ATAD3 gene cluster deletions cause cerebellar dysfunction associated with altered mitochondrial DNA and cholesterol metabolism
Desai R, Frazier A, Durigon R, Patel H, Jones A, Rosa I, Lake N, Compton A, Mountford H, Tucker E, Mitchell A, Jackson D, Sesay A, Di Re M, van den Heuvel L, Burke D, Francis D, Lunke S, McGillivray G, Mandelstam S, Mochel F, Keren B, Jardel C, Turner A, Andrews P, Smeitink J, Spelbrink J, Heales S, Kohda M, Ohtake A, Murayama K, Okazaki Y, Lombès A, Holt I, Thorburn D, Spinazzola A. ATAD3 gene cluster deletions cause cerebellar dysfunction associated with altered mitochondrial DNA and cholesterol metabolism. Brain 2017, 140: 1595-1610. PMID: 28549128, PMCID: PMC5445257, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATAD3A geneHigh-throughput sequencing technologyIntegration of mitochondriaMitochondrial DNA organizationCholesterol homeostasisCellular cholesterol homeostasisSingle nucleotide polymorphism arrayMitochondrial DNA abnormalitiesNiemann-Pick type C diseaseNucleotide polymorphism arrayWhole-exome sequencing dataDNA organizationExome sequencing dataMitochondrial DNACausal genesCholesterol metabolismGenomic analysisGenomic rearrangementsSequencing technologiesHigh homologySequencing dataType C diseaseDrug-induced perturbationsGene cluster deletionsGenes