2015
A Rapid, High-Quality, Cost-Effective, Comprehensive and Expandable Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Inherited Heart Diseases
Wilson KD, Shen P, Fung E, Karakikes I, Zhang A, InanlooRahatloo K, Odegaard J, Sallam K, Davis RW, Lui GK, Ashley EA, Scharfe C, Wu JC. A Rapid, High-Quality, Cost-Effective, Comprehensive and Expandable Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Inherited Heart Diseases. Circulation Research 2015, 117: 603-611. PMID: 26265630, PMCID: PMC4568077, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.306723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterozygous single nucleotide polymorphismsCongenital heart disease genesThousands of mutationsHeart disease genesShelf kitsRegulatory sequencesNext-generation sequencingSingle nucleotide polymorphismsCardiac developmentDisease genesGenomic DNATargeted Next-Generation Sequencing AssayCardiac genesGenesSequencing runPowerful new toolHigh-throughput detectionNucleotide polymorphismsSequencing assaysMutationsMiR-499Polymorphic regionDNA mutation detectionGermline variantsNext-generation sequencing assay
2009
Mapping Gene Associations in Human Mitochondria using Clinical Disease Phenotypes
Scharfe C, Lu HH, Neuenburg JK, Allen EA, Li GC, Klopstock T, Cowan TM, Enns GM, Davis RW. Mapping Gene Associations in Human Mitochondria using Clinical Disease Phenotypes. PLOS Computational Biology 2009, 5: e1000374. PMID: 19390613, PMCID: PMC2668170, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial disease genesDisease genesMitochondrial genesMost mitochondrial proteinsMitochondrial disease phenotypesGene network analysisDisease phenotypePhenotypic featuresGenotype-phenotype relationsNuclear genesHuman mitochondriaMitochondrial proteinsCharacteristic interaction patternsPhenotypic dataCandidate genesMitochondrial systemDifferent genesSimilar phenotypeGene associationsGenesFunctional interactionMitochondrial disordersClinical disease phenotypeSimilarity valuesPhenotype
2002
Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast
Steinmetz LM, Scharfe C, Deutschbauer AM, Mokranjac D, Herman ZS, Jones T, Chu AM, Giaever G, Prokisch H, Oefner PJ, Davis RW. Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast. Nature Genetics 2002, 31: 400-404. PMID: 12134146, DOI: 10.1038/ng929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial proteinsNuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteinsGenomic map positionFunctional genomic studiesHuman disease genesGene expression analysisHuman mitochondriaYeast deletionHuman orthologGenomic studiesMap positionHuman genesSystematic screenFunctional screenStrain fitnessExpression analysisDisease genesHuman disordersMitochondrial diseaseHigh similarityMitochondrial respirationHeritable diseaseMitochondrial functionGenesProtein