CRISPR deletion of the C9ORF72 promoter in ALS/FTD patient motor neurons abolishes production of dipeptide repeat proteins and rescues neurodegeneration

Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Jul;140(1):81-84. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02154-6. Epub 2020 Apr 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics*
  • C9orf72 Protein / genetics*
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats*
  • Frontotemporal Dementia / genetics*
  • Genetic Therapy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Motor Neurons / pathology*
  • Mutation
  • Nerve Degeneration / genetics
  • Nerve Degeneration / pathology
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • Proof of Concept Study

Substances

  • C9orf72 Protein
  • C9orf72 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Frontotemporal Dementia With Motor Neuron Disease