Advances in the evaluation and management of cortical/cerebral visual impairment in children

MY Chang, MS Borchert - Survey of ophthalmology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cortical/cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the most frequent cause of pediatric visual
impairment in developed countries and is increasing in prevalence in developing nations …

Targeted sequencing identifies 91 neurodevelopmental-disorder risk genes with autism and developmental-disability biases

HAF Stessman, BO Xiong, BP Coe, T Wang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Gene-disruptive mutations contribute to the biology of neurodevelopmental disorders
(NDDs), but most of the related pathogenic genes are not known. We sequenced 208 …

A systematic review of brain MRI findings in monogenic disorders strongly associated with autism spectrum disorder

V Frewer, CP Gilchrist, SE Collins… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Research on monogenic forms of autism spectrum disorder (autism) can inform
our understanding of genetic contributions to the autism phenotype; yet, there is much to be …

Clinical presentation of a complex neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in ADNP

A Van Dijck, AT Vulto-van Silfhout, E Cappuyns… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background In genome-wide screening studies for de novo mutations underlying autism and
intellectual disability, mutations in the ADNP gene are consistently reported among the most …

Sexual divergence in microtubule function: the novel intranasal microtubule targeting SKIP normalizes axonal transport and enhances memory

N Amram, G Hacohen-Kleiman, S Sragovich… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP), essential for brain formation, is a
frequent autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-mutated gene. ADNP associates with microtubule …

Genes with high penetrance for syndromic and non-syndromic autism typically function within the nucleus and regulate gene expression

EL Casanova, JL Sharp, H Chakraborty, NS Sumi… - Molecular autism, 2016 - Springer
Background Intellectual disability (ID), autism, and epilepsy share frequent yet variable
comorbidities with one another. In order to better understand potential genetic divergence …

The eight and a half year journey of undiagnosed AD: gene sequencing and funding of advanced genetic testing has led to hope and new beginnings

I Gozes, MC Patterson, A Van Dijck, RF Kooy… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) is one of the most prevalent
de novo mutated genes in syndromic autism spectrum disorders, driving a general interest in …

The compassionate side of neuroscience: Tony Sermone's undiagnosed genetic journey—ADNP mutation

I Gozes, C Helsmoortel, G Vandeweyer… - Journal of Molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Some science: searching for brain protective proteins and aiming to unravel genes shaping
our brains, at the turn of the century, we have published our first paper describing the …

Helsmoortel-Van der Aa Syndrome as emerging clinical diagnosis in intellectually disabled children with autistic traits and ocular involvement

G Pascolini, E Agolini, S Majore, A Novelli… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A recent syndromic condition with craniofacial dysmorphisms, comprising congenital ocular
defect and neurodevelopmental delay named Helsmoortel-Van der Aa Syndrome …

Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP)-end-binding protein (EB) interactions regulate microtubule dynamics toward protection against tauopathy

Y Ivashko-Pachima, I Gozes - Progress in Molecular Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 1102-amino-acid activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) was
originally discovered by expression cloning through the immunological identification of its 8 …