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Apoptotic Functions of PDCD10/CCM3, the Gene Mutated in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 3
Chen L, Tanriover G, Yano H, Friedlander R, Louvi A, Gunel M. Apoptotic Functions of PDCD10/CCM3, the Gene Mutated in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 3. Stroke 2009, 40: 1474-1481. PMID: 19246713, PMCID: PMC2709460, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.527135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCaspase 3Central Nervous System NeoplasmsCulture Media, Serum-FreeEndothelial CellsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeLa CellsHemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous SystemHumansIn Situ Nick-End LabelingMembrane ProteinsMutationP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingTransfectionUmbilical Veins
2016
Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly
Li H, Bielas SL, Zaki MS, Ismail S, Farfara D, Um K, Rosti RO, Scott EC, Tu S, C. NC, Gabriel S, Erson-Omay EZ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Yasuno K, Çağlayan AO, Kaymakçalan H, Ekici B, Bilguvar K, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2016, 99: 501-510. PMID: 27453578, PMCID: PMC4974110, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPrimary microcephalyHuman primary microcephalyAutosomal recessive primary microcephalyNon-progressive intellectual disabilityAmino acid residuesPluripotent stem cellsMitotic cytokinesisCellular functionsGenome editingCell divisionKinase domainAbnormal cytokinesisCRISPR/Homozygous missense mutationCytokinesisKinase activityMultipolar spindlesNeural progenitorsAcid residuesFunction mutationsMissense mutationsStem cellsMultiple rolesMutations