Heterozygous splice mutation in PIK3R1 causes human immunodeficiency with lymphoproliferation due to dominant activation of PI3K

CL Lucas, Y Zhang, A Venida, Y Wang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - rupress.org
Class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K), which generate PIP3 as a signal for cell
growth and proliferation, exist as an intracellular complex of a catalytic subunit bound to a …

[PDF][PDF] FORGE Canada Consortium: outcomes of a 2-year national rare-disease gene-discovery project

CL Beaulieu, J Majewski, J Schwartzentruber… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Inherited monogenic disease has an enormous impact on the well-being of children and
their families. Over half of the children living with one of these conditions are without a …

Genetic, molecular and clinical determinants for the involvement of aldosterone and its receptors in major depression

H Murck, M Büttner, T Kircher, C Konrad - Nephron Physiology, 2014 - karger.com
Major depression (MDE) has metabolic and neuroendocrine correlates, which point to a
biological overlap between MDE and cardiovascular diseases. Whereas the hypothalamic …

Identification of genes for childhood heritable diseases

KM Boycott, DA Dyment, SL Sawyer… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Genes causing rare heritable childhood diseases are being discovered at an accelerating
pace driven by the decreasing cost and increasing accessibility of next-generation DNA …

Evidence for clinical, genetic and biochemical variability in spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy

DA Dyment, E Sell, MR Vanstone, AC Smith… - Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (SMA‐PME) is a recently
delineated, autosomal recessive condition caused by rare mutations in the N …

[HTML][HTML] Exome sequencing identifies a novel mutation in PIK3R1 as the cause of SHORT syndrome

C Bárcena, V Quesada, A De Sandre-Giovannoli… - BMC medical …, 2014 - Springer
Background SHORT syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition whose name is the
acronym of short stature, hyperextensibility of joints, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly and …

PIK3R1 mutations in SHORT syndrome

C Schroeder, A Riess, M Bonin, P Bauer… - Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
SHORT syndrome (OMIM 269880) is a rare autosomal‐dominant disorder characterized by
short stature, hyperextensibility of joints, hernias, ocular depression, ophthalmic anomalies …

Energy expenditure of hunter-gatherers: when statistics turns to be unreliable

P Heneberg - Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem in developed countries, and the fourth
leading mortality risk factor globally. Recently, it was suggested that the total energy …