Article ; Online: Somatic mosaicism in focal epilepsies.
2024 Volume 37, Issue 2, Page(s) 105–114
Abstract: Purpose of review: Over the past decade, it has become clear that brain somatic mosaicism is an important contributor to many focal epilepsies. The number of cases and the range of underlying pathologies with somatic mosaicism are rapidly increasing. ... ...
Abstract | Purpose of review: Over the past decade, it has become clear that brain somatic mosaicism is an important contributor to many focal epilepsies. The number of cases and the range of underlying pathologies with somatic mosaicism are rapidly increasing. This growth in somatic variant discovery is revealing dysfunction in distinct molecular pathways in different focal epilepsies. Recent findings: We briefly summarize the current diagnostic yield of pathogenic somatic variants across all types of focal epilepsy where somatic mosaicism has been implicated and outline the specific molecular pathways affected by these variants. We will highlight the recent findings that have increased diagnostic yields such as the discovery of pathogenic somatic variants in novel genes, and new techniques that allow the discovery of somatic variants at much lower variant allele fractions. Summary: A major focus will be on the emerging evidence that somatic mosaicism may contribute to some of the more common focal epilepsies such as temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis, which could lead to it being re-conceptualized as a genetic disorder. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Mosaicism ; Epilepsies, Partial/genetics ; Brain ; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe ; Mutation |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-18 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Review ; Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1182686-1 |
ISSN | 1473-6551 ; 1350-7540 |
ISSN (online) | 1473-6551 |
ISSN | 1350-7540 |
DOI | 10.1097/WCO.0000000000001244 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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