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References

These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference gene summary on the CSTB gene.

Alakurtti K, Virtaneva K, Joensuu T, Palvimo JJ, Lehesjoki AE. Characterization of the cystatin B gene promoter harboring the dodecamer repeat expanded in progressive myoclonus epilepsy, EPM1. Gene. 2000 Jan 25;242(1-2):65-73. PubMed citation
Alakurtti K, Weber E, Rinne R, Theil G, de Haan GJ, Lindhout D, Salmikangas P, Saukko P, Lahtinen U, Lehesjoki AE. Loss of lysosomal association of cystatin B proteins representing progressive myoclonus epilepsy, EPM1, mutations. Eur J Hum Genet. 2005 Feb;13(2):208-15. Erratum in: Eur J Hum Genet. 2005 Feb;13(2):264. PubMed citation
Ceru S, Rabzelj S, Kopitar-Jerala N, Turk V, Zerovnik E. Protein aggregation as a possible cause for pathology in a subset of familial Unverricht-Lundborg disease. Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(5):955-9. PubMed citation
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Houseweart MK, Pennacchio LA, Vilaythong A, Peters C, Noebels JL, Myers RM. Cathepsin B but not cathepsins L or S contributes to the pathogenesis of Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM1). J Neurobiol. 2003 Sep 15;56(4):315-27. PubMed citation
Joensuu T, Kuronen M, Alakurtti K, Tegelberg S, Hakala P, Aalto A, Huopaniemi L, Aula N, Michellucci R, Eriksson K, Lehesjoki AE. Cystatin B: mutation detection, alternative splicing and expression in progressive myclonus epilepsy of Unverricht-Lundborg type (EPM1) patients. Eur J Hum Genet. 2007 Feb;15(2):185-93. Epub 2006 Sep 27. PubMed citation
Lalioti MD, Antonarakis SE, Scott HS. The epilepsy, the protease inhibitor and the dodecamer: progressive myoclonus epilepsy, cystatin b and a 12-mer repeat expansion. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2003;100(1-4):213-23. Review. PubMed citation
Lehesjoki AE. Molecular background of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. EMBO J. 2003 Jul 15;22(14):3473-8. Review. PubMed citation
Moulard B, Darcel F, Mignard D, Jeanpierre M, Genton P, Cartault F, Yaouanq J, Roubertie A, Biraben A, Buresi C, Malafosse A. FOunder effect in patients with Unverricht-Lundborg disease on reunion island. Epilepsia. 2003 Oct;44(10):1357-60. PubMed citation
Moulard B, Genton P, Grid D, Jeanpierre M, Ouazzani R, Mrabet A, Morris M, LeGuern E, Dravet C, Mauguière F, Utermann B, Baldy-Moulinier M, Belaidi H, Bertran F, Biraben A, Ali Chérif A, Chkili T, Crespel A, Darcel F, Dulac O, Geny C, Humbert-Claude V, Kassiotis P, Buresi C, Malafosse A. Haplotype study of West European and North African Unverricht-Lundborg chromosomes: evidence for a few founder mutations. Hum Genet. 2002 Sep;111(3):255-62. Epub 2002 Jul 23. PubMed citation
OMIM: CYSTATIN B
Shahwan A, Farrell M, Delanty N. Progressive myoclonic epilepsies: a review of genetic and therapeutic aspects. Lancet Neurol. 2005 Apr;4(4):239-48. Review. PubMed citation


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