Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is over-represented in two Huntington's disease brain bank cohorts: further evidence to support genetic pleiotropy of pathogenic HTT gene expansion

Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Jan;143(1):105-108. doi: 10.1007/s00401-021-02385-1. Epub 2021 Nov 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics*
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / pathology*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Genetic Pleiotropy*
  • Humans
  • Huntingtin Protein / genetics*
  • Huntington Disease / genetics*
  • Huntington Disease / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tissue Banks
  • Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion

Substances

  • HTT protein, human
  • Huntingtin Protein