Genetic potassium channel-associated epilepsies: Clinical review of the Kv family

NM Allen, S Weckhuysen, K Gorman, MD King… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Next-generation sequencing has enhanced discovery of many disease-associated genes in
previously unexplained epilepsies, mainly in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies …

Advances in genetic testing and optimization of clinical management in children and adults with epilepsy

M Scala, A Bianchi, F Bisulli, A Coppola… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Epileptic disorders are a heterogeneous group of medical conditions with
epilepsy as the common denominator. Genetic causes, electro-clinical features, and …

Lysine acetyltransferase 8 is involved in cerebral development and syndromic intellectual disability

L Li, M Ghorbani, M Weisz-Hubshman… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Epigenetic integrity is critical for many eukaryotic cellular processes. An important question
is how different epigenetic regulators control development and influence disease. Lysine …

Reduced Kv3. 1 activity in dentate gyrus parvalbumin cells induces vulnerability to depression

L Medrihan, G Umschweif, A Sinha, S Reed, J Lee… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Parvalbumin (PV)-expressing interneurons are important for cognitive and
emotional behaviors. These neurons express high levels of p11, a protein associated with …

A de novo heterozygous mutation in KCNC2 gene implicated in severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

L Vetri, F Calì, M Vinci, C Amato, M Roccella… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An increasing number of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies have been
correlated with variants of ion channel genes, and in particular of potassium channels …

A genome-wide case-only test for the detection of digenic inheritance in human exomes

G Kerner, M Bouaziz, A Cobat, B Bigio… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has facilitated the discovery of genetic lesions underlying
monogenic disorders. Incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity suggest a …

Venom-derived modulators of epilepsy-related ion channels

CY Chow, N Absalom, K Biggs, GF King… - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is characterised by spontaneous recurrent seizures that are caused by an
imbalance between neuronal excitability and inhibition. Since ion channels play …

Genetic testing in epilepsy

DM Ritter, K Holland - Seminars in Neurology, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Because of next-generation sequencing and the discovery of many new causative genes,
genetic testing in epilepsy patients has become widespread. Pathologic variants resulting in …

Biallelic loss‐of‐function variants in TBC1D2B cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with seizures and gingival overgrowth

FL Harms, P Parthasarathy, D Zorndt, M Alawi… - Human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The family of Tre2‐Bub2‐Cdc16 (TBC)‐domain containing GTPase activating
proteins (RABGAPs) is not only known as key regulatorof RAB GTPase activity but also has …

Whole-exome sequencing in NF1-related west syndrome leads to the identification of KCNC2 as a novel candidate gene for epilepsy

A Rademacher, N Schwarz, S Seiffert… - …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have an increased risk for West syndrome
(WS), but the underlying mechanisms linking NF1 and WS are unknown. In contrast to other …