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Microarray Gene and miRNA Expression Studies: Looking for New Therapeutic Targets for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Author(s) -
Milanesi Elena,
Pilotto Andrea
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.21224
Subject(s) - frontotemporal lobar degeneration , parkinsonism , microrna , frontotemporal dementia , neuroscience , disease , biology , microarray , gene , dementia , bioinformatics , gene expression , medicine , genetics , pathology
Preclinical ResearchFrontotemporal lobar degeneration ( FTLD ) encompasses a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by behavioral, executive and language impairment, with a common overlap with parkinsonism and motor‐neuron disease. Despite an increased understanding of its genetic background and molecular pathophysiology, FTLD is still an orphan disorder and there are currently no effective therapies available. In this brief overview we report the results obtained by several high‐throughput and bioinformatic studies aimed at discovering impairment in the transcriptional profiles in brain and peripheral tissues from FTLD patients and in animal models. Taken together, all these results provide an interesting but still fragmentary list of genes and miRNAs whose role in FTLD should be thoroughly investigated.