2020
DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes
Marquez J, Mann N, Arana K, Deniz E, Ji W, Konstantino M, Mis EK, Deshpande C, Jeffries L, McGlynn J, Hugo H, Widmeier E, Konrad M, Tasic V, Morotti R, Baptista J, Ellard S, Lakhani SA, Hildebrandt F, Khokha MK. DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes. Journal Of Medical Genetics 2020, 58: 453-464. PMID: 32631816, PMCID: PMC7785698, DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoss of ciliaPatient tissuesPatient variantsCongenital heart diseaseMultiple organ systemsMultiple congenital anomaliesDLG5 variantsVariety of pathologiesNephrotic syndromeHeart diseaseCongenital anomaliesRespiratory tractKidney tissueOrgan systemsCystic kidneysPatient phenotypesKidneyDiseaseLimb abnormalitiesUnrelated familiesRescue experimentsCraniofacial malformationsCilia dysfunctionTissue-specific manifestationsTissue
2019
Quantitative Phenotyping of Xenopus Embryonic Heart Pathophysiology Using Hemoglobin Contrast Subtraction Angiography to Screen Human Cardiomyopathies
Deniz E, Jonas S, Khokha MK, Choma MA. Quantitative Phenotyping of Xenopus Embryonic Heart Pathophysiology Using Hemoglobin Contrast Subtraction Angiography to Screen Human Cardiomyopathies. Frontiers In Physiology 2019, 10: 1197. PMID: 31620018, PMCID: PMC6763566, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCongenital heart diseaseMyocardial functionSubtraction angiographyHuman cardiomyopathyEfficient animal modelMicroangiography techniqueCardiac dysfunctionCardiac lesionsUnderlying pathophysiologyCardiac functionHeart diseaseAnimal modelsSignificant causeHuman candidate genesHeart pathophysiologyPatientsAngiographyCardiomyopathyPathophysiologyBiomechanical phenotypeDysfunctionCandidate genesDiseaseGene dysfunctionHuman genomic analysis