2023
Association of Potentially Damaging De Novo Gene Variants With Neurologic Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease
Morton S, Norris-Brilliant A, Cunningham S, King E, Goldmuntz E, Brueckner M, Miller T, Thomas N, Liu C, Adams H, Bellinger D, Cleveland J, Cnota J, Dale A, Frommelt M, Gelb B, Grant P, Goldberg C, Huang H, Kuperman J, Li J, McQuillen P, Panigrahy A, Porter G, Roberts A, Russell M, Seidman C, Tivarus M, Anagnoustou E, Hagler D, Chung W, Newburger J. Association of Potentially Damaging De Novo Gene Variants With Neurologic Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2253191. PMID: 36701153, PMCID: PMC9880793, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53191.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Genome-Wide De Novo Variants in Congenital Heart Disease Are Not Associated With Maternal Diabetes or Obesity
Morton SU, Pereira AC, Quiat D, Richter F, Kitaygorodsky A, Hagen J, Bernstein D, Brueckner M, Goldmuntz E, Kim RW, Lifton RP, Porter GA, Tristani-Firouzi M, Chung WK, Roberts A, Gelb BD, Shen Y, Newburger JW, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Genome-Wide De Novo Variants in Congenital Heart Disease Are Not Associated With Maternal Diabetes or Obesity. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2022, 15: e003500. PMID: 35130025, PMCID: PMC9295870, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseDamaging de novo variantsMaternal diabetesPrenatal exposureHeart diseaseDe novo variantsParental ageIncidence of CHDNovo variantsCauses of CHDMaternal obesityObese mothersDiabetes riskPatientsCommon anomalyObesityDiabetesAgeWhole-genome sequencingDiseaseMothersGene studiesCauseExposureInfants
2021
Association of Damaging Variants in Genes With Increased Cancer Risk Among Patients With Congenital Heart Disease
Morton SU, Shimamura A, Newburger PE, Opotowsky AR, Quiat D, Pereira AC, Jin SC, Gurvitz M, Brueckner M, Chung WK, Shen Y, Bernstein D, Gelb BD, Giardini A, Goldmuntz E, Kim RW, Lifton RP, Porter GA, Srivastava D, Tristani-Firouzi M, Newburger JW, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Association of Damaging Variants in Genes With Increased Cancer Risk Among Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA Cardiology 2021, 6: 457-462. PMID: 33084842, PMCID: PMC7578917, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression RegulationGene FrequencyGenes, NeoplasmGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLoss of Function MutationMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsYoung AdultConceptsCongenital heart diseaseCancer risk genesCancer riskLoF variantsControl participantsHeart diseaseRisk genesMulticenter case-control studyStructural cardiac anomaliesTime of enrollmentCase-control studyDamaging variantsExtracardiac anomaliesExtracardiac manifestationsCardiac anomaliesClinical variablesNeurodevelopmental delayLongitudinal surveillanceMAIN OUTCOMEParent studyCommon birth defectsPatientsEarly interventionFunction variantsMultiple patients
2020
De novo Damaging Variants, Clinical Phenotypes and Post-Operative Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease
Boskovski MT, Homsy J, Nathan M, Sleeper LA, Morton S, Manheimer KB, Tai A, Gorham J, Lewis M, Swartz M, Alfieris GM, Bacha EA, Karimi M, Meyer D, Nguyen K, Bernstein D, Romano-Adesman A, Porter GA, Goldmuntz E, Chung WK, Srivastava D, Kaltman JR, Tristani-Firouzi M, Lifton R, Roberts AE, Gaynor JW, Gelb BD, Kim R, Seidman JG, Brueckner M, Mayer JE, Newburger JW, Seidman CE. De novo Damaging Variants, Clinical Phenotypes and Post-Operative Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2020, 13: e002836-e002836. PMID: 32812804, PMCID: PMC7439931, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.119.002836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse transplant-free survivalTransplant-free survivalExtra-cardiac anomaliesCongenital heart diseaseDe novo variantsHeart diseaseFinal extubationNovo variantsFirst operationPost-operative outcomesOpen heart surgeryPreoperative genetic testingRoutine clinical practiceDamaging variantsWhole-exome sequencingHeart transplantationAdverse outcomesSurgical dataPatientsClinical practiceCardiac repairClinical phenotypeDe novoGenetic testingGenetic abnormalitiesGenomic 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 ResearchDe novo damaging variants associated with congenital heart diseases contribute to the connectome
Ji W, Ferdman D, Copel J, Scheinost D, Shabanova V, Brueckner M, Khokha MK, Ment LR. De novo damaging variants associated with congenital heart diseases contribute to the connectome. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 7046. PMID: 32341405, PMCID: PMC7184603, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63928-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsConnectomeDNA HelicasesDNA-Binding ProteinsExomeFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMaleMi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase ComplexMutationMutation, MissenseMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11Receptor, Notch1ConceptsDe novo variantsNDD genesCardiac patterningDe novo damaging variantsDamaging de novo variantsCHD genesDamaging variantsGenesProtein truncatingGenetic originNovo variantsGene mutationsPatterningRecent studiesDendritic developmentVariantsMutationsNeurogenesisSynaptogenesisBonferroni correction
2019
De novo and recessive forms of congenital heart disease have distinct genetic and phenotypic landscapes
Watkins WS, Hernandez EJ, Wesolowski S, Bisgrove BW, Sunderland RT, Lin E, Lemmon G, Demarest BL, Miller TA, Bernstein D, Brueckner M, Chung WK, Gelb BD, Goldmuntz E, Newburger JW, Seidman CE, Shen Y, Yost HJ, Yandell M, Tristani-Firouzi M. De novo and recessive forms of congenital heart disease have distinct genetic and phenotypic landscapes. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 4722. PMID: 31624253, PMCID: PMC6797711, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12582-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin-modifying genesCilia-related genesGene classesDe novo variantsDistinct gene functionsDamaging de novo variantsBackground mutation rateGene burden analysisNovo variantsGene functionGenetic architectureRecessive formPediatric Cardiac Genomics ConsortiumSporadic congenital heart diseaseMode of inheritancePhenotypic landscapeGene pathwaysDisease genesGenomics ConsortiumMutation rateGenesRecessive genotypeDe novoCompound heterozygous genotypeDe novo forms
2017
Contribution of rare inherited and de novo variants in 2,871 congenital heart disease probands
Jin SC, Homsy J, Zaidi S, Lu Q, Morton S, DePalma SR, Zeng X, Qi H, Chang W, Sierant MC, Hung WC, Haider S, Zhang J, Knight J, Bjornson RD, Castaldi C, Tikhonoa IR, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Sanders SJ, Mital S, Russell MW, Gaynor JW, Deanfield J, Giardini A, Porter GA, Srivastava D, Lo CW, Shen Y, Watkins WS, Yandell M, Yost HJ, Tristani-Firouzi M, Newburger JW, Roberts AE, Kim R, Zhao H, Kaltman JR, Goldmuntz E, Chung WK, Seidman JG, Gelb BD, Seidman CE, Lifton RP, Brueckner M. Contribution of rare inherited and de novo variants in 2,871 congenital heart disease probands. Nature Genetics 2017, 49: 1593-1601. PMID: 28991257, PMCID: PMC5675000, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAutistic DisorderCardiac MyosinsCase-Control StudiesChildExomeFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGrowth Differentiation Factor 1Heart Defects, CongenitalHeterozygoteHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHomozygoteHumansMaleMutationMyosin Heavy ChainsPedigreeRiskVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3
2013
De novo mutations in histone-modifying genes in congenital heart disease
Zaidi S, Choi M, Wakimoto H, Ma L, Jiang J, Overton JD, Romano-Adesman A, Bjornson RD, Breitbart RE, Brown KK, Carriero NJ, Cheung YH, Deanfield J, DePalma S, Fakhro KA, Glessner J, Hakonarson H, Italia MJ, Kaltman JR, Kaski J, Kim R, Kline JK, Lee T, Leipzig J, Lopez A, Mane SM, Mitchell LE, Newburger JW, Parfenov M, Pe’er I, Porter G, Roberts AE, Sachidanandam R, Sanders SJ, Seiden HS, State MW, Subramanian S, Tikhonova IR, Wang W, Warburton D, White PS, Williams IA, Zhao H, Seidman JG, Brueckner M, Chung WK, Gelb BD, Goldmuntz E, Seidman CE, Lifton RP. De novo mutations in histone-modifying genes in congenital heart disease. Nature 2013, 498: 220-223. PMID: 23665959, PMCID: PMC3706629, DOI: 10.1038/nature12141.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Two Populations of Node Monocilia Initiate Left-Right Asymmetry in the Mouse
McGrath J, Somlo S, Makova S, Tian X, Brueckner M. Two Populations of Node Monocilia Initiate Left-Right Asymmetry in the Mouse. Cell 2003, 114: 61-73. PMID: 12859898, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00511-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
GATA4 haploinsufficiency in patients with interstitial deletion of chromosome region 8p23.1 and congenital heart disease
Pehlivan T, Pober B, Brueckner M, Garrett S, Slaugh R, Van Rheeden R, Wilson D, Watson M, Hing A. GATA4 haploinsufficiency in patients with interstitial deletion of chromosome region 8p23.1 and congenital heart disease. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 1999, 83: 201-206. PMID: 10096597, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990319)83:3<201::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac transcription factor genesZinc finger transcription factorHuman chromosome armsTranscription factor genesFinger transcription factorCardiac gene expressionChromosome armsTranscription factorsFactor genesGene expressionGATA4 geneInterstitial deletionGATA-4GenesLociFISH analysisSitu hybridizationDeletionHaploinsufficiencySubmicroscopic deletionRecent studiesPhenotype of patientsCellsMonosomyNormal karyotype
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