2019
Epigenetic therapy of Prader–Willi syndrome
Kim Y, Wang SE, Jiang YH. Epigenetic therapy of Prader–Willi syndrome. Translational Research 2019, 208: 105-118. PMID: 30904443, PMCID: PMC6527448, DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2019.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPWS mouse modelEpigenetic-based therapiesMaternal chromosomesImprinted gene regulationEHMT2/G9aLysine 9 methyltransferasePatient-derived fibroblastsPrader-Willi syndromeGene regulationMethyltransferase SETDB1Epigenetic mechanismsSmall molecule librariesPWS genesHigh-content screeningSame genePerinatal lethalityEpigenetic therapyFusion proteinMolecular mechanismsG9a inhibitorChromosomesSNORD116 clusterGenesMolecular defectsPatient iPSC
2008
Genomic analysis of the chromosome 15q11-q13 Prader-Willi syndrome region and characterization of transcripts for GOLGA8E and WHCD1L1 from the proximal breakpoint region
Jiang YH, Wauki K, Liu Q, Bressler J, Pan Y, Kashork CD, Shaffer LG, Beaudet AL. Genomic analysis of the chromosome 15q11-q13 Prader-Willi syndrome region and characterization of transcripts for GOLGA8E and WHCD1L1 from the proximal breakpoint region. BMC Genomics 2008, 9: 50. PMID: 18226259, PMCID: PMC2268926, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlternative SplicingAngelman SyndromeAnimalsAutoantigensChromosome BreakageChromosome DeletionChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Conserved SequenceContig MappingCpG IslandsDNA MethylationElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldExonsGenomic ImprintingGenomicsHumansIntronsMiceOpen Reading FramesPrader-Willi SyndromeRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein FamilyConceptsLow-copy repeatsHuman genomeAllele-specific expression patternsProtein-coding genesHuman genome sequenceComplex chromosomal regionsCoiled-coil proteinsUCSC Genome BrowserCharacterization of transcriptsPolymorphic regionSequence-based physical mapProximal breakpoint regionCultured human cellsExtensive sequence analysisCopy number variationsGenomic orientationGene organizationNovel genesCentromeric deletion breakpointGenome sequenceSubfamily proteinsGenome browserGenomic analysisPhysical mapExact protein
2004
A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A
Jiang Y, Sahoo T, Michaelis RC, Bercovich D, Bressler J, Kashork CD, Liu Q, Shaffer LG, Schroer RJ, Stockton DW, Spielman RS, Stevenson RE, Beaudet AL. A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2004, 131A: 1-10. PMID: 15389703, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAutistic DisorderBlotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternBrainChromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Deoxyribonuclease BamHIDeoxyribonuclease HpaIIDNADNA MethylationFemaleGene DuplicationHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleModels, GeneticMutationPedigreeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsOligogenic inheritanceComplex disease traitsGenome-wide studiesAbnormal DNA methylationE6-AP proteinDe novoGenetic modelsRole of UBE3AUbiquitin ligaseDNA methylationEpigenetic abnormalitiesDisease traitsAutism brainPaternal duplicationChromosome 15qUBE3AGenetic contributionRegion downstreamGenesOligogenic modelInheritanceProteinNovoLigaseBrain samples
1999
Genetics of Angelman Syndrome
Jiang Y, Lev-Lehman E, Bressler J, Tsai T, Beaudet A. Genetics of Angelman Syndrome. American Journal Of Human Genetics 1999, 65: 1-6. PMID: 10364509, PMCID: PMC1378067, DOI: 10.1086/302473.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Imprinting in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes
Jiang Y, Tsai T, Bressler J, Beaudet A. Imprinting in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 1998, 8: 334-342. PMID: 9691003, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(98)80091-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngelman SyndromeAnimalsChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Genomic ImprintingHumansLigasesPrader-Willi SyndromeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsE6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligaseUbiquitin-protein ligaseAnalysis of methylationTissue-specific imprintingAngelman syndromeSNRPN promoterPrader-Willi syndromeAS genesMaternal chromosomesGene expressionGenomic sequencingPoint mutationsGenesBisulfite methodMethylationCandidate regionsImprintingHippocampal neuronsDrosophilaNecdinSNRPNLigaseChromosomesPromoterPurkinje cells
1997
The E6–AP Ubiquitin–Protein Ligase (UBE3A) Gene Is Localized within a Narrowed Angelman Syndrome Critical Region
Sutcliffe J, Jiang Y, Galjaard R, Matsuura T, Fang P, Kubota T, Christian S, Bressler J, Cattanach B, Ledbetter D, Beaudet A. The E6–AP Ubiquitin–Protein Ligase (UBE3A) Gene Is Localized within a Narrowed Angelman Syndrome Critical Region. Genome Research 1997, 7: 368-377. PMID: 9110176, PMCID: PMC139148, DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.4.368.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAngelman SyndromeAnimalsBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernChromosome AberrationsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Artificial, YeastChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Cloning, MolecularCosmidsElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldFemaleGene DeletionGene DosageGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenetic MarkersGenomic ImprintingHumansIn Situ HybridizationLigasesMaleMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular Sequence DataPaternityPrader-Willi SyndromeSequence Homology, Amino AcidSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTissue DistributionTranscription, GeneticTranslocation, GeneticUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsLigase geneUbiquitin protein ligase geneAngelman syndromeEntire transcriptional unitCandidate regionsMaternal-specific expressionE6-AP ubiquitinTranscriptional unitsPaternal deficiencyRT-PCR analysisMouse homologPrader-Willi syndromePaternal uniparental disomyPhysical mapDe novo truncating mutationsNovo truncating mutationsRecent identificationUBE3A locusMouse tissuesGenesUbe3a expressionLociUniparental disomyProtein levelsAS regionDe novo truncating mutations in E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in Angelman syndrome
Matsuura T, Sutcliffe J, Fang P, Galjaard R, Jiang Y, Benton C, Rommens J, Beaudet A. De novo truncating mutations in E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in Angelman syndrome. Nature Genetics 1997, 15: 74-77. PMID: 8988172, DOI: 10.1038/ng0197-74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene productsAngelman syndromeNovo truncating mutationsUbiquitin protein ligase geneUbiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathwayE6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligaseHuman genetic disordersUbiquitin-protein ligaseUBE3A geneTruncating mutationsEvidence of expressionUnlikely candidate geneGenetic disordersLigase geneParental allelesAS genesHuman chromosomesPaternal uniparental disomyCandidate genesDe novo truncating mutationsProteolytic pathwayNovo nonsense mutationGenesIntragenic mutationsMolecular defects