2023
169 Exome Sequencing Implicates Endothelial Ras Signaling Network in Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation
Mekbib K, Zhao S, Nelson-Williams C, Prendergast A, Zeng X, Rolle M, Shohfi J, Smith H, Ocken J, Moyer Q, Piwowarczyk P, Allington G, Dong W, van der Ent M, Chen D, Li B, Duran D, Mane S, Walcott B, Stapleton C, Aagaard-Kienitz B, Rodesch G, Jackson E, Smith E, Orbach D, Berenstein A, Bilguvar K, Zhao H, Erson-Omay Z, King P, Huttner A, Lifton R, Boggon T, Nicoli S, Jin S, Kahle K. 169 Exome Sequencing Implicates Endothelial Ras Signaling Network in Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation. Neurosurgery 2023, 69: 22-22. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002375_169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathway analysisP120 Ras-GAPExome sequencingSevere vascular defectsGalen aneurysmal malformationReceptor tyrosine kinase activityTyrosine kinase activityDamaging de novoMutant embryosRas-GAPSignaling networksGenetic regulationRas activationAneurysmal malformationZebrafish modelDe novo mutationsKinase activityDisease genesAxon guidanceGenetic samplesWhole-exome sequencingHigh-output heart failureFunctional studiesCollected specimensSequencing
2019
Mutations in TFAP2B and previously unimplicated genes of the BMP, Wnt, and Hedgehog pathways in syndromic craniosynostosis
Timberlake AT, Jin SC, Nelson-Williams C, Wu R, Furey CG, Islam B, Haider S, Loring E, Galm A, Steinbacher D, Larysz D, Staffenberg D, Flores R, Rodriguez E, Boggon T, Persing J, Lifton R, Lifton RP, Gunel M, Mane S, Bilguvar K, Gerstein M, Loring E, Nelson-Williams C, Lopez F, Knight J. Mutations in TFAP2B and previously unimplicated genes of the BMP, Wnt, and Hedgehog pathways in syndromic craniosynostosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 15116-15121. PMID: 31292255, PMCID: PMC6660739, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902041116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAlpha CateninChildChild, PreschoolCraniosynostosesExomeExome SequencingFemaleGene ExpressionGlypicansHistone AcetyltransferasesHumansMaleMutationNuclear ProteinsPedigreeRisk AssessmentSignal TransductionSkullSOXC Transcription FactorsTranscription Factor AP-2Zinc Finger Protein Gli2ConceptsRare damaging mutationsSyndromic craniosynostosisCongenital anomaliesDamaging mutationsSyndromic casesExome sequencingAdditional congenital anomaliesFrequent congenital anomaliesDamaging de novo mutationsNeural crest cell migrationDamaging de novoCrest cell migrationCS patientsMutation burdenChromatin modifiersSubsequent childrenTranscription factorsDe novo mutationsCS casesCS geneHedgehog pathwayDisease locusPremature fusionFunction mutationsCraniosynostosis