Molecular and clinical descriptions of patients with GABAA receptor gene variants (GABRA1, GABRB2, GABRB3, GABRG2): A cohort study, review of literature, and …

P Maillard, S Baer, É Schaefer, B Desnous… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective γ‐Aminobutyric acid (GABA) A‐receptor subunit variants have recently been
associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or epilepsy. The phenotype linked with …

GABAA receptors in epilepsy: Elucidating phenotypic divergence through functional analysis of genetic variants

NL Absalom, SXN Lin, VWY Liao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Normal brain function requires a tightly regulated balance between excitatory and inhibitory
neurotransmissions. γ‐Aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors represent the major …

Gain-of-function and loss-of-function GABRB3 variants lead to distinct clinical phenotypes in patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

NL Absalom, VWY Liao, KMH Johannesen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Many patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies present with variants in
genes coding for GABAA receptors. These variants are presumed to cause loss-of-function …

Distinct neurodevelopmental and epileptic phenotypes associated with gain-and loss-of-function GABRB2 variants

NA Mohammadi, PK Ahring, VWY Liao, HC Chua… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Variants in GABRB2, encoding the β2 subunit of the γ-aminobutyric acid type A
(GABA A) receptor, can result in a diverse range of conditions, ranging from febrile seizures …

SLC6A1 variant pathogenicity, molecular function and phenotype: a genetic and clinical analysis

A Stefanski, E Pérez-Palma, T Brünger, L Montanucci… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Genetic variants in the SLC6A1 gene can cause a broad phenotypic disease spectrum by
altering the protein function. Thus, systematically curated clinically relevant genotype …

Investigating the effect of polygenic background on epilepsy phenotype in 'monogenic'families

KL Oliver, IE Scheffer, CA Ellis, BE Grinton, Z Afawi… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Phenotypic variability within families with epilepsy is often observed, even
when relatives share the same monogenic cause. We aimed to investigate whether common …

GABRG2 Variants Associated with Febrile Seizures

CC Hernandez, Y Shen, N Hu, W Shen, V Narayanan… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common form of epilepsy in children between six months
and five years of age. FS is a self-limited type of fever-related seizure. However, complicated …

Genomics 2 Proteins portal: a resource and discovery tool for linking genetic screening outputs to protein sequences and structures

S Kwon, J Safer, DT Nguyen, D Hoksza, P May… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in AI-based methods have revolutionized the field of structural biology.
Concomitantly, high-throughput sequencing and functional genomics have generated …

GABRA1‐Related Disorders: From Genetic to Functional Pathways

E Musto, VWY Liao, KM Johannesen… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Variants in GABRA1 have been associated with a broad epilepsy spectrum,
ranging from genetic generalized epilepsies to developmental and epileptic …

Established and emerging GABAA receptor pharmacotherapy for epilepsy

RJ Richardson, S Petrou, A Bryson - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Drugs that modulate the GABAA receptor are widely used in clinical practice for both the
long-term management of epilepsy and emergency seizure control. In addition to older …