2017
SNP in human ARHGEF3 promoter is associated with DNase hypersensitivity, transcript level and platelet function, and Arhgef3 KO mice have increased mean platelet volume
Zou S, Teixeira AM, Kostadima M, Astle WJ, Radhakrishnan A, Simon LM, Truman L, Fang JS, Hwa J, Zhang PX, van der Harst P, Bray PF, Ouwehand WH, Frontini M, Krause DS. SNP in human ARHGEF3 promoter is associated with DNase hypersensitivity, transcript level and platelet function, and Arhgef3 KO mice have increased mean platelet volume. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0178095. PMID: 28542600, PMCID: PMC5441597, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression quantitative lociMK maturationGene expressionRho guanine exchange factorsHuman megakaryocytesGenome-wide association studiesDNase I hypersensitive regionGuanine exchange factorHuman genetic studiesExchange factorReporter mouse modelDNase hypersensitivityQuantitative lociPlatelet traitsMK developmentTranscript levelsCausal SNPsHypersensitive regionARHGEF3Human phenotypesAssociation studiesGenetic studiesHematopoietic subpopulationsGenetic variantsSNPsPediatric non–Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is characterized by distinct genomic subsets with varying outcomes
de Rooij JD, Branstetter C, Ma J, Li Y, Walsh MP, Cheng J, Obulkasim A, Dang J, Easton J, Verboon LJ, Mulder HL, Zimmermann M, Koss C, Gupta P, Edmonson M, Rusch M, Lim JY, Reinhardt K, Pigazzi M, Song G, Yeoh AE, Shih LY, Liang DC, Halene S, Krause DS, Zhang J, Downing JR, Locatelli F, Reinhardt D, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Zwaan CM, Fornerod M, Gruber TA. Pediatric non–Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is characterized by distinct genomic subsets with varying outcomes. Nature Genetics 2017, 49: 451-456. PMID: 28112737, PMCID: PMC5687824, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3772.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Whole-exome sequencing identifies a novel somatic mutation in MMP8 associated with a t(1;22)-acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
Kim Y, Schulz VP, Satake N, Gruber TA, Teixeira AM, Halene S, Gallagher PG, Krause DS. Whole-exome sequencing identifies a novel somatic mutation in MMP8 associated with a t(1;22)-acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 2013, 28: 945-948. PMID: 24157583, PMCID: PMC3981934, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.314.Peer-Reviewed Original Research