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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Genetic variations and associated pathophysiology in the management of epilepsy |
Author: | Mulley, J. Dibbens, L. |
Citation: | The Application of Clinical Genetics, 2011; 4:113-125 |
Publisher: | Dove Medical Pres Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 1178-704X 1178-704X |
Statement of Responsibility: | John C Mulley, Leanne M Dibbens |
Abstract: | The genomic era has enabled the application of molecular tools to the solution of many of the genetic epilepsies, with and without comorbidities. Massively parallel sequencing has recently reinvigorated gene discovery for the monogenic epilepsies. Recurrent and novel copy number variants have given much-needed impetus to the advancement of our understanding of epilepsies with complex inheritance. Superimposed upon that is the phenotypic blurring by presumed genetic modifiers scattering the effects of the primary mutation. The genotype-first approach has uncovered associated syndrome constellations, of which epilepsy is only one of the syndromes. As the molecular genetic basis for the epilepsies unravels, it will increasingly influence the classification and diagnosis of the epilepsies. The ultimate goal of the molecular revolution has to be the design of treatment protocols based on genetic profiles, and cracking the 30% of epilepsies refractory to current medications, but that still lies well into the future. The current focus is on the scientific basis for epilepsy. Understanding its genetic causes and biophysical mechanisms is where we are currently positioned: prizing the causes of epilepsy "out of the shadows" and exposing its underlying mechanisms beyond even the ion-channels. |
Keywords: | array CGH copy number variants epilepsy ion channels massively parallel sequencing next generation sequencing susceptibility genes |
Rights: | © 2011 Mulley and Dibbens, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.2147/TACG.S7407 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/tacg.s7407 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Paediatrics publications |
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