Radiogenomics of C9orf72 expansion carriers reveals global transposable element de-repression and enables prediction of thalamic atrophy and clinical impairment
Luke W. Bonham, Ethan G. Geier, Daniel W. Sirkis, Josiah K. Leong, Eliana Marisa Ramos, Qing Wang, Anna Karydas, Suzee E. Lee, Virginia E. Sturm, Russell P. Sawyer, Adit Friedberg, Justin K. Ichida, Aaron D. Gitler, Leo P. Sugrue, Michael Cordingley, , Jennifer S. Yokoyama
The paper investigates C9orf72 expansion carriers using radiogenomics to link peripheral blood transcriptomics with thalamic atrophy and clinical impairment, finding global transposable element de-repression and associations between C9orf72 expression and disease severity.
Journal of Neuroscience · Nov 29, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience