[HTML][HTML] WNT signaling and bone: lessons from skeletal dysplasias and disorders

Y Huybrechts, G Mortier, E Boudin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal dysplasias are a diverse group of heritable diseases affecting bone and cartilage
growth. Throughout the years, the molecular defect underlying many of the diseases has …

[HTML][HTML] The ras superfamily of small gtpases in non-neoplastic cerebral diseases

L Qu, C Pan, SM He, B Lang, GD Gao… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The small GTPases from the Ras superfamily play crucial roles in basic cellular processes
during practically the entire process of neurodevelopment, including neurogenesis …

Variant-specific changes in RAC3 function disrupt corticogenesis in neurodevelopmental phenotypes

M Scala, M Nishikawa, H Ito, H Tabata, T Khan… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Variants in RAC3, encoding a small GTPase RAC3 which is critical for the regulation of actin
cytoskeleton and intracellular signal transduction, are associated with a rare …

Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test in children with unexplained medical complexity

G Costain, S Walker, M Marano, D Veenma… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Children with medical complexity (CMC) represent a growing population in the
pediatric health care system, with high resource use and associated health care costs. A …

[HTML][HTML] WASP family proteins: Molecular mechanisms and implications in human disease

DA Kramer, HK Piper, B Chen - European journal of cell biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Proteins of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family play a central role
in regulating actin cytoskeletal dynamics in a wide range of cellular processes. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiological mechanisms in neurodevelopmental disorders caused by Rac GTPases dysregulation: what's behind neuro-RACopathies

M Scala, M Nishikawa, K Nagata, P Striano - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rho family guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) regulate cellular signaling and
cytoskeletal dynamics, playing a pivotal role in cell adhesion, migration, and cell cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Novel pathogenic variants and quantitative phenotypic analyses of Robinow syndrome: WNT signaling perturbation and phenotypic variability

C Zhang, A Jolly, BJ Shayota, JF Mazzeu, H Du… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
Robinow syndrome (RS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with six genes that
converge on the WNT/planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling pathway implicated (DVL1, DVL3 …

Activating RAC1 variants in the switch II region cause a developmental syndrome and alter neuronal morphology

S Banka, A Bennington, MJ Baker, E Rijckmans… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
RAC1 is a highly conserved Rho GTPase critical for many cellular and developmental
processes. De novo missense RAC1 variants cause a highly variable neurodevelopmental …

Gain-of-function p. F28S variant in RAC3 disrupts neuronal differentiation, migration and axonogenesis during cortical development, leading to neurodevelopmental …

M Nishikawa, M Scala, M Umair, H Ito… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmg.bmj.com
Background RAC3 encodes a Rho family small GTPase that regulates the behaviour and
organisation of actin cytoskeleton and intracellular signal transduction. Variants in RAC3 …

[HTML][HTML] The Rac3 GTPase in neuronal development, neurodevelopmental disorders, and cancer

I de Curtis - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rho family small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) are important regulators of the
cytoskeleton, and are critical in many aspects of cellular and developmental biology, as well …