Retinal ciliopathies through the lens of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: past, present and future

B Chandra, ML Tung, Y Hsu, T Scheetz… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary cilium is a highly specialized and evolutionary conserved organelle in
eukaryotes that plays a significant role in cell signaling and trafficking. Over the past few …

A Comprehensive Review of Syndromic Forms of Obesity: Genetic Etiology, Clinical Features and Molecular Diagnosis

LML Carvalho, AAL Jorge, DR Bertola… - Current Obesity …, 2024 - Springer
Syndromic obesity refers to obesity occurring with additional clinical findings, such as
intellectual disability/developmental delay, dysmorphic features, and congenital …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of Vps13b-mutant mice reveals neuroanatomical and behavioral phenotypes with females less affected

C Montillot, E Skutunova, M Dubied, A Lahmar… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13B (VPS13B) is a large and highly
conserved protein. Disruption of VPS13B causes the autosomal recessive Cohen syndrome …

Vacuolar Protein-Sorting Receptor MoVps13 Regulates Conidiation and Pathogenicity in Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

X Zhu, L Li, J Wang, L Zhao, H Shi, J Bao, Z Su, X Liu… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnaporthe oryzae (synonym Pyricularia oryzae) is a filamentous fungal pathogen that
causes major yield losses in cultivated rice worldwide. However, the mechanisms of …

CLEC16A interacts with retromer and TRIM27, and its loss impairs endosomal trafficking and neurodevelopment

DJ Smits, J Dekker, R Schot, B Tabarki, A Alhashem… - Human Genetics, 2023 - Springer
CLEC16A is a membrane-associated C-type lectin protein that functions as a E3-ubiquitin
ligase. CLEC16A regulates autophagy and mitophagy, and reportedly localizes to late …

Syndromic obesity with neurodevelopmental delay: opportunities for targeted interventions

TA Kehinde, A Bhatia, B Olarewaju, MZ Shoaib… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a growing public health problem in many developed countries, although similar
trends are increasingly being described in some developing nations. The genetic …

Revisiting the immunopathology of congenital disorders of glycosylation: an updated review

C Pascoal, R Francisco, P Mexia, BL Pereira… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Glycosylation is a critical post-translational modification that plays a pivotal role in several
biological processes, such as the immune response. Alterations in glycosylation can …

Disease relevance of rare VPS13B missense variants for neurodevelopmental Cohen syndrome

M Zorn, J Kühnisch, S Bachmann, W Seifert - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Autosomal recessive Cohen syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by
postnatal microcephaly, intellectual disability, and a typical facial gestalt. Genetic variants in …

Characterization of a loss-of-function NSF attachment protein beta mutation in monozygotic triplets affected with epilepsy and autism using cortical neurons from …

G Ali, KC Shin, W Habbab, G Alkhadairi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
We investigated whether a homozygous recessive genetic variant of NSF attachment protein
beta (NAPB) gene inherited by monozygotic triplets contributed to their phenotype of early …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and Pathogenesis Significance of Chorein in Health and Disease

S ALKAHTANI, AA ALKAHTANE… - Physiological …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This comprehensive review explores the physiological and pathophysiological significance
of VPS13A, a protein encoded by the VPS13A gene. The VPS13A gene is associated with …