Leveraging the Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery to systematically map functional epigenetic variation

TR Luperchio, L Boukas, L Zhang, G Pilarowski… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Although each Mendelian Disorder of the Epigenetic Machinery (MDEM) has a
different causative gene, there are shared disease manifestations. We hypothesize that this …

Detection of a DNA methylation signature for the intellectual developmental disorder, X-linked, syndromic, armfield type

S Haghshenas, MA Levy, J Kerkhof… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A growing number of genetic neurodevelopmental disorders are known to be associated
with unique genomic DNA methylation patterns, called episignatures, which are detectable …

Neuron-specific chromatin disruption at CpG islands and aging-related regions in Kabuki syndrome mice

L Boukas, TR Luperchio, A Razi, KD Hansen… - Genome …, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
Many Mendelian developmental disorders caused by coding variants in epigenetic
regulators have now been discovered. Epigenetic regulators are broadly expressed, and …

Diagnostic utility and reporting recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing in genetically undiagnosed rare diseases

J Kerkhof, C Rastin, MA Levy, R Relator… - Genetics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aims to assess the diagnostic utility and provide reporting
recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing based on the cohort of …

Anatomy of DNA methylation signatures: Emerging insights and applications

E Chater-Diehl, SJ Goodman, C Cytrynbaum… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) signatures are unique patterns of DNAm alterations defined for
rare disorders caused by pathogenic variants in epigenetic regulatory genes. The potential …

Downstream Assays for Variant Resolution: Epigenetics, RNA Sequnncing, and Metabolomics

BJ Shayota - Pediatric Clinics, 2023 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Over the past 2 decades, advances in genetic testing methods and the growing availability
of such tests to the general population has been met with a shift in how physicians provide …

Deciphering DNA methylation in HIV infection

T Arumugam, U Ramphal, T Adimulam… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With approximately 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally, and a further 1.5 million
new global infections per year, it is imperative that we advance our understanding of all …

Danon Disease: Entire LAMP2 Gene Deletion with Unusual Clinical Presentation—Case Report and Review of the Literature

A Shalata, M Bar-Shai, Y Hadid, M Mahroum, H Mintz… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Danon disease is a rare x-linked dominant multisystemic disorder with a clinical triad of
severe cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, and intellectual disability. It is caused by defects …

Long‐read whole genome sequencing reveals HOXD13 alterations in synpolydactyly

M Melas, EA Kautto, SJ Franklin, M Mori… - Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Synpolydactyly 1, also called syndactyly type II (SDTY2), is a genetic limb malformation
characterized by polydactyly with syndactyly involving the webbing of the third and fourth …

Prenatal exposure to triclocarban impairs ESR1 signaling and disrupts epigenetic status in sex-specific ways as well as dysregulates the expression of neurogenesis …

A Wnuk, J Rzemieniec, K Przepiórska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Triclocarban is a highly effective and broadly used antimicrobial agent. Humans are
continually exposed to triclocarban, but the safety of prenatal exposure to triclocarban in the …