Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | BMC Genetics

Fig. 1

From: Establishing the UK DNA Bank for motor neuron disease (MND)

Fig. 1

The UK MND DNA Bank. The UK MND DNA Bank comprises 3159 high quality DNA samples. 1344 samples were taken from individuals diagnosed with sporadic MND (a and b). There were 133 familial MND samples within the collection and a further 500 samples taken from family members, including samples that form 28 parent trio sets and 27 sibling trio sets. The remaining 1085 samples were taken from controls. In line with previous findings, where MND has been diagnosed, the breakdown of gender in the collection is around 60 % male (a). The average age of onset was approximately 62 years of age (c). In total 2653 frozen lymphoblastoid cell lines are held in storage at ECACC. Of these 1267 samples were generated from whole blood taken from patients with sporadic MND. 115 cell lines were generated from familial samples and the remaining 1058 cells lines have been established using blood samples obtained from control or family members (d)

Back to article page