2021
Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice
Hwang JY, Nawaz S, Choi J, Wang H, Hussain S, Nawaz M, Lopez-Giraldez F, Jeong K, Dong W, Oh JN, Bilguvar K, Mane S, Lee CK, Bystroff C, Lifton RP, Ahmad W, Chung JJ. Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2021, 9: 662903. PMID: 33968937, PMCID: PMC8103034, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.662903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple morphological abnormalitiesMale infertility casesMorphological abnormalitiesWhole-exome sequencingIrregular flagellaInfertility casesSperm flagella formationMMAF phenotypeSevere formMale infertilityAsthenozoospermic patientsMutant miceNon-synonymous variantsAbnormalitiesRecessive variantsCellular mechanismsGenetic factorsMMAFGenetic defectsPatientsMiceHeavy chain domainSperm morphologyAsthenozoospermiaSperm motility
2020
Mutations disrupting neuritogenesis genes confer risk for cerebral palsy
Jin SC, Lewis SA, Bakhtiari S, Zeng X, Sierant MC, Shetty S, Nordlie SM, Elie A, Corbett MA, Norton BY, van Eyk CL, Haider S, Guida BS, Magee H, Liu J, Pastore S, Vincent JB, Brunstrom-Hernandez J, Papavasileiou A, Fahey MC, Berry JG, Harper K, Zhou C, Zhang J, Li B, Zhao H, Heim J, Webber DL, Frank MSB, Xia L, Xu Y, Zhu D, Zhang B, Sheth AH, Knight JR, Castaldi C, Tikhonova IR, López-Giráldez F, Keren B, Whalen S, Buratti J, Doummar D, Cho M, Retterer K, Millan F, Wang Y, Waugh JL, Rodan L, Cohen JS, Fatemi A, Lin AE, Phillips JP, Feyma T, MacLennan SC, Vaughan S, Crompton KE, Reid SM, Reddihough DS, Shang Q, Gao C, Novak I, Badawi N, Wilson YA, McIntyre SJ, Mane SM, Wang X, Amor DJ, Zarnescu DC, Lu Q, Xing Q, Zhu C, Bilguvar K, Padilla-Lopez S, Lifton RP, Gecz J, MacLennan AH, Kruer MC. Mutations disrupting neuritogenesis genes confer risk for cerebral palsy. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 1046-1056. PMID: 32989326, PMCID: PMC9148538, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0695-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBeta CateninCerebral PalsyCyclin DCytoskeletonDrosophilaExomeExome SequencingExtracellular MatrixF-Box ProteinsFemaleFocal AdhesionsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, HumanHumansMaleMutationNeuritesRhoB GTP-Binding ProteinRisk FactorsSequence Analysis, DNASignal TransductionTubulinTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsDamaging de novo mutationsCerebral palsyDe novo mutationsCerebral palsy casesRisk genesDamaging de novoNovo mutationsWhole-exome sequencingPalsy casesNeuromotor functionD levelsMonogenic etiologyCyclin D levelsNeuronal connectivityPalsyGene confer riskConfer riskRecessive variantsNeurodevelopmental disorder genesReverse genetic screenDisorder genesParent-offspring triosGenome-wide significanceGenomic factorsCytoskeleton pathway