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Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysm identifies three new risk loci
Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Bijlenga P, Low SK, Krischek B, Auburger G, Simon M, Krex D, Arlier Z, Nayak N, Ruigrok YM, Niemelä M, Tajima A, von und zu Fraunberg M, Dóczi T, Wirjatijasa F, Hata A, Blasco J, Oszvald A, Kasuya H, Zilani G, Schoch B, Singh P, Stüer C, Risselada R, Beck J, Sola T, Ricciardi F, Aromaa A, Illig T, Schreiber S, van Duijn CM, van den Berg LH, Perret C, Proust C, Roder C, Ozturk AK, Gaál E, Berg D, Geisen C, Friedrich CM, Summers P, Frangi AF, State MW, Wichmann HE, Breteler MM, Wijmenga C, Mane S, Peltonen L, Elio V, Sturkenboom MC, Lawford P, Byrne J, Macho J, Sandalcioglu EI, Meyer B, Raabe A, Steinmetz H, Rüfenacht D, Jääskeläinen JE, Hernesniemi J, Rinkel GJ, Zembutsu H, Inoue I, Palotie A, Cambien F, Nakamura Y, Lifton RP, Günel M. Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysm identifies three new risk loci. Nature Genetics 2010, 42: 420-425. PMID: 20364137, PMCID: PMC2861730, DOI: 10.1038/ng.563.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Disruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly
Sgourdou P, Mishra-Gorur K, Saotome I, Henagariu O, Tuysuz B, Campos C, Ishigame K, Giannikou K, Quon JL, Sestan N, Caglayan AO, Gunel M, Louvi A. Disruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 43708. PMID: 28272472, PMCID: PMC5341122, DOI: 10.1038/srep43708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAurora Kinase BBrainCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCentrosomeConsanguinityDisease Models, AnimalEpistasis, GeneticFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene ExpressionHumansInheritance PatternsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicrocephalyMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsPedigreeWhole Genome SequencingConceptsChromosome passenger complexPatient-derived fibroblastsCentrosome inheritanceNeocortical progenitorsDisease-associated mutant formsSpindle pole localizationAurora kinase BPassenger complexMitotic progressionMouse orthologDiverse functionsMutant formsWD repeat domain 62Key regulatorCPC componentsKinase BPole localizationPrimary microcephalyLate neurogenesisRecessive mutationsNeuronal differentiationWDR62Severe brain malformationsReduced proliferationNeocortical development