2024
EPCO-35. GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMAS
Alanya H, Yalcin K, Hilton B, Gultekin B, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Gunel M, Omay S, Erson-Omay Z. EPCO-35. GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMAS. Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: viii9-viii9. PMCID: PMC11553213, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae165.0034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGH-secreting pituitary adenomasWhole-exome sequencingPituitary adenomasGNAS mutationsCopy number variationsSporadic GH-secreting pituitary adenomasGrowth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenomasGenomic profilingGrowth hormone secreting pituitary adenomaSecreting pituitary adenomasBlood samplesComprehensive genomic characterizationSomatic GNAS mutationsSingle nucleotide variantsMatched blood samplesGenomic instabilityAssessment of genomic instabilityStatistically significant differenceTumor sizeClinical featuresTumor samplesClinical dataTumorExome sequencingBrain tumorsCC2D1A causes ciliopathy, intellectual disability, heterotaxy, renal dysplasia, and abnormal CSF flow
Kim A, Sakin I, Viviano S, Tuncel G, Aguilera S, Goles G, Jeffries L, Ji W, Lakhani S, Kose C, Silan F, Oner S, Kaplan O, Group M, Ergoren M, Mishra-Gorur K, Gunel M, Sag S, Temel S, Deniz E. CC2D1A causes ciliopathy, intellectual disability, heterotaxy, renal dysplasia, and abnormal CSF flow. Life Science Alliance 2024, 7: e202402708. PMID: 39168639, PMCID: PMC11339347, DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental disabilitiesIntellectual disabilityPatient-derived fibroblastsMidbrain regionsBrain developmentDefective ciliogenesisCSF circulationDisabilityCSF flowAbnormal CSF flowNervous system developmentMutant tadpolesCiliated tissuesMultiple model systemsVariant functionPronephric ductUnrelated familiesCC2D1AExpression patternsCiliogenesisRenal dysplasiaLeft-right organizerFunctional analysisDisease mechanismsBrainVariations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group.
Tabor J, Dincer A, O'Brien J, Lei H, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Jalal M, Yalcin K, Morales-Valero S, Marianayagam N, Alanya H, Elsamadicy A, Millares Chavez M, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Jin L, Erson-Omay E, Günel M, Moliterno J. Variations in the genomic profiles and clinical behavior of meningioma by racial and ethnic group. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 141: 664-672. PMID: 38518289, DOI: 10.3171/2024.1.jns231633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack patientsSporadic meningiomasClinical outcomesGenomic profilingClinical behavior of meningiomasShorter progression-free survivalAnterior skull base tumorsClinical data of patientsHispanic patientsProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionBehavior of meningiomasIncreased recurrence rateRate of recurrenceSkull base tumorsData of patientsSomatic driver mutationsNon-Black patientsShorter PFSOverall survivalAggressive meningiomasTRAF7 mutationsIntracranial meningiomasMeningioma resectionNon-black groupReply to Pisan et al.: Pathogenicity of inherited TRAF7 mutations in congenital heart disease
Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Kaulen L, Henegariu O, Jin S, Aguilera S, Yalbir E, Goles G, Nishimura S, Miyagishima D, Djenoune L, Altinok S, K. D, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-encicek A, Bilguvar K, Lifton R, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Reply to Pisan et al.: Pathogenicity of inherited TRAF7 mutations in congenital heart disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2319578121. PMID: 38466853, PMCID: PMC10963000, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319578121.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2023
Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas.
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Vasandani S, Vetsa S, Lei H, Jalal M, Marianayagam N, Jin L, Millares Chavez M, Haynes J, Dincer A, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Omay S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Morales-Valero S, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic differences in supratentorial versus infratentorial NF2 mutant meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2023, 139: 1648-1656. PMID: 37243548, DOI: 10.3171/2023.4.jns222929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubtotal resectionSupratentorial tumorsElevated Ki-67High-risk featuresProgression-free survivalChromosome 1p deletionInfratentorial counterpartsInfratentorial tumorsPostoperative managementSomatic driver mutationsCerebral convexityGrade IIInfratentorial meningiomasKi-67Posterior fossaLoss of heterozygosityMeningiomasResectionTumorsWhole-exome sequencing dataDriver mutationsHigh gradeSignificant differencesExome sequencing dataSporadic meningiomasPleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease
Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Kaulen L, Henegariu O, Jin S, Aguilera S, Yalbir E, Goles G, Nishimura S, Miyagishima D, Djenoune L, Altinok S, K. D, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-Sencicek A, Bilguvar K, Lifton R, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Pleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2214997120. PMID: 37043537, PMCID: PMC10120005, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214997120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWild-type proteinInherited mutationsCardiac outflow tractDevelopmental heart defectsProtein functionLack ciliaPleiotropic rolesMechanistic convergenceNeural crestCiliary defectsSomatic variantsForebrain meningesCommon originDominant mannerMutationsTRAF7ZebrafishMutantsDisparate pathologiesHeterodimerizationKnockdownGeneticsProteinCiliaCongenital heart
2022
Correction: Genomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas
Erson-Omay EZ, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Barak T, Nadar A, Marianayagam NJ, Yalcin K, Miyagishima D, Aguilera SM, Robert S, Mishra-Gorur K, Fulbright RK, McGuone D, Günel M, Moliterno J. Correction: Genomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas. BMC Medical Genomics 2022, 15: 131. PMID: 35698142, PMCID: PMC9190101, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01273-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas
Erson-Omay EZ, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Barak T, Nadar A, Marianayagam NJ, Yalcin K, Miyagishima D, Aguilera SM, Robert S, Mishra-Gorur K, Fulbright RK, McGuone D, Günel M, Moliterno J. Genomic profiling of sporadic multiple meningiomas. BMC Medical Genomics 2022, 15: 112. PMID: 35568945, PMCID: PMC9107270, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01258-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrade IComprehensive next-generation sequencingMonoclonal originClinical management strategiesPrior radiation exposureRelevant clinical dataMajority of tumorsInter-tumoral heterogeneitySurgical resectionClinical behaviorGrade IIClinical dataFamily historyMultiple meningiomasGrade I.Same patientMonoclonal expansionPatientsClonal formationBilateral meningiomasMeningiomasIndividual tumorsTumorsPatient behavesGenomic profilingTRAF7 Mutated Subgroups Differ in Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas with Hyperostosis
Jin L, Vetsa S, Vasandani S, Nadar A, Youngblood M, Gupte T, Barak T, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, Blondin N, Gorelick E, Omay S, Pointdujour-Lim R, Judson B, Alperovich M, Aboian M, Marianayagam N, McGuone D, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Fulbright R, Moliterno J. TRAF7 Mutated Subgroups Differ in Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas with Hyperostosis. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base 2022, 83: s1-s270. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743640.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans
Barak T, Ristori E, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Miyagishima DF, Nelson-Williams C, Dong W, Jin SC, Prendergast A, Armero W, Henegariu O, Erson-Omay EZ, Harmancı AS, Guy M, Gültekin B, Kilic D, Rai DK, Goc N, Aguilera SM, Gülez B, Altinok S, Ozcan K, Yarman Y, Coskun S, Sempou E, Deniz E, Hintzen J, Cox A, Fomchenko E, Jung SW, Ozturk AK, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Connolly ES, Khokha MK, Kahle KT, Yasuno K, Lifton RP, Mishra-Gorur K, Nicoli S, Günel M. PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 2165-2175. PMID: 34887573, PMCID: PMC8768030, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01572-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPeptidyl-prolyl cis-transPathogenesis of IAContribution of variantsCommon genetic variantsVertebrate modelDeleterious mutationsWnt activatorAssociation studiesWhole-exome sequencingSignificant enrichmentGenetic variantsWntAngiogenesis regulatorsMutationsGene mutationsBrain angiogenesisIntracranial aneurysm ruptureJMJD6AngiogenesisCerebrovascular morphologyCerebrovascular integrityIntracerebral hemorrhageAneurysm ruptureVariantsEPCO-29. GENOMIC PROFILING OF SPORADIC MULTIPLE MENINGIOMAS
Erson-Omay Z, Barak T, Vetsa S, Nadar A, Miyagishima D, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Fulbright R, Gunel M, Moliterno-Gunel J. EPCO-29. GENOMIC PROFILING OF SPORADIC MULTIPLE MENINGIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology 2021, 23: vi8-vi8. DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab196.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNIMG-64. TYPE OF BONY INVOLVEMENT PREDICTS GENOMIC SUBGROUP IN SPHENOID WING MENINGIOMAS
Jin L, Youngblood M, Gupte T, Vetsa S, Nadar A, Barak T, Yalcin K, Aguilera S, Mishra-Gorur K, Blondin N, Omay S, Pointdujour-Lim R, Judson B, Alperovich M, Aboian M, McGuone D, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Fulbright R, Moliterno J. NIMG-64. TYPE OF BONY INVOLVEMENT PREDICTS GENOMIC SUBGROUP IN SPHENOID WING MENINGIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology 2021, 23: vi144-vi144. PMCID: PMC8598770, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab196.562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSphenoid wing meningiomaSpheno-orbital meningiomasBony involvementTRAF7 mutationsTumor invasionGenomic subgroupsPre-operative clinical featuresYale-New Haven HospitalAdditional clinical variablesSubset of tumorsPre-operative predictionLogistic regression modelsWhole-exome sequencingClinical featuresClinical variablesGrade IIPredictive logistic regression modelRecurrence patternsMolecular subtypesClinical implicationsExome sequencingHyperostosisMeningiomasTumorsGenomic driversType of bony involvement predicts genomic subgroup in sphenoid wing meningiomas
Jin L, Youngblood MW, Gupte TP, Vetsa S, Nadar A, Barak T, Yalcin K, Aguilera SM, Mishra-Gorur K, Blondin NA, Gorelick E, Omay SB, Pointdujour-Lim R, Judson BL, Alperovich M, Aboian MS, McGuone D, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Fulbright RK, Moliterno J. Type of bony involvement predicts genomic subgroup in sphenoid wing meningiomas. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2021, 154: 237-246. PMID: 34350560, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-021-03819-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpheno-orbital meningiomasSphenoid wing meningiomaBony involvementTRAF7 mutationsGenomic subgroupsPre-operative clinical featuresTumor invasionYale-New Haven HospitalAdditional clinical variablesSubset of tumorsPre-operative predictionWhole-exome sequencingBone involvementBone invasionClinical featuresClinical variablesGrade IIMolecular subtypesRecurrence patternsClinical implicationsHyperostosisExome sequencingMeningiomasTumorsGenomic drivers
2020
Clinical and genomic factors associated with seizures in meningiomas.
Gupte TP, Li C, Jin L, Yalcin K, Youngblood MW, Miyagishima DF, Mishra-Gorur K, Zhao AY, Antonios J, Huttner A, McGuone D, Blondin NA, Contessa JN, Zhang Y, Fulbright RK, Gunel M, Erson-Omay Z, Moliterno J. Clinical and genomic factors associated with seizures in meningiomas. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2020, 135: 835-844. PMID: 33276341, DOI: 10.3171/2020.7.jns201042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreoperative seizuresPostoperative seizuresAtypical histologyMultivariate analysisWorse progression-free survivalGenomic subgroupsYale-New Haven HospitalAssociation of seizuresAntiepileptic drug useProgression-free survivalSeizure-free patientsGross total resectionExtent of resectionMultiple risk factorsNF2 mutationsNew Haven HospitalLogistic regression modelsPostoperative radiationSeizure freedomClinical courseSeizure presentationSomatic NF2 mutationsBrain invasionRecurrent tumorsRisk factors
2019
Spz/Toll-6 signal guides organotropic metastasis in Drosophila
Mishra-Gorur K, Li D, Ma X, Yarman Y, Xue L, Xu T. Spz/Toll-6 signal guides organotropic metastasis in Drosophila. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2019, 12: dmm039727. PMID: 31477571, PMCID: PMC6826028, DOI: 10.1242/dmm.039727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-6Cell migrationRNA interference screenToll family receptorsNovel signaling mechanismReceptive organsInterference screenDevelopmental biologyToll ligandToll receptorWing discGenetic analysisJNK signalingKey regulatorSignaling mechanismCancer biologyOrgan-specific metastasisExhibit traitsHuman cancersOrganotropic metastasisGuidance moleculesPromotes metastasisPowerful modelInnate immunityNF-κB pathwayIdentification of Peptidyl-Prolyl Cis-Trans Isomerase-Like 4 as a Disease Causing Gene in Intracranial Aneurysms and its Role in Vertebrate CNS Specific Angiogenesis.
Tanyeri Barak, MD, Adife Gulhan Ercan Sencicek, PhD, Danielle F Miyagishima, BA, Octavian Henegariu, MDP, hD, Ketu Mishra Gorur, PhD, Kaya Bilguvar, Murat Gunel, MD, Identification of Peptidyl-Prolyl Cis-Trans Isomerase-Like 4 as a Disease Causing Gene in Intracranial Aneurysms and its Role in Vertebrate CNS Specific Angiogenesis, Neurosurgery, Volume 66, Issue Supplement_1, September 2019, nyz310_303.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Correction: Author Correction: Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas
Harmancı AS, Youngblood MW, Clark VE, Coşkun S, Henegariu O, Duran D, Erson-Omay EZ, Kaulen LD, Lee TI, Abraham BJ, Simon M, Krischek B, Timmer M, Goldbrunner R, Omay SB, Baranoski J, Baran B, Carrión-Grant G, Bai H, Mishra-Gorur K, Schramm J, Moliterno J, Vortmeyer AO, Bilgüvar K, Yasuno K, Young RA, Günel M. Correction: Author Correction: Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 16215. PMID: 29676392, PMCID: PMC5919704, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16215.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Combined HMG-COA reductase and prenylation inhibition in treatment of CCM
Nishimura S, Mishra-Gorur K, Park J, Surovtseva YV, Sebti SM, Levchenko A, Louvi A, Gunel M. Combined HMG-COA reductase and prenylation inhibition in treatment of CCM. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 5503-5508. PMID: 28500274, PMCID: PMC5448170, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702942114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAstrocytesDiphosphonatesDrosophilaDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug Therapy, CombinationEndothelial CellsFatty Acids, MonounsaturatedFemaleFluvastatinHemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous SystemHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsImidazolesIndolesMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMicePregnancyProtein PrenylationZoledronic AcidConceptsCerebral cavernous malformationsTreatment of CCMsCommon vascular anomaliesPotential pharmacological treatment optionsFocal neurological deficitsPharmacological treatment optionsCCM diseaseAcute mouse modelCentral nervous systemNeurological deficitsHemorrhagic strokePharmacological therapyLesion burdenVascular deficitsSymptomatic lesionsCombination therapyTreatment optionsVascular anomaliesGlial cellsCavernous malformationsMouse modelPrimary astrocytesNervous systemDrug AdministrationSustained inhibitionDisruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly
Sgourdou P, Mishra-Gorur K, Saotome I, Henagariu O, Tuysuz B, Campos C, Ishigame K, Giannikou K, Quon JL, Sestan N, Caglayan AO, Gunel M, Louvi A. Disruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 43708. PMID: 28272472, PMCID: PMC5341122, DOI: 10.1038/srep43708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAurora Kinase BBrainCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCentrosomeConsanguinityDisease Models, AnimalEpistasis, GeneticFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene ExpressionHumansInheritance PatternsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicrocephalyMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsPedigreeWhole Genome SequencingConceptsChromosome passenger complexPatient-derived fibroblastsCentrosome inheritanceNeocortical progenitorsDisease-associated mutant formsSpindle pole localizationAurora kinase BPassenger complexMitotic progressionMouse orthologDiverse functionsMutant formsWD repeat domain 62Key regulatorCPC componentsKinase BPole localizationPrimary microcephalyLate neurogenesisRecessive mutationsNeuronal differentiationWDR62Severe brain malformationsReduced proliferationNeocortical developmentIntegrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas
Harmancı AS, Youngblood MW, Clark VE, Coşkun S, Henegariu O, Duran D, Erson-Omay EZ, Kaulen LD, Lee TI, Abraham BJ, Simon M, Krischek B, Timmer M, Goldbrunner R, Omay SB, Baranoski J, Baran B, Carrión-Grant G, Bai H, Mishra-Gorur K, Schramm J, Moliterno J, Vortmeyer AO, Bilgüvar K, Yasuno K, Young RA, Günel M. Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 14433. PMID: 28195122, PMCID: PMC5316884, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesBrain NeoplasmsCell Transformation, NeoplasticChromosomal InstabilityCluster AnalysisDNA MethylationE2F2 Transcription FactorEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEpigenomicsExomeForkhead Box Protein M1Gene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Regulatory NetworksGene SilencingGenes, Neurofibromatosis 2GenomeGenomicsGenotyping TechniquesHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesMeningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaMolecular Probe TechniquesMutationPhenotypePolycomb Repressive Complex 2Promoter Regions, GeneticRNA, MessengerSequence AnalysisSignal TransductionSMARCB1 ProteinTranscriptomeConceptsPolycomb repressive complex 2Human embryonic stem cellsRepressive complex 2Integrated genomic analysisEmbryonic stem cellsDe novo pathwayH3K27me3 signalsTranscriptional networksPRC2 complexEpigenomic analysisCellular statesCatalytic subunitGenomic analysisGenomic instabilityHypermethylated phenotypeGenomic landscapeNovo pathwayDisplay lossStem cellsPotential therapeutic targetExhibit upregulationPromoter mutationsTherapeutic targetMutationsComplexes 2