Search Results - "Megarbané, André"
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Spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia, Maroteaux type (pseudo-Morquio syndrome type 2), and parastremmatic dysplasia are caused by TRPV4 mutations
Published in American journal of medical genetics. Part A (01-06-2010)“…Recent discoveries have established the existence of a family of skeletal dysplasias caused by dominant mutations in TRPV4. This family comprises, in order of…”
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Two novel missense mutations in FGD4/FRABIN cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4H (CMT4H)
Published in Journal of the peripheral nervous system (01-06-2012)“…By sequencing of the FGD4 coding sequence in a cohort of 101 patients affected by autosomal recessive demyelinating Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease (CMT), we have…”
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Loss of Calmodulin- and Radial-Spoke-Associated Complex Protein CFAP251 Leads to Immotile Spermatozoa Lacking Mitochondria and Infertility in Men
Published in American journal of human genetics (06-09-2018)“…Flagella and motile cilia share a 9 + 2 microtubule-doublet axoneme structure, and asthenozoospermia (reduced spermatozoa motility) is found in 76% of men with…”
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Vibratory Urticaria Associated with a Missense Variant in ADGRE2
Published in The New England journal of medicine (18-02-2016)“…A variant in ADGRE2, encoding an adhesion G-protein–coupled receptor, is associated with vibratory urticaria. The variant probably causes disease; if so, it is…”
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Mutations in the TGFβ Binding-Protein-Like Domain 5 of FBN1 Are Responsible for Acromicric and Geleophysic Dysplasias
Published in American journal of human genetics (15-07-2011)“…Geleophysic (GD) and acromicric dysplasia (AD) belong to the acromelic dysplasia group and are both characterized by severe short stature, short extremities,…”
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Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia (IFAP) syndrome
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (21-05-2011)“…The IFAP syndrome is a rare X-linked genetic disorder reported in nearly 40 patients. It is characterized by the triad of Ichthyosis Follicularis, Alopecia,…”
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Transcriptomic study in women with trisomy 21 identifies a possible role of the GTPases of the immunity-associated proteins (GIMAP) in the protection of breast cancer
Published in Scientific reports (10-06-2020)“…Background: People with trisomy 21 (T21) are predisposed to developing hematological tumors, but have significantly lower-than-expected age-adjusted incidence…”
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Mutations in the Pericentrin (PCNT) Gene Cause Primordial Dwarfism
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (08-02-2008)“…Fundamental processes influencing human growth can be revealed by studying extreme short stature. Using genetic linkage analysis, we find that biallelic…”
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Mutations of POLR3A Encoding a Catalytic Subunit of RNA Polymerase Pol III Cause a Recessive Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy
Published in American journal of human genetics (09-09-2011)“…Leukodystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by abnormal white matter visible by brain imaging. It is…”
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Fifteen years of research on oral-facial-digital syndromes: from 1 to 16 causal genes
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-06-2017)“…Oral-facial-digital syndromes (OFDS) gather rare genetic disorders characterised by facial, oral and digital abnormalities associated with a wide range of…”
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Diagnostic Exome Sequencing to Elucidate the Genetic Basis of Likely Recessive Disorders in Consanguineous Families
Published in Human mutation (01-10-2014)“…ABSTRACT Rare, atypical, and undiagnosed autosomal‐recessive disorders frequently occur in the offspring of consanguineous couples. Current routine diagnostic…”
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Mutations in a new cytochrome P450 gene in lamellar ichthyosis type 3
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-03-2006)“…We report the identification of mutations in a non-syndromic autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) in a new gene mapping within a previously…”
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Mutations in FGD4 Encoding the Rho GDP/GTP Exchange Factor FRABIN Cause Autosomal Recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 4H
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-07-2007)“…Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disorders are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies characterized by muscle…”
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Altered action potential waveform and shorter axonal initial segment in hiPSC-derived motor neurons with mutations in VRK1
Published in Neurobiology of disease (01-03-2022)“…We recently described new pathogenic variants in VRK1, in patients affected with distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy associated with upper motor neurons signs…”
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10q26.1 Microdeletion: Redefining the critical regions for microcephaly and genital anomalies
Published in American journal of medical genetics. Part A (01-11-2015)“…Distal 10q deletion syndrome is a well‐characterized chromosomal disorder consisting of neurodevelopmental impairment, facial dysmorphism, cardiac…”
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A multicenter retrospective study of charcot‐marie‐tooth disease type 4B (CMT4B) associated with mutations in myotubularin‐related proteins (MTMRs)
Published in Annals of neurology (01-07-2019)“…Objective Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth (CMT) disease 4B1 and 4B2 (CMT4B1/B2) are characterized by recessive inheritance, early onset, severe course, slowed nerve…”
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Mutations in ASPH Cause Facial Dysmorphism, Lens Dislocation, Anterior-Segment Abnormalities, and Spontaneous Filtering Blebs, or Traboulsi Syndrome
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-05-2014)“…We have previously described a syndrome characterized by facial dysmorphism, lens dislocation, anterior-segment abnormalities, and spontaneous filtering blebs…”
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The 50th anniversary of the discovery of trisomy 21: The past, present, and future of research and treatment of Down syndrome
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-09-2009)“…Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder resulting from the presence of all or part of an extra Chromosome 21. It is a common birth defect, the…”
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Imbalance of NRG1-ERBB2/3 signalling underlies altered myelination in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease 4H
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (02-05-2023)“…Abstract Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders, affecting either axons from the motor and/or sensory…”
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A Novel Alpha Cardiac Actin (ACTC1) Mutation Mapping to a Domain in Close Contact with Myosin Heavy Chain Leads to a Variety of Congenital Heart Defects, Arrhythmia and Possibly Midline Defects
Published in PloS one (10-06-2015)“…A Lebanese Maronite family presented with 13 relatives affected by various congenital heart defects (mainly atrial septal defects), conduction tissue anomalies…”
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