2022
Rare pathogenic variants in WNK3 cause X-linked intellectual disability
Küry S, Zhang J, Besnard T, Caro-Llopis A, Zeng X, Robert SM, Josiah SS, Kiziltug E, Denommé-Pichon AS, Cogné B, Kundishora AJ, Hao LT, Li H, Stevenson RE, Louie RJ, Deb W, Torti E, Vignard V, McWalter K, Raymond FL, Rajabi F, Ranza E, Grozeva D, Coury SA, Blanc X, Brischoux-Boucher E, Keren B, Õunap K, Reinson K, Ilves P, Wentzensen IM, Barr EE, Guihard SH, Charles P, Seaby EG, Monaghan KG, Rio M, van Bever Y, van Slegtenhorst M, Chung WK, Wilson A, Quinquis D, Bréhéret F, Retterer K, Lindenbaum P, Scalais E, Rhodes L, Stouffs K, Pereira EM, Berger SM, Milla SS, Jaykumar AB, Cobb MH, Panchagnula S, Duy PQ, Vincent M, Mercier S, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Le Guillou X, Audebert-Bellanger S, Odent S, Schmitt S, Boisseau P, Bonneau D, Toutain A, Colin E, Pasquier L, Redon R, Bouman A, Rosenfeld JA, Friez MJ, Pérez-Peña H, Akhtar Rizvi SR, Haider S, Antonarakis SE, Schwartz CE, Martínez F, Bézieau S, Kahle KT, Isidor B. Rare pathogenic variants in WNK3 cause X-linked intellectual disability. Genetics In Medicine 2022, 24: 1941-1951. PMID: 35678782, DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathogenic missense variantsMissense variantsIntellectual disabilityCation-chloride cotransportersGenome sequenceCatalytic domainInhibitory phosphorylationStructural brain abnormalitiesStructural brain defectsRare pathogenic variantsLarge familyWNK3Synaptic inhibitionCotransporter KCC2Brain abnormalitiesRare formPathogenic mechanismsDifferent familiesSporadic formsPathogenic variantsBrain defectsUnrelated familiesAffected individualsKCC2Epilepsy
2019
Recessive Inheritance of Congenital Hydrocephalus With Other Structural Brain Abnormalities Caused by Compound Heterozygous Mutations in ATP1A3
Allocco AA, Jin SC, Duy PQ, Furey CG, Zeng X, Dong W, Nelson-Williams C, Karimy JK, DeSpenza T, Hao LT, Reeves B, Haider S, Gunel M, Lifton RP, Kahle KT. Recessive Inheritance of Congenital Hydrocephalus With Other Structural Brain Abnormalities Caused by Compound Heterozygous Mutations in ATP1A3. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2019, 13: 425. PMID: 31616254, PMCID: PMC6775207, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCongenital hydrocephalusWhole-exome sequencingNeural stem cellsImmunohistochemical studyType 1 Chiari malformationUnaffected parentsStructural brain abnormalitiesAutosomal dominant neurological diseaseHuman congenital hydrocephalusCompound heterozygous mutationsPatient's unaffected parentsEmbryonic brain tissueImpaired NaAqueductal stenosisChiari malformationBrain abnormalitiesCorpus callosumMouse embryonic brainSingle patientChoroid plexusNeurological diseasesΑ3 subunitBrain tissueDifferentiated neuronsBrain development