SCA8 ATXN8OS

Disease ID
SCA8
Gene ID
ATXN8OS
Updated
Oct 7, 2025
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Disease

SCA
Name
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Description
Prevalence
0.5 100,000
Age of Onset(Typical)Years0  7620  49
Age of Onset Details
Typical: third to fifth decade (20-49); Range: 03 - 764 .

Locus

Details
Mechanism
GoF
Polyglutamine/toxic gain-of-function9,3 .
Year
199910
Location in Gene
Coding Exon 1, or 3' UTR depending on transcript
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
CTG
Pathogenic (ref.)
CTG
Pathogenic (gene)
CTG
BenignIntermediatePathogenicUnits15  5050  7071  1,300

gnomAD

Pathogenic Genotype (%)Admixed AmericanAfrican/African AmericanAmishAshkenazi JewishEuropean (non Finnish)FinnishMiddle EasternSouth AsianEast AsianOthers01234567ATXN8OS

Pathogenic Genotype (%): % of individuals predicted to be affected based on their genotype

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
Ontology Lookup Service (OLS)
mondo:0012116
2
American journal of human genetics · 2017-11-02
pmid:29100084
3
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8
GeneReviews® · 1993-01-01
genereviews:NBK1268
4
Genome Research · 2025-02-27
doi:10.1101/gr.279634.124
5
Nature genetics · 2006-06-25
pmid:16804541
6
Peter K,Todd, Henry L,Paulson
Annals of neurology · 2010-03-01
pmid:20373340
7
Neurology. Genetics · 2017-04-21
pmid:28451643
8
EMBO molecular medicine · 2021-10-11
pmid:34632710
10
Nature genetics · 1999-04-01
pmid:10192387

Additional Literature

Additional literature related to this locus.

Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem repeats, and disease, in medline format)

Brain communications · 2025-05-17
pmid:40488180
Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025-02-25
pmid:40007153
Brain communications · 2024-06-29
pmid:38961870
Molecular biology reports · 2024-01-16
pmid:38227102
Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024-01-02
pmid:38165578
Open life sciences · 2023-12-12
pmid:38152578
Cerebellum (London, England) · 2023-10-31
pmid:37906407
Journal of human genetics · 2023-10-17
pmid:37848721
Science advances · 2023-05-05
pmid:37146135
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