Corpus callosum agenesis: an insight into the etiology and spectrum of symptoms

J Hofman, M Hutny, K Sztuba, J Paprocka - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brain hemispheres are connected by commissural structures, which consist of white matter
fiber tracts that spread excitatory stimuli to various regions of the cortex. This allows an …

C2H2-Type Zinc Finger Proteins in Brain Development, Neurodevelopmental, and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Systematic Literature-Based Analysis

N Al-Naama, R Mackeh, T Kino - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are multifaceted pathologic conditions manifested
with intellectual disability, autistic features, psychiatric problems, motor dysfunction, and/or …

Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders

MA Gillentine, T Wang, K Hoekzema, J Rosenfeld… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background With the increasing number of genomic sequencing studies, hundreds of genes
have been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The rate of gene discovery …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation episignature and comparative epigenomic profiling of HNRNPU-related neurodevelopmental disorder

K Rooney, L van der Laan, S Trajkova… - Genetics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose HNRNPU haploinsufficiency is associated with developmental and epileptic
encephalopathy 54. This neurodevelopmental disorder is characterized by developmental …

Using medical exome sequencing to identify the causes of neurodevelopmental disorders: experience of 2 clinical units and 216 patients

E Chérot, B Keren, C Dubourg, W Carré… - Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although whole‐exome sequencing (WES) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of
neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), it remains expensive for some genetic centers …

DNA methylation episignatures: insight into copy number variation

L der Laan, K Rooney, TMA Trooster… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this review we discuss epigenetic disorders that result from aberrations in genes linked to
epigenetic regulation. We describe current testing methods for the detection of copy number …

Essential transcription factors for induced neuron differentiation

C Lu, G Garipler, C Dai, T Roush… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurogenins are proneural transcription factors required to specify neuronal identity. Their
overexpression in human pluripotent stem cells rapidly produces cortical-like neurons with …

Heterozygous HNRNPU variants cause early onset epilepsy and severe intellectual disability

NC Bramswig, HJ Lüdecke, FF Hamdan, J Altmüller… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Pathogenic variants in genes encoding subunits of the spliceosome are the cause of several
human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases. The RNA splicing process is …

“Ears of the lynx” MRI sign is associated with SPG11 and SPG15 hereditary spastic paraplegia

B Pascual, ST De Bot, MR Daniels… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The “ears of the lynx” MR imaging sign has been
described in case reports of hereditary spastic paraplegia with a thin corpus callosum …

Mosaic trisomy of chromosome 1q in human brain tissue associates with unilateral polymicrogyria, very early-onset focal epilepsy, and severe developmental delay

K Kobow, S Jabari, T Pieper, M Kudernatsch… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Polymicrogyria (PMG) is a developmental cortical malformation characterized by an excess
of small and frustrane gyration and abnormal cortical lamination. PMG frequently associates …