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Revised Airlie House consensus guidelines for design and implementation of ALS clinical trials.
van den Berg LH, Sorenson E, Gronseth G, Macklin EA, Andrews J, Baloh RH, Benatar M, Berry JD, Chio A, Corcia P, Genge A, Gubitz AK, Lomen-Hoerth C, McDermott CJ, Pioro EP, Rosenfeld J, Silani V, Turner MR, Weber M, Brooks BR, Miller RG, Mitsumoto H; Airlie House ALS Clinical Trials Guidelines Group. Revised Airlie House consensus guidelines for design and implementation of ALS clinical trials. Neurology. 2019 Apr 2;92(14):e1610-e1623. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
PubMed LinkReducing sample size requirements for future ALS clinical trials with a dedicated electrical impedance myography system.
Shefner JM, Rutkove SB, Caress JB, Benatar M, David WS, Cartwright MS, Macklin EA, Bohorquez JL. Reducing sample size requirements for future ALS clinical trials with a dedicated electrical impedance myography system. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2018 Nov;19(7-8):555-561. Epub 2018 Sep 28.
PubMed LinkNeurofilament light: A candidate biomarker of presymptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and phenoconversion.
Benatar M, Wuu J, Andersen PM, Lombardi V, Malaspina A. Neurofilament light: A candidate biomarker of presymptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and phenoconversion. Ann Neurol. 2018 Jul;84(1):130-139. Epub 2018 Aug 16.
PubMed LinkImpaired corticomuscular and interhemispheric cortical beta oscillation coupling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Proudfoot M, van Ede F, Quinn A, Colclough GL, Wuu J, Talbot K, Benatar M, Woolrich MW, Nobre AC, Turner MR. Impaired corticomuscular and interhemispheric cortical beta oscillation coupling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol. 2018 Jul;129(7):1479-1489. Epub 2018 Apr 6.
PubMed LinkIncreased cerebral functional connectivity in ALS: A resting-state magnetoencephalography study.
Proudfoot M, Colclough GL, Quinn A, Wuu J, Talbot K, Benatar M, Nobre AC, Woolrich MW, Turner MR. Increased cerebral functional connectivity in ALS: A resting-state magnetoencephalography study. Neurology. 2018 Apr 17;90(16):e1418-e1424. Epub 2018 Mar 21.
PubMed LinkGenome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.
Nicolas A, Kenna KP, Renton AE, Ticozzi N, Faghri F, Chia R, Dominov JA, Kenna BJ, Nalls MA, Keagle P, Rivera AM, van Rheenen W, Murphy NA, van Vugt JJFA, Geiger JT, Van der Spek RA, Pliner HA, Shankaracharya, Smith BN, Marangi G, Topp SD, Abramzon Y, Gkazi AS, Eicher JD, Kenna A; ITALSGEN Consortium, Mora G, Calvo A, Mazzini L, Riva N, Mandrioli J, Caponnetto C, Battistini S, Volanti P, La Bella V, Conforti FL, Borghero G, Messina S, Simone IL, Trojsi F, Salvi F, Logullo FO, D'Alfonso S, Corrado L, Capasso M, Ferrucci L; Genomic Translation for ALS Care (GTAC) Consortium, Moreno CAM, Kamalakaran S, Goldstein DB; ALS Sequencing Consortium, Gitler AD, Harris T, Myers RM; NYGC ALS Consortium, Phatnani H, Musunuri RL, Evani US, Abhyankar A, Zody MC; Answer ALS Foundation, Kaye J, Finkbeiner S, Wyman SK, LeNail A, Lima L, Fraenkel E, Svendsen CN, Thompson LM, Van Eyk JE, Berry JD, Miller TM, Kolb SJ, Cudkowicz M, Baxi E; Clinical Research in ALS and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CReATe) Consortium, Benatar M, Taylor JP, Rampersaud E, Wu G, Wuu J; SLAGEN Consortium, Lauria G, Verde F, Fogh I, Tiloca C, Comi GP, Sorarù G, Cereda C; French ALS Consortium, Corcia P, Laaksovirta H, Myllykangas L, Jansson L, Valori M, Ealing J, Hamdalla H, Rollinson S, Pickering-Brown S, Orrell RW, et al. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene. Neuron. 2018 Mar 21;97(6):1268-1283.e6.
PubMed LinkIdentification of compound heterozygous variants in OPTN in an ALS-FTD patient from the CReATe consortium: a case report.
Pottier C, Rampersaud E, Baker M, Wu G, Wuu J, McCauley JL, Zuchner S, Schule R, Bermudez C, Hussain S, Cooley A, Wallace M, Zhang J, Taylor JP, Benatar M, Rademakers R. Identification of compound heterozygous variants in OPTN in an ALS-FTD patient from the CReATe consortium: a case report. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2018 Aug;19(5-6):469-471. Epub 2018 Mar 20.
PubMed LinkRandomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of arimoclomol in rapidly progressive SOD1 ALS.
Benatar M, Wuu J, Andersen PM, Atassi N, David W, Cudkowicz M, Schoenfeld D. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of arimoclomol in rapidly progressive SOD1 ALS. Neurology. 2018 Feb 13;90(7):e565-e574. Epub 2018 Jan 24.
PubMed LinkAbnormal expression of homeobox genes and transthyretin in C9ORF72 expansion carriers.
Finch NA, Wang X, Baker MC, Heckman MG, Gendron TF, Bieniek KF, Wuu J, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Brown PH, Chew J, Jansen-West KR, Daughrity LM, Nicholson AM, Murray ME, Josephs KA, Parisi JE, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Petrucelli L, Boeve BF, Graff-Radford NR, Asmann YW, Dickson DW, Benatar M, Bowser R, Boylan KB, Rademakers R, van Blitterswijk M. Abnormal expression of homeobox genes and transthyretin in C9ORF72 expansion carriers. Neurol Genet. 2017 Jun 7;3(4):e161.
PubMed LinkPhosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain: A biomarker of survival for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Gendron TF; C9ORF72 Neurofilament Study Group, Daughrity LM, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Wuu J, Miller TM, Pastor P, Trojanowski JQ, Grossman M, Berry JD, Hu WT, Ratti A, Benatar M, Silani V, Glass JD, Floeter MK, Jeromin A, Boylan KB, Petrucelli L. Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain: A biomarker of survival for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2017 Jul;82(1):139-146.
PubMed LinkA C9ORF72 BAC mouse model recapitulates key epigenetic perturbations of ALS/FTD.
Esanov R, Cabrera GT, Andrade NS, Gendron TF, Brown RH Jr, Benatar M, Wahlestedt C, Mueller C, Zeier Z. A C9ORF72 BAC mouse model recapitulates key epigenetic perturbations of ALS/FTD. Mol Neurodegener. 2017 Jun 12;12(1):46.
PubMed LinkPoly(GP) proteins are a useful pharmacodynamic marker for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Gendron TF, Chew J, Stankowski JN, Hayes LR, Zhang YJ, Prudencio M, Carlomagno Y, Daughrity LM, Jansen-West K, Perkerson EA, O'Raw A, Cook C, Pregent L, Belzil V, van Blitterswijk M, Tabassian LJ, Lee CW, Yue M, Tong J, Song Y, Castanedes-Casey M, Rousseau L, Phillips V, Dickson DW, Rademakers R, Fryer JD, Rush BK, Pedraza O, Caputo AM, Desaro P, Palmucci C, Robertson A, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Wiggs E, Tierney M, Braun L, Farren J, Lacomis D, Ladha S, Fournier CN, McCluskey LF, Elman LB, Toledo JB, McBride JD, Tiloca C, Morelli C, Poletti B, Solca F, Prelle A, Wuu J, Jockel-Balsarotti J, Rigo F, Ambrose C, Datta A, Yang W, Raitcheva D, Antognetti G, McCampbell A, Van Swieten JC, Miller BL, Boxer AL, Brown RH, Bowser R, Miller TM, Trojanowski JQ, Grossman M, Berry JD, Hu WT, Ratti A, Traynor BJ, Disney MD, Benatar M, Silani V, Glass JD, Floeter MK, Rothstein JD, Boylan KB, Petrucelli L. Poly(GP) proteins are a useful pharmacodynamic marker for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Mar 29;9(383):eaai7866.
PubMed LinkUrinary p75(ECD): A prognostic, disease progression, and pharmacodynamic biomarker in ALS.
Shepheard SR, Wuu J, Cardoso M, Wiklendt L, Dinning PG, Chataway T, Schultz D, Benatar M, Rogers ML. Urinary p75(ECD): A prognostic, disease progression, and pharmacodynamic biomarker in ALS. Neurology. 2017 Mar 21;88(12):1137-1143. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
PubMed LinkAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis – frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria.
Strong MJ, Abrahams S, Goldstein LH, Woolley S, Mclaughlin P, Snowden J, Mioshi E, Roberts-South A, Benatar M, HortobáGyi T, Rosenfeld J, Silani V, Ince PG, Turner MR. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2017 May;18(3-4):153-174. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
PubMed LinkSequence variations in C9orf72 downstream of the hexanucleotide repeat region and its effect on repeat-primed PCR interpretation: a large multinational screening study.
Nordin A, Akimoto C, Wuolikainen A, Alstermark H, Forsberg K, Baumann P, Pinto S, de Carvalho M, Hübers A, Nordin F, Ludolph AC, Weishaupt JH, Meyer T, Grehl T, Schweikert K, Weber M, Burkhardt C, Neuwirth C, Holmøy T, Morita M, Tysnes OB, Benatar M, Wuu J, Lange DJ, Bisgård C, Asgari N, Tarvainen I, Brännström T, Andersen PM. Sequence variations in C9orf72 downstream of the hexanucleotide repeat region and its effect on repeat-primed PCR interpretation: a large multinational screening study. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2017 May;18(3-4):256-264. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
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