2022
Genome-Wide De Novo Variants in Congenital Heart Disease Are Not Associated With Maternal Diabetes or Obesity
Morton SU, Pereira AC, Quiat D, Richter F, Kitaygorodsky A, Hagen J, Bernstein D, Brueckner M, Goldmuntz E, Kim RW, Lifton RP, Porter GA, Tristani-Firouzi M, Chung WK, Roberts A, Gelb BD, Shen Y, Newburger JW, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Genome-Wide De Novo Variants in Congenital Heart Disease Are Not Associated With Maternal Diabetes or Obesity. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2022, 15: e003500. PMID: 35130025, PMCID: PMC9295870, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseDamaging de novo variantsMaternal diabetesPrenatal exposureHeart diseaseDe novo variantsParental ageIncidence of CHDNovo variantsCauses of CHDMaternal obesityObese mothersDiabetes riskPatientsCommon anomalyObesityDiabetesAgeWhole-genome sequencingDiseaseMothersGene studiesCauseExposureInfants
2021
Molecular Genetics and Complex Inheritance of Congenital Heart Disease
Diab NS, Barish S, Dong W, Zhao S, Allington G, Yu X, Kahle KT, Brueckner M, Jin SC. Molecular Genetics and Complex Inheritance of Congenital Heart Disease. Genes 2021, 12: 1020. PMID: 34209044, PMCID: PMC8307500, DOI: 10.3390/genes12071020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-throughput genomic technologiesHigh-throughput sequencingGenetic architectureCHD familyGenetic variationSophisticated analysis strategiesCilia genesComplex inheritancePathway genesDe novo mutationsGenomic technologiesCauses of CHDMolecular geneticsBiological pathwaysMolecular diagnosisNumber variationsVEGF pathway genesGenesChromatinMutationsNovo mutationsGenetic etiologyTransmitted mutationsGenetic explanationSequencing