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Peikert, Kevin; Danek, Adrian; Hermann, Andreas
European journal of medical genetics, November 2018, 2018-Nov, 2018-11-00, 20181101, Volume: 61, Issue: 11Journal Article
Neuroacanthocytosis (NA) syndromes are a group of rare diseases characterized by neurological disorders and misshaped spiky red blood cells (acanthocytes) including Chorea-Acanthocytosis (ChAc), McLeod syndrome (MLS), Huntington disease-like 2 (HDL 2), pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), abeta- and hypobetalipoproteinemia and aceruloplasminemia. This clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases shares main clinical features presenting most often as a hyperkinetic movement disorder. Even though these are long noted disease conditions, we still know only little on the underlying disease mechanisms. The current review focuses upon ChAc as the core entity of NA syndromes caused by mutations in the VPS13A gene. The support of patient organizations and the ERA-NET initiative yielded to different multidisciplinary efforts with significant progress on our understanding of ChAc. Disturbances in two pathways are currently considered to be significantly involved in the pathophysiology of ChAc, namely elevated Lyn kinase phosphorylation and decreased signaling via Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). These recent developments may reveal potential drugable targets for causative therapies of ChAc.
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