[HTML][HTML] Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations

D Jebb, Z Huang, M Pippel, GM Hughes… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Bats possess extraordinary adaptations, including flight, echolocation, extreme longevity
and unique immunity. High-quality genomes are crucial for understanding the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting the impact of noncoding structural variation in neurodevelopmental disorders

E D'haene, S Vergult - Genetics in Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of novel sequencing technologies has greatly improved the identification of
structural variation, revealing that a human genome harbors tens of thousands of structural …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the exome: the non-coding genome and enhancers in neurodevelopmental disorders and malformations of cortical development

E Perenthaler, S Yousefi, E Niggl… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The development of the human cerebral cortex is a complex and dynamic process, in which
neural stem cell proliferation, neuronal migration, and post-migratory neuronal organization …

[PDF][PDF] A recurrent de novo splice site variant involving DNM1 exon 10a causes developmental and epileptic encephalopathy through a dominant-negative mechanism

S Parthasarathy, SMK Ruggiero, A Gelot… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Heterozygous pathogenic variants in DNM1 cause developmental and epileptic
encephalopathy (DEE) as a result of a dominant-negative mechanism impeding vesicular …

[HTML][HTML] FAIM: an antagonist of Fas-killing and beyond

J Huo, S Xu, KP Lam - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fas Apoptosis Inhibitory Molecule (FAIM) is an anti-apoptotic protein that is up-regulated in
B cell receptor (BCR)-activated B cells and confers upon them resistance to Fas-mediated …

Whole genome sequencing of 45 Japanese patients with intellectual disability

C Abe‐Hatano, A Iida, S Kosugi… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intellectual disability (ID) is characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual
functioning and adaptive behaviors, originating before the age of 18 years. However, the …

A deep intronic variant in DNM1 in a patient with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy creates a splice acceptor site and affects only transcript variants …

FL Harms, D Weiss, J Lisfeld, M Alawi, K Kutsche - neurogenetics, 2023 - Springer
DNM1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) is characterized by severe to
profound intellectual disability, hypotonia, movement disorder, and refractory epilepsy …

Faim knockout leads to gliosis and late‐onset neurodegeneration of photoreceptors in the mouse retina

A Sirés, M Turch‐Anguera, P Bogdanov… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Fas Apoptotic Inhibitory Molecule protein (FAIM) is a death receptor antagonist and
an apoptosis regulator. It encodes two isoforms, namely FAIM‐S (short) and FAIM‐L (long) …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinformatics analysis revealed novel 3′ UTR variants associated with intellectual disability

J Yang, A Liu, I He, Y Bai - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (or miRNAs) are short nucleotide sequences (~ 17–22 bp long) that play
important roles in gene regulation through targeting genes in the 3′ untranslated regions …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenic variants in CDC45 on the remaining allele in patients with a chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion result in a novel autosomal recessive condition

M Unolt, M Kammoun, B Nowakowska, GE Graham… - Genetics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose The 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (22q11. 2DS) is the most common
microdeletion in humans, with highly variable phenotypic expression. Whereas congenital …