SCA4 ZFHX3
Disease ID
SCA4
Gene ID
ZFHX3
Updated
Aug 8, 2025
v2.8.0
v2.8.0
Clinical Links
Bioinformatical Links
Disease
Name
Spinocerebellar ataxia 4
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant Description
Locus
Details
Alleles
Ref. Motif
GCC
Pathogenic (ref.)
GCC
Pathogenic (gene)
CGG
References
Direct supporting references for info on this page.
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The ZFHX3 GGC Repeat Expansion Underlying Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4 has a Common Ancestral Founder.
Zhongbo,Chen, Pilar,Alvarez Jerez, Claire,Anderson, Martin,Paucar, Jasmaine,Lee, Daniel,Nilsson, Hannah,Macpherson, Annarita,Scardamaglia, Kylie,Montgomery, John,Hardy, Andrew B,Singleton, Arianna,Tucci, Katherine D,Mathews, Ying-Hui,Fu, Martin,Engvall, José,Laffita-Mesa, Inger,Nennesmo, Anna,Wedell, Louis J,Ptáček, Cornelis,Blauwendraat, Emil K,Gustavsson, Per,Svenningsson, Mina,Ryten, Henry,Houlden
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2024-12-05
pmid:396359875
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 is caused by a GGC expansion in the ZFHX3 gene and is associated with prominent dysautonomia and motor neuron signs.
Martin,Paucar, Daniel,Nilsson, Martin,Engvall, José,Laffita-Mesa, Cilla,Söderhäll, Mikael,Skorpil, Christer,Halldin, Patrik,Fazio, Kristina,Lagerstedt-Robinson, Göran,Solders, Maria,Angeria, Andrea,Varrone, Mårten,Risling, Hong,Jiao, Inger,Nennesmo, Anna,Wedell, Per,Svenningsson
Journal of internal medicine · 2024-07-07
pmid:389732516
Exonic trinucleotide repeat expansions in ZFHX3 cause spinocerebellar ataxia type 4: A poly-glycine disease.
Joel,Wallenius, Efthymia,Kafantari, Emma,Jhaveri, Sorina,Gorcenco, Adam,Ameur, Christin,Karremo, Sigurd,Dobloug, Kristina,Karrman, Tom,de Koning, Andreea,Ilinca, Maria,Landqvist Waldö, Andreas,Arvidsson, Staffan,Persson, Elisabet,Englund, Hans,Ehrencrona, Andreas,Puschmann
American journal of human genetics · 2023-11-29
pmid:380358817
Adaptive Long-Read Sequencing Reveals GGC Repeat Expansion in ZFHX3 Associated with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4.
Zhongbo,Chen, Emil K,Gustavsson, Hannah,Macpherson, Claire,Anderson, Chris,Clarkson, Clarissa,Rocca, Eleanor,Self, Pilar,Alvarez Jerez, Annarita,Scardamaglia, David,Pellerin, Kylie,Montgomery, Jasmaine,Lee, Delia,Gagliardi, Huihui,Luo, John,Hardy, James,Polke, Andrew B,Singleton, Cornelis,Blauwendraat, Katherine D,Mathews, Arianna,Tucci, Ying-Hui,Fu, Henry,Houlden, Mina,Ryten, Louis J,Ptáček
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2024-01-10
pmid:381971348
Sequence composition changes in short tandem repeats: heterogeneity, detection, mechanisms and clinical implications.
Indhu-Shree,Rajan-Babu, Egor,Dolzhenko, Michael A,Eberle, Jan M,Friedman
Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024-03-11
pmid:38467784Additional Literature
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Feasibility of long-read sequencing to identify molecular alterations in an Indonesian cohort of locally advanced to advanced nasopharyngeal cancer.
,Handoko, Marlinda,Adham, Lisnawati,Rachmadi, Demak Lumban,Tobing, ,Asmarinah, ,Fadilah, Wei,Dai, Anne Wing Mui,Lee, Soehartati A,Gondhowiardjo
Scientific reports · 2025-07-01
pmid:40594369Diagnostic yield and limitations of whole-genome sequencing for hereditary cerebellar ataxia.
Wai Yan,Yau, Roisin,Sullivan, Emer,O'Connor, David,Pellerin, Michael H,Parkinson, Paola,Giunti, Marie-Josée,Dicaire, Matt C,Danzi, Stephan,Züchner, Bernard,Brais, Nicholas W,Wood, Henry,Houlden, Jana,Vandrovcova
Brain communications · 2025-05-17
pmid:40488180Identification of GGC Repeat Expansions in ZFHX3 among Chilean Movement Disorder Patients.
Paula,Saffie-Awad, Abraham,Moller, Kensuke,Daida, Pilar,Alvarez Jerez, Zhongbo,Chen, Zachary B,Anderson, Mariam,Isayan, Kimberly,Paquette, Sophia B,Gibson, Madison,Fulcher, Abigail,Miano-Burkhardt, Laksh,Malik, Breeana,Baker, Paige,Jarreau, Henry,Houlden, Mina,Ryten, Bida,Gu, Mark J P,Chaisson, Danny E,Miller, Pedro,Chaná-Cuevas, Cornelis,Blauwendraat, Andrew B,Singleton, Kimberley J,Billingsley
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-06-03
pmid:40459184Identification of GGC Repeat Expansions in
Paula,Saffie-Awad, Abraham,Moller, Kensuke,Daida, Pilar Alvarez,Jerez, Zhongbo,Chen, Zachary B,Anderson, Mariam,Isayan, Kimberly,Paquette, Sophia B,Gibson, Madison,Fulcher, Abigail,Miano-Burkhardt, Laksh,Malik, Breeana,Baker, Paige,Jarreau, Henry,Houlden, Mina,Ryten, Bida,Gu, Mark Jp,Chaisson, Danny E,Miller, Pedro,Chaná-Cuevas, Cornelis,Blauwendraat, Andrew B,Singleton, Kimberley J,Billingsley
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025-03-19
pmid:40166539Repeat length in spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4) predicts age at onset and disease severity.
Andreas,Dalski, Martje G,Pauly, Henrike,Hanssen, Johann,Hagenah, Yorck,Hellenbroich, Christian,Schmidt, Jassemien,Strohschehn, Malte,Spielmann, Christine,Zühlke, Norbert,Brüggemann
Journal of neurology · 2024-08-02
pmid:39095619A GGC-repeat expansion in ZFHX3 encoding polyglycine causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 and impairs autophagy.
Karla P,Figueroa, Caspar,Gross, Elena,Buena-Atienza, Sharan,Paul, Mandi,Gandelman, Naseebullah,Kakar, Marc,Sturm, Nicolas,Casadei, Jakob,Admard, Joohyun,Park, Christine,Zühlke, Yorck,Hellenbroich, Jelena,Pozojevic, Saranya,Balachandran, Kristian,Händler, Simone,Zittel, Dagmar,Timmann, Friedrich,Erdlenbruch, Laura,Herrmann, Thomas,Feindt, Martin,Zenker, Thomas,Klopstock, Claudia,Dufke, Daniel R,Scoles, Arnulf,Koeppen, Malte,Spielmann, Olaf,Riess, Stephan,Ossowski, Tobias B,Haack, Stefan M,Pulst
Nature genetics · 2024-04-29
pmid:38684900FGF14 GAA repeat expansion and ZFHX3 GGC repeat expansion in clinically diagnosed multiple system atrophy patients.
Masaaki,Matsushima, Hiroaki,Yaguchi, Eriko,Koshimizu, Akihiko,Kudo, Shinichi,Shirai, Takeshi,Matsuoka, Shigehisa,Ura, Atsushi,Kawashima, Toshiyuki,Fukazawa, Satoko,Miyatake, Naomichi,Matsumoto, Ichiro,Yabe
Journal of neurology · 2024-03-12
pmid:38472396Unraveling the genetic landscape of undiagnosed cerebellar ataxia in Brazilian patients.
Luiz Eduardo,Novis, Shahryar,Alavi, David,Pellerin, Marcus Vinicius,Della Coleta, Salmo,Raskin, Mariana,Spitz, Andrea,Cortese, Henry,Houlden, Helio Afonso,Teive
Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2023-12-20
pmid:38145611The P-selectin gene polymorphism Val168Met: a novel risk marker for the occurrence of primary ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction.
Elif,Elmas, Peter,Bugert, Tatjana,Popp, Siegfried,Lang, Christel,Weiss, Michael,Behnes, Martin,Borggrefe, Thorsten,Kälsch
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2010-11-01
pmid:20586826