Liu, J;
Reeves, C;
Michalak, Z;
Coppola, A;
Diehl, B;
Sisodiya, SM;
Thom, M;
(2014)
Evidence for mTOR pathway activation in a spectrum of epilepsy-associated pathologies.
Acta Neuropathol Commun
, 2
(1)
, Article 71. 10.1186/2051-5960-2-71.
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Abstract
Activation of the mTOR pathway has been linked to the cytopathology and epileptogenicity of malformations, specifically Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) and Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC). Experimental and clinical trials have shown than mTOR inhibitors have anti-epileptogenic effects in TS. Dysmorphic neurones and balloon cells are hallmarks of FCDIIb and TSC, but similar cells are also occasionally observed in other acquired epileptogenic pathologies, including hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE). Our aim was to explore mTOR pathway activation in a range of epilepsy-associated pathologies and in lesion-negative cases.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence for mTOR pathway activation in a spectrum of epilepsy-associated pathologies. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/2051-5960-2-71 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2051-5960-2-71 |
| Additional information: | © 2014 Liu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Keywords: | mTOR pathway; Epilepsy; Neuronal dysplasia; Hippocampal sclerosis; Rasmussen’s’ encephalitis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1434701 |
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