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ReviewGenome medicine2021

Emerging genetic complexity and rare genetic variants in neurodegenerative brain diseases.

Federica Perrone, Rita Cacace, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven

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Review in Genome medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Federica PerroneNeurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium.
Rita CacaceNeurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium.
Julie van der ZeeNeurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium.
Christine Van BroeckhovenNeurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium. christine.vanbroeckhoven@uantwerpen.vib.be.ORCID 0000-0003-0183-7665

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge of the molecular etiology of neurodegenerative brain diseases (NBD) has substantially increased over the past three decades. Early genetic studies of NBD families identified rare and highly penetrant deleterious mutations in causal genes that segregate with disease. Large genome-wide association studies uncovered common genetic variants that influenced disease risk. Major developments in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies accelerated gene discoveries at an unprecedented rate and revealed novel pathways underlying NBD pathogenesis. NGS technology exposed large numbers of rare genetic variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in coding regions, highlighting the genetic complexity of NBD. Since experimental studies of these coding rare VUS are largely lacking, the potential contributions of VUS to NBD etiology remain unknown. In this review, we summarize novel findings in NBD genetic etiology driven by NGS and the impact of rare VUS on NBD etiology. We consider different mechanisms by which rare VUS can act and influence NBD pathophysiology and discuss why a better understanding of rare VUS is instrumental for deriving novel insights into the molecular complexity and heterogeneity of NBD. New knowledge might open avenues for effective personalized therapies.

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Genetic VariationBrain DiseasesExome SequencingGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInheritance PatternsNeurodegenerative DiseasesRisk FactorsAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisFrameshift mutationsFrontotemporal dementiaGene discovery, genetic variants of uncertain significance (VUS), functional researchMissense mutationsNeurodegenerative brain diseasesParkinson’s diseaseRare coding variants

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PMID33853652
PMCPMC8048219

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