Rare Variant Burden Analysis within Enhancers Identifies CAV1 as an ALS Risk Gene

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Abstract

Cooper-Knock et al. identify amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) risk variants within non-coding regulatory DNA linked to a known ALS gene, TBK1, but also CAV1 and CAV2. Disease-associated variants reduce CAV1/CAV2 expression and disrupt membrane lipid rafts with consequences for neurotrophic signaling. CAV1 coding sequence also contains ALS-associated mutations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108456
Number of pages14
JournalCell Reports
Volume33
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • CAV1
  • CAV2
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • gene enhancers
  • membrane lipid rafts
  • non-coding DNA
  • whole-genome sequencing

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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