Landscape of mSWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex perturbations in neurodevelopmental disorders

AM Valencia, A Sankar, PJ van der Sluijs… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
DNA sequencing-based studies of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have identified a
wide range of genetic determinants. However, a comprehensive analysis of these data, in …

Clinical epigenomics: genome-wide DNA methylation analysis for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders

B Sadikovic, MA Levy, J Kerkhof, E Aref-Eshghi… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
Purpose We describe the clinical implementation of genome-wide DNA methylation analysis
in rare disorders across the EpiSign diagnostic laboratory network and the assessment of …

DNA methylation episignatures in neurodevelopmental disorders associated with large structural copy number variants: clinical implications

K Rooney, B Sadikovic - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Large structural chromosomal deletions and duplications, referred to as copy number
variants (CNVs), play a role in the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) …

Diagnostic utility of genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders

S Haghshenas, P Bhai, E Aref-Eshghi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders customarily present with complex and
overlapping symptoms, complicating the clinical diagnosis. Individuals with a growing …

Novel diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures expand and refine the epigenetic landscapes of Mendelian disorders

MA Levy, H McConkey, J Kerkhof… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
Overlapping clinical phenotypes and an expanding breadth and complexity of genomic
associations are a growing challenge in the diagnosis and clinical management of …

Truncating SRCAP variants outside the Floating-Harbor syndrome locus cause a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder with a specific DNA methylation signature

D Rots, E Chater-Diehl, AJM Dingemans… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Truncating variants in exons 33 and 34 of the SNF2-related CREBBP activator protein
(SRCAP) gene cause the neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) Floating-Harbor syndrome …

An HNRNPK-specific DNA methylation signature makes sense of missense variants and expands the phenotypic spectrum of Au-Kline syndrome

S Choufani, V McNiven, C Cytrynbaum… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Au-Kline syndrome (AKS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with multiple
malformations and a characteristic facial gestalt. The first individuals ascertained carried de …

Diagnostic utility of DNA methylation analysis in genetically unsolved pediatric epilepsies and CHD2 episignature refinement

CW LaFlamme, C Rastin, S Sengupta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Sequence-based genetic testing identifies causative variants in~ 50% of individuals with
developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Aberrant changes in DNA …

A novel SMARCC1 BAFopathy implicates neural progenitor epigenetic dysregulation in human hydrocephalus

AK Singh, G Allington, S Viviano, S McGee, E Kiziltug… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Hydrocephalus, characterized by cerebral ventriculomegaly, is the most common disorder
requiring brain surgery in children. Recent studies have implicated SMARCC1, a component …

Pathogenic variants in SMARCA5, a chromatin remodeler, cause a range of syndromic neurodevelopmental features

D Li, Q Wang, NN Gong, A Kurolap, HB Feldman… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Intellectual disability encompasses a wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders, with
many linked genetic loci. However, the underlying molecular mechanism for more than 50 …