TRIM71 mutations cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome featuring ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus
Duy P, Jux B, Zhao S, Mekbib K, Dennis E, Dong W, Nelson-Williams C, Mehta N, Shohfi J, Juusola J, Allington G, Smith H, Marlin S, Belhous K, Monteleone B, Schaefer G, Pisarska M, Vásquez J, Estrada-Veras J, Keren B, Mignot C, Flore L, Palafoll I, Alper S, Lifton R, Haider S, Moreno-De-Luca A, Jin S, Kolanus W, Kahle K. TRIM71 mutations cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome featuring ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus. Brain 2024, awae175. PMID: 38833623, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCongenital hydrocephalusCerebral ventriculomegalyStructural brain defectsCohort of patientsAnalysis of human embryosNeurodevelopmental syndromeCorpus callosum dysgenesisWhite matter hypoplasiaSingle-cell transcriptome analysisNeural stem cellsDysmorphic featuresTransmitted variantsPatient cohortVentriculomegalyNHL domainCross-sectional analysisLin-41Subcellular localizationBrain defectsDevelopmental delayHuman embryosProcessing bodiesHomologous positionsPatientsStem cells184 PTEN Mutations Portend Cerebral Ventriculomegaly With Autism-Like Deficits in Cortical Circuitry
DeSpenza T, Kizlitug E, Allington G, Barson D, O'Connor D, Robert S, Mekbib K, Singh A, Phan D, Nanda P, Mandino F, Constable T, Lake E, Carter B, Gunel M, Lifton R, Luikart B, Kahle K. 184 PTEN Mutations Portend Cerebral Ventriculomegaly With Autism-Like Deficits in Cortical Circuitry. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 46-46. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingFetal ventriculomegalyCongenital hydrocephalusExome sequencingChoroid plexus hyperplasiaMutated genesCa2+ imagingMutant mouse modelsPTEN mutantsHuman fetal brainPten mutant miceSporadic CHCerebral ventriculomegalyCSF diversionObstructive hydrocephalusCH patientsCSF secretionPharmacological mTORC1 inhibitionNeurodevelopmental assessmentRadiographic biomarkersFetal brainPTEN mutationsAqueductal stenosisPTEN deletionVentriculomegaly