2016
Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly
Li H, Bielas SL, Zaki MS, Ismail S, Farfara D, Um K, Rosti RO, Scott EC, Tu S, C. NC, Gabriel S, Erson-Omay EZ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Yasuno K, Çağlayan AO, Kaymakçalan H, Ekici B, Bilguvar K, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2016, 99: 501-510. PMID: 27453578, PMCID: PMC4974110, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPrimary microcephalyHuman primary microcephalyAutosomal recessive primary microcephalyNon-progressive intellectual disabilityAmino acid residuesPluripotent stem cellsMitotic cytokinesisCellular functionsGenome editingCell divisionKinase domainAbnormal cytokinesisCRISPR/Homozygous missense mutationCytokinesisKinase activityMultipolar spindlesNeural progenitorsAcid residuesFunction mutationsMissense mutationsStem cellsMultiple rolesMutations
2009
Clinical and genomic characterization of distal duplications and deletions of chromosome 4q: Study of two cases and review of the literature
Rossi MR, DiMaio MS, Xiang B, Lu K, Kaymakcalan H, Seashore M, Mahoney MJ, Li P. Clinical and genomic characterization of distal duplications and deletions of chromosome 4q: Study of two cases and review of the literature. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2009, 149A: 2788-2794. PMID: 19921640, PMCID: PMC2788106, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPierre Robin sequenceRobin sequenceVariable clinical presentationFurther genotype-phenotype correlationsMb deletionGenotype-phenotype correlationSecond patientClinical presentationCardiac anomaliesNewborn periodArray comparative genomic hybridization analysisComparative genomic hybridization analysisCardiac abnormalitiesPaternal genetic factorsGenomic hybridization analysisFamilial variantPatientsPregnant femalesGenetic factorsDistal duplicationVariable expressionVariable expressivityDistal long armGenomic findingsDisability