2023
PRSS8, encoding prostasin, is mutated in patients with autosomal recessive ichthyosis
Shamseldin H, Derar N, Alzaidan H, AlHathal N, Alfalah A, Abdulwahab F, Alzaid T, Alkeraye S, Alobaida S, Alkuraya F. PRSS8, encoding prostasin, is mutated in patients with autosomal recessive ichthyosis. Human Genetics 2023, 142: 477-482. PMID: 36715754, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-023-02527-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCanonical splice sitesAssociated with reduced abundanceDeleterious variantsLinkage locusSplice siteNormal transcriptionMissense variantsExome sequencingConsanguineous familyAutosomal recessive ichthyosisRecessive ichthyosisPRSS8VariantsKnockout miceCongenital ichthyosisExomeProstasinSkin histopathologyHuman patientsMissenseScaly skinLociIchthyosisTranscriptionFamily
2016
Characterizing the morbid genome of ciliopathies
Shaheen R, Szymanska K, Basu B, Patel N, Ewida N, Faqeih E, Al Hashem A, Derar N, Alsharif H, Aldahmesh M, Alazami A, Hashem M, Ibrahim N, Abdulwahab F, Sonbul R, Alkuraya H, Alnemer M, Al Tala S, Al-Husain M, Morsy H, Seidahmed M, Meriki N, Al-Owain M, AlShahwan S, Tabarki B, Salih M, Ciliopathy WorkingGroup, Faquih T, El-Kalioby M, Ueffing M, Boldt K, Logan C, Parry D, Al Tassan N, Monies D, Megarbane A, Abouelhoda M, Halees A, Johnson C, Alkuraya F. Characterizing the morbid genome of ciliopathies. Genome Biology 2016, 17: 242. PMID: 27894351, PMCID: PMC5126998, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1099-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombined carrier frequencyLoss of function mutationsGenetically heterogeneous conditionCiliopathy phenotypesGenomic analysisGenomic approachesCiliary signalingCiliopathy genesNovel allelesFounder mutationMendelian inheritanceCiliopathy spectrumMeckel-Gruber syndromeBardet-Biedl syndromePrimary ciliaThiol isomerasesFunction mutationsMolecular basisCiliopathiesMutation loadMutationsMeckel-GruberAffected individualsGenesVariable expression
2013
Ahsg-fetuin blocks the metabolic arm of insulin action through its interaction with the 95-kD β-subunit of the insulin receptor
Goustin A, Derar N, Abou-Samra A. Ahsg-fetuin blocks the metabolic arm of insulin action through its interaction with the 95-kD β-subunit of the insulin receptor. Cellular Signalling 2013, 25: 981-988. PMID: 23314177, DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB subunitInsulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocationHigh-affinity binding of insulinLevel of tyrosine phosphorylationA subunitInsulin receptorTyrosine kinaseInhibiting insulin receptorTreatment of myogenic cellsFurin processing siteSignal peptideGLUT4 translocationHigh-affinity bindingTyrosine phosphorylationATP-dependent systemHEK293 transfected cellsBinding of insulinInsulin signalingProcessing siteTransfected cellsIntact cellsAkt activationAkt phosphorylationLiving cellsHEK293 cells