Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: signaling & molecular perspectives, and the road ahead

S Datta, W Cao, M Skillman, M Wu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a lethal congenital heart disease (CHD) affecting
8–25 per 100,000 neonates globally. Clinical interventions, primarily surgical, have …

Diagnostic potential of the amniotic fluid cells transcriptome in deciphering mendelian disease: a proof-of-concept

M Lee, AKY Kwong, MMC Chui, JFT Chau… - NPJ Genomic …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is emerging in genetic diagnoses as it provides functional
support for the interpretation of variants of uncertain significance. However, the use of …

[PDF][PDF] CRISPR-based knockout and base editing confirm the role of MYRF in heart development and congenital heart disease

L Doering, A Cornean, T Thumberger… - Disease Models & …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
High-throughput DNA sequencing studies increasingly associate DNA variants with
congenital heart disease (CHD). However, functional modeling is a crucial prerequisite for …

MYRF: A unique transmembrane transcription factor‐from proteolytic self‐processing to its multifaceted roles in animal development

YB Qi, Z Xu, S Shen, Z Wang, Z Wang - BioEssays, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Myelin Regulator Factor (MYRF) is a master regulator governing myelin
formation and maintenance in the central nervous system. The conservation of MYRF across …

DNA methylation analysis of Turner syndrome BAV

J Gutierrez, BA Davis, KA Nevonen, S Ward… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Turner Syndrome (TS) is a rare cytogenetic disorder caused by the complete loss or
structural variation of the second sex chromosome. The most common cause of early …

Functional mechanisms of MYRF DNA-binding domain mutations implicated in birth defects

C Fan, H An, M Sharif, D Kim, Y Park - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Myrf is a pleiotropic membrane-bound transcription factor that plays critical roles in diverse
organisms, including in oligodendrocyte differentiation, embryonic development, molting …

Two sisters with cardiac‐urogenital syndrome secondary to pathogenic splicing variant in the MYRF gene with unaffected parents: A case of gonadal mosaicism?

K Slaba, M Jezova, P Pokorna, H Palova… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cardiac‐urogenital syndrome [MIM# 618280] is a newly described very rare
syndrome associated with pathogenic variants in the myelin regulatory factor (MYRF) gene …

[HTML][HTML] Multi‐phenotype analyses of hemostatic traits with cardiovascular events reveal novel genetic associations

G Temprano‐Sagrera, CM Sitlani, WP Bone… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Multi‐phenotype analysis of genetically correlated phenotypes can increase the
statistical power to detect loci associated with multiple traits, leading to the discovery of …

MYRF: A New Regulator of Cardiac and Early Gonadal Development—Insights from Single Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis

V Calonga-Solís, H Fabbri-Scallet, F Ott… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
De novo variants in the myelin regulatory factor (MYRF), a transcription factor involved in the
differentiation of oligodendrocytes, have been linked recently to the cardiac and urogenital …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of the MyRF ICA domain with its upstream β-helical stalk reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying its trimerization and self-cleavage

P Wu, X Zhen, B Li, Q Yu, X Huang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Myelin gene regulatory factor (MyRF), a novel membrane transcription factor expressed on
the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, functions as a trimer. The trimerization of MyRF is …