2015
Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Genetic Features of Tangier Disease in an Adolescent Girl with Presentation of Peripheral Neuropathy
Per H, Canpolat M, Bayram A, Ulgen E, Baran B, Kardas F, Gumus H, Kumandas S, Bilguvar K, Çağlayan A. Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Genetic Features of Tangier Disease in an Adolescent Girl with Presentation of Peripheral Neuropathy. Neuropediatrics 2015, 46: 420-423. PMID: 26479764, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral neuropathyTangier diseaseLipid electrophoresisHigh-density lipoprotein levelsPlasma high-density lipoprotein levelsCassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) geneWhole-exome sequencingLike neuropathyPediatric patientsFemale patientsHDL cholesterolLipoprotein levelsSystemic findingsHDL levelsDifferential diagnosisAsymptomatic sisterNeuropathyPatientsTransporter 1 geneDiagnostic testsExome sequencingAdolescent girlsDiagnosisGenetic featuresGenetic diagnosis
2014
Exome Sequencing Links Corticospinal Motor Neuron Disease to Common Neurodegenerative Disorders
Novarino G, Fenstermaker AG, Zaki MS, Hofree M, Silhavy JL, Heiberg AD, Abdellateef M, Rosti B, Scott E, Mansour L, Masri A, Kayserili H, Al-Aama JY, Abdel-Salam GMH, Karminejad A, Kara M, Kara B, Bozorgmehri B, Ben-Omran T, Mojahedi F, Mahmoud I, Bouslam N, Bouhouche A, Benomar A, Hanein S, Raymond L, Forlani S, Mascaro M, Selim L, Shehata N, Al-Allawi N, Bindu PS, Azam M, Gunel M, Caglayan A, Bilguvar K, Tolun A, Issa MY, Schroth J, Spencer EG, Rosti RO, Akizu N, Vaux KK, Johansen A, Koh AA, Megahed H, Durr A, Brice A, Stevanin G, Gabriel SB, Ideker T, Gleeson JG. Exome Sequencing Links Corticospinal Motor Neuron Disease to Common Neurodegenerative Disorders. Science 2014, 343: 506-511. PMID: 24482476, PMCID: PMC4157572, DOI: 10.1126/science.1247363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary spastic paraplegiaFurther candidate genesMotor neuron diseaseNeurodegenerative disordersGene discoveryHSP genesGenetic basisCandidate genesNetwork analysisNeuron diseaseCellular transportWhole-exome sequencingNeurodegenerative motor neuron diseaseProgressive age-dependent lossAge-dependent lossGenesMechanistic understandingMotor tract functionCommon neurodegenerative disorderFraction of casesTract functionGenetic diagnosisSpastic paraplegiaGlobal viewDisease