@article{aece255e9d624d8aae5d7fe9411249bd,
title = "ATXN2 trinucleotide repeat length correlates with risk of ALS",
abstract = "We investigated a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the ATXN2 gene in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Two new case-control studies, a British dataset of 1474 ALS cases and 567 controls, and a Dutch dataset of 1328 ALS cases and 691 controls were analyzed. In addition, to increase power, we systematically searched PubMed for case-control studies published after 1 August 2010 that investigated the association between ATXN2 intermediate repeats and ALS. We conducted a meta-analysis of the new and existing studies for the relative risks of ATXN2 intermediate repeat alleles of between 24 and 34 CAG trinucleotide repeats and ALS. There was an overall increased risk of ALS for those carrying intermediate sized trinucleotide repeat alleles (odds ratio 3.06 [95% confidence interval 2.37-3.94]; p = 6 × 10-18), with an exponential relationship between repeat length and ALS risk for alleles of 29-32 repeats (R2 = 0.91, p = 0.0002). No relationship was seen for repeat length and age of onset or survival. In contrast to trinucleotide repeat diseases, intermediate ATXN2 trinucleotide repeat expansion in ALS does not predict age of onset but does predict disease risk.",
keywords = "ALS, ATXN2, Age of onset, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, CAG, Expansion, Exponential risk, Intermediate expansion, Risk, SCA2, Trinucleotide repeat, Triplet, ALS, ATXN2, Age of onset, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, CAG, Expansion, Exponential risk, Intermediate expansion, Risk, SCA2, Trinucleotide repeat, Triplet",
author = "William Sproviero and Aleksey Shatunov and Daniel Stahl and Maryam Shoai and {Van Rheenen}, Wouter and Jones, {Ashley R.} and Safa Al-Sarraj and Andersen, {Peter M.} and Bonini, {Nancy M.} and Conforti, {Francesca L.} and {Van Damme}, Philip and Hussein Daoud and {Del Mar Amador}, Maria and Isabella Fogh and Monica Forzan and Ben Gaastra and Cinzia Gellera and Gitler, {Aaron D.} and John Hardy and Pietro Fratta and {La Bella}, Vincenzo and {Le Ber}, Isabelle and {Van Langenhove}, Tim and Serena Lattante and Yi-Chung Lee and Andrea Malaspina and Vincent Meininger and St{\'e}phanie Millecamps and Richard Orrell and Rosa Rademakers and Wim Robberecht and Guy Rouleau and Ross, {Owen A.} and Francois Salachas and Katie Sidle and Smith, {Bradley N.} and Bing-Wen Soong and Gianni Sorar{\`u} and Giovanni Stevanin and Edor Kabashi and Claire Troakes and {Van Broeckhoven}, Christine and Veldink, {Jan H.} and {Van Den Berg}, {Leonard H.} and Shaw, {Christopher E.} and Powell, {John F.} and Ammar Al-Chalabi",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.11.010",
language = "English",
volume = "51",
pages = "N/A--N/A",
journal = "Neurobiology of Aging",
issn = "0197-4580",
publisher = "[New York, NY] : Elsevier, 1980-",
}