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TitleFrontotemporal Dementia due to the Novel GRN Arg161GlyfsX36 Mutation.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsGazzina, S, Archetti, S, Alberici, A, Bonomi, E, Cosseddu, M, Di Lorenzo, D, Padovani, A, Borroni, B
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume57
Issue4
Pagination1185-1189
Date Published2017
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

Progranulin is a multifunctional growth factor mainly expressed in neurons and microglia. Loss-of-function mutations in the Granulin (GRN) gene are causative of frontotemporal dementia with TAR DNA-binding protein-43 inclusions. We reported the case of a 51-year-old male patient affected by sporadic agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia, in whom we identified a novel heterozygous deletion in the exon 6 (g.10338_39delAG, p.Arg161GlyfsX36). Plasma progranulin levels were significantly reduced and in silico analysis predicted a premature termination codon. This case expands our knowledge on GRN mutations in frontotemporal dementia.

DOI10.3233/JAD-170066
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID28304311
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