2024
Saturation mutagenesis-reinforced functional assays for disease-related genes
Ma K, Huang S, Ng K, Lake N, Joseph S, Xu J, Lek A, Ge L, Woodman K, Koczwara K, Cohen J, Ho V, O'Connor C, Brindley M, Campbell K, Lek M. Saturation mutagenesis-reinforced functional assays for disease-related genes. Cell 2024, 187: 6707-6724.e22. PMID: 39326416, PMCID: PMC11568926, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-related genesDisease-causing genetic variantsGenome-wide resolutionMutation scanning methodsSingle-nucleotide variantsDeep mutational scanning methodFunctional assaysDisease genesComputational predictorsSaturation mutagenesisHuman geneticsGenetic variantsGenesVariantsSmurfAssayMutagenesisLARGE1GeneticsDisease severityHigh-throughput assays to assess variant effects on disease
Ma K, Gauthier L, Cheung F, Huang S, Lek M. High-throughput assays to assess variant effects on disease. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2024, 17: dmm050573. PMID: 38940340, PMCID: PMC11225591, DOI: 10.1242/dmm.050573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep mutational scanningGenetic variantsRare disease diagnosticsRare genetic variantsDisease mechanismsHigh-throughput assaySequencing effortsInvestigation of variantsMutational scanningModel cell lineVariant effectsMolecular toolsCell linesCell survival rateFunctional assaysDrug resistanceDisease diagnosticsDisease-relevant assaysVariantsClinical case reportBiological mechanismsAssayCase reportClinical reportsSurvival rate
2023
Flavones provide resistance to DUX4-induced toxicity via an mTor-independent mechanism
Cohen J, Huang S, Koczwara K, Woods K, Ho V, Woodman K, Arbiser J, Daman K, Lek M, Emerson C, DeSimone A. Flavones provide resistance to DUX4-induced toxicity via an mTor-independent mechanism. Cell Death & Disease 2023, 14: 749. PMID: 37973788, PMCID: PMC10654915, DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-06257-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMTOR-independent mechanismsFacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophyDUX4 transcriptsDUX4 activityMultiple signal transduction pathwaysSignal transduction pathwaysTherapeutic developmentDUX4 proteinDUX4 expressionTransduction pathwaysPolyadenylation sitesChromosome 4DUX4 geneMechanisms of toxicityAutophagy pathwayExpression of ULK1DUX4Cellular autophagyCell deathRelevant pathwaysMuscular dystrophyMolecular methodsPathwaySkeletal muscleTranscripts
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