DYNC1H1‐related disorders: A description of four new unrelated patients and a comprehensive review of previously reported variants
Amabile S, Jeffries L, McGrath JM, Ji W, Spencer‐Manzon M, Zhang H, Lakhani SA. DYNC1H1‐related disorders: A description of four new unrelated patients and a comprehensive review of previously reported variants. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2020, 182: 2049-2057. PMID: 32656949, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal muscular atrophyIntellectual disabilityUnrelated patientsSingle-center experienceNew unrelated patientsCenter experienceDYNC1H1 geneCNS disordersCombined disordersCortical developmentDisease-causing variantsVariable syndromeNeuromuscular diseaseNeuromuscular phenotypePatientsMuscular atrophyHeterozygous variantsDYNC1H1Medical literatureCharcot-MarieDisordersType 20Novel variantsPhenotypeReportA novel variant in MAP3K7 associated with an expanded cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome phenotype
AbuBakr F, Jeffries L, Ji W, McGrath JM, Lakhani SA. A novel variant in MAP3K7 associated with an expanded cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome phenotype. Molecular Case Studies 2020, 6: mcs.a005207. PMID: 32299812, PMCID: PMC7304360, DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a005207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiospondylocarpofacial syndromePathogenic variantsValvular heart diseaseDistinctive cutaneous findingsLikely pathogenic variantsCutaneous findingsFlexion contractureHeart diseaseSecond toePatientsShort statureGrowth factorProtein kinase kinase kinase 7Facial dysmorphismSyndrome phenotypeMissense variantsSyndromeKinase 7Kinase 1Novel variantsSixth variantSplice variantsPhenotypeFrame deletionInflammationNovel truncating mutations in CTNND1 cause a dominant craniofacial and cardiac syndrome
Alharatani R, Ververi A, Beleza-Meireles A, Ji W, Mis E, Patterson QT, Griffin JN, Bhujel N, Chang CA, Dixit A, Konstantino M, Healy C, Hannan S, Neo N, Cash A, Li D, Bhoj E, Zackai EH, Cleaver R, Baralle D, McEntagart M, Newbury-Ecob R, Scott R, Hurst JA, Au PYB, Hosey MT, Khokha M, Marciano DK, Lakhani SA, Liu KJ. Novel truncating mutations in CTNND1 cause a dominant craniofacial and cardiac syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 2020, 29: 1900-1921. PMID: 32196547, PMCID: PMC7372553, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-cell junctionsNovel protein-truncating variantsP120-catenin proteinProtein-truncating variantsNext-generation sequencingTranscriptional signalingP120-cateninCRISPR/Epithelial-mesenchymal transitionSubset of phenotypesDevelopmental roleLimb dysmorphologiesAdditional phenotypesHuman diseasesCTNND1Conditional deletionDe novoTruncating mutationsBlepharocheilodontic syndromeEpithelial integrityNovel truncating mutationCraniofacial dysmorphismPhenotypeCleft palateNeurodevelopmental disorders