Membrane trafficking in health and disease

R Yarwood, J Hellicar… - Disease models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Membrane trafficking pathways are essential for the viability and growth of cells, and play a
major role in the interaction of cells with their environment. In this At a Glance article and …

The molecular genetics of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic intellectual disability: a mutational continuum and future recommendations

MA Khan, S Khan, C Windpassinger… - Annals of Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intellectual disability (ID) is a clinical manifestation of the central nervous system without any
major dysmorphologies of the brain. Biologically it affects learning capabilities, memory, and …

Family‐based genetic analysis in schizophrenia by whole‐exome sequence to identify rare pathogenic variants

B Shang, R Yang, K Lian, L Dong, H Liu… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Although several studies have been conducted to identify the causative loci and genes, few …

An effective combination of whole-exome sequencing and runs of homozygosity for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in consanguineous families

T Guo, ZP Tan, HM Chen, D Zheng, L Liu, XG Huang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is clinically characterized by neonatal respiratory distress,
chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis and infertility, and situs inversus in 50% of the patients. PCD …

Findings made in gene panel to whole genome sequencing: data, knowledge, ethics–and consequences?

EC Winkler, S Wiemann - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Improvements in sequencing technologies have helped to refine diagnosis and
patient stratification via molecular genetic testing for a number of conditions. Consequently …

Mutations in the genes for thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase cause thyroid dyshormonogenesis and autosomal-recessive intellectual disability

K Mittal, MA Rafiq, R Rafiullah, R Harripaul… - Journal of human …, 2016 - nature.com
We have used single-nucleotide polymorphism microarray genotyping and homozygosity-by-
descent (HBD) mapping followed by Sanger sequencing or whole-exome sequencing …

Copy number variant syndromes are frequent in schizophrenia: progressing towards a CNV-schizophrenia model

V Sriretnakumar, CC Zai, S Wasim… - Schizophrenia …, 2019 - Elsevier
The genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia (SCZ) remain unclear. SCZ genetic studies thus
far have only identified numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms with small effect sizes …

A novel homozygous ARL13B variant in patients with Joubert syndrome impairs its guanine nucleotide-exchange factor activity

R Rafiullah, AB Long, AA Ivanova, H Ali… - European Journal of …, 2017 - nature.com
ARL13B encodes for the ADP-ribosylation factor-like 13B GTPase, which is required for
normal cilia structure and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling. Disruptions in cilia structure or …

Dominant LMAN2L mutation causes intellectual disability with remitting epilepsy

RA Alkhater, P Wang, A Ruggieri… - Annals of Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mis‐secreted glycoproteins (LGI1, reelin) are emerging causes of epilepsy.
LMAN2L belongs to a glycoprotein secretion chaperone family. One recessive LMAN2L …

[HTML][HTML] Folding and quality control of glycoproteins

T Suzuki, H Fujihira - Comprehensive Glycoscience, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Folding of proteins is essential so that they can exert their functions. For proteins that transit
the secretory pathway, folding occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and various …