2024
Genetic Analysis of Severe Polycystic Liver Disease in Japan
Mizuno H, Besse W, Sekine A, Long K, Kurihara S, Oba Y, Yamanouchi M, Hasegawa E, Suwabe T, Sawa N, Ubara Y, Somlo S, Hoshino J. Genetic Analysis of Severe Polycystic Liver Disease in Japan. Kidney360 2024, 5: 1106-1115. PMID: 38689396, PMCID: PMC11371350, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere polycystic liver diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDisease genesPolycystic liver diseasePKD2 patientsGenetic analysisWhole-exome sequencingSuspected pathogenic variantsLiver diseaseSpectrum of phenotypesPKD2 variantsExome sequencingAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease cohortPathogenic variantsPKD2PKD1Genetic etiologyDominant polycystic kidney diseaseGenesPolycystic kidney diseaseKidney cystsNo significant differenceKidney volumePLD patientsKidney disease
2020
Adult Inactivation of the Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Causes Polycystic Liver Disease.
Besse W, Roosendaal C, Tuccillo L, Roy SG, Gallagher AR, Somlo S. Adult Inactivation of the Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Causes Polycystic Liver Disease. Kidney360 2020, 1: 1068-1076. PMID: 33554127, PMCID: PMC7861569, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0002522020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseSomatic second-hit mutationsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseSecond-hit mutationsPolycystic liver diseaseLiver phenotypePolycystic kidney diseaseBile duct homeostasisSecond hit mutationLiver cystsLiver diseaseKidney diseaseCyst formationGenetic interactionsPattern of inheritanceDisease genesRecessive polycystic kidney diseaseGermline inheritanceDominant polycystic kidney diseaseDuctal plate formationWeeks of ageRecessive genotypeSubset of adultsSomatic mutationsPlate format
2019
ALG9 Mutation Carriers Develop Kidney and Liver Cysts
Besse W, Chang AR, Luo JZ, Triffo WJ, Moore BS, Gulati A, Hartzel DN, Mane S, Center R, Torres VE, Somlo S, Mirshahi T. ALG9 Mutation Carriers Develop Kidney and Liver Cysts. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2019, 30: 2091-2102. PMID: 31395617, PMCID: PMC6830805, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2019030298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteins polycystin-1Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDisease genesRare loss-of-function variantsN-glycan precursorsNovel disease genesLoss-of-function variantsEndoplasmic reticulum lumenLoss-of-function mutationsMonogenic kidney diseaseWhole-exome sequencingGenotype-phenotype correlationProtein biogenesisProtein maturationReticulum lumenPolycystin-1Endoplasmic reticulumGene productsPopulation-based cohortCell-based assaysPhenotypic characterizationPolycystic phenotypeMutation carrier stateDefective glycosylationDominant polycystic kidney disease
2018
A noncoding variant in GANAB explains isolated polycystic liver disease (PCLD) in a large family
Besse W, Choi J, Ahram D, Mane S, Sanna‐Cherchi S, Torres V, Somlo S. A noncoding variant in GANAB explains isolated polycystic liver disease (PCLD) in a large family. Human Mutation 2018, 39: 378-382. PMID: 29243290, PMCID: PMC5805583, DOI: 10.1002/humu.23383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoss-of-function variantsSequence analysis pipelineWhole-exome sequencing analysisExome sequencing dataExome sequencing analysisBase pair deletionSkipping of exonIsolated polycystic liver diseaseNoncoding variantsLinkage analysisDisease genesSequence dataGene discoveryMinigene assayLinkage disequilibriumCoding regionSNP genotypingSequence analysisGenomic evaluationPolycystic liver diseaseSplice donorIdentified mutationsMutation detectionPair deletionGANAB
2017
Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 3558-3558. PMID: 28862642, PMCID: PMC5669574, DOI: 10.1172/jci96729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolycystin-1 functionPolycystin-1Protein biogenesis pathwaysGenome-wide basisPolycystic liver diseaseLoss-of-function mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHeterozygous loss-of-function mutationsBiogenesis pathwayLoss of functionAdditional genesDisease genesGene productsCell line modelsCandidate genesExome sequencingEndoplasmic reticulumCausative genesFunction mutationsGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseSec63Defective maturationKidney cystsIsolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 1772-1785. PMID: 28375157, PMCID: PMC5409105, DOI: 10.1172/jci90129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Line, TransformedCystsEndoplasmic ReticulumFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyGlucosidasesGlucosyltransferasesHeterozygoteHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLiver DiseasesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular ChaperonesMutationRNA-Binding ProteinsSEC Translocation ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsPolycystin-1 functionPolycystin-1Protein biogenesis pathwaysGenome-wide basisPolycystic liver diseaseLoss-of-function mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHeterozygous loss-of-function mutationsBiogenesis pathwayLoss of functionAdditional genesDisease genesGene productsCell line modelsCandidate genesExome sequencingEndoplasmic reticulumCausative genesFunction mutationsGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseSec63Defective maturationKidney cysts