2023
Genetic Variants in ARHGEF6 Cause Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract in Humans, Mice, and Frogs
Klämbt V, Buerger F, Wang C, Naert T, Richter K, Nauth T, Weiss A, Sieckmann T, Lai E, Connaughton D, Seltzsam S, Mann N, Majmundar A, Wu C, Onuchic-Whitford A, Shril S, Schneider S, Schierbaum L, Dai R, Bekheirnia M, Joosten M, Shlomovitz O, Vivante A, Banne E, Mane S, Lifton R, Kirschner K, Kispert A, Rosenberger G, Fischer K, Lienkamp S, Zegers M, Hildebrandt F. Genetic Variants in ARHGEF6 Cause Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract in Humans, Mice, and Frogs. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2023, 34: 273-290. PMID: 36414417, PMCID: PMC10103091, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2022010050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDogsHumansIntegrinsKidneyMiceMutant ProteinsRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsUrinary TractUrogenital AbnormalitiesConceptsIntegrin-linked kinaseFocal adhesion proteinsThree-dimensional (3D) MadinCdc42/Rac1Genetic variantsRac1/Cdc42Loss of interactionFrog modelPolarity defectsExchange factorNovel genesFocal adhesionsLamellipodia formationARHGEF6Adhesion proteinsDisease genesDeleterious variantsCell spreadingLumen formationCell migrationGenesProteinHemizygous variantKidney cellsExome sequencing
2018
A homozygous missense variant in VWA2, encoding an interactor of the Fraser-complex, in a patient with vesicoureteral reflux
van der Ven AT, Kobbe B, Kohl S, Shril S, Pogoda HM, Imhof T, Ityel H, Vivante A, Chen J, Hwang DY, Connaughton DM, Mann N, Widmeier E, Taglienti M, Schmidt JM, Nakayama M, Senguttuvan P, Kumar S, Tasic V, Kehinde EO, Mane SM, Lifton RP, Soliman N, Lu W, Bauer SB, Hammerschmidt M, Wagener R, Hildebrandt F. A homozygous missense variant in VWA2, encoding an interactor of the Fraser-complex, in a patient with vesicoureteral reflux. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0191224. PMID: 29351342, PMCID: PMC5774751, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiomarkers, TumorCalcium-Binding ProteinsChildConsanguinityConserved SequenceExonsExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFraser SyndromeGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomozygoteHumansMaleMiceModels, AnimalModels, MolecularMutation, MissensePedigreeSequence Homology, Amino AcidUrogenital AbnormalitiesUrogenital SystemVesico-Ureteral RefluxConceptsMetanephric mesenchymeUreteric budWhole-exome sequencingHomozygosity mappingIntermolecular disulfide bond formationDisulfide bond formationDirect interactorsNeomorphic effectMonogenic causesCysteine residuesHomozygous missense mutationComplex subunit 1Unpaired cysteine residueNovel CAKUTSubunit 1Homozygous missense variantFraser ComplexMissense mutationsGenesProteinInteractorsMissense variantsMutationsExome sequencingNephrogenic zone