Early-onset Parkinson disease
STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT
NOTE: bp rather than number of repeats is reported above
PMID 40581632 reports 33 individuals (27 individuals >700bp) from 18 families with heterozygous intronic VNTR expansions (a combination of two VNTRs, (CCCCGCNCCGCCT)n/(CCNCGCCT)n) in intron 10 of HSF1 that co‑segregate with adult‑onset essential tremor; the expansion reduces HSF1 mRNA and protein levels and Drosophila HSF knockdown recapitulates a tremor phenotype, supporting a loss‑of‑function (haploinsufficiency) mechanism with incomplete penetrance. The study screened 165 Chinese ET pedigrees and 666 normal controls. Expanded VNTR alleles were highly enriched in ET-affected individuals, and the length of VNTRs was positively correlated with disease severity. Most controls had a HSF1 repeat expansion allele size <500 bp most affected individuals had an expansion >700 bp.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 1 Aug 2026, 9:40 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Phenotypes
Essential tremor, MONDO:0003233
Publications
STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was added STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was added to Early-onset Parkinson disease. Sources: Expert Review Green,Literature Mode of inheritance for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT were set to 40581632 Phenotypes for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT were set to Essential tremor, MONDO:0003233