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Conceição Bettencourt's Degrees
- PhD Computer Science University of Lisbon
- Masters Computer Engineering University of Porto
- Bachelors Computer Science University of Coimbra
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Conceição Bettencourt works in the field of neuro-epigenetics. She studies the involvement of disrupted molecular pathways and DNA methylation in neurodegenerative diseases using human post-mortem brain tissue. She is research fellow of the Alzheimer's Research UK and co-leads the Genetics and Omics Working Group of the international Deep Dementia Phenotyping network.
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- DNA repair pathways underlie a common genetic mechanism modulating onset in polyglutamine diseases (2016) (172)
- Exome sequence reveals mutations in CoA synthase as a cause of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. (2014) (166)
- Genetic and phenotypic characterization of complex hereditary spastic paraplegia (2016) (155)
- Machado-Joseph Disease: from first descriptions to new perspectives (2011) (153)
- AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (2019) (111)
- Understanding differences between phylogenetic and pedigree-derived mtDNA mutation rate: a model using families from the Azores Islands (Portugal). (2005) (99)
- A missense mutation in KCTD17 causes autosomal dominant myoclonus-dystonia. (2015) (99)
- Truncating and missense mutations in IGHMBP2 cause Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 2. (2014) (68)
- Insights from cerebellar transcriptomic analysis into the pathogenesis of ataxia. (2014) (54)
- Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Blood and Brain Tissues of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Machado-Joseph Disease (2012) (53)
- Dominant Mutations in GRM1 Cause Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 44 (2017) (53)
- Increased transcript diversity: novel splicing variants of Machado–Joseph Disease gene (ATXN3) (2010) (49)
- Rare variants in SQSTM1 and VCP genes and risk of sporadic inclusion body myositis (2016) (45)
- Coenzyme Q10 Levels Are Decreased in the Cerebellum of Multiple-System Atrophy Patients (2016) (45)
- Rare variants in SQSTM1 and VCP genes and risk of sporadic inclusion body myositis (2016) (45)
- A homozygous loss‐of‐function mutation in PDE2A associated to early‐onset hereditary chorea (2018) (43)
- Population Genetics of Wild-Type CAG Repeats in the Machado-Joseph Disease Gene in Portugal (2006) (42)
- A 30-unit hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72 induces pathological lesions with dipeptide-repeat proteins and RNA foci, but not TDP-43 inclusions and clinical disease (2015) (36)
- A loss‐of‐function homozygous mutation in DDX59 implicates a conserved DEAD‐box RNA helicase in nervous system development and function (2017) (36)
- Clinical and Neuropathological Features of Spastic Ataxia in a Spanish Family with Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in STUB1 (2015) (35)
- The APOE ε2 allele increases the risk of earlier age at onset in Machado-Joseph disease. (2011) (34)
- Analysis of segregation patterns in Machado-Joseph disease pedigrees (2008) (32)
- White matter DNA methylation profiling reveals deregulation of HIP1, LMAN2, MOBP, and other loci in multiple system atrophy (2019) (32)
- Brain iron accumulation affects myelin-related molecular systems implicated in a rare neurogenetic disease family with neuropsychiatric features (2016) (32)
- Biallelic mutations in neurofascin cause neurodevelopmental impairment and peripheral demyelination (2019) (32)
- Exome sequencing is a useful diagnostic tool for complicated forms of hereditary spastic paraplegia (2014) (30)
- Analysis of Y-chromosome variability and its comparison with mtDNA variability reveals different demographic histories between islands in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal). (2005) (28)
- Sporadic inclusion body myositis: the genetic contributions to the pathogenesis (2014) (28)
- Genetic and clinical characteristics of NEFL-related Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (2017) (28)
- Parkinsonian phenotype in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD/SCA3): a two-case report (2011) (26)
- Segregation distortion of wild-type alleles at the Machado-Joseph disease locus: a study in normal families from the Azores islands (Portugal) (2008) (26)
- Pure Cerebellar Ataxia with Homozygous Mutations in the PNPLA6 Gene (2016) (26)
- Exome sequencing uncovers hidden pathways in familial and sporadic ALS (2015) (26)
- Trehalose Improves Human Fibroblast Deficits in a New CHIP-Mutation Related Ataxia (2014) (26)
- Heterogeneity in clinical features and disease severity in ataxia-associated SYNE1 mutations (2016) (25)
- Gene co-expression networks shed light into diseases of brain iron accumulation (2016) (24)
- Novel candidate blood‐based transcriptional biomarkers of machado‐joseph disease (2015) (24)
- Nystagmus as an early ocular alteration in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD/SCA3) (2014) (23)
- Replicating studies of genetic modifiers in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: can homogeneous cohorts aid? (2015) (22)
- The (CAG)n tract of Machado–Joseph Disease gene (ATXN3): a comparison between DNA and mRNA in patients and controls (2010) (22)
- Glucocerebrosidase gene variants in parkinsonian patients with Machado Joseph/spinocerebellar ataxia 3. (2012) (20)
- The effects of an intronic polymorphism in TOMM40 and APOE genotypes in sporadic inclusion body myositis (2015) (20)
- Accumulation of Mitochondrial DNA Common Deletion Since The Preataxic Stage of Machado-Joseph Disease (2018) (18)
- Psychological well-being and family satisfaction levels five years after being confirmed as a carrier of the Machado-Joseph disease mutation. (2012) (18)
- Transcriptional profiling of multiple system atrophy cerebellar tissue highlights differences between the parkinsonian and cerebellar sub-types of the disease (2020) (17)
- Promoter Variation and Expression Levels of Inflammatory Genes IL1A, IL1B, IL6 and TNF in Blood of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3) Patients (2017) (17)
- Revisiting genotype–phenotype overlap in neurogenetics: Triplet‐repeat expansions mimicking spastic paraplegias (2012) (16)
- Expanding the Phenotype and Genetic Defects Associated with the GOSR2 Gene (2015) (15)
- Exome sequencing expands the mutational spectrum of SPG8 in a family with spasticity responsive to l-DOPA treatment (2013) (14)
- Genotype-phenotype correlations and expansion of the molecular spectrum of AP4M1-related hereditary spastic paraplegia (2017) (12)
- Multiple system atrophy: genetic risks and alpha-synuclein mutations (2017) (12)
- Identification of multiple system atrophy mimicking Parkinson’s disease or progressive supranuclear palsy (2021) (12)
- Genetic advances in sporadic inclusion body myositis (2015) (10)
- Rare variants in SQSTM 1 and VCP genes and risk of sporadic inclusion body myositis (2016) (10)
- LRP10 in α-synucleinopathies (2018) (9)
- Pathological relationships involving iron and myelin may constitute a shared mechanism linking various rare and common brain diseases (2016) (9)
- Genetic profiling of the Azores Islands (Portugal): Data from 10 X‐chromosome STRs (2009) (8)
- The African contribution to the present‐day population of the Azores Islands (Portugal): Analysis of the Y chromosome haplogroup E (2007) (7)
- Neurodegenerative movement disorders: An epigenetics perspective and promise for the future (2021) (7)
- Paroxysmal Movement Disorder and Epilepsy Caused by a De Novo Truncating Mutation in KAT6A (2018) (7)
- Sequence Analysis of 5′ Regulatory Regions of the Machado–Joseph Disease Gene (ATXN3) (2012) (7)
- MOBP and HIP1 in multiple system atrophy: New α‐synuclein partners in glial cytoplasmic inclusions implicated in the disease pathogenesis (2020) (7)
- In silico comparative analysis of LRRK2 interactomes from brain, kidney and lung (2021) (6)
- Polymorphism of the APOE Locus in the Azores Islands (Portugal) (2006) (6)
- Novel single base-pair deletion in exon 1 of XK gene leading to McLeod syndrome with chorea, muscle wasting, peripheral neuropathy, acanthocytosis and haemolysis (2014) (6)
- Pathological substrate of memory impairment in multiple system atrophy (2022) (5)
- Dominant Mutations in GRM1 Cause Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 44 (2017) (5)
- Epigenomics and transcriptomics analyses of multiple system atrophy brain tissue supports a role for inflammatory processes in disease pathogenesis (2020) (5)
- Sequencing analysis of the SCA6 CAG expansion excludes an influence of repeat interruptions on disease onset (2018) (5)
- Transcriptomic analysis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology reveals cellular alterations across multiple brain regions (2021) (4)
- Transcript Diversity of Machado–Joseph Disease Gene (ATXN3) Is Not Directly Determined by SNPs in Exonic or Flanking Intronic Regions (2013) (4)
- Triplet Repeats: Features, Dynamics and Evolutionary Mechanisms. (2007) (4)
- Genetic defects are common in myopathies with tubular aggregates (2021) (3)
- Non-Mendelian Genetic Aspects in Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCAS): The Case of Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) (2012) (3)
- Verification of Inter-laboratorial Genotyping Consistency in the Molecular Diagnosis of Polyglutamine Spinocerebellar Ataxias (2015) (3)
- The repeat variant in MSH3 is not a genetic modifier for spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 and Friedreich's ataxia. (2020) (3)
- Genetics at different levels in machado-joseph disease (MJD/SCA3): Cause, modifiers and therapy (2012) (2)
- Peopling, demographic history and genetic structure of the Azores Islands: Integrating data from mtDNA and Y-chromosome (2006) (2)
- A novel frameshift deletion in autosomal recessive SBF1-related syndromic neuropathy with necklace fibres (2020) (2)
- “Mimicking” capacity of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: The details matter (2013) (2)
- Genetic Variation in ATXN3 (Ataxin-3) 3′UTR: Insights into the Downstream Regulatory Elements of the Causative Gene of Machado-Joseph Disease/Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (2022) (2)
- Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Disorders: The Experience of Machado-Joseph Disease in the Azores Islands (Portugal) (2006) (2)
- Cross-sectional study of risk factors for atherosclerosis in the Azorean population (2011) (2)
- Using whole-exome sequencing to identify mutations of SQSTM1 and VCP in inclusion body myositis (2015) (2)
- The increasing number of SCA loci: Contributes from classical genetics and new genomics (2012) (1)
- Author ' s response to reviews Title : Nystagmus as an early ocular alteration in (2014) (1)
- Negative results The effects of an intronic polymorphism in TOMM 40 and APOE genotypes in sporadic inclusion body myositis (2015) (1)
- Dominant Mutations in GRM1 Cause Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 44 (2017) (1)
- Epigenetic age acceleration is associated with oligodendrocyte proportions in MSA and control brain tissue (2022) (1)
- SQSTM1 and VCP mutations in a series of 205 inclusion body myositis cases (2015) (1)
- Uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 2 causing MRPL44-related multisystem mitochondrial disease (2021) (1)
- Coenzyme Q10 levels are reduced in the cerebellum of multiple system atrophy patients (P1.182) (2015) (1)
- Novel Machado-Joseph disease-modifying genes and pathways identified by whole-exome sequencing (2021) (1)
- Author ' s response to reviews Title : Nystagmus as an early ocular alteration in (2014) (1)
- Verification of Inter-laboratorial Genotyping Consistency in the Molecular Diagnosis of Polyglutamine Spinocerebellar Ataxias (2015) (0)
- Transcript Diversity of Machado–Joseph Disease Gene (ATXN3) Is Not Directly Determined by SNPs in Exonic or Flanking Intronic Regions (2012) (0)
- B48 DNA repair pathways as a common genetic mechanism modulating the age at onset in polyglutamine diseases (2016) (0)
- Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases in vivo (2013) (0)
- Comparative clinical, genetic and pathological study of C9orf72 expansion repeat cases (2015) (0)
- The Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network: A global platform for innovation using data science and artificial intelligence (2022) (0)
- Exome sequencing analysis in familial progressive supranuclear palsy (2013) (0)
- DNA REPAIR PATHWAYS MODULATE ONSET IN POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES (2016) (0)
- AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (2019) (0)
- Diversity of maternal and paternal lineages in the geographic extremes of the Azores (Santa Maria and Flores Islands): Insights from mtDNA, Y-chromosome and surname data (2006) (0)
- Promoter Variation and Expression Levels of Inflammatory Genes IL1A, IL1B, IL6 and TNF in Blood of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3) Patients (2016) (0)
- Epigenomics and transcriptomics analyses of multiple system atrophy brain tissue supports a role for inflammatory processes in disease pathogenesis (2020) (0)
- Alzheimer's disease pathology concomitant with memory impairment in late‐onset multiple system atrophy (2023) (0)
- Contents Vol. 11, 2013 (2013) (0)
- 122nd Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society (2021) (0)
- Sequence Analysis of 5′ Regulatory Regions of the Machado–Joseph Disease Gene (ATXN3) (2012) (0)
- Oral Presentations (2015) (0)
- Accumulation of Mitochondrial DNA Common Deletion Since The Preataxic Stage of Machado-Joseph Disease (2018) (0)
- Transcriptional profiling of multiple system atrophy cerebellar tissue highlights differences between the parkinsonian and cerebellar sub-types of the disease (2020) (0)
- TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM AS A NOVEL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (2015) (0)
- Relationship of the APOE polymorphism and lipid profile: A population-based study in the Azores Islands (Portugal) (2009) (0)
- The Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network: A global platform for innovation using data science and artificial intelligence (2022) (0)
- Brain DNA methylomic analysis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration reveals OTUD4 in shared dysregulated signatures across pathological subtypes (2023) (0)
- A loss-of-function homozygousmutation inDDX59 implicates a conservedDEAD-box RNA helicase in nervous system development and function (2017) (0)
- Machado-Joseph Disease: From Genetic Variability to Clinical Heterogeneity (2010) (0)
- Involvement of autophagic protein DEF8 in Lewy bodies. (2022) (0)
- Clinical and Neuropathological Features of Spastic Ataxia in a Spanish Family with Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in STUB1 (2015) (0)
- Creating connections: developing an online space for cross-regional mentorship and network building in the dementia research field (2022) (0)
- Pure Cerebellar Ataxia with Homozygous Mutations in the PNPLA6 Gene (2016) (0)
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