2022
Discovering the Function of Congenital Heart Disease Genes
González D, Khokha M. Discovering the Function of Congenital Heart Disease Genes. 2022, 233-244. DOI: 10.1201/9781003050230-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLarger brood sizesCongenital heart disease genesCommon congenital birth defectHeart disease genesCongenital heart diseaseLeft-right axisCHD genesCell biologistsOrgan situsBrood sizeLeft-right asymmetryDe novo mutationsDisease genesSequencing studiesBirth defectsCongenital birth defectsGenetic diseasesGenesNovo mutationsDisease mechanismsStructural cardiac abnormalitiesNovel de novo mutationHeart diseaseCardiac abnormalitiesCardiac structure
2020
Disrupted ER membrane protein complex-mediated topogenesis drives congenital neural crest defects
Marquez J, Criscione J, Charney RM, Prasad MS, Hwang WY, Mis EK, García-Castro MI, Khokha MK. Disrupted ER membrane protein complex-mediated topogenesis drives congenital neural crest defects. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 813-826. PMID: 31904590, PMCID: PMC6994125, DOI: 10.1172/jci129308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein complexMultipass membrane proteinsNeural crest cellsMembrane proteinsHuman NCC developmentER membrane proteinsMembrane protein complexesCell-cell signalsMyriad of functionsNCC defectsNCC developmentProtein complexesUnbiased proteomicsXenopus modelTransmembrane proteinFunction allelesPatient phenotypesCrest cellsMolecular connectionNeural crestMolecular mechanismsBirth defectsPatient variantsEMC1Β-catenin
2017
White paper on the study of birth defects
Khokha MK, Mitchell LE, Wallingford JB. White paper on the study of birth defects. Birth Defects Research 2017, 109: 180-185. PMID: 28398650, DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23590.Peer-Reviewed Original Research