Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE CACNA1A mutations underlie three allelic disorders: familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1), episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). 30063100 2019
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Moreover, whereas healthy subjects (n = 31) were found to be able to discriminate subtle differences in the kinematics of observed limb movements of others, patients suffering from spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6; n = 21) were severely impaired in performing such tasks. 31747689 2019
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Because silencing of the entire CACNA1A gene would result in the loss of the essential Cav2.1 channel, the IRES controlling α1ACT expression is an excellent target for selective silencing of α1ACT as a therapeutic intervention for SCA6. 29374372 2018
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here we show that a perceptual disturbance of verticality is indeed present in people with a genetically determined and pure form of cerebellar degeneration (spinocerebellar ataxia type 6; SCA 6), but is only revealed under dynamic visual conditions. 30393031 2018
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE Apart from spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 and 12 (SCA6 and SCA12), these CAG-repeat diseases, as well as Huntington disease-like 2 (HDL2) and SCA8, can be neuropathologically identified using 1C2 polyglutamine antibodies. 28987184 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Similar differences were found among a single gene group, comparing 23 patients with CACNA1A expansions (spinocerebellar ataxia 6) to 22 patients with CACNA1A point mutations, which had lower average age at onset (25.2 versus 47.3 years) with longer disease duration (18.7 versus 10.9), but lower severity indexes (0.39 versus 0.44), indicating slower progression of the disease. 28444220 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is one such midlife-onset disorder in which the mutated gene, CACNA1A, is implicated in cerebellar development. 27531396 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression levels of CACNA1A encoding α1A subunit were similar between SCA6 and control neurons, and no differences were found in the subcellular distribution of Ca<sub>V</sub>2.1 channel protein. 28946818 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT Exome sequencing and network analysis identifies shared mechanisms underlying spinocerebellar ataxia. 29053796 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between resting state functional MRI (RS-fMRI) activity and motor and cognitive impairment in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). 28295805 2017
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease GENOMICS_ENGLAND De Novo Mutations in SLC1A2 and CACNA1A Are Important Causes of Epileptic Encephalopathies. 27476654 2016
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease GENOMICS_ENGLAND Biallelic CACNA1A mutations cause early onset epileptic encephalopathy with progressive cerebral, cerebellar, and optic nerve atrophy. 27250579 2016
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease MGD Rapid Onset of Motor Deficits in a Mouse Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 Precedes Late Cerebellar Degeneration. 26730403 2016
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We developed an early-onset SCA6 mouse model using an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene delivery system to ectopically express CACNA1A IRES-driven α1ACTSCA6 to test the potential of CACNA1A IRES-targeting therapies. 27412786 2016
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Expansion of the CAG/polyQ region of CACNA1A occurs within α1ACT and leads to ataxia.There are few animal models of SCA6. 25954029 2015
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE CACNA1A loss-of-function mutations classically present as episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2), with brief episodes of ataxia and nystagmus, or with progressive spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA6). 25735478 2015
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we studied the cerebellar gene expression patterns of young Sca6-MPI(118Q/118Q) knockin (KI) mice, which expressed mutant Cav2.1 from an endogenous locus and recapitulated many phenotypic features of human SCA6. 26034136 2015
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE These genes were spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)-1 (ATXN1), SCA-2 (ATXN2), SCA-3 (ATXN3), SCA-6 (CACNA1A), SCA-7 (ATXN7), SCA-8 (ATXN8OS), SCA-10 (ATXN10), SCA-12 (PPP2R2B), SCA-17 (TBP) and dentatorubral-pallidolysian atrophy (DRPLA) (ATN1). 26077168 2015
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hemiplegic migraine type 1, episodic ataxia type 2, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 are distinct neurological disorders associated with mutations in the CACNA1A gene. 25266619 2014
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) and familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1) are allelic disorders of the gene CACNA1A encoding the P/Q subunit of a voltage gated calcium channel. 24486772 2014
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the CACNA1A gene, encoding the α1 subunit of the voltage-gated calcium channel Ca(V)2.1 (P/Q-type), have been associated with three neurological phenotypes: familial and sporadic hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1, SHM1), episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2), and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). 24836863 2014
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE One family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 and 2 families with other CACNA1A gene mutations were identified. 24898624 2014
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE Suppression of CACNA1A IRES function in SCA6 may be a potential therapeutic strategy. 23827678 2013
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease MGD Development of Purkinje cell degeneration in a knockin mouse model reveals lysosomal involvement in the pathogenesis of SCA6. 23054835 2012
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (disorder)
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in the Ca(V)2.1 voltage-gated calcium channel subunit (CACNA1A). 21550405 2011