Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1

ABSTRACT Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of monogenic diseases that share ataxia and autosomal dominant inheritance as the core features. An important proportion of SCAs are caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansions in the coding region of diffe...

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Main Authors: Carlos Roberto Martins Junior, Fabrício Castro de Borba, Alberto Rolim Muro Martinez, Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro de Rezende, Iscia Lopes Cendes, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Marcondes Cavalcante França Júnior
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author Carlos Roberto Martins Junior
Fabrício Castro de Borba
Alberto Rolim Muro Martinez
Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro de Rezende
Iscia Lopes Cendes
José Luiz Pedroso
Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini
Marcondes Cavalcante França Júnior
author_facet Carlos Roberto Martins Junior
Fabrício Castro de Borba
Alberto Rolim Muro Martinez
Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro de Rezende
Iscia Lopes Cendes
José Luiz Pedroso
Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini
Marcondes Cavalcante França Júnior
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description ABSTRACT Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of monogenic diseases that share ataxia and autosomal dominant inheritance as the core features. An important proportion of SCAs are caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansions in the coding region of different genes. In addition to genetic heterogeneity, clinical features transcend motor symptoms, including cognitive, electrophysiological and imaging aspects. Despite all the progress in the past 25 years, the mechanisms that determine how neuronal death is mediated by these unstable expansions are still unclear. The aim of this article is to review, from an historical point of view, the first CAG-related ataxia to be genetically described: SCA 1.
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spelling doaj-art-31cdaa93775842e88869dcf8b58c55852025-08-20T02:07:40ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-422776855556210.1590/0004-282x20180080S0004-282X2018000800555Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1Carlos Roberto Martins JuniorFabrício Castro de BorbaAlberto Rolim Muro MartinezThiago Junqueira Ribeiro de RezendeIscia Lopes CendesJosé Luiz PedrosoOrlando Graziani Povoas BarsottiniMarcondes Cavalcante França JúniorABSTRACT Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of monogenic diseases that share ataxia and autosomal dominant inheritance as the core features. An important proportion of SCAs are caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansions in the coding region of different genes. In addition to genetic heterogeneity, clinical features transcend motor symptoms, including cognitive, electrophysiological and imaging aspects. Despite all the progress in the past 25 years, the mechanisms that determine how neuronal death is mediated by these unstable expansions are still unclear. The aim of this article is to review, from an historical point of view, the first CAG-related ataxia to be genetically described: SCA 1.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018000800555&lng=en&tlng=enSpinocerebellar ataxiasataxin 1spinocerebellar degenerations
spellingShingle Carlos Roberto Martins Junior
Fabrício Castro de Borba
Alberto Rolim Muro Martinez
Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro de Rezende
Iscia Lopes Cendes
José Luiz Pedroso
Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini
Marcondes Cavalcante França Júnior
Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Spinocerebellar ataxias
ataxin 1
spinocerebellar degenerations
title Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
title_full Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
title_fullStr Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
title_full_unstemmed Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
title_short Twenty-five years since the identification of the first SCA gene: history, clinical features and perspectives for SCA1
title_sort twenty five years since the identification of the first sca gene history clinical features and perspectives for sca1
topic Spinocerebellar ataxias
ataxin 1
spinocerebellar degenerations
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018000800555&lng=en&tlng=en
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