[HTML][HTML] Genome interpretation using in silico predictors of variant impact

P Katsonis, K Wilhelm, A Williams, O Lichtarge - Human genetics, 2022 - Springer
Estimating the effects of variants found in disease driver genes opens the door to
personalized therapeutic opportunities. Clinical associations and laboratory experiments …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and functional evaluation of GRIA1 missense and truncation variants in individuals with ID: An emerging neurodevelopmental syndrome

V Ismail, LG Zachariassen, A Godwin… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
GRIA1 encodes the GluA1 subunit of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate
(AMPA) receptors, which are ligand-gated ion channels that act as excitatory receptors for …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary action of mutations reveals antimicrobial resistance genes in Escherichia coli

DC Marciano, C Wang, TK Hsu, T Bourquard… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Since antibiotic development lags, we search for potential drug targets through directed
evolution experiments. A challenge is that many resistance genes hide in a noisy mutational …

[HTML][HTML] Functional variants identify sex-specific genes and pathways in Alzheimer's Disease

T Bourquard, K Lee, I Al-Ramahi, M Pham… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's Disease in females is almost double that of males. To search
for sex-specific gene associations, we build a machine learning approach focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of risk genes for Alzheimer's disease by gene embedding

Y Lagisetty, T Bourquard, I Al-Ramahi, CG Mangleburg… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Most disease-gene association methods do not account for gene-gene interactions, even
though these play a crucial role in complex, polygenic diseases like Alzheimer's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Neuron-specific protein network mapping of autism risk genes identifies shared biological mechanisms and disease-relevant pathologies

N Murtaza, AA Cheng, CO Brown, DP Meka, S Hong… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
There are hundreds of risk genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but
signaling networks at the protein level remain unexplored. We use neuron-specific proximity …

[HTML][HTML] A cryptic microdeletion del (12)(p11. 21p11. 23) within an unbalanced translocation t (7; 12)(q21. 13; q23. 1) implicates new candidate loci for intellectual …

A Ben-Mahmoud, S Kishikawa, V Gupta, NT Leach… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
In a patient diagnosed with both Kallmann syndrome (KS) and intellectual disability (ID),
who carried an apparently balanced translocation t (7; 12)(q22; q24) dn, array comparative …

[HTML][HTML] Neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer networks share pathways, but differ in mechanisms, signaling strength, and outcome

BR Yavuz, MK Arici, HC Demirel, CJ Tsai… - NPJ genomic …, 2023 - nature.com
Epidemiological studies suggest that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)
are more prone to develop certain types of cancer. Notably, however, the case statistics can …

Evolution of cisplatin resistance through coordinated metabolic reprogramming of the cellular reductive state

W Yu, Y Chen, N Putluri, A Osman, C Coarfa… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Cisplatin (CDDP) is a mainstay treatment for advanced head and neck
squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) despite a high frequency of innate and acquired …

[HTML][HTML] Functional studies of deafness-associated pendrin and prestin variants

S Takahashi, T Kojima, K Wasano… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pendrin and prestin are evolutionary-conserved membrane proteins that are essential for
normal hearing. Dysfunction of these proteins results in hearing loss in humans, and …