2023
Inactivation of Invs/Nphp2 in renal epithelial cells drives infantile nephronophthisis like phenotypes in mouse
Li Y, Xu W, Makova S, Brueckner M, Sun Z. Inactivation of Invs/Nphp2 in renal epithelial cells drives infantile nephronophthisis like phenotypes in mouse. ELife 2023, 12: e82395. PMID: 36920028, PMCID: PMC10154023, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCadherinsCiliaCystsEpithelial CellsFibrosisKidney Diseases, CysticMiceMice, KnockoutPhenotypePolycystic Kidney DiseasesTranscription FactorsConceptsFlox/Valproic acidRenal fibrosisCyst formationEnd-stage renal diseaseMutant miceHistone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acidKidney function declineStage renal diseaseCell proliferationInhibitor valproic acidEpithelial-stromal crosstalkKnockout mouse modelRenal cyst formationCyst burdenRenal diseaseFunction declineInterstitial fibrosisDisease progressionStromal fibrosisTargeted therapyInfantile nephronophthisisMouse modelMyofibroblast activationRenal epithelial cells
2015
The NIMA-like kinase Nek2 is a key switch balancing cilia biogenesis and resorption in the development of left-right asymmetry
Endicott SJ, Basu B, Khokha M, Brueckner M. The NIMA-like kinase Nek2 is a key switch balancing cilia biogenesis and resorption in the development of left-right asymmetry. Development 2015, 142: 4068-4079. PMID: 26493400, PMCID: PMC4712839, DOI: 10.1242/dev.126953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsBody PatterningCentriolesCiliaGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesHistone Deacetylase 6Histone DeacetylasesHomeodomain ProteinsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMutationNIMA-Related KinasesNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA InterferenceSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsXenopusXenopus Proteins
2000
Of mice and men: Dissecting the genetic pathway that controls left‐right asymmetry in mice and humans
Schneider H, Brueckner M. Of mice and men: Dissecting the genetic pathway that controls left‐right asymmetry in mice and humans. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2000, 97: 258-270. PMID: 11376437, DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(200024)97:4<258::aid-ajmg1276>3.0.co;2-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbnormalities, MultipleAnimalsBody PatterningCiliaDyneinsEctodermEmbryonic and Fetal DevelopmentEndodermFetal ProteinsGastrulaGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenesGenes, HomeoboxGenes, LethalHomeodomain ProteinsHumansKinesinsMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMutationNotochordPhenotypeSpecies SpecificityTranscription FactorsConceptsLeft-right asymmetrySpontaneous mouse mutationGenetic pathwaysHuman homologueMouse mutationNode monociliaHuman mutationsHuman phenotypesFinal phenotypeOrchestrated mannerPathways resultsMouse phenotypeGenesLaterality determinationMutationsPhenotypeModel systemDifferent stepsMonociliaHomologuesCombination of analysisMicePathwayHuman developmentInitial asymmetry
1999
GATA4 haploinsufficiency in patients with interstitial deletion of chromosome region 8p23.1 and congenital heart disease
Pehlivan T, Pober B, Brueckner M, Garrett S, Slaugh R, Van Rheeden R, Wilson D, Watson M, Hing A. GATA4 haploinsufficiency in patients with interstitial deletion of chromosome region 8p23.1 and congenital heart disease. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 1999, 83: 201-206. PMID: 10096597, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990319)83:3<201::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac transcription factor genesZinc finger transcription factorHuman chromosome armsTranscription factor genesFinger transcription factorCardiac gene expressionChromosome armsTranscription factorsFactor genesGene expressionGATA4 geneInterstitial deletionGATA-4GenesLociFISH analysisSitu hybridizationDeletionHaploinsufficiencySubmicroscopic deletionRecent studiesPhenotype of patientsCellsMonosomyNormal karyotype