2025
Dysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly
Zhang C, Liang D, Ercan-Sencicek A, Bulut A, Cortes J, Cheng I, Henegariu O, Nishimura S, Wang X, Peksen A, Takeo Y, Caglar C, Lam T, Koroglu M, Narayanan A, Lopez-Giraldez F, Miyagishima D, Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Yasuno K, Erson-Omay E, Yalcinkaya C, Wang G, Mane S, Kaymakcalan H, Guzel A, Caglayan A, Tuysuz B, Sestan N, Gunel M, Louvi A, Bilguvar K. Dysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly. Nature 2025, 1-10. PMID: 39743596, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08341-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchP53-induced death domain protein 1Miller-Dieker lissencephaly syndromeMolecular mechanismsDysregulation of protein translationDysregulation of mTOR signalingDomain protein 1Activity of mTOR complexesMTOR pathwayRelevant molecular mechanismsProtein translationHuman lissencephalyClinically relevant molecular mechanismsRecessive mutationsRare mutationsMiller-DiekerGene expressionCerebral cortex developmentMTOR complexesSpectrum disorderMolecular defectsMTOR signalingCongenital brain malformationsProtein 1GeneticsAssociated with epilepsy
2017
Loss of TMEM106B Ameliorates Lysosomal and Frontotemporal Dementia-Related Phenotypes in Progranulin-Deficient Mice
Klein ZA, Takahashi H, Ma M, Stagi M, Zhou M, Lam TT, Strittmatter SM. Loss of TMEM106B Ameliorates Lysosomal and Frontotemporal Dementia-Related Phenotypes in Progranulin-Deficient Mice. Neuron 2017, 95: 281-296.e6. PMID: 28728022, PMCID: PMC5558861, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLysosomal protein levelsFrontotemporal lobar degenerationProtein levelsMultiple lysosomal enzymesLysosomal enzymesV0 subunitsTMEM106B geneProteomic analysisProgranulin-deficient miceExtent of neurodegenerationCommon neurodegenerative disorderLysosomal acidificationLysosomal enzyme levelsProtein 1Microglial accumulationRisk modificationFTLD riskBehavioral abnormalitiesRetinal degenerationNeurodegenerative disordersFrontotemporal dementiaGRNTMEM106BFunctional relationshipEnzyme levels