2019
CELA2A mutations predispose to early-onset atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome and affect plasma insulin and platelet activation
Esteghamat F, Broughton JS, Smith E, Cardone R, Tyagi T, Guerra M, Szabó A, Ugwu N, Mani MV, Azari B, Kayingo G, Chung S, Fathzadeh M, Weiss E, Bender J, Mane S, Lifton RP, Adeniran A, Nathanson MH, Gorelick FS, Hwa J, Sahin-Tóth M, Belfort-DeAguiar R, Kibbey RG, Mani A. CELA2A mutations predispose to early-onset atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome and affect plasma insulin and platelet activation. Nature Genetics 2019, 51: 1233-1243. PMID: 31358993, PMCID: PMC6675645, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0470-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset atherosclerosisMetabolic syndromeMetabolic syndrome traitsWhole-exome sequence analysisAttractive therapeutic targetPlatelet hyperactivationInsulin levelsPlasma insulinPlasma levelsInsulin sensitivityInsulin secretionTherapeutic targetPlatelet activationDisease mechanismsSyndrome traitsAtherosclerosisFunction mutationsSyndromeNovel lossInsulinMutationsSecretion
2013
Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Lemaire M, Frémeaux-Bacchi V, Schaefer F, Choi M, Tang WH, Le Quintrec M, Fakhouri F, Taque S, Nobili F, Martinez F, Ji W, Overton JD, Mane SM, Nürnberg G, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Morin D, Deschenes G, Baudouin V, Llanas B, Collard L, Majid MA, Simkova E, Nürnberg P, Rioux-Leclerc N, Moeckel GW, Gubler MC, Hwa J, Loirat C, Lifton RP. Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Nature Genetics 2013, 45: 531-536. PMID: 23542698, PMCID: PMC3719402, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAtypical Hemolytic Uremic SyndromeChildChild, PreschoolDiacylglycerol KinaseExomeFemaleGenes, RecessiveHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesInfantMaleMolecular Sequence DataMutationRenal Insufficiency, ChronicThrombocytopeniaThrombotic Microangiopathies