2018
Monoallelic Mutations to DNAJB11 Cause Atypical Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Gall E, Olson RJ, Besse W, Heyer CM, Gainullin VG, Smith JM, Audrézet MP, Hopp K, Porath B, Shi B, Baheti S, Senum SR, Arroyo J, Madsen CD, Férec C, Joly D, Jouret F, Fikri-Benbrahim O, Charasse C, Coulibaly JM, Yu AS, Khalili K, Pei Y, Somlo S, Le Meur Y, Torres VE, Group G, Group T, Disease T, Harris PC. Monoallelic Mutations to DNAJB11 Cause Atypical Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2018, 102: 832-844. PMID: 29706351, PMCID: PMC5986722, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingEnd-stage renal diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePhenotypically similar familiesNext-generation sequencingDevelopment of kidney cystsCystic kidneysPolycystic kidney diseaseTargeted next-generation sequencingFrameshift changesInterstitial fibrosisKidney diseasePhenotypic hybridsMissense variantsMembrane proteinsTrafficking defectsADTKDEpisodes of goutLate-onset end-stage renal diseaseProgressive interstitial fibrosisAffected membersMultigenerational familiesCo-factorPhenotypic overlapPartial phenotypic overlap
2016
Deletion of ADP Ribosylation Factor-Like GTPase 13B Leads to Kidney Cysts
Li Y, Tian X, Ma M, Jerman S, Kong S, Somlo S, Sun Z. Deletion of ADP Ribosylation Factor-Like GTPase 13B Leads to Kidney Cysts. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2016, 27: 3628-3638. PMID: 27153923, PMCID: PMC5118478, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2015091004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere patterning defectsMultiple model organismsSmall GTPase essentialDefective hedgehog signalingCystic kidneysNumber of phenotypesKidney cyst formationKidney cystsJoubert syndromeGTPase essentialZebrafish leadsPatterning defectsBiogenesis defectsModel organismsCilia biogenesisLoss of functionCyst progressionDefective ciliaHistone deacetylase inhibitorsHuman mutationsNull mutationHedgehog signalingHypomorphic natureRescue experimentsNeural tube