[HTML][HTML] Functional genomics and small molecules in mitochondrial neurodevelopmental disorders

DG Calame, LT Emrick - Neurotherapeutics, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are critical for brain development and homeostasis. Therefore, pathogenic
variation in the mitochondrial or nuclear genome which disrupts mitochondrial function …

The spectrum of pre‐mRNA splicing in autism

E Engal, Z Zhang, O Geminder… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Disruptions in spatiotemporal gene expression can result in atypical brain function.
Specifically, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by abnormalities in pre‐mRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic analysis of variants escaping nonsense-mediated decay uncovers candidate Mendelian diseases

RI Torene, MJG Sacoto, F Millan, Z Zhang… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Protein-truncating variants (PTVs) near the 3′ end of genes may escape nonsense-
mediated decay (NMD). PTVs in the NMD-escape region (PTVescs) can cause Mendelian …

Diagnostic utility and reporting recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing in genetically undiagnosed rare diseases

J Kerkhof, C Rastin, MA Levy, R Relator… - Genetics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aims to assess the diagnostic utility and provide reporting
recommendations for clinical DNA methylation episignature testing based on the cohort of …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroptosis and circular RNAs: new horizons in cancer therapy

AA Bhat, N Kukreti, M Afzal, A Goyal, R Thapa, H Ali… - EXCLI …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer poses intricate challenges to treatment due to its complexity and diversity.
Ferroptosis and circular RNAs (circRNAs) are emerging as innovative therapeutic avenues …

Exome sequencing in four families with neurodevelopmental disorders: genotype–phenotype correlation and identification of novel disease-causing variants in …

TUK Afridi, A Fatima, HS Satti, Z Akram… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2024 - Springer
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous
group of early-onset pediatric disorders that affect the structure and/or function of the central …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation analysis in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders improves variant interpretation and reveals complexity

S Trajkova, J Kerkhof, MR Sebastiano… - Human Genetics and …, 2024 - cell.com
Analysis of genomic DNA methylation by generating epigenetic signature profiles
(episignatures) is increasingly being implemented in genetic diagnosis. Here we report our …

Variant functional assessment in Drosophila by overexpression: what can we learn?

Y Her, DM Pascual, Z Goldstone-Joubert… - …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
The last decade has been highlighted by the increased use of next-generation DNA
sequencing technology to identify novel human disease genes. A critical downstream part of …

[HTML][HTML] Model matchmaking via the Solve-RD Rare Disease Models & Mechanisms Network (RDMM-Europe)

K Ellwanger, JA Brill, E de Boer, S Efthymiou… - Lab Animal, 2024 - nature.com
In biomedical research, particularly for rare diseases (RDs), there is a critical need for model
organisms to unravel the mechanistic basis of diseases, perform biomarker studies and …

[HTML][HTML] Digenic inheritance involving a muscle-specific protein kinase and the giant titin protein causes a skeletal muscle myopathy

A Töpf, D Cox, IT Zaharieva, V Di Leo, J Sarparanta… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
In digenic inheritance, pathogenic variants in two genes must be inherited together to cause
disease. Only very few examples of digenic inheritance have been described in the …