2019
ALG9 Mutation Carriers Develop Kidney and Liver Cysts
Besse W, Chang AR, Luo JZ, Triffo WJ, Moore BS, Gulati A, Hartzel DN, Mane S, Center R, Torres VE, Somlo S, Mirshahi T. ALG9 Mutation Carriers Develop Kidney and Liver Cysts. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2019, 30: 2091-2102. PMID: 31395617, PMCID: PMC6830805, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2019030298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteins polycystin-1Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDisease genesRare loss-of-function variantsN-glycan precursorsNovel disease genesLoss-of-function variantsEndoplasmic reticulum lumenLoss-of-function mutationsMonogenic kidney diseaseWhole-exome sequencingGenotype-phenotype correlationProtein biogenesisProtein maturationReticulum lumenPolycystin-1Endoplasmic reticulumGene productsPopulation-based cohortCell-based assaysPhenotypic characterizationPolycystic phenotypeMutation carrier stateDefective glycosylationDominant polycystic kidney disease
2018
Monoallelic Mutations to DNAJB11 Cause Atypical Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Gall E, Olson RJ, Besse W, Heyer CM, Gainullin VG, Smith JM, Audrézet MP, Hopp K, Porath B, Shi B, Baheti S, Senum SR, Arroyo J, Madsen CD, Férec C, Joly D, Jouret F, Fikri-Benbrahim O, Charasse C, Coulibaly JM, Yu AS, Khalili K, Pei Y, Somlo S, Le Meur Y, Torres VE, Group G, Group T, Disease T, Harris PC. Monoallelic Mutations to DNAJB11 Cause Atypical Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2018, 102: 832-844. PMID: 29706351, PMCID: PMC5986722, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingEnd-stage renal diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePhenotypically similar familiesNext-generation sequencingDevelopment of kidney cystsCystic kidneysPolycystic kidney diseaseTargeted next-generation sequencingFrameshift changesInterstitial fibrosisKidney diseasePhenotypic hybridsMissense variantsMembrane proteinsTrafficking defectsADTKDEpisodes of goutLate-onset end-stage renal diseaseProgressive interstitial fibrosisAffected membersMultigenerational familiesCo-factorPhenotypic overlapPartial phenotypic overlap