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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disease characterised by progressive loss of spinal motor neurons. Mutations in the genes underlying spontaneous bovine and feline models of SMA have recently been described. The clinical and pathological features of these disorders are similar to human forms of SMA making both genes excellent candidates in patients with motor neuron loss of no known aetiology. Here we report that a screen for mutations in coding regions and splice sites of the LIX1 and FVT1 genes in a cohort of 96 non-5q SMA patients and 119 familial and sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients identified no obvious pathogenic changes. This study indicates that mutations in these genes do not contribute significantly to the cause of motor neuron diseases in the human population.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.nmd.2008.03.003

Type

Journal article

Journal

Neuromuscul Disord

Publication Date

05/2008

Volume

18

Pages

394 - 397

Keywords

Alcohol Oxidoreductases, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Animals, Cats, Cattle, DNA Mutational Analysis, Exons, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Genotype, Humans, Mice, Motor Neuron Disease, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Mutation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proteins, RNA-Binding Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA