2019
Aberrant splicing contributes to severe α-spectrin-linked congenital hemolytic anemia
Gallagher PG, Maksimova Y, Lezon-Geyda K, Newburger PE, Medeiros D, Hanson RD, Rothman J, Israels S, Wall DA, Sidonio RF, Sieff C, Gowans LK, Mittal N, Rivera-Santiago R, Speicher DW, Baserga SJ, Schulz VP. Aberrant splicing contributes to severe α-spectrin-linked congenital hemolytic anemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2019, 129: 2878-2887. PMID: 31038472, PMCID: PMC6597203, DOI: 10.1172/jci127195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecessive hereditary spherocytosisSplice acceptor siteHuman genetic diseasesMRNA stability studiesAberrant splicing contributesSplicing contributesWhole-genome sequencingSplicing analysisHereditary pyropoikilocytosisTermination codonNull allelesGenome sequencingWhole-exome sequencingBranch pointsNumerous mutationsGenetic diseasesLinkage disequilibriumMRNA transcriptsΑ-spectrinMinigene studiesAcceptor sitesMutationsExome sequencingNew targets
2018
Pklr Intron Splicing-Associated Mutations and Alternate Diagnoses Are Common in Pyruvate Kinase Deficient Patients with Single or No Pklr Coding Mutations
Lezon-Geyda K, Rose M, McNaull M, Knoll C, Yaish H, Pastore Y, Fermi E, Glader B, Bianchi P, Grace R, Gallagher P. Pklr Intron Splicing-Associated Mutations and Alternate Diagnoses Are Common in Pyruvate Kinase Deficient Patients with Single or No Pklr Coding Mutations. Blood 2018, 132: 3607. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-genome sequencingPyruvate kinase-deficient patientsSplice siteDonor splice sitePyruvate kinasePK-deficient patientsGenome sequencingPKLR geneSequence analysisWhole-exome sequencingIntron mutationsDominant negative phenotypeExon 7Exon 10Detailed sequence analysisPyruvate kinase geneDisease-associated variantsRare genetic variantsNormal mRNA processingSplice acceptor siteRegion mutationsIntron retentionErythroid promoterGenome databasePremature chain termination