Epilepsy-related voltage-gated sodium channelopathies: a review

LFS Menezes, EF Sabiá Júnior, DV Tibery… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a disease characterized by abnormal brain activity and a predisposition to
generate epileptic seizures, leading to neurobiological, cognitive, psychological, social, and …

Clinical aspects of STAT3 gain-of-function germline mutations: a systematic review

A Fabre, S Marchal, V Barlogis, B Mari, P Barbry… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) gain-of-function
(GOF) germline mutations have been recently described. A comprehensive overview of this …

Genomic diagnosis of rare pediatric disease in the United Kingdom and Ireland

CF Wright, P Campbell, RY Eberhardt… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Pediatric disorders include a range of highly penetrant, genetically
heterogeneous conditions amenable to genomewide diagnostic approaches. Finding a …

Epilepsy genetics: clinical impacts and biological insights

CA Ellis, S Petrovski, SF Berkovic - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Genomics now has an increasingly important role in neurology clinics. Regarding the
epilepsies, innovations centred around technology, analytics, and collaboration have led to …

Genetic landscape of common epilepsies: advancing towards precision in treatment

S Thakran, D Guin, P Singh, P Singh, S Kukal… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy, a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures, is highly
heterogeneous in nature. Based on the prevalence, epilepsy is classified into two types …

Statistical validation of rare complement variants provides insights into the molecular basis of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and C3 glomerulopathy

AJ Osborne, M Breno, NG Borsa, F Bu… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) are associated
with dysregulation and overactivation of the complement alternative pathway. Typically …

Collagen VI disorders: Insights on form and function in the extracellular matrix and beyond

SR Lamandé, JF Bateman - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Mutations in the three canonical collagen VI genes, COL6A1, COL6A2 and COL6A3, cause
a spectrum of muscle disease from Bethlem myopathy at the mild end to the severe Ullrich …

Identification of misclassified ClinVar variants via disease population prevalence

N Shah, YCC Hou, HC Yu, R Sainger… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
There is a significant interest in the standardized classification of human genetic variants.
We used whole-genome sequence data from 10,495 unrelated individuals to contrast …

De novo variants in GABRA2 and GABRA5 alter receptor function and contribute to early-onset epilepsy

KM Butler, OA Moody, E Schuler, J Coryell… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
GABAA receptors are ligand-gated anion channels that are important regulators of neuronal
inhibition. Mutations in several genes encoding receptor subunits have been identified in …

Advances in genetic testing and optimization of clinical management in children and adults with epilepsy

M Scala, A Bianchi, F Bisulli, A Coppola… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Epileptic disorders are a heterogeneous group of medical conditions with
epilepsy as the common denominator. Genetic causes, electro-clinical features, and …