2021
Epistatic interaction of PDE4DIP and DES mutations in familial atrial fibrillation with slow conduction
Ziki M, Bhat N, Neogi A, Driscoll TP, Ugwu N, Liu Y, Smith E, Abboud JM, Chouairi S, Schwartz MA, Akar JG, Mani A. Epistatic interaction of PDE4DIP and DES mutations in familial atrial fibrillation with slow conduction. Human Mutation 2021, 42: 1279-1293. PMID: 34289528, PMCID: PMC8434967, DOI: 10.1002/humu.24265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationHeart blockFamilial atrial fibrillationSlow conductionDES mutationsSlow atrial fibrillationWhole-exome sequencingConduction diseaseIsoproterenol stimulationExome sequencingGenetic causePathogenic mutationsPDE4DIPReduced colocalizationHigh penetranceGenetic screeningUnrelated kindredsFibrillationPKA phosphorylationDesmin geneEpistatic interactionsT substitutionKindredsPDE4D
2016
Metabolic syndrome
Ziki M, Mani A. Metabolic syndrome. Current Opinion In Lipidology 2016, 27: 162-171. PMID: 26825138, PMCID: PMC5141383, DOI: 10.1097/mol.0000000000000276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetabolic traitsGenome-wide association studiesCognate pathwaysDiverse traitsMultifactorial heritabilityDisease genesAssociation studiesGenetic studiesTraitsGenetic investigationsCommon variantsDisease mechanismsGenetic causeGenetic risk factorsHomogenous populationDisease pathophysiologyQuantitative distributionGenesVariantsHeritabilityExtreme endsSubstantial progressKindredsPathwayLarge effect