2024
Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms and phenotypic characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn variants
Kaymakcalan Celebiler H, Barak T, Rai D, Kaya I, Erbilgin S, Cikili Uytun M, Oztop D, Gumus H, Per H, Ceylaner S, Bozkurt I, Kontaridis M, Bilguvar K, Akhun N, Kilincaslan A, Caglayan A, Erson-Omay E, Gunel M, Ercan-Sencicek A. Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms and phenotypic characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn variants. Molecular Syndromology 2024, 1-15. DOI: 10.1159/000542367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingStandard Sanger sequencingMucopolysaccharidosis type IIIBExome sequencingProgressive neurodegenerative disorderConsanguineous familySanger sequencingNAGLU genePhenotypic characteristicsMagnetic resonance imagingEnzymatic assayNeurodegenerative disordersAffected individualsLoss of activityNeurodegenerative symptomsAutosomal recessive lysosomal disorderCellular mechanismsVariantsLysosomal disorderEnzymeNormal MRI findingsSequenceMPS IIIBMRI findingsType IIIB
2010
L-Histidine Decarboxylase and Tourette's Syndrome
Ercan-Sencicek AG, Stillman AA, Ghosh AK, Bilguvar K, O'Roak BJ, Mason CE, Abbott T, Gupta A, King RA, Pauls DL, Tischfield JA, Heiman GA, Singer HS, Gilbert DL, Hoekstra PJ, Morgan TM, Loring E, Yasuno K, Fernandez T, Sanders S, Louvi A, Cho JH, Mane S, Colangelo CM, Biederer T, Lifton RP, Gunel M, State MW. L-Histidine Decarboxylase and Tourette's Syndrome. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1901-1908. PMID: 20445167, PMCID: PMC2894694, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0907006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRare functional mutationsL-histidine decarboxylaseRate-limiting enzymeHDC geneTwo-generation pedigreeFunctional mutationsStrong genetic contributionHistamine biosynthesisAnalysis of linkageGenetic contributionModel systemRisk allelesDevelopmental neuropsychiatric disordersDecarboxylaseBiosynthesisGenesTourette syndromeMutationsAllelesEnzymeInheritanceNeuropsychiatric disordersPedigree