[HTML][HTML] Neuronal cytoskeleton in intellectual disability: from systems biology and modeling to therapeutic opportunities

C Liaci, M Camera, G Caslini, S Rando… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intellectual disability (ID) is a pathological condition characterized by limited intellectual
functioning and adaptive behaviors. It affects 1–3% of the worldwide population, and no …

[HTML][HTML] WASP family proteins: Molecular mechanisms and implications in human disease

DA Kramer, HK Piper, B Chen - European journal of cell biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Proteins of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family play a central role
in regulating actin cytoskeletal dynamics in a wide range of cellular processes. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic disruption of WASHC4 drives endo-lysosomal dysfunction and cognitive-movement impairments in mice and humans

JL Courtland, TWA Bradshaw, G Waitt, EJ Soderblom… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Mutation of the Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein and SCAR homology (WASH) complex
subunit, SWIP, is implicated in human intellectual disability, but the cellular etiology of this …

Clinical diversity and molecular mechanism of VPS35L-associated Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome

S Otsuji, Y Nishio, M Tsujita, M Rio, C Huber… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmg.bmj.com
Purpose The Retriever subunit VPS35L is the third responsible gene for Ritscher-Schinzel
syndrome (RSS) after WASHC5 and CCDC22. To date, only one pair of siblings have been …

Multiple molecular diagnoses in the field of intellectual disability and congenital anomalies: 3.5% of all positive cases

C Racine, AS Denommé-Pichon, C Engel… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Purpose Wide access to clinical exome/genome sequencing (ES/GS) enables the
identification of multiple molecular diagnoses (MMDs), being a long-standing but …

Explosion in the complexity of membrane protein recycling

FJ McDonald - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
For decades, recycling of membrane proteins has been represented in figures by arrows
between the “endosome” and the plasma membrane, but recently there has been an …

Homozygous WASHC4 variant in two sisters causes a syndromic phenotype defined by dysmorphisms, intellectual disability, profound developmental disorder, and …

A Gangfuß, A Czech, A Hentschel… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recessive variants in WASHC4 are linked to intellectual disability complicated by poor
language skills, short stature, and dysmorphic features. The protein encoded by WASHC4 is …

[HTML][HTML] Case report: A novel WASHC5 variant altering mRNA splicing causes spastic paraplegia in a patient

SY Gao, YX Liu, Y Dong, LL Fan, Q Ding, L Liu - Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a progressive upper-motor
neurodegenerative disease. Mutations in the WASHC5 gene are associated with autosomal …

Delineating the CCDC22‐related Ritscher–Schinzel syndrome phenotype in the original family

J Rodgers, CM Richmond… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic variants in CCDC22 were initially described in 2012 in a large Australian family
with intellectual disability and were subsequently noted to cause a phenotype consistent …

[HTML][HTML] Case Report: A Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation of the FRMD4A Gene Identified in a Chinese Family With Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual …

Y Pan, X Guo, X Zhou, Y Liu, J Lian, T Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: FERM domain-containing protein 4A (FRMD4A) is a scaffolding protein
previously proposed to be critical in the regulation of cell polarity in neurons and implicated …