2023
The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis
Barish S, Berg K, Drozd J, Berglund-Brown I, Khizir L, Wasson L, Seidman C, Seidman J, Chen S, Brueckner M. The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis. Development 2023, 150: dev201899. PMID: 38038666, PMCID: PMC10730087, DOI: 10.1242/dev.201899.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A change of heart: new roles for cilia in cardiac development and disease
Djenoune L, Berg K, Brueckner M, Yuan S. A change of heart: new roles for cilia in cardiac development and disease. Nature Reviews Cardiology 2021, 19: 211-227. PMID: 34862511, PMCID: PMC10161238, DOI: 10.1038/s41569-021-00635-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseHeart diseaseCardiac valve disordersAortic valve diseaseMitral valve prolapseCardiac developmentValve diseaseValve prolapseMyocardial fibrosisValve disordersCardiac abnormalitiesPresence of ciliaCardiac fibroblastsCilia functionContractile forceDiseaseFunction contributesLines of evidenceDefective primary ciliaPotential roleHeart regenerationBroader roleHeartDisordersLatest findings
2020
Genomic analyses implicate noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease
Richter F, Morton SU, Kim SW, Kitaygorodsky A, Wasson LK, Chen KM, Zhou J, Qi H, Patel N, DePalma SR, Parfenov M, Homsy J, Gorham JM, Manheimer KB, Velinder M, Farrell A, Marth G, Schadt EE, Kaltman JR, Newburger JW, Giardini A, Goldmuntz E, Brueckner M, Kim R, Porter GA, Bernstein D, Chung WK, Srivastava D, Tristani-Firouzi M, Troyanskaya OG, Dickel DE, Shen Y, Seidman JG, Seidman CE, Gelb BD. Genomic analyses implicate noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 769-777. PMID: 32601476, PMCID: PMC7415662, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0652-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Histone H2B monoubiquitination regulates heart development via epigenetic control of cilia motility
Robson A, Makova SZ, Barish S, Zaidi S, Mehta S, Drozd J, Jin SC, Gelb BD, Seidman CE, Chung WK, Lifton RP, Khokha MK, Brueckner M. Histone H2B monoubiquitination regulates heart development via epigenetic control of cilia motility. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 14049-14054. PMID: 31235600, PMCID: PMC6628794, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808341116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell MovementCell ProliferationChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyCiliaDisease Models, AnimalEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeartHeart Defects, CongenitalHistonesHumansLoss of Function MutationMiceRegulatory Factor X Transcription FactorsSignal TransductionUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesXenopusConceptsHistone H2B monoubiquitinationCilia genesH2B monoubiquitinationCilia motilityFunctional gene ontologyHuman congenital heart diseaseUpstream transcriptional regulatorsTissue-specific expressionChromatin remodeling genesChromatin remodelingEpigenetic controlH2Bub1 levelsTranscriptional regulatorsChIP-seqDepletion phenotypeGene OntologyGenomic analysisTranscription factorsKnockdown resultsLeft-right asymmetryCilia functionHeart developmentH2Bub1RNF20Complex consisting
1996
The genetics of left-right development and heterotaxia
Bowers P, Brueckner M, Yost H. The genetics of left-right development and heterotaxia. Seminars In Perinatology 1996, 20: 577-588. PMID: 9090782, DOI: 10.1016/s0146-0005(96)80070-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft-right developmentMolecular genetic mechanismsPrimitive heart tubeSingle geneCardiac morphogenesisDifferent genesCardiac loopingHeart tubeGenesPhenotypeComplex groupHeterotaxiaMorphogenesisMost crucial stepCrucial stepGeneticsElucidationLoopingWide spectrumDevelopment resultsCongenital heart
1991
Establishment of Left‐Right Asymmetry in Vertebrates: Genetically Distinct Steps are Involved
Brueckner M, McGrath J, D'Eustachio P, Horwich A. Establishment of Left‐Right Asymmetry in Vertebrates: Genetically Distinct Steps are Involved. Novartis Foundation Symposia 1991, 162: 202-218. PMID: 1802643, DOI: 10.1002/9780470514160.ch12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRestriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markersFragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markersMouse chromosome 12Length polymorphism markersTiming of expressionLeft-right determinationLeft-right axisLeft-right asymmetryPositional cloningPolymorphism markersRecessive allelesGene productsPattern of inheritanceChromosome 12Developmental pathwaysLinkage analysisCardiac tubeFunction mutationsGenesMolecular analysisDevelopmental stepsFirst organAffected embryosVertebratesDistinct phenotypes
1989
Linkage mapping of a mouse gene, iv, that controls left-right asymmetry of the heart and viscera.
Brueckner M, D'Eustachio P, Horwich AL. Linkage mapping of a mouse gene, iv, that controls left-right asymmetry of the heart and viscera. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1989, 86: 5035-5038. PMID: 2740340, PMCID: PMC297551, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.13.5035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research