2020
DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes
Marquez J, Mann N, Arana K, Deniz E, Ji W, Konstantino M, Mis EK, Deshpande C, Jeffries L, McGlynn J, Hugo H, Widmeier E, Konrad M, Tasic V, Morotti R, Baptista J, Ellard S, Lakhani SA, Hildebrandt F, Khokha MK. DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes. Journal Of Medical Genetics 2020, 58: 453-464. PMID: 32631816, PMCID: PMC7785698, DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoss of ciliaPatient tissuesPatient variantsCongenital heart diseaseMultiple organ systemsMultiple congenital anomaliesDLG5 variantsVariety of pathologiesNephrotic syndromeHeart diseaseCongenital anomaliesRespiratory tractKidney tissueOrgan systemsCystic kidneysPatient phenotypesKidneyDiseaseLimb abnormalitiesUnrelated familiesRescue experimentsCraniofacial malformationsCilia dysfunctionTissue-specific manifestationsTissue
2018
Two siblings with a novel nonsense variant provide further delineation of the spectrum of recessive KLHL7 diseases
Jeffries L, Olivieri JE, Ji W, Spencer-Manzon M, Bale A, Konstantino M, Lakhani SA. Two siblings with a novel nonsense variant provide further delineation of the spectrum of recessive KLHL7 diseases. European Journal Of Medical Genetics 2018, 62: 103551. PMID: 30300710, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKLHL7 mutationsCrisponi syndromeSyndrome type 1Novel nonsense variantBohring-Opitz syndromeNovel multisystem diseaseNovel homozygous nonsense mutationMultiple dysmorphic featuresClinical featuresClinical findingsMultisystem diseaseLike presentationHomozygous nonsense mutationType 1Dysmorphic featuresDevelopmental delaySyndromeFurther delineationNonsense variantClinical traitsPatientsMember 7DiseaseDisease-associated variantsSiblings