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Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 664-+

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3688

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  1. Intramural Research Programs of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  2. National Institute on Aging [Z01-AG000949-02]
  3. NINDS
  4. Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins
  5. ALS Association
  6. Ontario Research Fund
  7. UK MND Association [11/6075]
  8. Medical Research Council (MRC) UK
  9. Wellcome Trust/MRC Joint Call in Neurodegeneration Award [WT089698]
  10. MRC Neuromuscular Centre
  11. UK National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit
  12. Biomedical Research Centre
  13. MRC/Motor Neuron Disease Association Lady Edith Wolfson fellowship
  14. AriSLA-Italian Research Foundation for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  15. Italian Health Ministry
  16. Fondazione Vialli e Mauro Onlus
  17. Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
  18. Compagnia di San Paolo
  19. European Community [259867]
  20. EuroMOTOR
  21. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  22. German Network for Motoneuron Disease [TP4]
  23. NIH [NS061867]
  24. Adelis Foundation
  25. MRC [G1000287, MC_G1000735] Funding Source: UKRI
  26. Medical Research Council [MC_G1000735, G1000287] Funding Source: researchfish

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MATR3 is an RNA- and DNA-binding protein that interacts with TDP-43, a disease protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. Using exome sequencing, we identified mutations in MATR3 in ALS kindreds. We also observed MATR3 pathology in ALS-affected spinal cords with and without MATR3 mutations. Our data provide more evidence supporting the role of aberrant RNA processing in motor neuron degeneration.

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