2024
Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms and phenotypic characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn variants
Kaymakcalan Celebiler H, Barak T, Rai D, Kaya I, Erbilgin S, Cikili Uytun M, Oztop D, Gumus H, Per H, Ceylaner S, Bozkurt I, Kontaridis M, Bilguvar K, Akhun N, Kilincaslan A, Caglayan A, Erson-Omay E, Gunel M, Ercan-Sencicek A. Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms and phenotypic characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn variants. Molecular Syndromology 2024, 1-15. DOI: 10.1159/000542367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingStandard Sanger sequencingMucopolysaccharidosis type IIIBExome sequencingProgressive neurodegenerative disorderConsanguineous familySanger sequencingNAGLU genePhenotypic characteristicsMagnetic resonance imagingEnzymatic assayNeurodegenerative disordersAffected individualsLoss of activityNeurodegenerative symptomsAutosomal recessive lysosomal disorderCellular mechanismsVariantsLysosomal disorderEnzymeNormal MRI findingsSequenceMPS IIIBMRI findingsType IIIB
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