2018
Altered Splicing from a Mutated Alternate Branch Point Is Common in Severe Alpha-Spectrin Linked Inherited Anemia
Lezon-Geyda K, Schulz V, Maksimova Y, Gallagher P. Altered Splicing from a Mutated Alternate Branch Point Is Common in Severe Alpha-Spectrin Linked Inherited Anemia. Blood 2018, 132: 503. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMRNA transcriptsTermination codonK562 cellsMinigene assayIntron 30Precise genetic basisAcceptor sitesInsertion/deletion mutationsHereditary pyropoikilocytosisWhole-genome sequencingNMD inhibitorsAcceptor splice siteDiagnostic gene panelsGenome databaseMRNA splicingWild-type minigeneConsensus sitesAltered splicingExon 31Genetic basisTranscript productionErythroid cellsGene manipulationGenetic analysisWT background
2014
Assessment of HbF QTLs Affecting Disease Severity and Genetic Analysis in Patients Homozygous for Codon 8 (–AA) β0-Thalassemia Mutation
Jiang Z, Huang S, Luo H, Akar N, Basak A, Al-Allawi N, Unal S, Gumruk F, Davis L, Morrison T, Campbell A, Gallagher P, Forget B, Steinberg M, Chui D. Assessment of HbF QTLs Affecting Disease Severity and Genetic Analysis in Patients Homozygous for Codon 8 (–AA) β0-Thalassemia Mutation. Blood 2014, 124: 2690. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.2690.2690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantitative trait lociGene clusterIntergenic regionHbF quantitative trait lociΓ-globin gene expressionKb intergenic regionSevere phenotypeMild phenotypeHBS1L-MYB intergenic regionΒ-globin gene clusterGenome-wide SNP arraysMild disease phenotypeDisease phenotypeMinor alleleWhole-genome sequencingTrait lociHPFH mutationNovel SNPsGenetic analysisSNP arrayGene expressionΒ-hemoglobinopathiesGenome sequencingQTL genotypesWhole-exome sequencing
1997
Genetic basis of the polymorphisms of the αI domain of spectrin
Gallagher P, Romana M, Wong C, Forget B. Genetic basis of the polymorphisms of the αI domain of spectrin. American Journal Of Hematology 1997, 56: 107-111. PMID: 9326352, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199710)56:2<107::aid-ajh6>3.0.co;2-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic basisHereditary elliptocytosisHereditary pyropoikilocytosisDistinct haplotypesGenetic analysisProtein phenotypeAlpha-spectrinChromosomal backgroundΑI domainSpectrinPolymorphismMutationsHaplotypesPhenotypeElliptocytosisPyropoikilocytosisPCRAssaysFamilyGene polymorphismsDomainIdentification
1994
Location and PCR‐based detection of three polymorphisms of the human erythrocyte β‐spectrin gene (SPTB)
Gallagher P, Lecomte M, Galand C, Wang Y, Tse W, Forget B. Location and PCR‐based detection of three polymorphisms of the human erythrocyte β‐spectrin gene (SPTB). British Journal Of Haematology 1994, 88: 413-414. PMID: 7803294, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1994.tb05043.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research