title: Overlapping molecular pathological themes link Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies and hereditary spastic paraplegias.
abstract: In this review we focus on Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathies and hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs). Although these diseases differ in whether they primarily affect the peripheral or central nervous system, both are genetically determined, progressive, long axonopathies that affect motor and sensory pathways. This commonality suggests that there might be similarities in the molecular pathology underlying these conditions, and here we compare the molecular genetics and cellular pathology of the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Neuropathy Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Antwerpen, Belgium. vincent.timmerman@molgen.vib-ua.be
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Timmerman
authors.forename: Virginia E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Clowes
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000473:pathology; D015419:Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*