CLCN2 gene
The CLCN2 gene encodes a transmembrane protein, the chloride channel protein 2, which as a voltage-gated chloride channel is responsible for intracellular chloride ion homeostasis. Mutations cause autosomal dominant hyperaldosteronism type 2 and recessive leukoencephalopathy. Genetic variants are aso described as being associated with epilepsies.
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Stowasser M et al. (1992) Familial hyperaldosteronism type II: five families with a new variety of primary aldosteronism.
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Cid LP et al. (1995) Cloning of a putative human voltage-gated chloride channel (CIC-2) cDNA widely expressed in human tissues.
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Schwiebert EM et al. (1998) Analysis of ClC-2 channels as an alternative pathway for chloride conduction in cystic fibrosis airway cells.
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Sander T et al. (2000) Genome search for susceptibility loci of common idiopathic generalised epilepsies.
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Sík A et al. (2000) Distribution of chloride channel-2-immunoreactive neuronal and astrocytic processes in the hippocampus.
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Bösl MR et al. (2001) Male germ cells and photoreceptors, both dependent on close cell-cell interactions, degenerate upon ClC-2 Cl(-) channel disruption.
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Haug K et al. (2003) Mutations in CLCN2 encoding a voltage-gated chloride channel are associated with idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
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Niemeyer MI et al. (2004) Functional evaluation of human ClC-2 chloride channel mutations associated with idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
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Stogmann E et al. (2006) Mutations in the CLCN2 gene are a rare cause of idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndromes.
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Blanz J et al. (2007) Leukoencephalopathy upon disruption of the chloride channel ClC-2.
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Saint-Martin C et al. (2009) Two novel CLCN2 mutations accelerating chloride channel deactivation are associated with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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Kleefuss-Lie A et al. (2009) CLCN2 variants in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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Niemeyer MI et al. (2010) No evidence for a role of CLCN2 variants in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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Depienne C et al. (2013) Brain white matter oedema due to ClC-2 chloride channel deficiency: an observational analytical study.
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Scholl UI et al. (2018) CLCN2 chloride channel mutations in familial hyperaldosteronism type II.
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Fernandes-Rosa FL et al. (2018) A gain-of-function mutation in the CLCN2 chloride channel gene causes primary aldosteronism.
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Update: Nov. 3, 2022