A systematic review of genetic syndromes with obesity

Y Kaur, RJ De Souza, WT Gibson, D Meyre - Obesity Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Syndromic monogenic obesity typically follows Mendelian patterns of inheritance and
involves the co‐presentation of other characteristics, such as mental retardation, dysmorphic …

Genetics of human Bardet–Biedl syndrome, an updates

SA Khan, N Muhammad, MA Khan, A Kamal… - Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive multisystemic human genetic
disorder characterized by six major defects including obesity, mental retardation, renal …

Comprehensive rare variant analysis via whole-genome sequencing to determine the molecular pathology of inherited retinal disease

KJ Carss, G Arno, M Erwood, J Stephens… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Inherited retinal disease is a common cause of visual impairment and represents a highly
heterogeneous group of conditions. Here, we present findings from a cohort of 722 …

Bardet-biedl syndrome

EN Suspitsin, EN Imyanitov - Molecular syndromology, 2016 - karger.com
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. It is
characterized by heterogeneous clinical manifestations including primary features of the …

Meta‐analysis of genotype‐phenotype associations in Bardet‐Biedl syndrome uncovers differences among causative genes

V Niederlova, M Modrak, O Tsyklauri… - Human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bardet‐Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a recessive genetic disease causing multiple organ
anomalies. Most patients carry mutations in genes encoding for the subunits of the BBSome …

Structure and activation mechanism of the BBSome membrane protein trafficking complex

SK Singh, M Gui, F Koh, MCJ Yip, A Brown - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a currently incurable ciliopathy caused by the failure to
correctly establish or maintain cilia-dependent signaling pathways. Eight proteins …

Single-cell RNA sequencing of the retina in a model of retinitis pigmentosa reveals early responses to degeneration in rods and cones

D Karademir, V Todorova, LJA Ebner, M Samardzija… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background In inherited retinal disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), rod
photoreceptor-specific mutations cause primary rod degeneration that is followed by …

Delineating the spectrum of genetic variants associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome in consanguineous Pakistani pedigrees

AR Rao, A Nazir, S Imtiaz, SA Paracha, YM Waryah… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to find the molecular basis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) in Pakistani
consanguineous families. A total of 12 affected families were enrolled. Clinical investigations …

Obesity genetics: insights from the Pakistani population

M Pigeyre, M Saqlain, M Turcotte, GK Raja… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Pakistani population is extensively diverse, indicating a genetic admixture of European
and Central/West Asian migrants with indigenous South Asian gene pools. Pakistanis are …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence variants in four genes underlying Bardet-Biedl syndrome in consanguineous families

A Ullah, M Umair, M Yousaf, SA Khan, K Shah… - Molecular …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose To investigate the molecular basis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) in five
consanguineous families of Pakistani origin. Methods Linkage in two families (A and B) was …