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Common Epilepsy Genes

Ion Channel Genes

  1. SCN1A
  2. SCN2A
    • Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures (BFNIS)
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  3. SCN8A
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  4. KCNQ2
    • Benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS)
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  5. KCNQ3
    • BFNS
  6. CACNA1A
    • Episodic ataxia
    • Familial hemiplegic migraine
    • Epilepsy
  7. CACNA1H
    • Childhood absence epilepsy
  8. KCNT1
    • Malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy
  9. GABRG2
    • GEFS+
    • Childhood absence epilepsy
  10. GABRA1
    • Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
  11. SLC2A1 (GLUT1)
    • GLUT1 deficiency syndrome
  12. CLCN2
    • Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Synaptic Function Genes

  1. STXBP1
    • Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
  2. SYNGAP1
    • Intellectual disability and epilepsy
  3. CDKL5
    • Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
  4. SYN1
    • X-linked epilepsy
  5. LGI1
    • Autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy
  6. NRXN1
    • Schizophrenia and epilepsy
  7. NLGN1
    • Autism spectrum disorders and epilepsy

Metabolic Pathway Genes

  1. ALDH7A1
    • Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy
  2. PANK2
    • Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
  3. MMUT
    • Methylmalonic acidemia with epilepsy
  4. SUCLA2
    • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome

Transcription Factor Genes

  1. ARX
    • X-linked infantile spasms
    • Partington syndrome
  2. FOXG1
    • Rett syndrome variant

Other Genes

  1. TSC1/TSC2
    • Tuberous sclerosis complex (associated with epilepsy)
  2. MTOR
    • Focal cortical dysplasia
  3. DEPDC5
    • Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci
  4. PRRT2
    • Benign familial infantile seizures
    • Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
  5. GATOR1 (DEPDC5, NPRL2, NPRL3)
    • Focal epilepsy
  6. PCDH19
    • X-linked epilepsy in females
  7. CHD2
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  8. GRIN2A
    • Epilepsy-aphasia spectrum
  9. MECP2
    • Rett syndrome
  10. SLC13A5
    • Citrate transporter disorder
  11. SCN1B
    • GEFS+
  12. HNRNPU
    • Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
  13. TBC1D24
    • Epilepsy with myoclonus and dystonia
  14. KCNA2
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  15. GRIN2B
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  16. ATP1A3
    • Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
  17. ATP1A2
    • Familial hemiplegic migraine with epilepsy
  18. KCNMA1
    • Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia with epilepsy
  19. ALG13
    • Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
  20. EEF1A2
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  21. RORB
    • Epileptic encephalopathy
  22. ZEB2
    • Mowat-Wilson syndrome with epilepsy
  23. FMR1
    • Fragile X syndrome with epilepsy

Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+)

  1. SCN1A
  2. SCN1B
  3. SCN2A
  4. GABRG2
  5. GABRD
  6. GABRA1

Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures (BFNS)

  1. KCNQ2
  2. KCNQ3
  3. SCN2A

Specific Syndromes

  1. MECP2
    • Rett syndrome
  2. FOXG1
    • Rett syndrome variant
  3. SLC13A5
    • Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

Cite this: Cite this: ICNApedia contributors.Common Epilepsy Genes. ICNApedia, The Child Neurology Knowledge Environment. 24 November 2024. Available at: https://icnapedia.org/knowledgebase/articles/common-epilepsy-genes Accessed  24 November 2024. 

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