2020
Mutations in ASPRV1 Cause Dominantly Inherited Ichthyosis
Boyden LM, Zhou J, Hu R, Zaki T, Loring E, Scott J, Traupe H, Paller AS, Lifton RP, Choate KA. Mutations in ASPRV1 Cause Dominantly Inherited Ichthyosis. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2020, 107: 158-163. PMID: 32516568, PMCID: PMC7332602, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDominant Mendelian disorderAutocatalytic cleavage siteMendelian disordersProtein residuesASPRV1Cleavage siteEpidermal differentiationMissense mutationsFilaggrin processingMutationsExome sequencingGenetic causeEpidermal barrier integrityEpidermal layerPalmoplantar keratodermaLamellar ichthyosisClose proximityPost‐zygotic ACTB mutations underlie congenital smooth muscle hamartomas
Atzmony L, Ugwu N, Zaki TD, Antaya RJ, Choate KA. Post‐zygotic ACTB mutations underlie congenital smooth muscle hamartomas. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2020, 47: 681-685. PMID: 32170967, PMCID: PMC7943230, DOI: 10.1111/cup.13683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital smooth muscle hamartomaSmooth muscle hamartomaBecker's nevusMuscle hamartomaBecker nevus syndromeDirect sequencingHistopathological featuresHistopathological overlapBenign lesionsMosaic disordersPhenotypic spectrumNeviUnaffected tissueAffected tissuesHamartomaPost-zygotic mutationsHemihypertrophyEnrichment assayTissueMutationsACTB geneClues to primary vismodegib resistance lie in histology and genetics
Sun Q, Atzmony L, Zaki T, Peng A, Sugarman J, Choate KA. Clues to primary vismodegib resistance lie in histology and genetics. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 73: 678-680. PMID: 32217615, PMCID: PMC7513245, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaCommon human malignant neoplasmInfundibulocystic basal cell carcinomaBasal cell nevus syndromeHuman malignant neoplasmsWhole-exome sequencingClinical featuresBCC subtypesCell carcinomaMalignant neoplasmsHistological resultsHedgehog pathwayBiopsyVismodegibCarcinomaNeoplasmsSyndromeHistologyLesionsSubtypesMutationsBlood
2018
Recent advances in understanding inherited disorders of keratinization
Zaki T, Choate K. Recent advances in understanding inherited disorders of keratinization. F1000Research 2018, 7: f1000 faculty rev-919. PMID: 30002814, PMCID: PMC6024232, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.14514.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorneocyte lipid envelopeNovel genesNext-generation sequencingEpidermal lipid barrierHuman geneticsCeramide pathwayIntercellular lipid layersLipid envelopeLipid synthesisBarrier functionSeries of discoveriesCompensatory hyperproliferationMutationsNovel mutationsLipid componentsLipid barrierWater lossRecent advancesPalmoplantar keratodermaAbnormal barrier functionGenesGeneticsNew findingsSequencingCeramide