{"title":"Metabolic Dysregulation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Challenges and Opportunities.","authors":"Archi Joardar, Ernesto Manzo, Daniela C Zarnescu","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0123-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0123-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure and treatments are at best palliative. Several genes have been linked to ALS, which highlight defects in multiple cellular processes including RNA processing, proteostasis and metabolism. Clinical observations have identified glucose intolerance and dyslipidemia as key features of ALS however the causes of these metabolic alterations remain elusive.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Recent studies reveal that motor neurons and muscle cells may undergo cell type specific metabolic changes that lead to utilization of alternate fuels. For example, ALS patients' muscles exhibit reduced glycolysis and increased reliance on fatty acids. In contrast, ALS motor neurons contain damaged mitochondria and exhibit impaired lipid beta oxidation, potentially leading to increased glycolysis as a compensatory mechanism.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>These findings highlight the complexities of metabolic alterations in ALS and provide new opportunities for designing therapeutic strategies based on restoring cellular energetics.</p>","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 2","pages":"108-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0123-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35629830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Raraigh, M. Pastore, L. Greene, B. Karczeski, L. K. Fisher, B. Ramsey, E. Langfelder-Schwind
{"title":"Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: A (Not-so) Simple Recessive Condition","authors":"K. Raraigh, M. Pastore, L. Greene, B. Karczeski, L. K. Fisher, B. Ramsey, E. Langfelder-Schwind","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0122-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0122-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"91-99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0122-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44943228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic Counseling in Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Navigating the Landscape of a Well-Established Syndrome","authors":"G. Chan-Smutko","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0119-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0119-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"66-74"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0119-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44432521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Germline Mutations Associated with Leukemia in Childhood: New Discoveries and Emerging Phenotypes","authors":"Sarah Bannon, Jessica Foglesong, C. Dinardo","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0118-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0118-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"59-65"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0118-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43005801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prenatal Diagnostic Exome Sequencing: a Review","authors":"L. Westerfield, Alicia A. Braxton, M. Walkiewicz","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0120-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0120-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"75-83"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0120-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42696187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benefits and Challenges of Telemedicine: the JScreen Program Experience","authors":"M. Hardy, K. Grinzaid","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0121-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0121-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"84-90"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0121-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45500743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to: Genetics of Lipid and Lipoprotein Disorders and Traits","authors":"J. Dron, R. Hegele","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0117-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0117-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"115"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0117-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46957368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Counseling At-Risk Parkinson’s Disease Cohorts: Integrating Emerging Evidence","authors":"Leonard L. Sokol, Michael J. Young, J. Jankovic","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0116-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0116-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"100-107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0116-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41466123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic and Evolutionary Contributions to the Etiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder","authors":"G. Puddu, P. Rothhammer, F. Rothhammer","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0114-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0114-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"54-57"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0114-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46283026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription Factor 4 in Pitt Hopkins Syndrome.","authors":"Matthew D Rannals, Brady J Maher","doi":"10.1007/s40142-017-0110-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40142-017-0110-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Pitt Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that results from mutations of the clinically pleiotropic Transcription Factor 4 (TCF4) gene. Mutations in the genomic locus of TCF4 on chromosome 18 have been linked to multiple disorders including 18q syndrome, schizophrenia, Fuch's corneal dystrophy, and sclerosing cholangitis. For PTHS, TCF4 mutation or deletion leads to the production of a dominant negative TCF4 protein and/or haploinsufficiency that results in abnormal brain development. The biology of TCF4 has been studied for several years in regards to its role in immune cell differentiation, although its role in neurodevelopment and the mechanisms resulting in the severe symptoms of PTHS are not well studied.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Here, we summarize the current understanding of PTHS and recent findings that have begun to describe the biological implications of TCF4 deficiency during brain development and into adulthood. In particular, we focus on recent work that has looked at the role of TCF4 biology within the context of PTHS and highlight the potential for identification of therapeutic targets for PTHS.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>PTHS research continues to uncover mutations in TCF4 that underlie the genetic cause of this rare disease, and emerging evidence for molecular mechanisms that TCF4 regulates in brain development and neuronal function is contributing to a more complete picture of how pathology arises from this genetic basis, with important implications for the potential of future clinical care.</p>","PeriodicalId":72731,"journal":{"name":"Current genetic medicine reports","volume":"5 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s40142-017-0110-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36566718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}