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Medicine, General & Internal
Taylor B. Cavazos, Linda Kachuri, Rebecca E. Graff, Jovia L. Nierenberg, Khanh K. Thai, Stacey Alexeeff, Stephen Van den Eeden, Douglas A. Corley, Lawrence H. Kushi, Regeneron Genetics Center, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Elad Ziv, Laurel A. Habel, Eric Jorgenson, Lori C. Sakoda, John S. Witte
Summary: This study conducted whole-exome sequencing of individuals from two large multi-ancestry populations to characterize genetic susceptibility to multiple cancers, identifying variants and genes that may play a fundamental role in the development of multiple primary cancers. The results suggest shared mechanisms underlying carcinogenesis and highlight previously undiscovered variant-phenotype associations significantly overrepresented among individuals with multiple cancers.
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Medical Laboratory Technology
Chunyu Gu, Hong Wang, Jianbo Shu, Jie Zheng, Dong Li, Chunquan Cai, Peiyuan Zhang
Summary: This study described atypical symptoms of A-T in a 5-year-old girl and proposed a dual-omics diagnostic approach combining RNA-seq with WES. The study also discussed phenotypic heterogeneity of A-T among family members and individuals.
CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Felipe Franco da Graca, Thiago M. Peluzzo, Luciana Cardoso Bonadia, Alberto Rolim Muro Martinez, Fabricio Diniz de Lima, Jose Luiz Pedroso, Orlando G. P. Barsottini, Maria Thereza Drummond Gama, Fulya Akcimen, Patrick A. Dion, Guy A. Rouleau, Wilson Marques, Marcondes Cavalcante Franca Jr
Summary: This study used whole exome sequencing to investigate a Brazilian cohort of adult patients with ataxia, and found a diagnostic yield of 35.5%, with mutations in 20 different genes responsible for autosomal recessive and dominant ataxias. SACS and SPG7 were the most frequently identified underlying genes. The diagnostic performance of WES was significantly better in the subgroup with spasticity compared to the subgroup without spasticity.
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Clinical Neurology
Christelle M. Durand, Chloe Angelini, Vincent Michaud, Claire Delleci, Isabelle Coupry, Cyril Goizet, Aurelien Trimouille
Summary: This study identified the genetic etiology of a patient with early onset sporadic progressive spastic ataxia and investigated the pathogenicity of VPS13D variants through functional studies. The findings confirmed the role of VPS13D in spastic ataxia and provided support for mitochondrial defects in patient's skin fibroblasts with VPS13D variants. The functional studies performed in this study could serve as biomarkers for diagnosis of VPS13D-related neurological disorders.
Article
Medical Laboratory Technology
Nidaa A. Ababneh, Dema Ali, Ban Al-Kurdi, Raghda Barham, Isam K. Bsisu, Deema Dababseh, Sally Arafat, Asim N. Khanfar, Leen Makahleh, Abdee T. Ryalat, Malik Sallam, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Basil Sharrack, Abdalla Awidi
Summary: Neuromuscular disorders encompass a range of diseases affecting muscles and causing muscle weakness, typically inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. In Jordan, limited implementation of genetic diagnosis often leads to delays or misdiagnosis of genetic disorders, resulting in a lack of genetic counseling and specialized treatment options.
CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Meng-Che Tsai, Yun-Han Weng, Yu-Fang Lin, Yi-Chieh Wang, Hui-Wen Yu, Yen-Yin Chou, Peng-Chieh Chen
Summary: DSDs are rare and phenotypically variable diseases, and the genetic causes of most cases of 46XY DSDs remain unknown. By using whole-exome sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, we identified genetic etiologies for 14 out of 20 male DSD patients, which expanded our understanding of sex development and related congenital disorders.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ke-Liang Chen, He Wang, Gui-Xian Zhao, Lei Wei, Yu-Yuan Huang, Shi-Dong Chen, Jian Sun, Qiang Dong, Mei Cui, Jin-Tai Yu
Summary: A novel homozygous RNF216 p.E650X mutation causing Gordon Holmes syndrome was identified in this study, expanding the genetic knowledge of GHS and extending the ethnic distribution of RNF216 mutations.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Lucas W. Thornblade, Paul Wong, Daneng Li, Susanne G. Warner, Sue Chang, Mustafa Raoof, Jonathan Kessler, Arya Amini, James Lin, Vincent Chung, Gagandeep Singh, Yuman Fong, Laleh G. Melstrom
Summary: Cholangiocarcinomas are rare cancers with potentially targetable mutations, and a third of patients undergoing resection in the past decade have had tumor genomic profiling, with 89% harboring targetable mutations. While targeted therapies were identified in most sequenced tumors, only 4% of patients received these therapies, highlighting the potential for precision medicine in the future care of cholangiocarcinoma.
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Clinical Neurology
Cinzia Costa, Karen L. Oliver, Carmen Calvello, Jillian M. Cameron, Valentina Imperatore, Laura Tonelli, Davide Colavito, Silvana Franceschetti, Laura Canafoglia, Samuel F. Berkovic, Paolo Prontera
Summary: Progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders that typically occur in late childhood. Through genome-wide molecular studies, pathogenic variants in the IRF2BPL gene were identified in patients with PME, suggesting its involvement in the disease. These findings expand the phenotypic spectrum of IRF2BPL-related disorders and highlight the importance of considering this gene in the diagnosis of patients with PME.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Su-Jung Park, Narae Lee, Seong-Hee Jeong, Mun-Hui Jeong, Shin-Yun Byun, Kyung-Hee Park
Summary: The prevalence of genetic causes in SGA infants without known risk factors was 22%, and targeted-panel sequencing or whole-exome sequencing was effective in diagnosing the etiology of SGA infants without a known cause.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Michelle van Slobbe, Arie van Haeringen, Lisenka E. L. M. Vissers, Emilia K. Bijlsma, Julie W. Rutten, Manon Suerink, Esther A. R. Nibbeling, Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp, Saskia Koene
Summary: This study evaluated the yield of whole-exome sequencing (WES) reanalysis in standard patient care in the Netherlands and found that it significantly increased the genetic diagnosis rate for patients. Most newly diagnosed patients had clinical consequences, and patients with dysmorphic features had a higher diagnostic yield in WES reanalysis.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lucia Pia Bruno, Gabriella Doddato, Floriana Valentino, Margherita Baldassarri, Rossella Tita, Chiara Fallerini, Mirella Bruttini, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Francesca Mari, Anna Maria Pinto, Francesca Fava, Alessandra Fabbiani, Vittoria Lamacchia, Anna Carrer, Valentina Caputo, Stefania Granata, Elisa Benetti, Kristina Zguro, Simone Furini, Alessandra Renieri, Francesca Ariani
Summary: Intelectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often associated and characterized by impairments in cognitive processes and daily life tasks. Molecular diagnosis is crucial for improving prognosis and initiating treatment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Rheumatology
Yiming Luo, Marcela A. Ferrada, Keith A. Sikora, Cameron Rankin, Hugh D. Alessi, Daniel L. Kastner, Zuoming Deng, Mengqi Zhang, Peter A. Merkel, Virginia B. Kraus, Andrew S. Allen, Peter C. Grayson
Summary: This study suggests that rare variants in the DCBLD2 gene may play a role in the development of RP. These findings should be further validated in a larger sample and supported by functional experiments.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hisashi Udagawa, Hiroyuki Ichida, Takanori Takeuchi, Tomoko Abe, Yoshimitsu Takakura
Summary: In this study, a whole-exome sequencing (WES) procedure was developed in tobacco to characterize EMS-induced mutations in a test population, revealing a high number of single nucleotide variants. The amount of mutations detected by WES was 93.5% of those detected by whole-genome sequencing, while requiring significantly less sequencing data, making it a cost-effective tool for high-throughput mutation identification in tobacco.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Atay Vural, Gulsah Simsir, Seyma Tekgul, Cemile Kocoglu, Fulya Akcimen, Ece Kartal, Nesli E. Sen, Suna Lahut, Ozgur Omur, Nazan Saner, Tugce Gul, Elif Bayraktar, Robin Palvadeau, Ceren Tunca, Caroline Pirkevi Cetinkaya, Asli Gundogdu Eken, Irmak Sahbaz, Muge Kovancilar Koc, Ozgur Oztop Cakmak, Hasmet Hanagasi, Basar Bilgic, Mefkure Eraksoy, Aysegul Gunduz, Hulya Apaydin, Gunes Kiziltan, Sibel Ozekmekci, Aksel Siva, Ayse Altintas, Zeynep E. Kaya Gulec, Yesim Parman, Piraye Oflazer, Feza Deymeer, Hacer Durmus, Erdi Sahin, Arman Cakar, Zeynep Tufekcioglu, Pinar Tekturk, M. Osman Corbali, Hulya Tireli, Gulden Akdal, Uluc Yis, Semra Hiz, Ihsan Sengun, Elcin Bora, Gul Serdaroglu, Sevda Erer Ozbek, Kadriye Agan, Dilek Ince Gunal, Onder Us, Semiha G. Kurt, Durdane Aksoy, Ayse Bora Tokcaer, Muhsin Elmas, Murat Gultekin, Sefer Kumandas, Hamit Acer, Gul D. Kaya Ozcora, Vildan Yayla, Aysun Soysal, Gencer Genc, Halil Gulluoglu, Dilcan Kotan, Zeynep Ozozen Ayas, Huseyin A. Sahin, Ersin Tan, Meral Topcu, Esen Saka Topcuoglu, Cenk Akbostanci, Filiz Koc, Sibel Ertan, Bulent Elibol, A. Nazli Basak
Summary: This study aimed to identify the prevalence and genetic structure of hereditary ataxias in the Turkish population. Results showed that mutations in known ataxia genes were identified in 30% of the studied 1296 cases. Through whole-exome sequencing, 48 novel variants were found, indicating a high heterogeneity in the population.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Arisha Rasheed, Evren Gumus, Maha Zaki, Katherine Johnson, Humera Manzoor, Geneva LaForce, Danica Ross, Jennifer McEvoy-Venneri, Valentina Stanley, Sangmoon Lee, Abbir Virani, Tawfeg Ben-Omran, Joseph G. Gleeson, Sadaf Naz, Ashleigh Schaffer
Summary: Intellectual disability syndromes (IDSs) affect up to 3% of the world population, and a novel IDS segregating in five unrelated consanguineous families was clinically and genetically characterised in this study. The patients exhibited common clinical features including moderate-to-severe intellectual disability, corpus callosum agenesis, mild ventriculomegaly, simplified gyral pattern, cerebral atrophy, delayed motor and verbal milestones, and hypotonia. Four novel homozygous variants in TTC5 were identified, with one founder variant in Egypt. Missense variants disrupt highly conserved residues required for p300 interaction, while nonsense variants are predicted to decrease TTC5 expression.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Noor Ul Ain, Marta Baroncelli, Alice Costantini, Tayyaba Ishaq, Fulya Taylan, Ola Nilsson, Outi Makitie, Sadaf Naz
Summary: This study identified a novel severe skeletal dysplasia associated with a biallelic variant in GNPNAT1. The data suggest that GNPNAT1 is important for growth plate chondrogenesis.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Samina Yasin, Outi Makitie, Sadaf Naz
Summary: Loss or gain of function variants in Filamin B (FLNB) can cause recessive or dominant skeletal disorders. Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome (SCT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short stature and bone fusion. A novel homozygous pathogenic variant in FLNB was identified in a family with skeletal malformations, short stature, and vertebral deformities. This report highlights the importance of assessing the heights of carriers of FLNB recessive variants in relation to idiopathic short stature.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Noor U. Ain, Niaz Muhammad, Mehdi Dianatpour, Marta Baroncelli, Muddassar Iqbal, Mohammad A. F. Fard, Ihtisham Bukhari, Sufian Ahmed, Massoumeh Hajipour, Zahra Tabatabaie, Hamidreza Foroutan, Ola Nilsson, Mohammad A. Faghihi, Outi Makitie, Sadaf Naz
Summary: Skeletal dysplasias are a heterogeneous group of disorders with varying severity, involving individuals with severe skeletal defects similar to mucopolysaccharidosis. Whole-exome sequencing identified homozygous variants in the TMEM251 gene in two unrelated families, implicating TMEM251 in the pathogenesis of this novel disorder and suggesting its potential role in chondrocyte differentiation.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Huma Tariq, Iqra Tariq, Thomas Bourinaris, Henry Houlden, Sadaf Naz
Summary: Variants in the SETX gene have been linked to ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2, and new bi-allelic pathogenic variants have been identified in patients, expanding the allelic spectrum. Some amino acid variants, not fully conserved in evolution, may lead to human disorders if the specific pathogenic variant is absent in other orthologues.
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Rabia Faridi, Alessandro Rea, Cristina Fenollar-Ferrer, Raymond T. O'Keefe, Shoujun Gu, Zunaira Munir, Asma Ali Khan, Sheikh Riazuddin, Michael Hoa, Sadaf Naz, William G. Newman, Thomas B. Friedman
Summary: Perrault syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bilateral childhood sensorineural hearing loss and ovarian dysfunction in females. While eight genes associated with Perrault syndrome have been identified, approximately half of individuals with the clinical features do not have known genetic variants, necessitating further research.
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Sadaf Naz
Summary: Research has revealed genetic factors contributing to hearing loss in Pakistan, but further exploration is needed regarding various syndromes and mutations. Studies have mainly focused on individuals from Punjab province, indicating the necessity for extension to other regions for a more comprehensive understanding.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Madeline Louise Reilly, Noor ul Ain, Mari Muurinen, Alice Tata, Celine Huber, Marleen Simon, Tayyaba Ishaq, Nick Shaw, Salla Rusanen, Minna Pekkinen, Wolfgang Hogler, Maarten F. C. M. Knapen, Myrthe van den Born, Sophie Saunier, Sadaf Naz, Valerie Cormier-Daire, Alexandre Benmerah, Outi Makitie
Summary: This study identifies biallelic variants in the KIF24 gene as the cause of skeletal dysplasia, expanding the genetic heterogeneity and phenotypic spectrum of rare bone disorders, and highlighting the wide range of monogenetic skeletal ciliopathies.
JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Orthopedics
Mehran Kausar, Noor Ul Ain, Farzana Hayat, Hunain Fatima, Saad Azim, Hazrat Ullah, Murva Mushtaq, Sumbal Khalid, Shahid Hussain, Sadaf Naz, Jamal Janjua, Saad Bin Amjad, Ruqia Mehmood Baig, Outi Makitie, Raheel Qamar, Shiro Ikegawa, Nishimura Gen, Chiea Chuen Khor, Jia Nee Foo, Saima Siddiqi
Summary: This study describes the clinical and molecular findings of three unrelated families with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. The results confirm phenotypic variability and broaden the genotypic spectrum of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Anum Shafique, Beenish Arif, Mary Lynn Chu, Ellen Moran, Tooba Hussain, Francisca Millan Zamora, Elizabeth Wohler, Nara Sobreira, Christine Klein, Katja Lohmann, Sadaf Naz
Summary: This study investigated patients with dystonic or involuntary movement disorders in two families. Genetic analyses revealed mutations in the MRM2 gene that were associated with the phenotypes.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Ambreen Kanwal, Jose V. Pardo, Sadaf Naz
Summary: This study identified rare genetic variants that are highly likely to be the causes of extreme schizophrenia in two consanguineous families. These variants are very rare in public databases and absent in the control group. These findings suggest that some rare variants may play a role in the inheritance of psychosis or schizophrenia.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Ambreen Kanwal, Sohail A. Sheikh, Amina Iftikhar, Sadaf Naz, Jose Pardo
Summary: By visiting outpatient departments in multiple hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan and conducting clinical assessments, we identified eight families with multiple affected individuals with psychiatric disorders. This highlights an alternative approach to discovering rare genetic variants causing psychiatric disorders.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Khazeema Yousaf, Sadaf Naz, Asma Mushtaq, Elizabeth Wohler, Nara Sobreira, Bo-Man Ho, Li-Jia Chen, Wai-Kit Chu, Rasheeda Bashir
Summary: This study identified a patient with CHED2 misdiagnosed as PCG, and followed up for 9 years. Through linkage analysis and whole-exome sequencing, a variant in the SLC4A11 gene related to CHED2 was identified. The findings expand the genetic spectrum of CHED2 and suggest the need for genome-wide neonatal screening to avoid misdiagnosis of phenotypically similar diseases.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Humera Manzoor, Hafsa Zahid, Christopher A. Emerling, Kishore R. Kumar, Hafiz Muhammad Jafar Hussain, Go Hun Seo, Muhammad Wajid, Sadaf Naz
Summary: This study investigated a consanguineous family with multiple patients suffering from a neuromuscular disorder. Exome sequencing revealed a rare missense variant in the DCAF13 gene, which was homozygous in affected patients and heterozygous in unaffected individuals. This variant is predicted to be deleterious and affects a domain of the protein, potentially leading to decreased protein stability. Further studies are needed to explore the role of DCAF13 variants in neuromuscular disorders.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Humera Manzoor, Norbert Brueggemann, Hafiz Muhammad Jafar Hussain, Tobias Baeumer, Frauke Hinrichs, Muhammad Wajid, Alexander Muenchau, Katja Lohmann, Sadaf Naz
Summary: This study investigated a consanguineous Pakistani family with three affected siblings to determine the genetic diagnosis of an inherited contracture disorder. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed to identify a novel homozygous missense variant in ECEL1 gene, which was absent from control samples and public databases. The study reports a family with clinical features of distal arthrogryposis type 5D and extends the genotype spectrum of the disorder.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jun-Pyo Hong, Hanim Kwon, Euyhyun Park, Sun-Uk Lee, Chan-Nyoung Lee, Byung-Jo Kim, Ji-Soo Kim, Kun-Woo Park
Summary: In patients with mild-to-moderate PD, vestibular function assessed by video head-impulse tests appears relatively preserved and has minimal impact on the risk of falls. Risk of postural instability is associated with the severity of clinical symptoms in PD.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yaqin Xiang, XiuRong Huang, Qian Xu, Zhenhua Liu, Yase Chen, Qiying Sun, Junling Wang, Hong Jiang, Lu Shen, Xinxiang Yan, Beisha Tang, Jifeng Guo
Summary: Using the novel data-driven method DEBM, this study determined the sequence of several common biomarker changes in Parkinson's disease (PD). The left putamen was found to be the earliest biomarker to become abnormal, followed by the right putamen, CSF alpha-synuclein, right caudate, left caudate, and serum NfL. The estimated disease stages showed significant differences between PD and healthy controls, and achieved a high accuracy for distinguishing PD from HC.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yan Li, David J. McLernon, Carl E. Counsell, Angus D. Macleod
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for institutionalisation in Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP). The study found that institutionalisation was more frequent in AP compared to PD and controls. Age, poorer cognition, and more-severe parkinsonian impairment were independent predictors of institutionalisation.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)