NGS technologies as a turning point in rare disease research, diagnosis and treatment

A Fernandez-Marmiesse, S Gouveia… - Current medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Approximately 25-50 million Americans, 30 million Europeans, and 8% of the Australian
population have a rare disease. Rare diseases are thus a common problem for clinicians …

Membrane trafficking in health and disease

R Yarwood, J Hellicar… - Disease models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Membrane trafficking pathways are essential for the viability and growth of cells, and play a
major role in the interaction of cells with their environment. In this At a Glance article and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic control of expression and splicing in developing human brain informs disease mechanisms

RL Walker, G Ramaswami, C Hartl, N Mancuso… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tissue-specific regulatory regions harbor substantial genetic risk for disease. Because brain
development is a critical epoch for neuropsychiatric disease susceptibility, we characterized …

Clinical whole-exome sequencing for the diagnosis of rare disorders with congenital anomalies and/or intellectual disability: substantial interest of prospective annual …

S Nambot, J Thevenon, P Kuentz, Y Duffourd… - Genetics in …, 2018 - nature.com
Purpose Congenital anomalies and intellectual disability (CA/ID) are a major diagnostic
challenge in medical genetics—50% of patients still have no molecular diagnosis after a …

Periodic reanalysis of whole-genome sequencing data enhances the diagnostic advantage over standard clinical genetic testing

G Costain, R Jobling, S Walker, MS Reuter… - European Journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as a first-tier diagnostic test could transform medical
genetic assessments, but there are limited data regarding its clinical use. We previously …

Adaptor protein complexes and disease at a glance

A Sanger, J Hirst, AK Davies… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Adaptor protein (AP) complexes are heterotetramers that select cargo for inclusion into
transport vesicles. Five AP complexes (AP-1 to AP-5) have been described, each with a …

The endocytic membrane trafficking pathway plays a major role in the risk of Parkinson's disease

S Bandres‐Ciga, S Saez‐Atienzar… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background PD is a complex polygenic disorder. In recent years, several genes from the
endocytic membrane‐trafficking pathway have been suggested to contribute to disease …

Coatopathies: genetic disorders of protein coats

EC Dell'Angelica, JS Bonifacino - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Protein coats are supramolecular complexes that assemble on the cytosolic face of
membranes to promote cargo sorting and transport carrier formation in the endomembrane …

Increased diagnostic and new genes identification outcome using research reanalysis of singleton exome sequencing

AL Bruel, S Nambot, V Quéré, A Vitobello… - European Journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
In clinical exome sequencing (cES), the American College of Medical Genetics and
Genomics recommends limiting variant interpretation to established human-disease genes …

Neuronal functions of adaptor complexes involved in protein sorting

CM Guardia, R De Pace, R Mattera… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•AP complexes mediate intracellular sorting of transmembrane proteins.•Although
present in all cells, AP complexes have specialized functions in neurons.•Mutations in AP …