging [Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System], Aged, Muscle biopsy, metabolism [Nerve Tissue Proteins], Cerebellar ataxia, business.industry, ataxia, Genetics, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Motor Neuron Disease, medicine.disease, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Cytoskeletal Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, metabolism [Brain], Positron-Emission Tomography, Human medicine, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: Mutations in SYNE1, which encodes 'synaptic nuclear envelope protein 1', are reported to cause a relatively pure cerebellar ataxia largely limited to Quebec. By combining next-generation sequencing and deep phenotyping, however, Synofzik et al. reveal thatSYNE1 mutations in fact cause complex neurodegenerative phenotypes that occur frequently across Europe.Mutations inSYNE1, which encodes 'synaptic nuclear envelope protein 1', are reported to cause a relatively pure cerebellar ataxia largely limited to Quebec. By combining next-generation sequencing and deep phenotyping, however, Synofziket al. reveal thatSYNE1 mutations in fact cause complex neurodegenerative phenotypes that occur frequently across Europe.Mutations in the synaptic nuclear envelope protein 1 (SYNE1) gene have been reported to cause a relatively pure, slowly progressive cerebellar recessive ataxia mostly identified in Quebec, Canada. Combining next-generation sequencing techniques and deep-phenotyping (clinics, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, muscle histology), we here established the frequency, phenotypic spectrum and genetic spectrum ofSYNE1 in a screening of 434 non-Canadian index patients from seven centres across Europe. Patients were screened by whole-exome sequencing or targeted panel sequencing, yielding 23 unrelated families with recessive truncatingSYNE1 mutations (23/434 = 5.3%). In these families, 35 different mutations were identified, 34 of them not previously linked to human disease. While only 5/26 patients (19%) showed the classicalSYNE1 phenotype of mildly progressive pure cerebellar ataxia, 21/26 (81%) exhibited additional complicating features, including motor neuron features in 15/26 (58%). In three patients, respiratory dysfunction was part of an early-onset multisystemic neuromuscular phenotype with mental retardation, leading to premature death at age 36 years in one of them. Positron emission tomography imaging confirmed hypometabolism in extra-cerebellar regions such as the brainstem. Muscle biopsy reliably showed severely reduced or absent SYNE1 staining, indicating its potential use as a non-genetic indicator for underlyingSYNE1 mutations. Our findings, which present the largest systematic series of SYNE1 patients and mutations outside Canada, revise the view that SYNE1 ataxia causes mainly a relatively pure cerebellar recessive ataxia and that it is largely limited to Quebec. Instead, complex phenotypes with a wide range of extra-cerebellar neurological and non-neurological dysfunctions are frequent, including in particular motor neuron and brainstem dysfunction. The disease course in this multisystemic neurodegenerative disease can be fatal, including premature death due to respiratory dysfunction. With a relative frequency of similar to 5%, SYNE1 is one of the more common recessive ataxias worldwide.
Published: 2016
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40. Glutamatein vitroeffects on human term placental mitochondria

Author: Francesca Raffaelli, Laura Nanetti, Laura Mazzanti, Arianna Vignini, Roberto Di Primio, Andrea L. Tranquilli, and Eleonora Salvolini
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Placenta, Glutamic Acid, Intrauterine growth restriction, Mitochondrion, medicine.disease_cause, Preeclampsia, Pregnancy, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Fetus, biology, business.industry, Glutamate receptor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, medicine.disease, Mitochondria, Gestational diabetes, Nitric oxide synthase, Oxidative Stress, Endocrinology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, biology.protein, Female, business, Oxidative stress
Abstract: Oxidative stress may affect the functionality of placental mitochondria, thus contributing to serious complications. For this reason research of protective substances is of great importance. Our aim was to evaluate, in mitochondria isolated from human term placentas, the effect of in vitro glutamate supplementation on their susceptibility to oxidation, on the chemico-physical characteristics of mitochondrial membranes, and on peroxidase and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activities.The study was performed on mitochondria isolated from 20 healthy human term placentas. Specific exclusion criteria were: conception by assisted reproduction, chromosomal or other fetal, uterine or placental anomalies, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a history of smoking and hypertension, proteinuria, renal, cardiovascular, hepatic, and endocrine disease, metabolic disorders, and current infection or history of all types of infection.Incubation with glutamate determined a reduced susceptibility to oxidative stress, an increase in mitochondrial membrane fluidity, and a decrease of both peroxidase and NOS activities.On the basis of the observed results, we can hypothesize a role for glutamate in the control of lipid peroxidation extent in physiological pregnancies, as well as in the prevention of free radical-linked complications that can affect the health of both mother and fetus.
Published: 2012
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41. Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Isoform Expression in Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence for Peripheral Marker

Author: Laura Nanetti, Stefano Morganti, Arianna Vignini, Davide Sartini, Laura Mazzanti, S. Luzzi, Leandro Provinciali, and Monica Emanuelli
Subjects: Blood Platelets, Male, Gene isoform, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, BACE1-AS, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Cognition, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Amyloid precursor protein, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Prospective Studies, RNA, Messenger, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Pharmacology, biology, business.industry, P3 peptide, medicine.disease, Up-Regulation, Biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease, Endocrinology, Italy, Case-Control Studies, biology.protein, Biomarker (medicine), Female, Alzheimer's disease, business, Amyloid precursor protein secretase, Biomarkers
Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive cognitive and memory decline. Among peripheral markers of AD, great interest has been focused on the amyloid precursor protein (APP). In this regard, platelets represent an important peripheral source of APP since it has been demonstrated that the three major isoforms, that are constituted of 770, 751 and 695 aa residues, are inserted in the membrane of resting platelets. APP 751 and APP 770 contain a Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor domain (APP KPI) and APP 695 lacks this domain. To address this issue, we first examined the platelet APP isoform mRNAs prospectively as biomarker for the diagnosis of AD by means of real-time quantitative PCR, and then evaluated the correlation between APP mRNA expression levels and cognitive impairment of enrolled subjects. Differential gene expression measurements in the AD patient group (n=18) revealed a significant up-regulation of APP TOT (1.52-fold), APP KPI (1.32-fold), APP 770 (1.33-fold) and APP 751 (1.26-fold) compared to controls (n=22). Moreover, a statistically significant positive correlation was found between APP mRNA levels (TOT, KPI, 770 and 751) and cognitive impairment. Since AD definitive diagnosis still relies on pathological evaluation at autopsy, the present results are consistent with the hypothesis that platelet APP could be considered a potential reliable peripheral marker for studying AD and could contribute to define a signature for the presence of AD pathology.
Published: 2011
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42. Nitric oxide platelet production in spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester

Author: Paola Vitali, Stefano Raffaele Giannubilo, Laura Nanetti, Laura Mazzanti, Andrea L. Tranquilli, Arianna Vignini, Claudia Maria Curzi, Angelo Turi, and Francesca Raffaelli
Subjects: Adult, Blood Platelets, medicine.medical_specialty, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Abortion, Nitric Oxide, Nitric oxide, Miscarriage, chemistry.chemical_compound, Pregnancy, Peroxynitrous Acid, medicine, Humans, Retrospective Studies, biology, Obstetrics, business.industry, Nitrotyrosine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational age, medicine.disease, Abortion, Spontaneous, Nitric oxide synthase, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Reproductive Medicine, chemistry, Case-Control Studies, biology.protein, Tyrosine, Gestation, Female, business
Abstract: Objective To investigate the role played by platelet nitric oxide (NO) metabolism in patients with spontaneous miscarriage (SM) and recurrent spontaneous miscarriage (RSM) compared with healthy pregnant women. Design Retrospective case-control study. Setting Patients and controls in an academic research environment. Intervention(s) None. Patient(s) Thirty singleton pregnant women who experienced SM, nine singleton pregnant women who presented with RSM, and 30 singleton healthy pregnant women matched for age, parity, and gestational age were enrolled. Main Outcome Measure(s) NO levels and peroxynitrite (ONOO - ) production; moreover, inducible NO synthase (iNOS), endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), and nitrotyrosine expression (N-Tyr) were observed in the same samples. Result(s) A significant increase was shown in platelet NO and ONOO - levels and in iNOS and N-Tyr both in SM and in RSM pregnant women compared with controls. Conclusion(s) The data herein reported imply that a modified NO pathway might play a key role in the physiological changes of advancing gestation but may also contribute to the pathophysiology of spontaneous miscarriage. Thus, any factors balancing NO metabolism might be useful in the treatment of miscarriage, thus reducing the substantial morbidity and associated mortality.
Published: 2010
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43. Sialic Acid and Sialidase Activity in Acute Stroke

Author: M. Silvestrini, L. Provinciali, Laura Mazzanti, Francesca Raffaelli, Arianna Vignini, Laura Nanetti, and Ruja Taffi
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, acute stroke, Clinical Biochemistry, Neuraminidase, Biology, Sialidase, chemistry.chemical_compound, Plasma, Internal medicine, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Molecular Biology, Stroke, Acute stroke, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, lcsh:R5-920, Sialidase activity, sialidase, Biochemistry (medical), Erythrocyte Membrane, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, N-Acetylneuraminic Acid, Sialic acid, Endocrinology, chemistry, Cerebral blood flow, Apoptosis, Case-Control Studies, Immunology, erythrocytes, Population study, Female, Other, lcsh:Medicine (General)
Abstract: Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by multiple disease mechanisms, resulting in a disruption of cerebral blood flow with subsequent tissue damage. It is well known that erythrocytes have a large amount of sialic acid and could represent a model to investigate changes occurring in a pathology like stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship among erythrocyte membrane, plasma and sialic acid content. The possible impact of the sialic acid content and the activity of sialidase on stroke severity was also evaluated.The study population consisted of 54 patients with a first stroke and of 53 age-and sex matched healthy volunteers.The total bound sialic acid was substantially decreased in patients. There was a significant correlation between the sialidase activity values and the severity of the neurological deficit defined by the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.This study shows that low sialic acid erythrocyte concentrations with contemporary high sialic acid plasma levels and elevated sialidase activity can be considered as markers of ischemic stroke. Further investigations are needed to clarify the possible role of these biochemical changes in producing and sustaining cerebral ischemic damage.
Published: 2008

44. Is overwork weakness relevant in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease?

Author: Piscosquito, G., Reilly, M. M., Schenone, A., Fabrizi, G. M., Cavallaro, T., Santoro, L., Vita, G., Quattrone, A., Padua, L., Gemignani, F., Visioli, F., Laura, M., Calabrese, D., Hughes, R. A. C., Radice, D., Solari, A., Pareyson, D., Marchesi, C., Salsano, E., Nanetti, L., Marelli, C., Scaioli, V., Ciano, C., Rimoldi, M., Lauria, G., Rizzetto, E., Camozzi, F., Narciso, E., Grandis, M., Monti Bragadin, M., Nobbio, L., Casano, A., Bertolasi, L., Cabrini, I., Corra, K., Rizzuto, N., Manganelli, F., Pisciotta, C., Nolano, M., Mazzeo, A., Di Leo, R., Majorana, G., Russo, M., Valentino, P., Nistico, R., Pirritano, D., Lucisano, A., Canino, M., Pazzaglia, C., Granata, G., Foschini, M., Brindani, F., Vitetta, F., Allegri, I., Bogani, P., Blake, J., Koltzenburg, M., Hutton, E., Lunn, M., G., Piscosquito, M. M., Reilly, A., Schenone, G. M., Fabrizi, T., Cavallaro, Santoro, Lucio, G., Vita, A., Quattrone, L., Padua, F., Gemignani, F., Visioli, M., Laura, D., Calabrese, R. A. C., Hughe, D., Radice, A., Solari, D., Pareyson, C., Marchesi, E., Salsano, L., Nanetti, C., Marelli, V., Scaioli, C., Ciano, M., Rimoldi, G., Lauria, E., Rizzetto, F., Camozzi, E., Narciso, M., Grandi, M., Monti Bragadin, L., Nobbio, A., Casano, L., Bertolasi, I., Cabrini, K., Corra, N., Rizzuto, Manganelli, Fiore, Pisciotta, Chiara, M., Nolano, A., Mazzeo, R., Di Leo, G., Majorana, M., Russo, P., Valentino, R., Nistico, D., Pirritano, A., Lucisano, M., Canino, C., Pazzaglia, G., Granata, M., Foschini, F., Brindani, F., Vitetta, I., Allegri, P., Bogani, J., Blake, M., Koltzenburg, E., Hutton, and M., Lunn
Subjects: Adult, Male, REHABILITATION, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Weakness, medicine.medical_specialty, Neuromuscular disease, Adolescent, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, medicine.medical_treatment, physical activity, Neurogenetics, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, overwork weakness, Functional Laterality, Young Adult, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Hand strength, medicine, Humans, Muscle Strength, Young adult, Muscle, Skeletal, Aged, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, lower limb, muscles, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Muscle Weakness, NEUROGENETICS, Hand Strength, business.industry, NEUROPATHY, Muscle weakness, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Gait, Psychiatry and Mental health, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Physical therapy, Surgery, Female, HMSN (CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH), Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In overwork weakness (OW), muscles are increasingly weakened by exercise, work or daily activities. Although it is a well-established phenomenon in several neuromuscular disorders, it is debated whether it occurs in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Dominant limb muscles undergo a heavier overload than non-dominant and therefore if OW occurs we would expect them to become weaker. Four previous studies, comparing dominant and non-dominant hand strength in CMT series employing manual testing or myometry, gave contradictory results. Moreover, none of them examined the behaviour of lower limb muscles. METHODS: We tested the OW hypothesis in 271 CMT1A adult patients by comparing bilateral intrinsic hand and leg muscle strength with manual testing as well as manual dexterity. RESULTS: We found no significant difference between sides for the strength of first dorsal interosseous, abductor pollicis brevis, anterior tibialis and triceps surae. Dominant side muscles did not become weaker than non-dominant with increasing age and disease severity (assessed with the CMT Neuropathy Score); in fact, the dominant triceps surae was slightly stronger than the non-dominant with increasing age and disease severity. DISCUSSION: Our data does not support the OW hypothesis and the consequent harmful effect of exercise in patients with CMT1A. Physical activity should be encouraged, and rehabilitation remains the most effective treatment for CMT patients. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
Published: 2014
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45. Cerebellar Involvement in Patients with Mild to Moderate Myoclonus Due to EPM1: Structural and Functional MRI Findings in Comparison with Healthy Controls and Ataxic Patients

Author: Marta Panzeri, Anna Nigri, Caterina Mariotti, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, Elisa Visani, Nicola Bertolino, Laura Canafoglia, Silvana Franceschetti, and Lorenzo Nanetti
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Myoclonus, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Cerebellum, Progressive myoclonus epilepsy, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, Epilepsy, 0302 clinical medicine, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, medicine.diagnostic_test, Cerebrum, Functional Neuroimaging, Magnetic resonance imaging, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Unverricht–Lundborg disease, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, nervous system, Neurology, Case-Control Studies, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Female, Neurology (clinical), Anatomy, medicine.symptom, Atrophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: EPM1 (epilepsy, progressive myoclonic 1; Unverricht-Lundborg disease, OMIM #254800) is the most frequent form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Previous findings have suggested that its pathophysiology mainly involves the cerebellum, but the evaluation of cerebellar dysfunction is still unsatisfactory. The aim of this study was to assess the structural and functional involvement of the cerebellum in EPM1. We used voxel-based morphometry and spatially unbiased infra-tentorial template analyses of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and functional MRI (fMRI) scans during block and event-related go/no-go motor tasks to study 13 EPM1 patients with mild to moderate myoclonus. We compared the results with those obtained in 12 age-matched healthy controls (HCs) and in 12 patients with hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Structural analyses revealed different patterns of atrophic changes in the EPM1 and SCA patients: in the former, they involved both cerebrum and cerebellum but, in the latter, only the cerebellum. During fMRI, block and event-related go/no-go tasks similarly activated the cerebellum and cerebrum in the EPM1 patients and HCs, whereas both tasks revealed much less cerebellar activation in the SCA patients than in the other two groups. Volumetric evaluation of the EPM1 patients showed that the cerebellum seemed to be marginally involved in a widespread atrophic process, and fMRI showed that it was not functionally impaired during motor tasks.
Published: 2016

46. Progression characteristics of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS): a 2 year cohort study

Author: Imis Dogan, Chantal Depondt, Manuel Dafotakis, Sandra Benaich, Ralf-Dieter Hilgers, Paola Giunti, Dagmar Timmann, Perrine Charles, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Katrin Bürk, Claire Didszun, Claire Ewenczyk, Ummehan Ermis, Marta Panzeri, Myriam Rai, Ludger Schöls, Michael H Parkinson, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Massimo Pandolfo, Kathrin Reetz, Caterina Mariotti, Ilaria Giordano, Claudia Stendel, Sylvia Boesch, Marie-Lorraine Monin, Thomas Klockgether, Ivan Karin, Kathrin Fedosov, Javier Arpa, Andreas Eigentler, Irene Sanz-Gallego, Mary G. Sweeney, Christiane Neuhofer, Anna Castaldo, Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, Francisco Javier Rodriguez de Rivera, Julia Wolf, Thomas Klopstock, and Alexandra Durr
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Gerontology, Adult, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, physiopathology [Friedreich Ataxia], Severity of Illness Index, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Severity of illness, Activities of Daily Living, diagnosis [Friedreich Ataxia], Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Clinical endpoint, Medicine, Humans, ddc:610, Registries, Age of Onset, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prognosis, genetics [Friedreich Ataxia], Clinical trial, Europe, 030104 developmental biology, Friedreich Ataxia, Cohort, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Disease Progression, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, Age of onset, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cohort study
Abstract: Summary Background The European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS) is a prospective international registry investigating the natural history of Friedreich's ataxia. We used data from EFACTS to assess disease progression and the predictive value of disease-related factors on progression, and estimated sample sizes for interventional randomised clinical trials. Methods We enrolled patients with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia from 11 European study sites in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Patients were seen at three visits—baseline, 1 year, and 2 years. Our primary endpoint was the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA). Secondary outcomes were the Inventory of Non-Ataxia Signs (INAS), the Spinocerebellar Ataxia Functional Index (SCAFI), phonemic verbal fluency (PVF), and the quality of life measures activities of daily living (ADL) and EQ-5D-3L index. We estimated the yearly progression for each outcome with linear mixed-effect modelling. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02069509, and follow-up assessments and recruitment of new patients are ongoing. Findings Between Sept 15, 2010, and Nov 21, 2013, we enrolled 605 patients with Friedreich's ataxia. 546 patients (90%) contributed data with at least one follow-up visit. The progression rate on SARA was 0·77 points per year (SE 0·06) in the overall cohort. Deterioration in SARA was associated with younger age of onset (–0·02 points per year [0·01] per year of age) and lower SARA baseline scores (–0·07 points per year [0·01] per baseline point). Patients with more than 353 GAA repeats on the shorter allele of the FXN locus had a higher SARA progression rate (0·09 points per year [0·02] per additional 100 repeats) than did patients with fewer than 353 repeats. Annual worsening was 0·10 points per year (0·03) for INAS, −0·04 points per year (0·01) for SCAFI, 0·93 points per year (0·06) for ADL, and −0·02 points per year (0·004) for EQ-5D-3L. PVF performance improved by 0·99 words per year (0·14). To detect a 50% reduction in SARA progression at 80% power, 548 patients would be needed in a 1 year clinical trial and 184 would be needed for a 2 year trial. Interpretation Our results show that SARA is a suitable clinical rating scale to detect deterioration of ataxia symptoms over time; ADL is an appropriate measure to monitor changes in daily self-care activities; and younger age at disease onset is a major predictor for faster disease progression. The results of the EFACTS longitudinal analysis provide suitable outcome measures and sample size calculations for the design of upcoming clinical trials of Friedreich's ataxia. Funding European Commission.
Published: 2016
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47. Plasma levels of nitric oxide and stroke outcome

Author: Francesca Raffaelli, Arianna Vignini, Marco Bartolini, M. Silvestrini, Laura Nanetti, Ruja Taffi, Leandro Provinciali, Patrizio Pasqualetti, Fabrizio Vernieri, and Laura Mazzanti
Subjects: Brain Infarction, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Lacunar stroke, Free Radicals, Nitric Oxide, medicine.disease_cause, Severity of Illness Index, Brain Ischemia, Nitric oxide, chemistry.chemical_compound, Peroxynitrous Acid, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Age of Onset, Stroke, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, chemistry.chemical_classification, Reactive oxygen species, business.industry, Brain, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Up-Regulation, Oxidative Stress, Neurology, chemistry, Cerebral blood flow, Apoptosis, Disease Progression, Cardiology, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, Biomarkers, Peroxynitrite, Oxidative stress
Abstract: Production of reactive oxygen species after cerebral blood flow disruption may enhance tissue damage through multiple molecular pathways. Changes in nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and oxidative stress status were investigated in 47 patients with ischemic stroke by measuring plasma nitric oxide (NO) and peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) levels.A correlation was sought between these two parameters and i) baseline stroke severity based on the National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) and ii) neurological outcome in terms of NIHSS changes from entry (T(0)) to 30 days after symptom onset (T(1)). The control group consisted of 30 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Mean plasma levels of ONOO(-) (arbitrary fluorescence number +/- SD) were significantly higher in patients (7.70 +/- 1.71 vs 5.35 +/- 0.69, p0.001), whereas mean NO levels (nmol/mg protein) were significantly higher in controls (115.40 +/- 12.40 vs. 51.10 +/- 12.50, p0.001). Plasma ONOO(-) was significantly higher among patients with non-lacunar stroke (8.48 +/- 1.50 vs. 6.95 +/- 1.58 in those with lacunar stroke; p = 0.001), whereas NO levels were significantly higher among lacunar stroke patients (60.00 +/- 7.86, vs. 41.77 +/- 9.29 in patients with nonlacunar stroke; p0.001). Nitric oxide plasma levels were also associated with an unfavorable evolution in non-lacunar stroke, since a 10 unit increase in NO predicted a 1 point reduction in the NIHSS score at T1. Findings show that changes in NO metabolism may be considered as markers of brain injury in patients with ischemic stroke. Further work is needed to establish whether the amount of biochemical changes related to oxidative stress may influence outcome in these patients.
Published: 2007
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48. Lipoproteins Obtained from Anorexia Nervosa Patients Induce Higher Oxidative Stress in U373MG Astrocytes Through Nitric Oxide Production

Author: Giorgio Montecchiani, Anna Maria Cester, Marco Boscaro, Paola Canibus, Arianna Vignini, Emanuela Faloia, Laura Mazzanti, and Laura Nanetti
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Anorexia Nervosa, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I, Biology, Nitric Oxide, medicine.disease_cause, Nitric oxide, Pathogenesis, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, chemistry.chemical_compound, Cell Line, Tumor, Peroxynitrous Acid, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Cholesterol, Lipoproteins, LDL, Oxidative Stress, Peroxynitrous acid, Endocrinology, Neurology, chemistry, Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses), Astrocytes, Molecular Medicine, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Lipoproteins, HDL, Peroxynitrite, Oxidative stress, Lipoprotein
Abstract: Eating disorders (ED) are a group of important psychiatric disorders that affect young men and women, and can have serious consequences. Among all ED, anorexia nervosa (AN) is the most typical but also the most severe. The pathogenesis of AN is multifactorial and a great variety of cognitive deficits may contribute to its pathogenesis. The present study is aimed to measure NO and peroxynitrite production, iNOS and nNOS expression by Western immunoblot after incubation of AN lipoproteins at different times with human astrocytoma cells. The AN-HDL treated cells showed an increased production of NO at 3 h versus control-HDL treated cells and a decreased production at 24 h. Regarding LDL, a significant increase of NO production was obtained both at 3 and 24 h. The AN-HDL and AN-LDL treated cells showed an increased production of peroxynitrite both at 3 and 24 h compared to control lipoproteins. Densitometric analysis of bands indicated that both iNOS and nNOS protein levels were significantly higher in the cells incubated with AN lipoproteins compared to cells incubated with control lipoproteins both at 3 and 24 h. Although the pathogenesis of AN remains uncertain, evidence exists that modifications to the lipoprotein profile and cholesterol, structural alterations of phospholipids and integral constituents of myelin and synaptosomes may be related to psychotic disorders and body image distortion common to AN. Thus, a relevant pathophysiological association between NO and depression is certainly a possibility, as well as a central role played by NO in the pathogenesis.
Published: 2007
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49. Oxidative Stress and Erythrocyte Membrane Alterations in Children with Autism: Correlation with Clinical Features

Author: Francesca Raffaelli, Stefano Manfredini, Federica Resca, Gemma Malisardi, Emanuela Pipitone, Provvidenza Maria Abruzzo, Alessandro Ghezzo, Laura Nanetti, Paola Visconti, Laura Mazzanti, Giuseppe Gobbi, Carla Ferreri, Marina Marini, Arianna Vignini, Alessandra Bolotta, Ghezzo A, Visconti P, Abruzzo PM, Bolotta A, Ferreri C, Gobbi G, Malisardi G, Manfredini S, Marini M, Nanetti L, Pipitone E, Raffaelli F, Resca F, Vignini A, and Mazzanti L.
Subjects: Male, Isoprostane, Thiobarbituric acid, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Epidemiology, Isoprostanes, Developmental and Pediatric Neurology, medicine.disease_cause, Biochemistry, Pediatrics, FATTY-ACID COMPOSITIONS, ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, INCREASED LIPID-PEROXIDATION, chemistry.chemical_compound, Membrane fluidity, Pathology, Child, Pediatric Epidemiology, chemistry.chemical_classification, Multidisciplinary, biology, Na+, Mental Health, Neurology, Catalase, Child, Preschool, Medicine, Female, Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, Molecular Pathology, Research Article, membrana plasmatica, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, Superoxide dismutase, Diagnostic Medicine, markers di stress ossidativo, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, K+ ATPasi, Biology, business.industry, Erythrocyte Membrane, Fatty acid, Lipid metabolism, autismo, Lipid Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Biomarker Epidemiology, Endocrinology, chemistry, Immunology, biology.protein, profilo lipidico di membrana, business, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative stress, Biomarkers, Neuroscience, General Pathology
Abstract: It has been suggested that oxidative stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but the literature reports somewhat contradictory results. To further investigate the issue, we evaluated a high number of peripheral oxidative stress parameters, and some related issues such as erythrocyte membrane functional features and lipid composition. Twenty-one autistic children (Au) aged 5 to 12 years, were gender and age-matched with 20 typically developing children (TD). Erythrocyte thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, urinary isoprostane and hexanoyl-lysine adduct levels were elevated in Au, thus confirming the occurrence of an imbalance of the redox status of Au, whilst other oxidative stress markers or associated parameters (urinary 8-oxo-dG, plasma radical absorbance capacity and carbonyl groups, erythrocyte superoxide dismutase and catalase activities) were unchanged. A very significant reduction of Na+/K+-ATPase activity (-66%, p
Published: 2013
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50. Biological and clinical characteristics of individuals at risk for spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6 in the longitudinal RISCA study: analysis of baseline data

Author: Caterina Mariotti, Anna Sulek, Sylvia Boesch, Jörg B. Schulz, Lorenzo Nanetti, Maria Rakowicz, Dagmar Timmann, Jun Suk Kang, Katrin Bürk, Alessandro Filla, Perrine Charles, Ludger Schöls, Julia Schicks, Alexandra Durr, Marcella Masciullo, Antonella Antenora, Jon Infante, Annkathrin Peltz, Heike Jacobi, Laszlo Baliko, Thomas Klockgether, Béla Melegh, Roberto Di Fabio, Isabelle Dufaure-Garé, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Peter Bauer, Kathrin Reetz, Jacobi, H, Reetz, K, du Montcel, St, Bauer, P, Mariotti, C, Nanetti, L, Rakowicz, M, Sulek, A, Durr, A, Charles, P, Filla, Alessandro, Antenora, A, Sch?ls, L, Schicks, J, Infante, J, Kang, J, Timmann, D, Di Fabio, R, Masciullo, M, Baliko, L, Melegh, B, Boesch, S, B?rk, K, Peltz, A, Schulz, Jb, Dufaure Gar?, I, and Klockgether, T.
Subjects: Male, Health Status, physiopathology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Medizin, etiology [Sleep Wake Disorders], Neuropsychological Tests, psychology [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, diagnosis [Spinocerebellar Ataxias], Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Young adult, Age of Onset, Prospective cohort study, Neurologic Examination, medicine.diagnostic_test, blood [DNA], Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Europe, physiology [Mutation], Mutation (genetic algorithm), Spinocerebellar ataxia, Disease Progression, Female, medicine.symptom, Sleep Wake Disorders, Adult, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Ataxia, Adolescent, Offspring, complications [Restless Legs Syndrome], genetics [Mutation], Young Adult, pathology [Brain Stem], Restless Legs Syndrome, Internal medicine, medicine, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Humans, ddc:610, Genetic testing, Aged, genetics [DNA], business.industry, DNA, medicine.disease, Mutation, Physical therapy, Neurology (clinical), Age of onset, business, Brain Stem
Abstract: Summary Background Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are autosomal, dominantly inherited, fully penetrant neurodegenerative diseases. Our aim was to study the preclinical stage of the most common SCAs: SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, and SCA6. Methods Between Sept 13, 2008, and Dec 1, 2011, offspring or siblings of patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6 were enrolled into a prospective, longitudinal observational study at 14 European centres. To be eligible for inclusion in our study, individuals had to have no ataxia and be aged 18–50 years if directly related to individuals with SCA1, SCA2, or SCA3, or 35–70 years if directly related to individuals with SCA6. We did anonymous genetic testing to identify mutation carriers. We assessed participants with clinical scales, questionnaires, and performance-based coordination tests. In eight of the 14 centres, participants underwent MRI. We analysed relations between outcome variables and time from onset (defined as the difference between present age and estimated age at ataxia onset). This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01037777. Findings 276 participants met inclusion criteria and agreed to participate, of whom 12 (4%) were excluded from final analysis because DNA samples were missing or genotyping failed. Estimated time from onset was −9 years (IQR −13 to −6) in 50 carriers of the SCA1 mutation, −12 years (–15 to −9) in 31 SCA2 mutation carriers, −8 years (–11 to −6) in 26 SCA3 mutation carriers, and −18 years (–22 to −16) in 16 SCA6 mutation carriers. Compared with non-carriers of each mutation, SCA1 mutation carriers had higher median scores on the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA; 0·5 [IQR 0–1·0] vs 0 [0–0]; p=0·0052), as did SCA2 mutation carriers (0·5 [0–2·0] vs 0 [0–0·5]; p=0·0037). SCA2 mutation carriers had lower SCA functional index scores than did non-carriers (–0·43 [–0·91 to −0·07] vs 0·09 [–0·30 to 0·56]; p=0·0007). SCA2 mutation carriers had worse composite cerebellar functional scores than did their non-carrier counterparts (0·915 [0·861–0·959] vs 0·849 [0·764–0·886]; p=0·0039). All other differences between carriers and non-carriers were non-significant. In SCA1 and SCA2 mutation carriers, SARA scores were increased in participants who were closer to the estimated age at onset (SCA1: r =0·36, p=0·0112; SCA2: r =0·50, p=0·0038). 83 individuals (30%) underwent MRI. Voxel-based morphometry showed grey-matter loss in the brainstem and cerebellum in SCA1 and SCA2 mutation carriers, and normalised brainstem volume was lower in SCA2 mutation carriers (median 0·015, range 0·012–0·016) than in non-carriers (0·019, 0·017–0·021; p=0·0107). Interpretation Preclinical SCA1 and SCA2 mutation carriers seem to have mild coordination deficits and abnormalities in the brain that are more common in carriers who are closer to the estimated onset of ataxia. Individuals in this early disease stage could be targeted in future preventive trials. Funding ERA-Net E-Rare and Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Published: 2013
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