2024
Case report: Novel variants cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in three unrelated families from Mali
Bamba S, Sidibé L, Diallo S, Cissé L, Dembélé K, Yalcouyé A, Ji W, Dembélé M, Diarra S, Maiga A, Traoré O, Diallo S, Mefoung S, Touré A, Koné A, Jeffries L, Guinto C, Mis E, Fischbeck K, Khokha M, Lakhani S, Landouré G. Case report: Novel variants cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in three unrelated families from Mali. Frontiers In Genetics 2024, 15: 1412442. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1412442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingGenetic basisIdentified rare variantsIn silico prediction analysisCompound heterozygous variantsPutative variantsIn silico toolsACMG criteriaExome sequencingProtein structureNovel variantsEpileptic encephalopathyAssess pathogenicityHeterozygous variantsRare variantsHomozygous variantSub-Saharan AfricaDisease mechanismsAssociated with earlier onsetRefractory to antiepileptic medicationsResistant to treatmentGroup of neurological disordersMalian familyEarly-onset seizuresPotential clinical implicationsExome sequencing reveals genetic heterogeneity in consanguineous Pakistani families with neurodevelopmental and neuromuscular disorders
Bibi A, Ji W, Jeffries L, Zerillo C, Konstantino M, Mis E, Khursheed F, Khokha M, Lakhani S, Malik S. Exome sequencing reveals genetic heterogeneity in consanguineous Pakistani families with neurodevelopmental and neuromuscular disorders. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars In Medical Genetics 2024, e32103. PMID: 39152716, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.32103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExome sequencingConsanguineous Pakistani familyDisease-causing genesFamily segregation analysisAssociated with phenotypesAffected individualsAccurate molecular diagnosisACMG criteriaCandidate variantsGenomic studiesPakistani familyGenomic researchGenetic heterogeneityNovel variantsSegregation analysisConsanguineous familyGenetic variantsNeurodevelopmental disordersHomozygous variantNeuromuscular disordersMiddle-income countriesMolecular diagnosisExomeES dataClinical phenotypeA Novel Variant in the Cyto-Tail of SMO Gene Underlying Isolated Postaxial Polydactyly
Khan M, Abdullah, Khan H, Zaman A, Ahmed S, Iqbal P, Bilal M, Ullah K, Hasni M, Ullah I, Mis E, Lakhani S, Ahmad W. A Novel Variant in the Cyto-Tail of SMO Gene Underlying Isolated Postaxial Polydactyly. Molecular Syndromology 2024, 1-7. DOI: 10.1159/000539279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHomozygous missense variantWhole-exome sequencingHereditary limb malformationsSonic hedgehog pathwayAutosomal recessive mannerSequence variantsMissense variantsProtein foldingIsolated postaxial polydactylyExome sequencingSegregation analysisNovel variantsConsanguineous familySanger sequencingSMO genesExtra digitsHomology modelingCellular differentiationHedgehog pathwayRecessive mannerEmbryonic cellsPostaxial polydactylySequencePreaxial polydactylyVariants
2020
The latest FADS: Functional analysis of GLDN patient variants and classification of GLDN‐associated AMC as a type of viable fetal akinesia deformation sequence
Mis EK, Al‐Ali S, Ji W, Spencer‐Manzon M, Konstantino M, Khokha MK, Jeffries L, Lakhani SA. The latest FADS: Functional analysis of GLDN patient variants and classification of GLDN‐associated AMC as a type of viable fetal akinesia deformation sequence. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2020, 182: 2291-2296. PMID: 32812332, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal akinesia deformation sequenceArthrogryposis multiplex congenitaCohort of patientsScope of illnessPulmonary hypoplasiaAdditional patientsClinical featuresNeonatal supportNervous system developmentMultiplex congenitaCongenital contracturesPatientsHeterogenous conditionRecessive variantsPatient variantsFunctional evidenceCohortNovel variantsContractureFunctional dataSyndromeHypoplasiaIllnessVariantsFindings