Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
ALS2
Alsin Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor ALS2
Disorder
Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7
First reported 2001
Supporting publications 14
Key publication · gene–disorder The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Nature genetics · 2001
Key publication · disorder Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 1950
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between ALS2 (Alsin Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor ALS2) and Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7 is well established and manually curated, with its 2 contributing sources — 1 of them expert-curated — recording likely-pathogenic variants.

Sources 2
Clinical variants 4
Symptoms 107
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 14
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

2 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
ALS2

The gene

1 source summary

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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04
Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7

The disorder

30 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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Phenotype

Clinical features

70 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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06
ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

4 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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07
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

1 shared pathway

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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08
Literature

Reading

14 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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09
Provenance

References & sources

18 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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