Perspectives on the future of dysmorphology

BD Solomon, MP Adam, CT Fong… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of clinical genetics and genomics continues to evolve. In the past few decades,
milestones like the initial sequencing of the human genome, dramatic changes in …

Incorporating CNV analysis improves the yield of exome sequencing for rare monogenic disorders—an important consideration for resource-constrained settings

N Louw, N Carstens, Z Lombard… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Exome sequencing (ES) is a recommended first-tier diagnostic test for many rare monogenic
diseases. It allows for the detection of both single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy …

Discovery of GJC1 (Cx45) as a New Gene Underlying Congenital Heart Disease and Arrhythmias

YJ Li, J Wang, WG Ye, XY Liu, L Li, XB Qiu, H Chen… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Congenital heart disease is associated with substantial mortality and
morbidity as well as socioeconomic burden, and increasing research underscores the …

The opportunities and challenges of using Drosophila to model human cardiac diseases

Y Zhao, J van de Leemput, Z Han - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Drosophila heart tube seems simple, yet it has notable anatomic complexity and
contains highly specialized structures. In fact, the development of the fly heart tube much …

[HTML][HTML] SOX7 loss-of-function variation as a cause of familial congenital heart disease

RT Huang, YH Guo, CX Yang, JN Gu… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: As the most frequent type of birth defect in humans, congenital heart disease
(CHD) leads to a large amount of morbidity and mortality as well as a tremendous …

Somatic GATA4 mutation contributes to tetralogy of Fallot

P Abhinav, YJ Li, RT Huang… - Experimental and …, 2024 - spandidos-publications.com
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart pathology and
causes infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. GATA‑binding protein 4 (GATA4) serves as …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of BMP10 as a new gene underpinning congenital heart defects

BB Dong, YJ Li, XY Liu, RT Huang… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Aggregating evidence convincingly establishes the predominant genetic basis
underlying congenital heart defects (CHD), though the heritable determinants contributing to …

PROTEA, a Southern African multicenter congenital heart disease registry and biorepository: rationale, design, and initial results

T Aldersley, J Lawrenson, P Human… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: The PartneRships in cOngeniTal hEart disease (PROTEA) project aims to
establish a densely phenotyped and genotyped Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) cohort for …

[HTML][HTML] Association Analysis of METTL23 Gene Polymorphisms with Reproductive Traits in Kele Pigs

J Sun, C Wang, Y Wu, J Xiang, Y Zhang - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Methyltransferase-like 23 (METTL 23) is a kind of RNA methyltransferase that catalyzes the
methylation transfer to the N6-adenosine of RNA, serving as one of the key mediators in this …

Beyond genomic studies of congenital heart defects through systematic modelling and phenotyping

DJ Henderson, A Alqahtani… - Disease Models & …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Congenital heart defects (CHDs), the most common congenital anomalies, are considered to
have a significant genetic component. However, despite considerable efforts to identify …