2024
De novo variants disrupt an LDB1-regulated transcriptional network in congenital ventriculomegaly
Allington G, Mehta N, Dennis E, Mekbib K, Reeves B, Kiziltug E, Chen S, Zhao S, Duy P, Saleh M, Ang L, Fan B, Nelson-Williams C, Moreno-de-Luca A, Haider S, Lifton R, Alper S, McGee S, Jin S, Kahle K. De novo variants disrupt an LDB1-regulated transcriptional network in congenital ventriculomegaly. Brain 2024, awae395. PMID: 39680505, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLIM interaction domainNeurodevelopmental disorder genesLIM homeodomain proteinsDe novo variantsIntegrative multiomic analysisRegulated assemblyTranscriptional regulationTranscriptional networksDisorder genesInteraction domainTranscriptional modulationTranscriptional programsMultiomics analysisLdb1Brain morphogenesisSignificant enrichmentDysmorphic featuresSignificance thresholdGenesCerebral ventriculomegalySMARCC1ARID1BCongenital hydrocephalusVariantsDevelopmental delay
2023
A novel SMARCC1 BAFopathy implicates neural progenitor epigenetic dysregulation in human hydrocephalus
Singh A, Allington G, Viviano S, McGee S, Kiziltug E, Ma S, Zhao S, Mekbib K, Shohfi J, Duy P, DeSpenza T, Furey C, Reeves B, Smith H, Sousa A, Cherskov A, Allocco A, Nelson-Williams C, Haider S, Rizvi S, Alper S, Sestan N, Shimelis H, Walsh L, Lifton R, Moreno-De-Luca A, Jin S, Kruszka P, Deniz E, Kahle K. A novel SMARCC1 BAFopathy implicates neural progenitor epigenetic dysregulation in human hydrocephalus. Brain 2023, 147: 1553-1570. PMID: 38128548, PMCID: PMC10994532, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awad405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAqueductal stenosisDe novo variantsCardiac defectsCerebral ventriculomegalyPatient cohortFetal brain transcriptomeStructural brain disordersTranscription factor NeuroD2Large patient cohortCorpus callosum abnormalitiesHuman fetal brainOptical coherence tomographyWhole-exome sequencingNeural stem cellsCH patientsHuman hydrocephalusControl cohortClinical managementCommon disorderCallosum abnormalitiesFetal brainBrain disordersBrain surgeryCH pathogenesisPatients