Neuropathic MORC2 mutations perturb GHKL ATPase dimerization dynamics and epigenetic silencing by multiple structural mechanisms

CH Douse, S Bloor, Y Liu, M Shamin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Missense mutations in MORC2 cause neuropathies including spinal muscular atrophy and
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease. We recently identified MORC2 as an effector of epigenetic …

Consequences of epigenetic derepression in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

A Greco, R Goossens, B Van Engelen… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a common hereditary myopathy, is
caused either by the contraction of the D4Z4 macrosatellite repeat at the distal end of …

An optimized SEC-SAXS system enabling high X-ray dose for rapid SAXS assessment with correlated UV measurements for biomolecular structure analysis

TM Ryan, J Trewhella, JM Murphy… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
A new optimized size exclusion chromatography small-angle X-ray scattering (SEC-SAXS)
system for biomolecular SAXS at the Australian Synchrotron SAXS/WAXS beamline has …

Genetics of hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism—Human and mouse genes, inheritance, oligogenicity, and genetic counseling

ED Louden, A Poch, HG Kim, A Ben-Mahmoud… - Molecular and cellular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, which may be normosmic (nHH) or anosmic/hyposmic,
known as Kallmann syndrome (KS), is due to gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency …

Prader-Willi syndrome: reflections on seminal studies and future therapies

MS Chung, M Langouët, SJ Chamberlain… - Open …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is caused by the loss of function of the paternally inherited
15q11-q13 locus. This region is governed by genomic imprinting, a phenomenon in which …

A 3D atlas of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell expansion by multi-dimensional RNA-seq analysis

Y Xue, D Liu, G Cui, Y Ding, D Ai, S Gao, Y Zhang… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
In vertebrates, hematopoiesis occurring in different niches is orchestrated by intrinsic and
extrinsic regulators. Previous studies have revealed numerous linear and planar regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Part 2: Syndromes associated with anophthalmia–microphthalmia

A Slavotinek - Human genetics, 2019 - Springer
As new genes for A/M are identified in the genomic era, the number of syndromes
associated with A/M has greatly expanded. In this review, we provide a brief synopsis of the …

The differential roles for neurodevelopmental and neuroendocrine genes in shaping GnRH neuron physiology and deficiency

R Oleari, V Massa, A Cariboni, A Lettieri - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons are hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells
that control sexual reproduction. During embryonic development, GnRH neurons migrate …

Haploinsufficiency of the Sin3/HDAC corepressor complex member SIN3B causes a syndromic intellectual disability/autism spectrum disorder

X Latypova, M Vincent, A Mollé, OA Adebambo… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Proteins involved in transcriptional regulation harbor a demonstrated enrichment of
mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders. The Sin3 (Swi-independent 3)/histone …

Zebrafish models of orofacial clefts

KM Duncan, K Mukherjee, RA Cornell… - Developmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Zebrafish is a model organism that affords experimental advantages toward investigating the
normal function of genes associated with congenital birth defects. Here we summarize …