General Information of Disease (ID: DIS1FL1J)

Disease Name Fatal familial insomnia
Synonyms fatal familial INSOMNIA; Insomnia, fatal familial; FFI; familial fatal insomnia; Insomnia familial fatal; fatal familial insomnia
Definition Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare form of prion disease characterized by subacute onset of insomnia showing as a reduced overall sleep time, autonomic dysfunction, and motor disturbances.
Disease Hierarchy
DIS0AFR7: Insomnia
DISPN7D2: Inherited neurodegenerative disorder
DISOUMB0: Prion disease
DIS1FL1J: Fatal familial insomnia
Disease Identifiers
MONDO ID
MONDO_0010808
MESH ID
D034062
UMLS CUI
C0206042
OMIM ID
600072
MedGen ID
104768
Orphanet ID
466
SNOMED CT ID
83157008

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA) of This Disease

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA)
This Disease Is Related to 1 DTT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DTT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
CSNK2A2 TT7GR5W Strong Biomarker [1]
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This Disease Is Related to 1 DME Molecule(s)
Gene Name DME ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
GLS DE3E0VT Definitive Biomarker [2]
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This Disease Is Related to 6 DOT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DOT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
PRNP OTE85L1Q Supportive Autosomal dominant [3]
MDH1 OTJEO4E8 Strong Genetic Variation [4]
NDUFB8 OTW4A4Q0 Strong Altered Expression [5]
RASA2 OTL06RG2 Strong Genetic Variation [6]
C4BPA OTHNH6Y8 Definitive Genetic Variation [7]
CARD14 OTADQHOV Definitive Genetic Variation [7]
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References

1 Different expression patterns of CK2 subunits in the brains of experimental animals and patients with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.Arch Virol. 2008;153(6):1013-20. doi: 10.1007/s00705-008-0084-z. Epub 2008 Apr 11.
2 Prion protein gene analysis in three kindreds with fatal familial insomnia (FFI): codon 178 mutation and codon 129 polymorphism.Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Oct;53(4):822-7.
3 Genetic Prion Disease. 2003 Mar 27 [updated 2021 Jan 7]. In: Adam MP, Feldman J, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJH, Gripp KW, Amemiya A, editors. GeneReviews(?) [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993C2024.
4 Evaluation of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Malate Dehydrogenase 1 as a Marker in Genetic Prion Disease Patients.Biomolecules. 2019 Nov 28;9(12):800. doi: 10.3390/biom9120800.
5 Fatal familial insomnia: mitochondrial and protein synthesis machinery decline in the mediodorsal thalamus.Brain Pathol. 2017 Jan;27(1):95-106. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12408. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
6 The associations of two SNPs in miRNA-146a and one SNP in ZBTB38-RASA2 with the disease susceptibility and the clinical features of the Chinese patients of sCJD and FFI.Prion. 2018 Jan 2;12(1):34-41. doi: 10.1080/19336896.2017.1405885. Epub 2018 Jan 2.
7 Structural facets of disease-linked human prion protein mutants: a molecular dynamic study.Proteins. 2010 Dec;78(16):3270-80. doi: 10.1002/prot.22834.