scholarly journals Mutation Analysis ofHTRA2Gene in Chinese Familial Essential Tremor and Familial Parkinson’s Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Chao He ◽  
Pei Huang ◽  
Qiong-Qiong Li ◽  
Qian Sun ◽  
Dun-Hui Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Family History ◽  
Essential Tremor ◽  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Exonic Variant ◽  
Generation Family ◽  
Intron Boundary ◽  
Familial Parkinson’S Disease

Background.HTRA2has already been nominated as PARK13 which may cause Parkinson’s disease, though there are still discrepancies among these results. Recently, Gulsuner et al.’s study found thatHTRA2p.G399S is responsible for hereditary essential tremor and homozygotes of this allele develop Parkinson’s disease by examining a six-generation family segregating essential tremor and essential tremor coexisting with Parkinson’s disease. We performed this study to validate the condition ofHTRA2gene in Chinese familial essential tremor and familial Parkinson’s disease patients, especially essential tremor.Methods. We directly sequenced all eight exons, exon-intron boundaries, and part of the introns in 101 familial essential tremor patients, 105 familial Parkinson’s disease patients, and 100 healthy controls.Results. No exonic variant was identified, while one exon-intron boundary variant (rs2241028) and one intron variant (rs2241027) were detected, both with no clinical significance and uncertain function. There was no difference in allele, genotype, and haplotype between groups.Conclusions.HTRA2exonic variant might be rare among Chinese Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor patients with family history, andHTRA2may not be the cause of familial Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor in China.

scholarly journals Global efficiency of the motor network is decreased in Parkinson's disease in comparison with essential tremor and healthy controls

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Pelizari Novaes ◽  
Joana Bisol Balardin ◽  
Fabiana Campos Hirata ◽  
Luciano Melo ◽  
Edson Amaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Essential Tremor ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Global Efficiency ◽  
Motor Network

scholarly journals Familial Parkinson’s Disease: A Clinical Genetic Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Bonifati ◽  
Edito Fabrizio ◽  
Nicola Vanacore ◽  
Michele De Mari ◽  
Giuseppe Meco
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Family History ◽  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Onset Age ◽  
Clinical Genetic ◽  
Clinical Series ◽  
Familial Parkinson’S Disease

AbstractObjectiveTo study the frequency, clinical features and clinical genetics of familial Parkinson’s disease (PD).MethodsFamily history for PD and tremors was studied in 100 consecutive PD cases. Spouses served as controls. Clinical features were compared between personally verified familial and sporadic PD cases, from the same consecutive clinical series. Clinical genetic analysis was performed in a larger group of non-consecutive multicase PD families.ResultsFamily history for PD was positive in 24% of consecutive PD cases and in 6% of spouse controls (p < 0.001). When family history for isolated tremor is also considered, the number of positive cases rises to 43% compared with 9% in controls (p < 0.001). Nine of the consecutive cases had at least one living affected relative, for a total of 20 familial PD cases. These familial cases showed an earlier onset age when compared with sporadic ones from the same consecutive series. Within 22 non-consecutive PD families with at least two living and personally examined PD cases (total 52 PD cases), the crude segregation ratios were similar for parents and siblings and the lifetime cumulative risks approached 0.4 in siblings and tended to be comparable, but at later ages, in parents. Ancestral relatives were all unilaterally distributed. In some families, anticipation of onset age in new generations was observed.ConclusionsThe frequency of positive family history for PD and for PD and tremor is higher among PD cases than controls. Familial and sporadic PD only differ in onset age. The clinical genetic analyses support autosomal dominant inheritance with strongly age-related penetrance as most likely in familial PD.

Positive family history of essential tremor influences the motor phenotype of Parkinson's disease

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 2285-2288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hedera ◽  
John Y. Fang ◽  
Fenna Phibbs ◽  
Michael K. Cooper ◽  
P. David Charles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Family History ◽  
Essential Tremor ◽  
Positive Family History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Motor Phenotype

scholarly journals A Prospective Study of 50 Cases of Familial Parkinson’s Disease

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Roy ◽  
Liette Boyer ◽  
André Barbeau
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Essential Tremor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Genetic Transmission ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Familial Parkinson’S Disease

SUMMARY:In a recent paper (Barbeau and Pourcher, 1982) we demonstrated that so-called “idiopathic” Parkinson’s disease is not a homogeneous entity, and defined the existence of a sub-group of patients with genetic parkinsonism. To investigate this last possibility, and to uncover possible metabolic clues as to the etiology of such cases, we carried out a prospective study of 50 kindreds with “familial” parkinsonism. Two control groups were similarly studied: 50 kindreds with essential tremor (neurological control group) and 50 kindreds originating from spouses of the previous patients (non neurological control group). We uncovered two main patterns of genetic transmission within the parkinsonian patients: a parkinsonism related to dominant essential tremor (34 kindreds; 10% of all Parkinsonians) and a recessive “akineto-rigid syndrome” (10 kindreds; 3–4% of all Parkinsonians). A further 4 kindreds assumed a pseudo-dominant pattern but were probably recessive. Finally 2 kindreds were obviously other entities presenting as “phenocopies” of Parkinson’s disease. Metabolically, hyperthyroidism appeared to be more frequent in essential tremor and “essential-tremor related parkinsonism” kindreds, while hypothyroidism and possibly hypoparathyroidism (post surgery) seemed more frequent in the recessive akineto-rigid syndrome kindreds.

scholarly journals Hunting for Familial Parkinson’s Disease Mutations in the Post Genome Era

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 430
Author(s):  
Steven R. Bentley ◽  
Ilaria Guella ◽  
Holly E. Sherman ◽  
Hannah M. Neuendorf ◽  
Alex M. Sykes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Family History ◽  
Rare Variants ◽  
Strong Family History ◽  
Disease Mutations ◽  
Whole Exome ◽  
History Of ◽  
Functional Consequences ◽  
Multiplex Families

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is typically sporadic; however, multi-incident families provide a powerful platform to discover novel genetic forms of disease. Their identification supports deciphering molecular processes leading to disease and may inform of new therapeutic targets. The LRRK2 p.G2019S mutation causes PD in 42.5–68% of carriers by the age of 80 years. We hypothesise similarly intermediately penetrant mutations may present in multi-incident families with a generally strong family history of disease. We have analysed six multiplex families for missense variants using whole exome sequencing to find 32 rare heterozygous mutations shared amongst affected members. Included in these mutations was the KCNJ15 p.R28C variant, identified in five affected members of the same family, two elderly unaffected members of the same family, and two unrelated PD cases. Additionally, the SIPA1L1 p.R236Q variant was identified in three related affected members and an unrelated familial case. While the evidence presented here is not sufficient to assign causality to these rare variants, it does provide novel candidates for hypothesis testing in other modestly sized families with a strong family history. Future analysis will include characterisation of functional consequences and assessment of carriers in other familial cases.

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