2021
Exome Sequencing as a Potential Diagnostic Adjunct in Sporadic Congenital Hydrocephalus
Sullivan W, Reeves BC, Duy PQ, Nelson-Williams C, Dong W, Jin SC, Kahle KT. Exome Sequencing as a Potential Diagnostic Adjunct in Sporadic Congenital Hydrocephalus. JAMA Pediatrics 2021, 175: 310-313. PMID: 33196764, PMCID: PMC7670396, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4878.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus
Jin SC, Dong W, Kundishora AJ, Panchagnula S, Moreno-De-Luca A, Furey CG, Allocco AA, Walker RL, Nelson-Williams C, Smith H, Dunbar A, Conine S, Lu Q, Zeng X, Sierant MC, Knight JR, Sullivan W, Duy PQ, DeSpenza T, Reeves BC, Karimy JK, Marlier A, Castaldi C, Tikhonova IR, Li B, Peña HP, Broach JR, Kabachelor EM, Ssenyonga P, Hehnly C, Ge L, Keren B, Timberlake AT, Goto J, Mangano FT, Johnston JM, Butler WE, Warf BC, Smith ER, Schiff SJ, Limbrick DD, Heuer G, Jackson EM, Iskandar BJ, Mane S, Haider S, Guclu B, Bayri Y, Sahin Y, Duncan CC, Apuzzo MLJ, DiLuna ML, Hoffman EJ, Sestan N, Ment LR, Alper SL, Bilguvar K, Geschwind DH, Günel M, Lifton RP, Kahle KT. Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 1754-1765. PMID: 33077954, PMCID: PMC7871900, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-1090-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusPoor neurodevelopmental outcomesPost-surgical patientsCerebrospinal fluid accumulationNeural stem cell biologyGenetic disruptionWhole-exome sequencingPrimary pathomechanismEarly brain developmentNeurodevelopmental outcomesHigh morbidityCSF diversionMutation burdenFluid accumulationBrain ventriclesCH casesBrain developmentDe novo mutationsPatientsExome sequencingCSF dynamicsDisease mechanismsHydrocephalusNovo mutationsCell typesExome Sequencing Implicates Impaired GABA Signaling and Neuronal Ion Transport in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Dong W, Jin SC, Allocco A, Zeng X, Sheth AH, Panchagnula S, Castonguay A, Lorenzo LÉ, Islam B, Brindle G, Bachand K, Hu J, Sularz A, Gaillard J, Choi J, Dunbar A, Nelson-Williams C, Kiziltug E, Furey CG, Conine S, Duy PQ, Kundishora AJ, Loring E, Li B, Lu Q, Zhou G, Liu W, Li X, Sierant MC, Mane S, Castaldi C, López-Giráldez F, Knight JR, Sekula RF, Simard JM, Eskandar EN, Gottschalk C, Moliterno J, Günel M, Gerrard JL, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG, Barker FG, Alper SL, Chahine M, Haider S, De Koninck Y, Lifton RP, Kahle KT. Exome Sequencing Implicates Impaired GABA Signaling and Neuronal Ion Transport in Trigeminal Neuralgia. IScience 2020, 23: 101552. PMID: 33083721, PMCID: PMC7554653, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrigeminal neuralgiaNeuronal ion transportImpairment of GABAVoltage-gated CaMechanical allodyniaTN pathogenesisPain syndromePain behaviorGABA signalingReceptor ClDisease pathogenesisTN casesFamilial clusteringExome sequencingGenetic factorsVariant burdenNeuralgiaRare damaging variantsPathogenesisGABAChannel CaDamaging variantsProbandsParent-offspring triosLarge-scale genomic studies