• A Recurrent De Novo Mutation In Kcnc1 Causes Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy 

      Muona, Mikko; Berkovic, Samuel F.; Dibbens, Leanne M.; Oliver, Karen L.; Maljevic, Snezana; Bayly, Marta A.; Joensuu, Tarja; Canafoglia, Laura; Franceschetti, Silvana; Michelucci, Roberto; Markkinen, Salla; Heron, Sarah E.; Hildebrand, Michael S.; Andermann, Eva; Andermann, Frederick; Gambardella, Antonio; Tinuper, Paolo; Licchetta, Laura; Scheffer, Ingrid E.; Criscuolo, Chiara; Filla, Alessandro; Ferlazzo, Edoardo; Ahmad, Jamil; Ahmad, Adeel; Baykan, Betul; Said, Edith; Topcu, Meral; Riguzzi, Patrizia; King, Mary D.; Ozkara, Cigdem; Andrade, Danielle M.; Engelsen, Bernt A.; Crespel, Arielle; Lindenau, Matthias; Lohmann, Ebba; Saletti, Veronica; Massano, Joao; Privitera, Michael; Espay, Alberto J.; Kauffmann, Birgit; Duchowny, Michael; Moller, Rikke S.; Straussberg, Rachel; Afawi, Zaid; Ben-Zeev, Bruria; Samocha, Kaitlin E.; Daly, Mark J.; Petrou, Steven; Lerche, Holger; Palotie, Aarno; Lehesjoki, Anna-Elina (Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
      Progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare, inherited disorders manifesting with action myoclonus, tonicclonic seizures and ataxia. We sequenced the exomes of 84 unrelated individuals with PME of unknown ...
    • Allelic Variants in Genes Associated with Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes as Susceptibility Factors for Reactive Systemic AA Amyloidosis 

      Aganna, E; Hawkins, PN; Ozen, Seza; Pettersson, T; Bybee, A; McKee, S; Lachmann, H; Karenko, L; Ranki, A; Bakkaloglu, A; Besbas, N; Topaloglu, R; Hoffman, H; Hitman, G; Woo, P; McDermott, M (Nature Publishing Group, 2004)
      We investigated the hypothesis that low-penetrance mutations in genes (TNFRSF1A, MEFV and NALP3/CIAS1) associated with hereditary periodic fever syndromes (HPFs) might be risk factors for AA amyloidosis among patients with ...
    • Allergy-Specific Phenome-Wide Association Study For Immunogenes In Turkish Children 

      Karaca, Sefayet; Civelek, Ersoy; Karaca, Mehmet; Sahiner, Umit M.; Ozgul, Riza K.; Kocabas, Can N.; Polimanti, Renato; Sekerel, Bulent E. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      To dissect the role of immunogenetics in allergy and asthma, we performed a phenome-wide association study in 974 Turkish children selected from a cross-sectional study conducted using ISAAC (International Study of Asthma ...
    • Allogeneic Hematopoietic Sct For Adults Aml Using I.V. Bu In The Conditioning Regimen: Outcomes And Risk Factors For The Occurrence Of Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstructive Syndrome 

      Nagler, A.; Labopin, M.; Berger, R.; Bunjes, D.; Campos, A.; Socie, G.; Kroeger, N.; Goker, H.; Yakoub-Agha, I.; Shimoni, A.; Mohty, M.; Rocha, V. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      I.v. BU is frequently used in the conditioning regimen prior to allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (allo-HSCT); however, overall outcomes, incidence of hepatic sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) and its risk factors are not ...
    • Analysis of Centrosome and Dna Damage Response In Plk4 Associated Seckel Syndrome 

      Dinçer, Tuba; Yorgancıoğlu-Budak, Gülden; Ölmez, Akgün; Er, İdris; Dodurga, Yavuz; Özdemir, Özmert M. A.; Toraman, Bayram; Yıldırım, Adem; Sabır, Nuran; Akarsu, Nurten A.; Semerci, C. Nur; Kalay, Ersan (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      Microcephalic primordial dwarfism (MPD) is a group of autosomal recessive inherited single-gene disorders with intrauterine and postnatal global growth failure. Seckel syndrome is the most common form of the MPD. Ten genes ...
    • Bacteremic and Non-Bacteremic Pneumonia Caused by Acinetobacter Baumannii in Icus of South China: A Clinical and Microbiological Study 

      Tan, Yunfang; Zhou, Kai; Tang, Xiang; Kudinha, Timothy; Wang, Luxia; Guo, Zhenghui; Akova, Murat; Zhuo, Chao (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      Acinetobacter baumannii has been a dreadful problem for ICU physicians for a long time. Bacteremic pneumonia (BP) caused by this organism has a higher mortality compared to other organisms. Between 2012 and 2015, 86 BP and ...
    • Bacterial Infection Prevention After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation 

      Engelhard, D.; Akova, M.; Boeckh, M. J.; Freifeld, A.; Sepkowitz, K.; Viscoli, C.; Wade, J.; Raad, I. (Nature Publishing Group, 2009)
    • Benefit Of High-Dose Methylprednisolone In Comparison With Conventional-Dose Prednisolone During Remission Induction Therapy In Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia For Long-Term Follow-Up 

      Yetgin, S; Tuncer, MA; Cetin, M; Gumruk, F; Yenicesu, I; Tunc, B; Oner, AF; Toksoy, H; Koc, A; Aslan, D; Ozyorek, E; Olcay, L; Atahan, L; Tuncbilek, ET; Gurgey, A (Nature Publishing Group, 2003)
      Eight-year event-free survival (EFS) was evaluated in 205 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), to consider the efficacy of high-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) given during remission induction chemotherapy ...
    • Characterization Of Large Rearrangements In Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease And The Pkd1/Tsc2 Contiguous Gene Syndrome 

      Consugar, Mark B.; Wong, Wai C.; Lundquist, Patrick A.; Rossetti, Sandro; Kubly, Vickie J.; Walker, Denise L.; Rangel, Laureano J.; Aspinwall, Richard; Niaudet, W. Patrick; Ozen, Seza; David, Albert; Velinov, Milen; Bergstralh, Eric J.; Bae, Kyongtae T.; Chapman, Arlene B.; Guay-Woodford, Lisa M.; Grantham, Jared J.; Torres, Vicente E.; Sampson, Julian R.; Dawson, Brian D.; Harris, Peter C. (Nature Publishing Group, 2008)
      Large DNA rearrangements account for about 8% of disease mutations and are more common in duplicated genomic regions, where they are difficult to detect. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ( ADPKD) is caused by ...
    • Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency Due To Gross Deletions In The Pou1F1 (Pit-1) And Prop1 Genes 

      Bertko, Eleonore; Klammt, Juergen; Dusatkova, Petra; Bahceci, Mithat; Gonc, Nazli; ten Have, Louise; Kandemir, Nurgun; Mansmann, Georg; Obermannova, Barbora; Oostdijk, Wilma; Pfaeffle, Heike; Rockstroh-Lippold, Denise; Schlicke, Marina; Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal; Pfaeffle, Roland (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      Pituitary development depends on a complex cascade of interacting transcription factors and signaling molecules. Lesions in this cascade lead to isolated or combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD). The aim of this ...
    • Erlin1 Mutations Cause Teenage-Onset Slowly Progressive Als In A Large Turkish Pedigree 

      Tunca, Ceren; Akcimen, Fulya; Coskun, Cemre; Gundogdu-Eken, Asli; Kocoglu, Cemile; Cevik, Betul; Bekircan-Kurt, Can Ebru; Tan, Ersin; Basak, A. Nazli (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
      Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset motor neuron disease with mostly dominant inheritance and a life expectancy of 2-5 years; however, a quite common occurrence of atypical forms of the disease, due to ...
    • European Registration Process For Clinical Laboratory Geneticists In Genetic Healthcare 

      Liehr, Thomas; Carreira, Isabel M.; Aktas, Dilek; Bakker, Egbert; Rodriguez de Alba, Marta; Coviello, Domenico A.; Florentin, Lina; Scheffer, Hans; Rincic, Martina (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      Tremendous progress in genetics and genomics led to a wide range of healthcare providers, genetic tests, and more patients who can benefit from these developments. To guarantee and improve the quality of genetic testing, ...
    • Evidence From Autoimmune Thyroiditis Of Skewed X-Chromosome Inactivation In Female Predisposition To Autoimmunity 

      Ozcelik, T; Uz, E; Akyerli, CB; Bagislar, S; Mustafa, CA; Gursoy, A; Akarsu, N; Toruner, G; Kamel, N; Gullu, S (Nature Publishing Group, 2006)
      The etiologic factors in the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) are not fully understood. We investigated the role of skewed X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) mosaicism in female predisposition to AITDs. One ...
    • Familial Mediterranean Fever In The 'Chuetas' Of Mallorca: A Question Of Jewish Origin Or Genetic Heterogeneity 

      Domingo, Cecile; Touitou, Isabelle; Bayou, Anne; Ozen, Seza; Notarnicola, Cecile; Dewalle, Marie; Demaille, Jacques; Buades, Rene; Sayadat, Chalom; Levy, Micha; Ben-Chetrit, Eldad (Nature Publishing Group, 2000)
      Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary disease commonly found among Jews, Armenians, Turks and Arabs. Recently, FMF was found in the 'Chuetas', a unique community on the island of Mallorca (Spain). To address ...
    • Fish Studies In 45 Patients With Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome: Deletions Associated With Polysplenia, Hypoplastic Left Heart And Death In Infancy 

      Bartsch, O; Wagner, A; Hinkel, GK; Krebs, P; Stumm, M; Schmalenberger, B; Bohm, S; Balci, S; Majewski, F (Nature Publishing Group, 1999)
      Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) is a dominant Mendelian disorder characterised by mental retardation, a typical facies, broad thumbs and short stature. Previous reports indicated that 4-25% of RTS patients have a submicroscopic ...
    • Genes For Spinocerebellar Ataxia With Blindness And Deafness (Scabd/Scar3, Mim# 271250 And Scabd2) 

      Guissart, Claire; Drouot, Nathalie; Oncel, Ibrahim; Leheup, Bruno; Gershoni-Barush, Ruth; Muller, Jean; Ferdinandusse, Sacha; Larrieu, Lise; Anheim, Mathieu; Arslan, Elif Acar; Claustres, Mireille; Tranchant, Christine; Topaloglu, Haluk; Koenig, Michel (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Ataxia is a symptom that is often associated with syndromic inherited diseases. We previously reported the linkage of a novel syndrome, ataxia with blindness and deafness (SCAR3/SCABD, OMIM# 271250), to chromosome 6p21-p23 ...
    • Genotype-Phenotype Associations In Wt1 Glomerulopathy 

      Lipska, Beata S.; Ranchin, Bruno; Iatropoulos, Paraskevas; Gellermann, Jutta; Melk, Anette; Ozaltin, Fatih; Caridi, Gianluca; Seeman, Tomas; Tory, Kalman; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Zurowska, Aleksandra; Szczepanska, Maria; Wasilewska, Anna; Harambat, Jerome; Trautmann, Agnes; Peco-Antic, Amira; Borzecka, Halina; Moczulska, Anna; Saeed, Bassam; Bogdanovic, Radovan; Kalyoncu, Mukaddes; Simkova, Eva; Erdogan, Ozlem; Vrljicak, Kristina; Teixeira, Ana; Azocar, Marta; Schaefer, Franz (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      WT1 mutations cause a wide spectrum of renal and extrarenal manifestations. Here we evaluated disease prevalence, phenotype spectrum, and genotype-phenotype correlations of 61 patients with WT1-related steroid-resistant ...
    • Giant Axonal Neuropathy Locus Refinement To A < 590 Kb Critical Interval 

      Cavalier, L; BenHamida, C; Amouri, R; Belal, S; Bomont, P; Lagarde, N; Gressin, L; Callen, D; Demir, E; Topaloglu, H; Landrieu, P; Ioos, C; Ben Hamida, M; Koenig, M; Hentati, F (Nature Publishing Group, 2000)
      Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, characterised clinically by the development of chronic distal polyneuropathy during childhood, mental retardation, kinky or curly hair, ...
    • Homozygous Deficiency Of Ubiquitin-Ligase Ring-Finger Protein Rnf168 Mimics The Radiosensitivity Syndrome Of Ataxia-Telangiectasia 

      Devgan, S. S.; Sanal, O.; Doil, C.; Nakamura, K.; Nahas, S. A.; Pettijohn, K.; Bartek, J.; Lukas, C.; Lukas, J.; Gatti, R. A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2011)
      Maintaining genomic integrity is critical to avoid life-threatening disorders, such as premature aging, neurodegeneration and cancer. A multiprotein cascade operates at sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) to recognize, ...
    • Human Intracellular Isg15 Prevents Interferon-Alpha/Beta Over-Amplification And Auto-Inflammation 

      Zhang, Xianqin; Bogunovic, Dusan; Payelle-Brogard, Beatrice; Francois-Newton, Veronique; Speer, Scott D.; Yuan, Chao; Volpi, Stefano; Li, Zhi; Sanal, Ozden; Mansouri, Davood; Tezcan, Ilhan; Rice, Gillian I.; Chen, Chunyuan; Mansouri, Nahal; Mahdaviani, Seyed Alireza; Itan, Yuval; Boisson, Bertrand; Okada, Satoshi; Zeng, Lu; Wang, Xing; Jiang, Hui; Liu, Wenqiang; Han, Tiantian; Liu, Delin; Ma, Tao; Wang, Bo; Liu, Mugen; Liu, Jing-Yu; Wang, Qing K.; Yalnizoglu, Dilek; Radoshevich, Lilliana; Uze, Gilles; Gros, Philippe; Rozenberg, Flore; Zhang, Shen-Ying; Jouanguy, Emmanuelle; Bustamante, Jacinta; Garcia-Sastre, Adolfo; Abel, Laurent; Lebon, Pierre; Notarangelo, Luigi D.; Crow, Yanick J.; Boisson-Dupuis, Stephanie; Casanova, Jean-Laurent; Pellegrini, Sandra (Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
      Intracellular ISG15 is an interferon (IFN)-alpha/beta-inducible ubiquitin-like modifier which can covalently bind other proteins in a process called ISGylation; it is an effector of IFN-alpha/beta-dependent antiviral ...