2023
A systems biology approach identifies the role of dysregulated PRDM6 in the development of hypertension
Gunawardhana K, Hong L, Rugira T, Uebbing S, Kucharczak J, Mehta S, Karunamuni D, Cabera-Mendoza B, Gandotra N, Scharfe C, Polimanti R, Noonan J, Mani A. A systems biology approach identifies the role of dysregulated PRDM6 in the development of hypertension. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2023, 133: e160036. PMID: 36602864, PMCID: PMC9927944, DOI: 10.1172/jci160036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopment of hypertensionParallel reporter assaysRenin inhibitor aliskirenNeural crest-derived cellsRenin-producing cellsSystems biology approachRNA-seq analysisCell-specific disruptionCrest-derived cellsSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cell proteinsSystemic hypertensionBlood pressureWT miceAntihypertensive drugsBiology approachSuper enhancersFine mappingWT littermatesThird intronMultiple GWASCollagen depositionMouse aortaReporter assaysFate mapping
2000
The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein
Pusch C, Zeitz C, Brandau O, Pesch K, Achatz H, Feil S, Scharfe C, Maurer J, Jacobi F, Pinckers A, Andreasson S, Hardcastle A, Wissinger B, Berger W, Meindl A. The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein. Nature Genetics 2000, 26: 324-327. PMID: 11062472, DOI: 10.1038/81627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBrainChromosome MappingDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA, ComplementaryElectroretinographyEye ProteinsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenesGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic MarkersGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsHumansKidneyLeucineMaleModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyMuscle ProteinsMusclesNerve Tissue ProteinsNight BlindnessOrgan SpecificityPedigreeProtein ConformationProteoglycansRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidRetinaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Amino AcidTestisX ChromosomeConceptsLeucine-rich repeatsLeucine-rich repeat proteinFuture functional analysisProtein-protein interactionsCell-cell contactProximal short armCongenital stationary night blindnessGenetic mappingNew genesX chromosome2Repeat proteinsExtracellular proteinsLinkage intervalFunctional analysisStationary night blindnessDifferent lociShort armCell adhesionAmino acidsGenesCSNB1 locusProteinDifferent mutationsLociMutation analysis