The genetic landscape of the epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood

A McTague, KB Howell, JH Cross, MA Kurian… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood comprise a large, heterogeneous
group of severe epilepsies characterised by several seizure types, frequent epileptiform …

Severe childhood speech disorder: Gene discovery highlights transcriptional dysregulation

MS Hildebrand, VE Jackson, TS Scerri, O Van Reyk… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective Determining the genetic basis of speech disorders provides insight into the
neurobiology of human communication. Despite intensive investigation over the past 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinamide enhances osteoblast differentiation through activation of the mitochondrial antioxidant defense system

H Yoon, SG Park, HJ Kim, HR Shin, KT Kim… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Although the normal physiological level of oxidative stress is beneficial for maintaining bone
homeostasis, imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and …

Solving the Etiology of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Spike–Wave Activation in Sleep (D/EE‐SWAS)

S Viswanathan, KL Oliver, BM Regan… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand the etiological landscape and phenotypic differences between 2
developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) syndromes: DEE with spike–wave …

Catastrophic epilepsies of childhood

MKA Howard, SC Baraban - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The tragedy of epilepsy emerges from the combination of its high prevalence, impact upon
sufferers and their families, and unpredictability. Childhood epilepsies are frequently severe …

[HTML][HTML] De novo mutations in YWHAG cause early-onset epilepsy

I Guella, MB McKenzie, DM Evans, SE Buerki… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Massively parallel sequencing has revealed many de novo mutations in the etiology of
developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (EEs), highlighting their genetic …

[HTML][HTML] In silico molecular cytogenetics: a bioinformatic approach to prioritization of candidate genes and copy number variations for basic and clinical genome …

IY Iourov, SG Vorsanova, YB Yurov - Molecular cytogenetics, 2014 - Springer
Background The availability of multiple in silico tools for prioritizing genetic variants widens
the possibilities for converting genomic data into biological knowledge. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] De novo and inherited private variants in MAP1B in periventricular nodular heterotopia

EL Heinzen, AC O'Neill, X Zhu, AS Allen, M Bahlo… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH) is a malformation of cortical development
commonly associated with epilepsy. We exome sequenced 202 individuals with sporadic …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic noise degrades gene co-expression signals but can be corrected

S Freytag, J Gagnon-Bartsch, TP Speed, M Bahlo - BMC bioinformatics, 2015 - Springer
Background In the past decade, the identification of gene co-expression has become a
routine part of the analysis of high-dimensional microarray data. Gene co-expression, which …

[HTML][HTML] Genome wide association study identifies four loci for early onset schizophrenia

S Guo, J Liu, W Li, Y Yang, L Lv, X Xiao, M Li… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Early onset schizophrenia (EOS, defined as first onset of schizophrenia before age 18) is a
rare form of schizophrenia (SCZ). Though genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have …