2021
Association of Rare CYP39A1 Variants With Exfoliation Syndrome Involving the Anterior Chamber of the Eye
Partnership T, Li Z, Wang Z, Lee M, Zenkel M, Peh E, Ozaki M, Topouzis F, Nakano S, Chan A, Chen S, Williams S, Orr A, Nakano M, Kobakhidze N, Zarnowski T, Popa-Cherecheanu A, Mizoguchi T, Manabe S, Hayashi K, Kazama S, Inoue K, Mori Y, Miyata K, Sugiyama K, Higashide T, Chihara E, Ideta R, Ishiko S, Yoshida A, Tokumo K, Kiuchi Y, Ohashi T, Sakurai T, Sugimoto T, Chuman H, Aihara M, Inatani M, Mori K, Ikeda Y, Ueno M, Gaston D, Rafuse P, Shuba L, Saunders J, Nicolela M, Chichua G, Tabagari S, Founti P, Sim K, Meah W, Soo H, Chen X, Chatzikyriakidou A, Keskini C, Pappas T, Anastasopoulos E, Lambropoulos A, Panagiotou E, Mikropoulos D, Kosior-Jarecka E, Cheong A, Li Y, Lukasik U, Nongpiur M, Husain R, Perera S, Álvarez L, García M, González-Iglesias H, Cueto A, Cueto L, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A, Oguz Ç, Tamcelik N, Atalay E, Batu B, Irkec M, Aktas D, Kasım B, Astakhov Y, Astakhov S, Akopov E, Giessl A, Mardin C, Hellerbrand C, Bailey J, Igo R, Haines J, Edward D, Heegaard S, Davila S, Tan P, Kang J, Pasquale L, Kruse F, Reis A, Carmichael T, Hauser M, Ramsay M, Mossböck G, Yildirim N, Tashiro K, Konstas A, Coca-Prados M, Foo J, Kinoshita S, Sotozono C, Kubota T, Dubina M, Ritch R, Wiggs J, Pasutto F, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Ho Y, Aung T, Tam W, Khor C. Association of Rare CYP39A1 Variants With Exfoliation Syndrome Involving the Anterior Chamber of the Eye. JAMA 2021, 325: 753-764. PMID: 33620406, PMCID: PMC7903258, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.0507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExfoliation syndromeValidation cohortDiscovery cohortAnterior chamberImpair protein functionFirst validation cohortSecond validation cohortSlit-lamp examinationCase-control studyAnterior segment structuresCauses of glaucomaCiliary body tissueSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeLamp examinationSystemic disordersIrreversible blindnessMAIN OUTCOMEIndependent cohortExfoliation materialProtein-changing variantsSyndromeClinical implicationsCohortStudy participants
2017
Whole-Exome Sequencing of Congenital Glaucoma Patients Reveals Hypermorphic Variants in GPATCH3, a New Gene Involved in Ocular and Craniofacial Development
Ferre-Fernández JJ, Aroca-Aguilar JD, Medina-Trillo C, Bonet-Fernández JM, Méndez-Hernández CD, Morales-Fernández L, Corton M, Cabañero-Valera MJ, Gut M, Tonda R, Ayuso C, Coca-Prados M, García-Feijoo J, Escribano J. Whole-Exome Sequencing of Congenital Glaucoma Patients Reveals Hypermorphic Variants in GPATCH3, a New Gene Involved in Ocular and Craniofacial Development. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 46175. PMID: 28397860, PMCID: PMC5387416, DOI: 10.1038/srep46175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarrier ProteinsChromosome SegregationEmbryo, NonmammalianExome SequencingEyeFaceFamilyFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesGlaucomaHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationOrgan SpecificityPedigreePhenotypePromoter Regions, GeneticReceptors, CXCR4SkullSubcellular FractionsTranscriptional ActivationZebrafishConceptsNew genesZebrafish embryosCraniofacial developmentEarly zebrafish embryosNeural crest cell migrationCrest cell migrationNew disease genesMesenchymal-like cellsHigh genetic heterogeneityUnidentified functionTransient overexpressionProximal promoterDisease genesGene Pitx2Whole-exome sequencingGenesCell migrationGenetic heterogeneityExome sequencingSkeletal muscleRare variantsCraniofacial abnormalitiesEmbryosSequencingProtein