• A Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with Mitochondrial Structural Abnormalities Caused By Defective De Novo Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis 

      Mitsuhashi, Satomi; Ohkuma, Aya; Talim, Beril; Karahashi, Minako; Koumura, Tomoko; Aoyama, Chieko; Kurihara, Mana; Quinlivan, Ros; Sewry, Caroline; Mitsuhashi, Hiroaki; Goto, Kanako; Koksal, Burcu; Kale, Gulsev; Ikeda, Kazutaka; Taguchi, Ryo; Noguchi, Satoru; Hayashi, Yukiko K.; Nonaka, Ikuya; Sher, Roger B.; Sugimoto, Hiroyuki; Nakagawa, Yasuhito; Cox, Gregory A.; Topaloglu, Haluk; Nishino, Ichizo (Cell Press, 2011)
      Congenital muscular dystrophy is a heterogeneous group of inherited muscle diseases characterized clinically by muscle weakness and hypotonia in early infancy. A number of genes harboring causative mutations have been ...
    • Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) Deficiency Causes The Autosomal Recessive Form Of The Hyper-Igm Syndrome (HIGM2) 

      Revy, P; Muto, T; Levy, Y; Geissmann, F; Plebani, A; Sanal, O; Catalan, N; Forveille, M; Dufourcq-Lagelouse, R; Gennery, A; Tezcan, I; Ersoy, F; Kayserili, H; Ugazio, AG; Brousse, N; Muramatsu, M; Notarangelo, LD; Kinoshita, K; Honjo, T; Fischer, A; Durandy, A (Cell Press, 2000)
      The activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) gene, specifically expressed in germinal center B cells in mice, is a member of the cytidine deaminase family. We herein report mutations in the human counterpart of AID in ...
    • Artemis, A Novel Dna Double-Strand Break Repair/V(D)J Recombination Protein, Is Mutated In Human Severe Combined Immune Deficiency 

      Moshous, D; Callebaut, I; de Chasseval, R; Corneo, B; Cavazzana-Calvo, M; Le Deist, F; Tezcan, I; Sanal, O; Bertrand, Y; Philippe, N; Fischer, A; de Villartay, JP (Cell Press, 2001)
      The V(D)J recombination process insures the somatic diversification of immunoglobulin and antigen T cell receptor encoding genes. This reaction is initiated by a DNA double-strand break (dsb), which is resolved by the ...
    • Attenuated BMP1 Function Compromises Osteogenesis, Leading to Bone Fragility in Humans and Zebrafish 

      Asharani, P. V.; Keupp, Katharina; Semler, Oliver; Wang, Wenshen; Li, Yun; Thiele, Holger; Yigit, Goekhan; Pohl, Esther; Becker, Jutta; Frommolt, Peter; Sonntag, Carmen; Altmueller, Janine; Zimmermann, Katharina; Greenspan, Daniel S.; Akarsu, Nurten A.; Netzer, Christian; Schoenau, Eckhard; Wirth, Radu; Hammerschmidt, Matthias; Nuernberg, Peter; Wollnik, Bernd; Carney, Thomas J. (Cell Press, 2012)
      Bone morphogenetic protein 1 (BMP1) is an astacin metalloprotease with important cellular functions and diverse substrates, including extracellular-matrix proteins and antagonists of some TGF beta superfamily members. ...
    • Calpainopathy - A Survey of Mutations and Polymorphisms 

      Richard, I; Roudaut, C; Saenz, A; Pogue, R; Grimbergen, JEMA; Anderson, LVB; Beley, C; Cobo, AM; de Diego, C; Eymard, B; Gallano, P; Ginjaar, HB; Lasa, A; Pollitt, C; Topaloglu, H; Urtizberea, JA; de Visser, M; van der Kooi, A; Bushby, K; Bakker, E; de Munain, AL; Fardeau, M; Beckmann, JS (Cell Press, 1999)
      Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-type 2A (LGMD2A) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized mainly by symmetrical and selective atrophy of the proximal limb muscles. It derives, from defects in the, human CAPN3 gene, ...
    • Cc2D2A Is Mutated In Joubert Syndrome And Interacts With The Ciliopathy-Associated Basal Body Protein Cep290 

      Gorden, Nicholas T.; Arts, Heleen H.; Parisi, Melissa A.; Coene, Karlien L. M.; Letteboer, Stef J. F.; van Beersum, Sylvia E. C.; Mans, Dorus A.; Hikida, Abigail; Eckert, Melissa; Knutzen, Dana; Alswaid, Abdulrahman F.; Ozyurek, Hamit; Dibooglu, Sel; Otto, Edgar A.; Liu, Yangfan; Davis, Erica E.; Hutter, Carolyn M.; Bammler, Theo K.; Farin, Frederico M.; Dorschner, Michael; Topcu, Meral; Zackai, Elaine H.; Rosenthal, Phillip; Owens, Kelly N.; Katsanis, Nicholas; Vincent, John B.; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm; Rubel, Edwin W.; Raible, David W.; Knoers, Nine V. A. M.; Chance, Phillip F.; Roepman, Ronald; Moens, Cecilia B.; Glass, Ian A.; Doherty, Dan (Cell Press, 2008)
      Joubert syndrome and related disorders (JSRD) are primarily autosomal-recessive conditions characterized by hypotonia, ataxia, abnormal eye movements, and intellectual disability with a distinctive mid-hindbrain malformation. ...
    • Craniosynostosis And Multiple Skeletal Anomalies In Humans And Zebrafish Result From A Defect In The Localized Degradation Of Retinoic Acid 

      Laue, Kathrin; Pogoda, Hans-Martin; Daniel, Philip B.; van Haeringen, Arie; Alanay, Yasemin; von Ameln, Simon; Rachwalski, Martin; Morgan, Tim; Gray, Mary J.; Breuning, Martijn H.; Sawyer, Gregory M.; Sutherland-Smith, Andrew J.; Nikkels, Peter G.; Kubisch, Christian; Bloch, Wilhelm; Wollnik, Bernd; Hammerschmidt, Matthias; Robertson, Stephen P. (Cell Press, 2011)
      Excess exogenous retinoic acid (RA) has been well documented to have teratogenic effects in the limb and craniofacial skeleton. Malformations that have been observed in this context include craniosynostosis, a common ...
    • Disruption of Alx1 Causes Extreme Microphthalmia and Severe Facial Clefting: Expanding The Spectrum of Autosomal-Recessive Alx-Related Frontonasal Dysplasia 

      Uz, Elif; Alanay, Yasemin; Aktas, Dilek; Vargel, Ibrahim; Gucer, Safak; Tuncbilek, Gokhan; von Eggeling, Ferdinand; Yilmaz, Engin; Deren, Ozgur; Posorski, Nicole; Ozdag, Hilal; Liehr, Thomas; Balci, Sevim; Alikasifoglu, Mehmet; Wollnik, Bernd; Akarsu, Nurten A. (Cell Press, 2010)
      We present an autosomal-recessive frontonasal dysplasia (FND) characterized by bilateral extreme microphthalmia, bilateral oblique facial cleft, complete cleft palate, hypertelorism, wide nasal bridge with hypoplasia of ...
    • Disruption of Ptpro Causes Childhood-Onset Nephrotic Syndrome 

      Ozaltin, Fatih; Ibsirlioglu, Tulin; Taskiran, Ekim Z.; Baydar, Dilek Ertoy; Kaymaz, Figen; Buyukcelik, Mithat; Kilic, Beltinge Demircioglu; Balat, Ayse; Iatropoulos, Paraskevas; Asan, Esin; Akarsu, Nurten A.; Schaefer, Franz; Yilmaz, Engin; Bakkaloglu, Aysin (Cell Press, 2011)
      Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and edema. Because it typically results in end-stage kidney disease, the steroid-resistant ...
    • Disruption of the Podosome Adaptor Protein Tks4 (Sh3Pxd2B) Causes The Skeletal Dysplasia, Eye, and Cardiac Abnormalities of Frank-Ter Haar Syndrome 

      Iqbal, Zafar; Cejudo-Martin, Pilar; de Brouwer, Arjan; van der Zwaag, Bert; Ruiz-Lozano, Pilar; Scimia, M. Cecilia; Lindsey, James D.; Weinreb, Robert; Albrecht, Beate; Megarbane, Andre; Alanay, Yasemin; Ben-Neriah, Ziva; Amenduni, Mariangela; Artuso, Rosangela; Veltman, Joris A.; van Beusekom, Ellen; Oudakker, Astrid; Millan, Jose Luis; Hennekam, Raoul; Hamel, Ben; Courtneidge, Sara A.; van Bokhoven, Hans (Cell Press, 2010)
      Frank-Ter Haar syndrome (FTHS), also known as Ter Haar syndrome, is an autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by skeletal, cardiovascular, and eye abnormalities, such as increased intraocular pressure, prominent eyes, ...
    • Exome Sequencing And Cis-Regulatory Mapping Identify Mutations In Mak, A Gene Encoding A Regulator Of Ciliary Length, As A Cause Of Retinitis Pigmentosa 

      Ozgul, Riza Koksal; Siemiatkowska, Anna M.; Yucel, Didem; Myers, Connie A.; Collin, Rob W. J.; Zonneveld, Marijke N.; Beryozkin, Avigail; Banin, Eyal; Hoyng, Carel B.; van den Born, L. Ingeborgh; Bose, Ron; Shen, Wei; Sharon, Dror; Cremers, Frans P. M.; Klevering, B. Jeroen; den Hollander, Anneke I.; Corbo, Joseph C. (Cell Press, 2011)
      A fundamental challenge in analyzing exome-sequence data is distinguishing pathogenic mutations from background polymorphisms. To address this problem in the context of a genetically heterogeneous disease, retinitis ...
    • Genes That Affect Brain Structure And Function Identified By Rare Variant Analyses Of Mendelian Neurologic Disease 

      Karaca, Ender; Harel, Tamar; Pehlivan, Davut; Jhangiani, Shalini N.; Gambin, Tomasz; Akdemir, Zeynep Coban; Gonzaga-Jauregui, Claudia; Erdin, Serkan; Bayram, Yavuz; Campbell, Ian M.; Hunter, Jill V.; Atik, Mehmed M.; Van Esch, Hilde; Yuan, Bo; Wiszniewski, Wojciech; Isikay, Sedat; Yesil, Gozde; Yuregir, Ozge O.; Bozdogan, Sevcan Tug; Aslan, Huseyin; Aydin, Hatip; Tos, Tulay; Aksoy, Ayse; De Vivo, Darryl C.; Jain, Preti; Geckinli, B. Bilge; Sezer, Ozlem; Gul, Davut; Durmaz, Burak; Cogulu, Ozgur; Ozkinay, Ferda; Topcu, Vehap; Candan, Sukru; Cebi, Alper Han; Ikbal, Mevlit; Gulec, Elif Yilmaz; Gezdirici, Alper; Koparir, Erkan; Ekici, Fatma; Coskun, Salih; Cicek, Salih; Karaer, Kadri; Koparir, Asuman; Duz, Mehmet Bugrahan; Kirat, Emre; Fenercioglu, Elif; Ulucan, Hakan; Seven, Mehmet; Guran, Tulay; Elcioglu, Nursel; Yildirim, Mahmut Selman; Aktas, Dilek; Alikasifoglu, Mehmet; Ture, Mehmet; Yakut, Tahsin; Overton, John D.; Yuksel, Adnan; Ozen, Mustafa; Muzny, Donna M.; Adams, David R.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Chung, Wendy K.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Lupski, James R. (Cell Press, 2015)
      Development of the human nervous system involves complex interactions among fundamental cellular processes and requires a multitude of genes, many of which remain to be associated with human disease. We applied whole exome ...
    • Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part III: Bipolar Disorder 

      Segurado, R; Detera-Wadleigh, SD; Levinson, DF; Lewis, CM; Gill, M; Nurnberg, JI; Craddock, N; DePaulo, JR; Baron, M; Gershon, ES; Ekholm, J; Cichon, S; Turecki, G; Claes, S; Kelsoe, JR; Schofield, PR; Badenhop, RF; Morissette, J; Coon, H; Blackwood, D; McInnes, LA; Foroud, T; Edenberg, HJ; Reich, T; Rice, JP; Goate, A; McInnis, MG; McMahon, FJ; Badner, JA; Goldin, LR; Bennett, P; Willour, VL; Zandi, PP; Liu, JJ; Gilliam, C; Juo, SH; Berrettini, WH; Yoshikawa, T; Peltonen, L; Lonnqvist, J; Nothen, MM; Schumacher, J; Windemuth, C; Rietschel, M; Propping, P; Maier, W; Alda, M; Grof, P; Rouleau, GA; Del-Favero, J; Van Broeckhoven, C; Mendlewicz, J; Adolfsson, R; Spence, MA; Luebbert, H; Adams, LJ; Donald, JA; Mitchell, PB; Barden, N; Shink, E; Byerley, W; Muir, W; Visscher, PM; Macgregor, S; Gurling, H; Kalsi, G; McQuillin, A; Escamilla, MA; Reus, VI; Leon, P; Freimer, NB; Ewald, H; Kruse, TA; Mors, O; Radhakrishna, U; Blouin, JL; Antonarakis, SE; Akarsu, N (Cell Press, 2003)
      Genome scans of bipolar disorder (BPD) have not produced consistent evidence for linkage. The rank-based genome scan meta-analysis (GSMA) method was applied to 18 BPD genome scan data sets in an effort to identify regions ...
    • Gross Deletions Involving Ighm, Btk, Or Artemis: A Model For Genomic Lesions Mediated By Transposable Elements 

      van Zelm, Menno C.; Geertsema, Corinne; Nieuwenhuis, Nicole; de Ridder, Dick; Conley, Mary Ellen; Schiff, Claudine; Tezcan, Ilhan; Bernatowska, Ewa; Hartwig, Nico G.; Sanders, Elisabeth A. M.; Litzman, Jiri; Kondratenko, Irina; van Dongen, Jacques J. M.; van der Burg, Mirjarn (Cell Press, 2008)
      Most genetic disruptions underlying human disease are microlesions, whereas gross lesions are rare with gross deletions being most frequently found (6%). Similar observations have been made in primary immunodeficiency ...
    • Haploinsufficiency Of A Spliceosomal Gtpase Encoded By Eftud2 Causes Mandibulofacial Dysostosis With Microcephaly 

      Lines, Matthew A.; Huang, Lijia; Schwartzentruber, Jeremy; Douglas, Stuart L.; Lynch, Danielle C.; Beaulieu, Chandree; Guion-Almeida, Maria Leine; Zechi-Ceide, Roseli Maria; Gener, Blanca; Gillessen-Kaesbach, Gabriele; Nava, Caroline; Baujat, Genevieve; Horn, Denise; Kini, Usha; Caliebe, Almuth; Alanay, Yasemin; Utine, Gulen Eda; Lev, Dorit; Kohlhase, Jurgen; Grix, Arthur W.; Lohmann, Dietmar R.; Hehr, Ute; Boehm, Detlef; Majewski, Jacek; Bulman, Dennis E.; Wieczorek, Dagmar; Boycott, Kym M. (Cell Press, 2012)
      Mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly (MFDM) is a rare sporadic syndrome comprising craniofacial malformations, microcephaly, developmental delay, and a recognizable dysmorphic appearance. Major sequelae, including ...
    • Homozygous Inactivating Mutations In The Nkx3-2 Gene Result In Spondylo-Megaepiphyseal-Metaphyseal Dysplasia 

      Hellemans, Jan; Simon, Marleen; Dheedene, Annelies; Alanay, Yasemin; Mihci, Ercan; Rifai, Laila; Sefiani, Abdelaziz; van Bever, Yolande; Meradji, Morteza; Superti-Furga, Andrea; Mortier, Geert (Cell Press, 2009)
      Spondylo-megaepiphyseal-metaphyseal dysplasia (SMMD) is a rare skeletal dysplasia with only a few cases reported in the literature. Affected individuals have a disproportionate short stature with a short and stiff neck and ...
    • Human Osteoclast-Poor Osteopetrosis With Hypogammaglobulinemia Due To Tnfrsf11A (Rank) Mutations 

      Guerrini, Matteo M.; Sobacchi, Cristina; Cassani, Barbara; Abinun, Mario; Kilic, Sara S.; Pangrazio, Alessandra; Moratto, Daniele; Mazzolari, Evelina; Clayton-Smith, Jill; Orchard, Paul; Coxon, Fraser P.; Helfrich, Miep H.; Crockett, Julie C.; Mellis, David; Vellodi, Ashok; Tezcan, Ilhan; Notarangelo, Luigi D.; Rogers, Michael J.; Vezzoni, Paolo; Villa, Anna; Frattini, Annalisa (Cell Press, 2008)
      Autosomal-Recessive Osteopetrosis (ARO) comprises a heterogeneous group of bone diseases for which mutations in five genes are known as causative. Most ARO are classified as osteoclast-rich, but recently a subset of ...
    • Identification Of Cant1 Mutations In Desbuquois Dysplasia 

      Huber, Celine; Oules, Benedicte; Bertoli, Marta; Chami, Mounia; Fradin, Melanie; Alanay, Yasemin; Al-Gazali, Lihadh I.; Ausems, Margreet G. E. M.; Bitoun, Pierre; Cavalcanti, Denise P.; Krebs, Alexander; Le Merrer, Martine; Mortier, Geert; Shafeghati, Yousef; Superti-Furga, Andrea; Robertson, Stephen P.; Le Goff, Carine; Muda, Andrea Onetti; Paterlini-Brechot, Patrizia; Munnich, Arnold; Cormier-Daire, Valerie (Cell Press, 2009)
      Desbuquois dysplasia is a severe condition characterized by short stature, joint laxity, scoliosis, and advanced carpal ossification with a delta phalanx. Studying nine Desbuquois families, we identified seven distinct ...
    • Identification Of Multiple Genetic Susceptibility Loci In Takayasu Arteritis 

      Saruhan-Direskeneli, Guher; Hughes, Travis; Aksu, Kenan; Keser, Gokhan; Coit, Patrick; Aydin, Sibel Z.; Alibaz-Oner, Fatma; Kamali, Sevil; Inanc, Murat; Carette, Simon; Hoffman, Gary S.; Akar, Servet; Onen, Fatos; Akkoc, Nurullah; Khalidi, Nader A.; Koening, Curry; Karadag, Omer; Kiraz, Sedat; Langford, Carol A.; McAlear, Carol A.; Ozbalkan, Zeynep; Ates, Askin; Karaaslan, Yasar; Maksimowicz-McKinnon, Kathleen; Monach, Paul A.; Ozer, Huseyin T.; Seyahi, Emire; Fresko, Izzet; Cefle, Ayse; Seo, Philip; Warrington, Kenneth J.; Ozturk, Mehmet A.; Ytterberg, Steven R.; Cobankara, Veli; Onat, A. Mesut; Guthridge, Joel M.; James, Judith A.; Tunc, Ercan; Duzgun, Nursen; Bicakcigil, Muge; Yentur, Sibel P.; Merkel, Peter A.; Direskeneli, Haner; Sawalha, Amr H. (Cell Press, 2013)
      Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries. The etiology of Takayasu arteritis remains poorly understood, but genetic contribution to the disease pathogenesis is supported by the genetic association ...
    • Impaired Amino Acid Transport At The Blood Brain Barrier Is A Cause Of Autism Spectrum Disorder 

      Tarlungeanu, Dora C.; Deliu, Elena; Dotter, Christoph P.; Kara, Majdi; Janiesch, Philipp Christoph; Scalise, Mariafrancesca; Galluccio, Michele; Tesulov, Mateja; Morelli, Emanuela; Sonmez, Fatma Mujgan; Bilguvar, Kaya; Ohgaki, Ryuichi; Kanai, Yoshikatsu; Johansen, Anide; Esharif, Seham; Ben-Omran, Tawfeg; Topcu, Meral; Schlessinger, Avner; Indiveri, Cesare; Duncan, Kent E.; Caglayan, Ahmet Okay; Gunel, Murat; Gleeson, Joseph G.; Novarino, Gaia (Cell Press, 2016)
      Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of genetic disorders often overlapping with other neurological conditions. We previously described abnormalities in the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolic pathway as a ...