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2008

Tang G, Yue Z, Talloczy Z, Hagemann T, Cho W, Messing A, Sulzer DL, Goldman JE.  Autophagy induced by Alexander disease-mutant GFAP accumulation is regulated by p38/MAPK and mTOR signaling pathways. Human Molecular Genetics  (in press)

 

Matej R, Dvorakova L, Mrazova L, Houst'Kova H, Elleder M. 2008. Early onset Alexander disease: a case report with evidence for manifestation of the disorder in neurohypophyseal pituicytes. Clinical Neuropathology 27:64-71.

 

Murakami N, Tsuchiya T, Kanazawa N, Tsujino S, Nagai T. 2008. Novel deletion mutation in GFAP gene in an infantile form of Alexander disease. Pediatric Neurology. 38:50-2

 

Howard KL, Hall DA, Moon M, Agarwal P, Newman E, Brenner M. 2008. Adult-onset Alexander disease with progressive ataxia and palatal tremor. Movement Disorders  23:118-122.
 

Balbi P, Seri M, Ceccherini I, Uggetti C, Casale R, Fundaro C, Caroli F, Santoro L. 2008. Adult-onset Alexander disease : Report on a family. Journal of Neurology 255:24-30.

[functional studies reported by Bachetti et al.]

 

Bachetti T, Caroli F, Bocca P, Prigione I, Balbi P, Biancheri R, Filocamo M, Mariotti C, Pareyson D, Ravazzolo R, Ceccherini I. 2008. Mild functional effects of a novel GFAP mutant allele identified in a familial case of adult-onset Alexander disease. European Journal of Human Genetics 16:462-470.

[clinical features reported by Balbi et al.]

 

Hirayama T, Fukae J, Noda K, Fujishima K, Yamamoto T, Mori K, Maeda, M, Hattori N, Shiroma N, Tsurui S, Okuma Y.  2008. Adult-onset Alexander disease with palatal myoclonus and intraventricular tumour. European Journal of Neurology 15:E16-E17.

Wu Y, Gu Q, Wang J, Yang Y, Wu X, Jiang Y. 2008. Clinical and Genetic Study in Chinese Patients With Alexander Disease. Journal of Child Neurology 23:173-7.

 

2007

Huttner HB, Richter G, Hildebrandt M, Blümcke I, Fritscher T, Brück W, Gärtner J, Seifert F, Staykov D, Hilz MJ, Schwab S, Bardutzky J. 2007. Acute onset of fatal vegetative symptoms: Unusual presentation of adult Alexander disease. European Journal of Neurology 14:1251-1255. 
[no mutation found]

Hartmann H, Herchenbach J, Stephani U, Ledaal P, Donnerstag F, Lucke T, Das AM, Christen HJ, Hagedorn M, Meins M. 2007.  Novel mutations in exon 6 of the GFAP gene affect a highly conserved IF motif in the rod domain 2B and are associated with early onset infantile Alexander disease. Neuropediatrics 38:143-147.

Caroli F, Biancheri R, Seri M, Rossi A, Pessagno A, Bugiani M, Corsolini F, Savasta S, Romano S, Antonelli C, Romano A, Pareyson D, Gambero P, Uziel G, Ravazzolo R, Ceccherini I, Filocamo M. 2007.  GFAP mutations and polymorphisms in 13 unrelated Italian patients affected by Alexander disease. Clinical Genetics 72:427-433.

Ohnari K, Yamano M, Uozumi T, Hashimoto T, Tsuji S, Nakagawa M. 2007.  An adult form of Alexander disease: a novel mutation in glial fibrillary acidic protein. Journal of Neurology 254:1390-1394.

Hinttala R, Karttunen V, Karttunen A, Herva R, Uusimaa J, Remes AM. 2007. Alexander disease with occipital predominance and a novel c.799G>C mutation in the GFAP gene. Acta Neuropathologica 114:543-545.

Mignot C, Delarasse C, Escaich S, della Gaspera B, Noe E, Colucci-Guyon E, Babinet C, Pekny M, Vicart P, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Dautigny A, Rodriquez D, Pham-Dinh D. 2007.  Dynamics of mutated GFAP aggregates revealed by real-time imaging of an astrocyte model of Alexander disease. Experimental Cell Research 313:2766-2779.

Romano S, Salvetti M, Ceccherini I, De Simone T, Savoiardo M. Brainstem signs with progressing atrophy of medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord. Lancet Neurology 6:562-570, 2007.

Salmaggi A, Botturi A, Lamperti E, Grisoli M, Fischetto R, Ceccherini I, Caroli F, Boiardi A. 2007. A novel mutation in the GFAP gene in a familial adult onset Alexander disease. Journal of Neurology 254:1278-1280.

Quinlan RA, Brenner M, Goldman J, Messing A. 2007. GFAP and its role in Alexander disease [review]  Exp. Cell Res. 313:2077-2087, 2007.

Tanaka KF, Takebayashi H, Yamazaki Y, Ono K, Naruse M, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Kato H, Ikenaka K. 2007. The murine model of Alexander disease: analysis of GFAP aggregate formation and its pathological significanceGlia 55:617-31

Yoshida T, Tomozawa Y, Arisato T, Okamoto Y, Hirano H, Nakagawa M. 2007. The functional alteration of mutant GFAP depends on the location of the domain: morphological and functional studies using astrocytoma-derived cells. J Hum Genet 52:362-9

Sreedharan J, Shaw CE, Jarosz J, Samuel M. 2007. Alexander disease with hypothermia, microcoria, and psychiatric and endocrine disturbances. Neurology 68:1322-3

 

2006

Hagemann TL, Connor JX, & Messing A. Alexander disease-associated glial fibrillary acidic protein mutations in mice induce Rosenthal fiber formation and a white matter stress response. J.Neurosci. 26:11162-11173, 2006.

Franzoni E, van der Knaap MS, Errani A, Colonnelli MC, Bracceschi R, Malaspina E, Moscano FC, Garone C, Sarajlija J, Zimmerman RA, Salomons GS, Bernardi B. 2006. Unusual diagnosis in a child suffering from juvenile Alexander disease: Clinical and imaging reportJ Child Neurol 21:1075-80
[Provides additional clinical information on E207K patient initially reported in Van der Knaap, et al, 2005]

Tang G, Xu Z, & Goldman JE. Synergistic effects of the SAPK/JNK and the proteasome pathway on glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) accumulation in Alexander disease. J.Biol.Chem. 281 (50):38634-38643, 2006.

Dinopoulos A, Gorospe JR, Egelhoff JC, Cecil KM, Nicolaidou P, Morehart P, & DeGrauw T. Discrepancy between neuroimaging findings and clinical phenotype in Alexander disease. Am.J.Neuroradiol. 27:2088-2092, 2006.

Ishigaki K, Ito Y, Sawaishi Y, Funatsuka M, Hattori N, Nakano K, Saito K, & Osawa M. TRH therapy in a patient with juvenile Alexander disease. Brain Dev. 28:663-667, 2006.

[age of onset for this patient would be considered "infantile" according to our system]

Lee JM, Kim AS, Lee SJ, Cho SM, Lee DS, Choi SM, Kim DK, Ki CS, & Kim JW. A case of infantile Alexander disease accompanied by infantile spasms diagnosed by DNA analysis. Journal of Korean Medical Science 21:954-957, 2006.

K. F. Tanaka, N. Ochi, T. Hayashi, E. Ikeda, and K. Ikenaka Fluoro-Jade: New fluorescent marker of Rosenthal fibers. Neurosci Lett. 407:127-130, 2006.

C. Caceres-Marzal, J. Vaquerizo, E. Galan, and S. Fernandez.
Early mitochondrial dysfunction in an infant with Alexander disease. Pediatr.Neurol. 35:293-296, 2006.

F. J. Wippold, A. Perry, and J. Lennerz. Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: Rosenthal fibers. Am.J.Neuroradiol. 27:958-961, 2006.

Perng MD, Su M, Wen SF, Li R, Gibbon T, Prescott AR, Brenner M, & Quinlan RA. The Alexander disease-causing GFAP mutant, R416W, accumulates into Rosenthal fibers by a pathway involving filament aggregation and the association of alphaB-crystallin and HSP27. American Journal of Human Genetics 79:197-213, 2006.

van der Knaap MS, Ramesh V, Schiffmann R, Blaser S, Kyllerman M, Gholkar A, Ellison DW, van der Voorn JP, van Dooren SJM, Jakobs C, Barkhof F, Salomons GS. 2006. Alexander disease: ventricular garlands and abnormalities of the medulla and spinal cord. Neurology 66:494-8

Barkovich AJ, Messing A. 2006. Alexander disease: not just a leukodystrophy anymore. Neurology 66:468-9

Asahina N, Okamoto T, Sudo A, Kanazawa N, Tsujino S, Saitoh S. 2006. An infantile-juvenile form of Alexander disease caused by a R79H mutation in GFAP. Brain Dev. 28:131-3
[not really the first, see Brenner et al, 2001 patient # 2]

Li R, Johnson AB, Salomons GS, van der Knaap MS, Rodriguez D, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Gorospe JR, Goldman JE, Messing A, Brenner M. 2006. Propensity for paternal inheritance of de novo mutations in Alexander disease. Hum. Genet. 119:137-44

Tian RJ, Gregor M, Wiche G, Goldman JE. 2006. Plectin regulates the organization of glial fibrillary acidic protein in Alexander disease. Am. J. Pathol. 168:888-97

Kawai M, Sakai N, Miyake S, Tsukamoto H, Akagi M, Inui K, Mushiake S, Taniike M, Ozono K. 2006. Novel mutation of gene coding for glial fibrillary acidic protein in a Japanese patient with Alexander disease. Brain Dev. 28:60-2

 

2005

Salvi F, Aoki Y, Della NR, Vella A, Pastorelli F, Scaglione C, Matsubara Y, Mascalchi M. 2005. Adult Alexander's disease without leukoencephalopathy. Ann. Neurol. 58:813-4
 

Kyllerman M, Rosengren L, Wiklund LM, Holmberg E. (2005) Increased Levels of GFAP in the Cerebrospinal Fluid in Three Subtypes of Genetically Confirmed Alexander Disease. Neuropediatrics. 2005 Oct;36(5):319-23.

Hagemann TL, Gaeta SA, Smith MA, Johnson DA, Johnson JA, and A. Messing. (2005) Gene expression analysis in mice with elevated glial fibrillary acidic protein and Rosenthal fibers reveals a stress response followed by glial activation and neuronal dysfunction. Human Molecular Genetics. 14:2443-2458.

Hsiao VC, Tian R, Long H, Der Perng M, Brenner M, Quinlan RA, & Goldman JE. (2005) Alexander-disease mutation of GFAP causes filament disorganization and decreased solubility of GFAP. Journal of Cell Science 118:2057-2065.

K. Wakabayashi, M. Lai, K. Masuko, S. Yamashita, M. Yamada, H. Iwamoto, N. Aida, N. Shiroma, N. Kanazawa, and S. Tsujino. (2005) [A case of long-term survival of a patient with infantile Alexander disease diagnosed by DNA analysis]. [Japanese]. No to Hattatsu [Brain & Development] 37 (1):55-59.
[R239C patient]

Li, R. et al. (2005).  GFAP mutations in infantile, juvenile, and adult forms of Alexander disease. Annals of Neurology 57:310-326.
[See accompanying editorial]

van der Knaap, M.S., Salomons, G.S., Li, R., Franzoni, E., González-Gutiérrez-Solana, L., Smit,L. M.E., Robinson, R., Ferrie, C., Cree, B., Reddy,A., Thomas, N., Banwell, B., Barkhof, F., Jakobs, C., Johnson, A., Messing, A., & Brenner, M. (2005). Unusual variants of Alexander disease. Annals of Neurology 57:327-338.
[See accompanying editorial]

Moser, H.W.,  Alexander disease: combined gene analysis and MRI clarify pathogenesis and extend phenotype. Ann.Neurol. 57:307-308, 2005.
[Editorial]

2004

Messing, A., & Brenner, M. (2004).  Models of Alexander disease. In R. A. Lazzarini (Ed.), Myelin Biology and Disorders, vol. 2. (pp. 1115-1124).  Amsterdam:  Elsevier.

Messing, A., & Goldman, J.E. (2004).  Alexander disease. In R. A. Lazzarini (Ed.), Myelin Biology and Disorders, vol. 2 . (pp. 851-866).  Amsterdam:  Elsevier.

Thyagarajan, D., Chataway, T., Li, R., Ping, W., Gai, W. P., and Brenner, M. (2004). Dominantly-inherited adult-onset leukodystrophy with palatal tremor caused by a mutation in the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene.  Movement Disorders. 19: 1244-1248.

Shiihara, T., Sawaishi, Y., Adachi, M., Kato, M., and Hayasaka, K. (2004). Asymptomatic hereditary Alexander's disease caused by a novel mutation in GFAP.   J.Neurol.Sci. 225: 125-127.

Nobuhara, Y., Nakahara, K., Higuchi, I., Yoshida, T., Fushiki, S., Osame, M., Arimura, K., and Nakagawa, M. (2004) Juvenile form of Alexander disease with GFAP mutation and mitochondrial abnormality.   Neurology 63:1302-1304.

Suzuki, Y., Kanazawa, N., Takenaka, J., Okumura, A., Negoro, T., and Tsujino, S. (2004). A case of infantile Alexander disease with a milder phenotype and a novel GFAP mutation, L90P. Brain & Development 26: 206-208.

Mignot, C., Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Gelot, A., Dautigny, A., Pham-Dinh, D., and Rodriguez, D. (2004). Alexander disease: putative mechanisms of an astrocytic encephalopathy.  Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences 61:369-385.

2003

Kinoshita, T., Imaizumi, T., Miura, Y., Fujimoto, H., Ayabe, M., and Shoji, H. (2003). A case of adult-onset Alexander disease with Arg416Trp human glial fibrillary acidic protein gene mutation. Neuroscience Letters 350:169-172.

Bassuk, A. G., Joshi, A., Burton, B. K., Larsen, M. B., Burrowes, D. M., and Stack, C. (2003). Alexander disease with serial MRS and a new mutation in the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene. Neurology 61:1014-1015.

Brockmann K., Meins M., Taubert A., Trappe R., Grond M., & Hanefeld F. (2003). A novel GFAP mutation and disseminated white matter lesions: adult Alexander disease? Europ. Neurol. 50 (2):100-105.

Stumpf E., Masson H., Duquette A., Berthelet F., McNabb J., Lortie A., Lesage J., Montplaisir J., Brais B., & Cossette P. (2003). Adult Alexander disease with autosomal dominant transmission: a distinct entity caused by mutation in the glial fibrillary acid protein gene. Arch.Neurol. 60 (9):1307-1312.

Jacob, J., Robertson, N. J., and Hilton, D. A. (2003). The clinicopathological spectrum of Rosenthal fibre encephalopathy and Alexander's disease: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 74, 807-810.

Brockmann, K., Dechent, P., Meins, M., Haupt, M., Sperner, J., Stephani, U., Frahm, J., and Hanefeld, F. (2003). Cerebral proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in infantile Alexander disease. Journal of Neurology, 250, 300-306.
[same patients for whom clinical/genetic data reported in Meins et al., 2002]

Trollmann, R., Kraus, C., Orlova, N., Rupprecht, T., Wenzel, D., and Rauch, A. (2003). In vivo diagnosis of infantile Alexander disease by molecular genetic analysis of GFAP gene. Case report [German]. Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde, 151, 311-314.

Shiroma, N., Kanazawa, N., Kato, Z., Shimozawa, N., Imamura, A., Ito, M., Ohtani, K., Oka, A., Wakabayashi, K., Iai, M., Sugai, K., Sasaki, M., Kaga, M., Ohta, T., and Tsujino, S. (2003). Molecular genetic study in Japanese patients with Alexander disease: a novel mutation, R79L. Brain & Development, 25, 116-121.

Guthrie, S. O., Burton, E. M., Knowles, P., and Marshall, R. (2003). Alexander's disease in a neurologically normal child: a case report. Pediatric Radiology, 33, 47-49.
[Appears to be same as patient #10 in Gorospe, et al., 2002 - there is considerable misinformation in the literature review]

Messing, A. and Brenner, M. Alexander disease: GFAP mutations unify young and old. Lancet Neurology 2, 75, 2003

Probst, E.N., Hagel, C., Weisz, V., Nagel, S., Wittkugel, O., Zeumer, H., and Kohlschutter, A. (2003). Atypical focal MRI lesions in a case of juvenile Alexander's disease. Ann. Neurol. 53, 118-120.

2002

Imamura, A., Orii, K.E., Mizuno, S., Hoshi, H., and Kondo, T. (2002). MR imaging and H-1-MR spectroscopy in a case of juvenile Alexander disease. Brain Dev. 24, 723-726.
[Genetic studies reported as patient #4 in Shiroma et al., 2003]

Namekawa, M., Takiyama, Y., Aoki, Y., Takayashiki, N., Sakoe, K., Shimazaki, H., Taguchi, T., Tanaka, Y., Nishizawa, M., Saito, K., Matsubara, Y., & Nakano, I. Identification of GFAP gene mutation in hereditary adult-onset Alexander's disease. Annals of Neurology 52, 779-785, 2002

Nielsen,A.L., Jorgensen,P., and Jorgensen,A.L. (2002). Mutations associated with a childhood leukodystrophy, Alexander disease, cause deficiency in dimerization of the cytoskeletal protein GFAP. J. Neurogenet. 16, 175-179.

Meins, M., Brockmann, K., Yadav, S., Haupt, M., Sperner, J., Stephani, U., & Hanefeld, F. (2002). Infantile Alexander disease: a GFAP mutation in monozygotic twins and novel mutations in two other patients. Neuropediatrics, 33, 194-198.

Sawaishi, Y., Yano, T. , Takaku, I., and Takada, G. (2002). Juvenile Alexander disease with a novel mutation in glial fibrillary acidic protein gene. Neurology, 58, 1541-1543, 2002.
[see Sawaishi et al., 1999, for more clinical detail on this patient]

Shiihara, T., Kato, M., Honma, T., Ohtaki, S., Sawaishi, Y., and Hayasaka, K. (2002). Fluctuation of computed tomographic findings in white matter in Alexander's disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 17(3), 227-230.

Gorospe, J. R., Naidu, S., Johnson, A. B., Puri, V., Raymond, G. V., Jenkins, S. D., Pedersen, R. C., Lewis, D., Knowles, P., Fernandez, R., De Vivo, D., van der Knaap, M. S., Messing, A., Brenner, M., and Hoffman, E. P. (2002). Molecular findings in symptomatic and pre-symptomatic Alexander disease patients. Neurology 58:1494 - 1500.

Li, R., Messing, A., Goldman, J.E. & Brenner, M. GFAP mutations in Alexander disease. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 20:259-268, 2002.

A. B. Johnson. Alexander disease: a review and the gene. Int.J.Dev.Neurosci. 20:391-394, 2002.

Okamoto, Y., Mitsuyama, H., Jonosono, M., Hirata, K., Arimura, K., Osame, M., & Nakagawa, M. (2002). Autosomal dominant palatal myoclonus and spinal cord atrophy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 195, 71-76.

 

2001

Aoki, Y., Haginoya, K., Munakata, M., Yokoyama, H., Nishio, T., Togashi, N., Ito, T., Suzuki, Y., Kure, S., Iinuma, K., Brenner, M., & Matsubara, Y. (2001). A novel mutation in glial fibrillary acidic protein gene in a patient with Alexander disease. Neuroscience Letters, 312, 71-74.

Rodriguez, D. (2001). Infantile Alexander disease: Spectrum of GFAP mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation (vol 69, pg 1134, 2001). American Journal of Human Genetics, 69, 1413.

Messing, A., Goldman, J. E., Johnson, A. B., & Brenner, M. (2001). Alexander disease: new insights from genetics. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 60, 563-573.

Rodriguez, D., Gauthier, F., Bertini, E., Bugiani, M., Brenner, M., N'guyen, S., Goizet, C., Gelot, A., Surtees, R., Pedespan, J.-M., Hernandorena, X., Troncoso, M., Uziel, G., Messing, A., Ponsot, P., Pham-Dinh, D., Dautigny, A., & Boespflug-Tanguy, O. (2001). Infantile Alexander disease: spectrum of GFAP mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 69, 1134-1140.

Shiroma, N., Kanazawa, N., Izumi, M., Sugai, K., Fukumizu, M., Sasaki, M., Hanaoka, S., Kaga, M., & Tsujino, S. (2001). Diagnosis of Alexander disease in a Japanese patient by molecular genetic analysis. Journal of Human Genetics, 46, 579-582.

Brenner, M., Johnson, A. B., Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Rodriguez, D., Goldman, J. E., & Messing, A. (2001). Mutations in GFAP, encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein, are associated with Alexander disease. Nature Genetics, 27, 117-120.

Kato, K., Inaguma, Y., Ito, H., Iida, K., Iwamoto, I., Kamei, K., Ochi, N., Ohta, H., & Kishikawa, M. (2001). Ser-59 is the major phosphorylation site in alpha B-crystallin accumulated in the brains of patients with Alexander's disease. Journal of Neurochemistry, 76, 730-736.

Mizutani, T., Kawanishi, R., Nishimura, T., Kamei, S., Osada, H., Nemoto, N., & Takasu, T. Chronic progressive asymmetrical leucoencephalopathy with diffuse prominent Rosenthal fiber formation: adult-onset Alexander's disease? Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 60[5], 553. 2001.

Parrett, T. J., Parisi, J. E., Roller, M., & Haake, B. Biopsy and autopsy confirmed familial adult-onset Alexander disease. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 60[554]. 2001.

Quinlan, R. (2001). Cytoskeletal catastrophe causes brain degeneration. Nature Genetics, 27, 10-11.

van der Knaap, M. S., Naidu, S., Breiter, S. N., Blaser, S., Stroink, H., Springer, S., Begeer, J. C., Van Coster, R., Barth, P. G., Thomas, N. H., Valk, J., & Powers, J. M. (2001). Alexander disease: diagnosis with MR imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 22, 541-552.

 

2000

Haas-Lude, K., Wolff, M., Riethmuller, J., Niemann, G., & Krageloh-Mann, I. (2000). Acute encephalopathy associated with vigabatrin in a six-month-old girl. Epilepsia, 41, 628-630.

Head, M. W. & Goldman, J. E. (2000). Small heat shock proteins, the cytoskeleton, and inclusion body formation. Neuropathology & Applied Neurobiology, 26, 304-312.

Springer, S., Erlewein, R., Naegele, T., Becker, I., Auer, D., Grodd, W., & Krageloh-Mann, I. (2000). Alexander disease - Classification revisited and isolation of a neonatal form. Neuropediatrics, 31, 86-92.

 

1999

Castellani, R. J., Perry, G., Brenner, D. S., & Smith, M. A. (1999). Alexander disease: Alzheimer disease of the developing brain? Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 13, 232-235.

Deprez, M., D'Hooghe, M., Misson, J. P., de Leval, L., Ceuterick, C., Reznik, M., & Martin, J. J. (1999). Infantile and juvenile presentations of Alexander's disease: a report of two cases. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 99, 158-165.

Gingold, M. K., Bodensteiner, J. B., Schochet, S. S., & Jaynes, M. (1999). Alexander's disease: Unique presentation. Journal of Child Neurology, 14, 325-329.

Herndon, R. M. (1999). Is Alexander's disease a nosologic entity or a common pathologic pattern of diverse etiology? Journal of Child Neurology, 14, 275-276.

Kulkarni, P. K., Muthane, U. B., Taly, A. B., Jayakumar, P. N., Shetty, R., & Swamy, H. S. (1999). Palatal tremor, progressive multiple cranial nerve palsies, and cerebellar ataxia: A case report and review of literature of palatal tremors in neurodegenerative disease. Movement Disorders, 14, 689-693.

Martidis, A., Yee, R. D., Azzarelli, B., & Biller, J. (1999). Neuro-ophthalmic, radiographic, and pathologic manifestations of adult-onset Alexander disease. Archives of Ophthalmology, 117, 265-267.

Sawaishi, Y., Hatazawa, J., Ochi, N., Hirono, H., Yano, T., Watanabe, Y., Okudera, & Takada, G. (1999). Positron emission tomography in juvenile Alexander disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 165, 116-120.

Schuelke, M., Smeitink, J., Mariman, E., Loeffen, J., Plecko, B., Trijbels, F., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S., & van den Heuvel, L. (1999). Mutant NDUFV1 subunit of mitochondrial complex I causes leukodystrophy and myoclonic epilepsy. Nature Genetics, 21, 260-261.

Tatke, M. & Sharma, A. (1999). Alexander's disease: a case report of a biopsy proven case. Neurology India, 47, 333-335.

 

1998

Castellani, R. J., Perry, G., Harris, P. L. R., Cohen, M. L., Sayre, L. M., Salomon, R. G., & Smith, M. A. (1998). Advanced lipid peroxidation end-products in Alexander's disease. Brain Research, 787, 15-18.

Messing, A., Head, M. W., Galles, K., Galbreath, E. J., Goldman, J. E., & Brenner, M. (1998). Fatal encephalopathy with astrocyte inclusions in GFAP transgenic mice. American Journal of Pathology, 152, 391-398.

Takanashi, J., Sugita, K., Tanabe, Y., & Niimi, H. (1998). Adolescent case of Alexander disease: MR imaging and MR spectroscopy. Pediatric Neurology, 18, 67-70.

 

1997

Castellani, R. J., Perry, G., Harris, P. L. R., Monnier, V. M., Cohen, M. L., & Smith, M. A. (1997). Advanced glycation modification of Rosenthal fibers in patients with Alexander disease. Neuroscience Letters, 231, 79-82.

Honnorat, J. & Trouillas, P. (1997). Hereditary Alexander's disease. Neurology, 48, 552.

Schwankhaus, J. D., Parisi, J. E., Gulledge, W. R., & Currier, R. D. (1997). Hereditary Alexander's disease - reply. Neurology, 48, 552.

Staba, M. J., Goldman, S., Johnson, F. L., & Huttenlocher, P. R. (1997). Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for Alexanders disease. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 20, 247-249.

 

1996

Johnson, A. B. (1996). Alexander disease. In H.G.Moser (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 22 (66): Neurodystrophies and Neurolipidoses (pp. 701-710). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Reichard, E. A. P., Ball, W. S., & Bove, K. E. (1996). Alexander disease - a case report and review of the literature. Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 16, 327-343.

Weissenböck, H., Obermaier, G., & Dahme, E. (1996). Alexander's disease in a Bernese mountain dog. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 91, 200-204.

Wilson, S. P., Alsarraj, S., & Bridges, L. R. (1996). Rosenthal fiber encephalopathy presenting with demyelination and Rosenthal fibers in a solvent abuser - adult Alexander's disease. Clinical Neuropathology, 15, 13-16.

 

1995

Duckett, S. & Goldman, J. E. (1995). Alexander's disease. In S.Duckett (Ed.), Pediatric Neuropathology (pp. 620-624). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.

Geiger, D. H., Rossouw, D. J., Hewlett, R. H., & Rutherfoord, G. S. (1995). Semiquantitative postembedding characterization of intermediate filaments in central nervous system lesions using immunoelectron microscopy. Biotech.Histochem., 70, 285-293.

Schwankhaus, J. D., Parisi, J. E., Gulledge, W. R., Chin, L., & Currier, R. D. (1995). Hereditary adult-onset Alexander's disease with palatal myoclonus, spastic paraparesis, and cerebellar ataxia. Neurology, 45, 2266-2271.

 

1994

Klein, E. A. & Anzil, A. P. (1994). Prominent white matter cavitation in an infant with Alexander's disease. Clin. Neuropathol., 13, 31-38.

 

1993

Head, M. W., Corbin, E., & Goldman, J. E. (1993). Overexpression and abnormal modification of the stress proteins alpha B-crystallin and HSP27 in Alexander disease. American Journal of Pathology, 143, 1743-1753.

Honnorat, J., Flocard, F., Ribot, C., Saint-Pierre, G., Pineau, D., Peysson, P., & Kopp, N. (1993). [Alexander's disease in adults and diffuse cerebral gliomatosis in 2 members of the same family]. [French]. Revue Neurologique, 149, 781-787.

Howard, R. S., Greenwood, R., Gawler, J., Scaravilli, F., Marsden, C. D., & Harding, A. E. (1993). A familial disorder associated with palatal myoclonus, other brainstem signs, tetraparesis, ataxia and Rosenthal fibre formation. Journal of Neurology,Neurosurgery,and Psychiatry, 56, 977-981.

Iwaki, T., Iwaki, A., Tateishi, J., Sakaki, Y., & Goldman, J. E. (1993). Alpha B-crystallin and 27-kd heat shock protein are regulated by stress conditions in the central nervous system and accumulate in Rosenthal fibers. American Journal of Pathology, 143, 487-495.

Pridmore, C. L., Baraitser, M., Harding, B., Boyd, S. G., Kendall, B., & Brett, E. M. (1993). Alexander's disease: clues to diagnosis. J.Child.Neurol., 8, 134-144.

Torreman, M., Smit, L. M., van der Valk, P., Valk, J., and Scheltens, P. (1993). A case of macrocephaly, hydrocephalus, megacerebellum, white matter abnormalities and Rosenthal fibres. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 35, 732-736.

 

1992

Duckett, S., Schwartzman, R. J., Osterholm, J., Rorke, L. B., Friedman, D., & McLellan, T. L. (1992). Biopsy diagnosis of familial Alexander's disease. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 18, 134-138.

Friedman, J. H. & Ambler, M. (1992). Progressive parkinsonism associated with Rosenthal fibers: senile-onset Alexander's disease? Neurology, 42, 1733-1735.

Garcia, L., Gascon, G., Ozand, P., & Yaish, H. (1992). Increased intracranial pressure in Alexander disease: a rare presentation of white-matter disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 7, 168-171.

Iwaki, A., Iwaki, T., Goldman, J. E., Ogomori, K., Tateishi, J., & Sakaki, Y. (1992). Accumulation of alpha B-crystallin in brains of patients with Alexander's disease is not due to an abnormality of the 5'- flanking and coding sequence of the genomic DNA. Neuroscience Letters, 140, 89-92.

Marszal, E., Kaluza, J., Adamek, D., & Jamroz, E. (1992). Fibrinoidal leucodystrophy (Alexander's disease) at 13 months girl. A case report. Patologia Polska, 43, 193-195.

Neal, J. W., Cave, E. M., Singhrao, S. K., Cole, G., & Wallace, S. J. (1992). Alexander's disease in infancy and childhood: a report of two cases. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 84, 322-327.

 

1991

Arend, A. O., Leary, P. M., & Rutherfoord, G. S. (1991). Alexander's disease: a case report with brain biopsy, ultrasound, CT scan and MRI findings. Clinical Neuropathology, 10, 122-126.

Clifton, A. G., Kendall, B. E., Kingsley, D. P., Cross, J. H., & Andar, U. (1991). Computed tomography in Alexander's disease. An atypical case with extensive low density in both frontal lobes. Neuroradiology, 33, 438-440.

Goldman, J. E. & Corbin, E. (1991). Rosenthal fibers contain ubiquitinated alpha B-crystallin. American Journal of Pathology, 139, 933-938.

Grodd,W., Krageloh-Mann,I., Klose,U., and Sauter,R. (1991). Metabolic and destructive brain disorders in children: findings with localized proton MR spectroscopy. Radiology 181, 173-181.
[Included two Alexander disease patients]

Gutmann, D. H. (1991). Chromosome 11q23.3-qter deletion and Alexander disease [letter; comment]. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 39, 226-227.

Ochi, N., Kobayashi, K., Maehara, M., Nakayama, A., Negoro, T., Shinohara, H., Watanabe, K., Nagatsu, T., & Kato, K. (1991). Increment of alpha B-crystallin mRNA in the brain of patient with infantile type Alexander's disease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 179, 1030-1035.

Richardson, J. A., Tang, K., & Burns, D. K. (1991). Myeloencephalopathy with Rosenthal fiber formation in a miniature poodle. Veterinary Pathology, 28, 536-538.

Tomokane, N., Iwaki, T., Tateishi, J., Iwaki, A., & Goldman, J. E. (1991). Rosenthal fibers share epitopes with alpha B-crystallin, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and ubiquitin, but not with vimentin. Immunoelectron microscopy with colloidal gold. American Journal of Pathology, 138, 875-885.

Mann E, McDermott MJ, Goldman J, Chiesa R, Spector A. 1991. Phosphorylation of alpha-crystallin B in Alexander's disease brain. FEBS Lett. 294:133-6

1990

Bettica, A. & Johnson, A. B. (1990). Ultrastructural immunogold labeling of glial filaments in osmicated and unosmicated epoxy-embedded tissue [see comments in JHC 1991, 39:879-881). Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 38, 103-109.

Bobele, G. B., Garnica, A., Schaefer, G. B., Leonard, J. C., Wilson, D., Marks, W. A., Leech, R. W., & Brumback, R. A. (1990). Neuroimaging findings in Alexander's disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 5, 253-258.

Harding, B. N. (1990). Rosenthal fibers in Alexander's disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 5, 259-260.

Hess, D. C., Fischer, A. Q., Yaghmai, F., Figueroa, R., & Akamatsu, Y. (1990). Comparative neuroimaging with pathologic correlates in Alexander's disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 5, 248-252.

Wardinsky, T. D., Weinberger, E., Pagon, R. A., Clarren, S. K., & Thuline, H. C. (1990). Partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 11 [del(11)(q23.3----qter)] with abnormal white matter [see comments]. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 35, 60-63.

 

1989

Iwaki, T., Kume-Iwaki, A., Liem, R. K. H., & Goldman, J. E. (1989). aB-Crystallin is expressed in non-lenticular tissues and accumulates in Alexander's disease brain. Cell, 57, 71-78.

Johnson, A. B. & Bettica, A. (1989). On-grid immunogold labeling of glial intermediate filaments in epoxy-embedded tissue. American Journal of Anatomy, 185, 335-341.

 

1988

Becker, L. E. & Teixeira, F. (1988). Alexander's disease. In M.D.Norenberg, L. Hertz, & A. Schousboe (Eds.), The Biochemical Pathology of Astrocytes (pp. 179-190). New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.

Goldman, J. E. & Corbin, E. (1988). Isolation of a major protein component of Rosenthal fibers. American Journal of Pathology, 130, 569-578.

Harbord, M. G. & LeQuesne, G. W. (1988). Alexander's disease: cranial ultrasound findings. Pediatric Radiology, 18, 227-228.

Klein, S. K., Goulden, K. J., & Rapin, I. Evidence for autosomal recessive transmission of Alexander's disease. Annals of Neurology 24, 302. 1988.

Lowe, J., Blanchard, A., Morrell, K., Lennox, G., Reynolds, L., Billett, M., Landon, M., & Mayer, R. J. (1988). Ubiquitin is a common factor in intermediate filament inclusion bodies of diverse type in man, including those of Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as Rosenthal fibres in cerebellar astrocytomas, cytoplasmic bodies in muscle, and mallory bodies in alcoholic liver disease. Journal of Pathology, 155, 9-15.

Riggs, J. E., Schochet, S. S. J., & Nelson, J. (1988). Asymptomatic adult Alexander's disease: entity or nosological misconception? Neurology, 38, 152-154.

 

1987

Sorjonen, D. C., Cox, N. R., & Kwapien, R. P. (1987). Myeloencephalopathy with eosinophilic refractile bodies (Rosenthal fibers) in a Scottish terrier. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 190, 1004-1006.

Yoshimura, N., Nishizawa, M., Hozumi, I., Yuasa, T., & Miyatake, T. (1987). [A case of leukodystrophy, suspected of Alexander's disease, and its magnetic resonance imaging]. [Japanese]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku - Clinical Neurology, 27, 1141-1144.

 

1986

Cox, N. R., Kwapien, R. P., Sorjonen, D. C., & Braund, K. G. (1986). Myeloencephalopathy resembling Alexander's disease in a Scottish terrier dog. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 71, 163-166.

 

1985

Borrett, D. & Becker, L. E. (1985). Alexander's disease. A disease of astrocytes. Brain: a journal of neurology, 108, 367-385.

Townsend, J. J., Wilson, J. F., Harris, T., Coulter, D., & Fife, R. (1985). Alexander's disease. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 67, 163-166.

 

1984

Farrell, K., Chuang, S., & Becker, L. E. (1984). Computed tomography in Alexander's disease. Annals of Neurology, 15, 605-607.

Habib, M., Hassoun, J., Ali-Cherif, A., Alonzo, B., Toga, M., & Khalil, R. (1984). [Alexander's disease in an adult]. [French]. Revue Neurologique, 140, 179-189.

Kyoya, S., Irimichi, H., Matsushima, A., & Kimura, A. (1984). [Case of megalencephaly with leukodystrophic findings in CT scans--Alexander's disease?]. [Japanese]. No to Hattatsu [Brain & Development], 16, 76-78.

Walls, T. J., Jones, R. A., Cartlidge, N., & Saunders, M. (1984). Alexander's disease with Rosenthal fibre formation in an adult. Journal of Neurology,Neurosurgery,and Psychiatry, 47, 399-403.

 

1983

Csermely, H. (1983). [Alexander's leukodystrophy]. [Hungarian]. Morphologiai Es Igazsagugyi Orvosi Szemle, 23, 169-175.

Pietrini, V., Tagliavini, F., Tedeschi, F., & Lechi, A. (1983). Megalencephaly with formation of Rosenthal fibers in symmetric subependymal gliomatous proliferations: clinicopathologic report. Clinical Neuropathology, 2, 16-22.

Terao, Y., Ishi, M., Hamada, T., & Murata, R. (1983). [Ultrastructural changes of skin nerve in Alexander's disease]. [Japanese]. Nippon Hifuka Gakkai Zasshi - Japanese Journal of Dermatology, 93, 1533-1535.

Towfighi, J., Young, R., Sassani, J., Ramer, J., & Horoupian, D. S. (1983). Alexander's disease: further light-, and electron-microscopic observations. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 61, 36-42.

 

1982

Spalke, G. & Mennel, H. D. (1982). Alexander's disease in an adult: clinicopathologic study of a case and review of the literature. Clinical Neuropathology, 1, 106-112.

 

1981

Goebel, H. H., Bode, G., Caesar, R., & Kohlschutter, A. (1981). Bulbar palsy with Rosenthal fiber formation in the medulla of a 15-year-old girl. Localized form of Alexander's disease? Neuropediatrics, 12, 382-391.

Kress, Y., Gaskin, F., Horoupian, D. S., & Brosnan, C. (1981). Nickel induction of Rosenthal fibers in rat brain. Brain Research, 210, 419-425.

Wilson, J., Manners, B. T., Robins, D. G., & Erdohazi, M. (1981). Persistent hiccup as a presenting feature of Alexander's leucodystrophy [letter]. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 23, 660-661.

 

1980

Barbieri, F., Filla, A., De Falco, F. A., & Buscaino, G. A. (1980). Alexander's disease. A clinical study with computerized tomographic scans of the first two Italian cases. Acta Neurologica, 2, 1-9.

Battaglia, A., Nardelli, E., Pampiglione, G., & Harden, A. (1980). Neurophysiological investigations in two cases of Alexander's disease with infantile onset. Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1, 131-138.

Holland, I. M. & Kendall, B. E. (1980). Computed tomography in Alexander's disease. Neuroradiology, 20, 103-106.

Piattella, L., Cardinali, C., Zamponi, N., Cenci, L., Tavoni, M. A., Porfiri, L., & Alessandrelli, C. (1980). [Alexander's disease: new diagnostic approach]. [Italian]. Rivista di Neurobiologia, 26, 357-364.

Rizzuto, N., Ferrari, G., & Piscioli, A. (1980). Diffuse Rosenthal fiber formation in adults. A case report. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 50, 237-240.

 

1979

Cole, G., De Villiers, F., Proctor, N. S., Freiman, I., & Bill, P. (1979). Alexander's disease: case report including histopathological and electron microscopic features. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 42, 619-624.

Escourolle, R., de Baecque, C., Gray, F., Baumann, N., & Hauw, J. J. (1979). [Electron microscopic and neurochemical study of Alexander's disease (author's transl)]. [French]. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 45, 133-140.

Soffer, D. & Horoupian, D. S. (1979). Rosenthal fibers formation in the central nervous system. Its relation to Alexander's disease. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 47, 81-84.

Solt, L. C., Jiminez, C., Becker, L., & Deck, J. A study of Rosenthal fibers in five cases of Alexander disease. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 38, 342. 1979.

 

1977

Rankin, W. E., Hart, M. N., & Weisenburger, D. D. (1977). Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a child with Alexander's disease. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 101, 655-657.

 

1976

French, T. A., Bower, B. D., & Cameron, A. H. (1976). Alexander's disease presenting as astrocytoma. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 39, 803-809.

Russo, L. S., Jr., Aron, A., & Anderson, P. J. (1976). Alexander's disease: a report and reappraisal. Neurology, 26, 607-614.

 

1974

Chandar, K., Basden, E. H., & Anderson, M. S. (1974). Alexander's disease: report of a case presenting as obstructive hydrocephalus. Neurology India, 22, 57-64.

Garret, R. & Ames, R. P. (1974). Alexander disease. Case report with electron microscopical studies and review of the literature. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 98, 379-385.

 

1973

Colmant, H. J. (1973). [Alexander's dystrophy with coexisting sudanophilic leukodystrophy and subacute necrotizing encephalopath (Leigh). Light and electron microscopy studies]. [German]. Neuropatologia Polska, 11, 127-141.

 

1972

Kepes, J. J. & Ziegler, D. K. (1972). Alexander's disease in an adult (leukodystrophy with Rosenthal fibers). Missouri Medicine, 69?, 23-25.

 

1970

Herndon, R. M., Rubinstein, L. J., Freeman, J. M., & Mathieson, G. (1970). Light and electron microscopic observations on Rosenthal fibers in Alexander's disease and in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 29, 524-551.

Sherwin, R. M. & Berthrong, M. (1970). Alexander's disease with sudanophilic leukodystrophy. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 89, 321-328.

 

1968

Schochet, S. S., Lampert, P. W., & Earle, K. M. (1968). Alexander's disease: a case report with electron microscopic observations. Neurology, 18, 543-549.

Seil, F. J., Schochet, S. S. J., & Earle, K. M. (1968). Alexander's disease in an adult. Report of a case. Archives of Neurology, 19, 494-502.

 

1966

Iri, H. & Matsuyama, H. (1966). [Case of leukodystrophy with diffuse Rosenthal fiber formation (Alexander's disease)]. [Japanese]. Shinkei Kenkyu No Shimpo - Advances in Neurological Sciences, 10, 716-720.

 

1964

Friede, R. L. (1964). Alexander's disease. Archives of Neurology, 11, 414-422.
[Sixth case, first use of the name "Alexander's disease."]

Gluszcz, A. (1964). Disseminate cerebral gliosis with fibrillary degeneration of the glia and with rosenthal fibers. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 4, 212-217.

 

1962

Vogel, F. S. & Hallervorden, J. (1962). Leukodystrophy with diffuse Rosenthal fiber formation. Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin), 2, 126-143.

 

1959

Wohlwill, F. J., Bernstein, J., & Yakovlev, P. I. (1959). Dysmyelinogenic leukodystrophy: report of a case of a new, presumably familial type of leukodystrophy with megalobarencephaly. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 18, 359-383.

 

1953

Crome, L. (1953). Megaloencephaly associated with hyaline pan-neuropathy. Brain: a journal of neurology, 76, 215-228.

 

1952

Stevenson, L. D. & Vogel, F. S. (1952). A case of macrocephaly associated with feeble-mindedness and encephalopathy with peculiar deposits throughout the brain and spinal cord. Ciencia (Méx.), 12?, 71.

 

1949

Alexander, W. S. (1949). Progressive fibrinoid degeneration of fibrillary astrocytes associated with mental retardation in a hydrocephalic infant. Brain: a journal of neurology, 72, 373-381.
[First description of a child with Alexander disease]

 

1898

Rosenthal, W. (1898). Über eine eigenthümliche, mit syringomyelie complicirte geschwulst des rückenmarks. Bietr.Pathol.Anat., 23, 111-143.
[First description of Rosenthal fibers]

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