2024
Genetic Analysis of Severe Polycystic Liver Disease in Japan
Mizuno H, Besse W, Sekine A, Long K, Kurihara S, Oba Y, Yamanouchi M, Hasegawa E, Suwabe T, Sawa N, Ubara Y, Somlo S, Hoshino J. Genetic Analysis of Severe Polycystic Liver Disease in Japan. Kidney360 2024, 5: 1106-1115. PMID: 38689396, PMCID: PMC11371350, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere polycystic liver diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDisease genesPolycystic liver diseasePKD2 patientsGenetic analysisWhole-exome sequencingSuspected pathogenic variantsLiver diseaseSpectrum of phenotypesPKD2 variantsExome sequencingAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease cohortPathogenic variantsPKD2PKD1Genetic etiologyDominant polycystic kidney diseaseGenesPolycystic kidney diseaseKidney cystsNo significant differenceKidney volumePLD patientsKidney disease
2017
Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 3558-3558. PMID: 28862642, PMCID: PMC5669574, DOI: 10.1172/jci96729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolycystin-1 functionPolycystin-1Protein biogenesis pathwaysGenome-wide basisPolycystic liver diseaseLoss-of-function mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHeterozygous loss-of-function mutationsBiogenesis pathwayLoss of functionAdditional genesDisease genesGene productsCell line modelsCandidate genesExome sequencingEndoplasmic reticulumCausative genesFunction mutationsGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseSec63Defective maturationKidney cystsWhole exome sequencing: a state-of-the-art approach for defining (and exploring!) genetic landscapes in pediatric nephrology
Gulati A, Somlo S. Whole exome sequencing: a state-of-the-art approach for defining (and exploring!) genetic landscapes in pediatric nephrology. Pediatric Nephrology 2017, 33: 745-761. PMID: 28660367, DOI: 10.1007/s00467-017-3698-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingNew high-throughput sequencing techniquesHigh-throughput sequencing techniquesConventional genomic approachesNovel gene discoveryNext-generation sequencing technologiesNovel genetic findingsHuman reference genomeExome sequencingGenomic approachesGene discoveryReference genomeHuman genomeSequencing technologiesSequencing techniquesGenetic landscapeLinkage analysisGenomeBiological dataGenetic findingsSequencingPhenotypic misclassificationRecent studiesComprehensive genomic testingPowerful toolIsolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 1772-1785. PMID: 28375157, PMCID: PMC5409105, DOI: 10.1172/jci90129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Line, TransformedCystsEndoplasmic ReticulumFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyGlucosidasesGlucosyltransferasesHeterozygoteHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLiver DiseasesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular ChaperonesMutationRNA-Binding ProteinsSEC Translocation ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsPolycystin-1 functionPolycystin-1Protein biogenesis pathwaysGenome-wide basisPolycystic liver diseaseLoss-of-function mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHeterozygous loss-of-function mutationsBiogenesis pathwayLoss of functionAdditional genesDisease genesGene productsCell line modelsCandidate genesExome sequencingEndoplasmic reticulumCausative genesFunction mutationsGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseSec63Defective maturationKidney cysts