Browsing Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma by Subject "WES"
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ALS-associated missense and nonsense TBK1 mutations can both cause loss of kinase function
(Elsevier, 2018-06-25)Mutations in TANK binding kinase 1 (TBK1) have been linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Some TBK1 variants are nonsense and are predicted to cause disease through haploinsufficiency; however, many other mutations are ... -
Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene
(Elsevier (Cell Press), 2018-03-21)To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls. Independently, we performed a rare variant ...