Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases

KE Bohnsack, S Yi, S Venus, E Jankowsky… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
RNA helicases are highly conserved proteins that use nucleoside triphosphates to bind or
remodel RNA, RNA–protein complexes or both. RNA helicases are classified into the DEAD …

Genetic studies in intellectual disability and related disorders

LELM Vissers, C Gilissen, JA Veltman - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic factors play a major part in intellectual disability (ID), but genetic studies have been
complicated for a long time by the extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Recently …

PhenoScore quantifies phenotypic variation for rare genetic diseases by combining facial analysis with other clinical features using a machine-learning framework

AJM Dingemans, M Hinne, KMG Truijen, L Goltstein… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Several molecular and phenotypic algorithms exist that establish genotype–phenotype
correlations, including facial recognition tools. However, no unified framework that …

[HTML][HTML] Inherited and de novo genetic risk for autism impacts shared networks

EK Ruzzo, L Pérez-Cano, JY Jung, L Wang… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
We performed a comprehensive assessment of rare inherited variation in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) by analyzing whole-genome sequences of 2,308 individuals from families …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical application of whole-exome sequencing across clinical indications

K Retterer, J Juusola, MT Cho, P Vitazka, F Millan… - Genetics in …, 2016 - nature.com
Purpose: We report the diagnostic yield of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 3,040
consecutive cases at a single clinical laboratory. Methods: WES was performed for many …

Tumor-suppressor genes that escape from X-inactivation contribute to cancer sex bias

A Dunford, DM Weinstock, V Savova, SE Schumacher… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
There is a striking and unexplained male predominance across many cancer types. A subset
of X-chromosome genes can escape X-inactivation, which would protect females from …

Mechanisms and regulation of RNA condensation in RNP granule formation

D Tauber, G Tauber, R Parker - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are RNA–protein assemblies that are involved in
multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and are linked to memory, development, and disease …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from additional research analyses of unsolved clinical exome cases

MK Eldomery, Z Coban-Akdemir, T Harel… - Genome medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Given the rarity of most single-gene Mendelian disorders, concerted efforts of
data exchange between clinical and scientific communities are critical to optimize molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Sexually dimorphic RNA helicases DDX3X and DDX3Y differentially regulate RNA metabolism through phase separation

H Shen, A Yanas, MC Owens, C Zhang, C Fritsch… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Sex differences are pervasive in human health and disease. One major key to sex-biased
differences lies in the sex chromosomes. Although the functions of the X chromosome …

The congenital and acquired mechanisms implicated in the etiology of central precocious puberty

VN Brito, APM Canton, CE Seraphim… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The etiology of central precocious puberty (CPP) is multiple and heterogeneous, including
congenital and acquired causes that can be associated with structural or functional brain …