Search Results - "Nahas, Shareef"
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MDS-associated somatic mutations and clonal hematopoiesis are common in idiopathic cytopenias of undetermined significance
Published in Blood (19-11-2015)“…Establishing a diagnosis in patients suspected of having a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) can be challenging and could be informed by the identification of…”
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Rapid whole-genome sequencing decreases infant morbidity and cost of hospitalization
Published in Npj genomic medicine (04-04-2018)“…Genetic disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants. Rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) can diagnose genetic disorders in time to…”
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Identification of SARS-CoV-2 variants using viral sequencing for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention genomic surveillance program
Published in BMC infectious diseases (25-04-2022)“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contracted with laboratories to sequence the SARS-CoV-2 genome from positive samples across the United States to…”
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Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing Has Clinical Utility in Children in the PICU
Published in Pediatric critical care medicine (01-11-2019)“…Genetic disorders are a leading contributor to mortality in the neonatal ICU and PICU in the United States. Although individually rare, there are over 6,200…”
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ATM-dependent MiR-335 targets CtIP and modulates the DNA damage response
Published in PLoS genetics (01-05-2013)“…ATM plays a critical role in cellular responses to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). We describe a new ATM-mediated DSB-induced DNA damage response pathway…”
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Rapid Sequencing-Based Diagnosis of Thiamine Metabolism Dysfunction Syndrome
Published in The New England journal of medicine (03-06-2021)“…Infantile encephalopathy is associated with approximately 1500 genetic diseases. Without prompt treatment, permanent neurologic injury or death may occur…”
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Biallelic mutations in valyl-tRNA synthetase gene VARS are associated with a progressive neurodevelopmental epileptic encephalopathy
Published in Nature communications (12-02-2019)“…Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) function to transfer amino acids to cognate tRNA molecules, which are required for protein translation. To date, biallelic…”
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Functional Precision Medicine Identifies New Therapeutic Candidates for Medulloblastoma
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-12-2020)“…Medulloblastoma is among the most common malignant brain tumors in children. Recent studies have identified at least four subgroups of the disease that differ…”
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Loss of FOCAD, operating via the SKI messenger RNA surveillance pathway, causes a pediatric syndrome with liver cirrhosis
Published in Nature genetics (01-08-2022)“…Cirrhosis is usually a late-onset and life-threatening disease characterized by fibrotic scarring and inflammation that disrupts liver architecture and…”
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Rapid whole genome sequencing impacts care and resource utilization in infants with congenital heart disease
Published in Npj genomic medicine (22-04-2021)“…Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly and a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality. While morbidity and mortality are…”
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Nonaminoglycoside compounds induce readthrough of nonsense mutations
Published in The Journal of experimental medicine (28-09-2009)“…Large numbers of genetic disorders are caused by nonsense mutations for which compound-induced readthrough of premature termination codons (PTCs) might be…”
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Case report: Deep sequencing and long-read genome sequencing refine prior genetic analyses in families with apparent gonadal mosaicism in PIK3CD -related activated PI3K delta syndrome
Published in Frontiers in immunology (26-08-2024)“…Gonadal and gonosomal mosaicism describe phenomena in which a seemingly healthy individual carries a genetic variant in a subset of their gonadal tissue or…”
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Defective DNA double-strand break repair in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Published in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-02-2012)“…Objective Previous reports of cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) note that repair of single‐strand breaks is delayed, and these…”
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Assessing ‘radiosensitivity’ with kinetic profiles of γ-H2AX, 53BP1 and BRCA1 foci
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-10-2011)“…Abstract Background and purpose DNA repair assays to identify radiosensitive patients have had limited clinical implementation due to long turn-around times or…”
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DNA double strand break repair defects, primary immunodeficiency disorders, and ‘radiosensitivity’
Published in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology (01-12-2009)“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWIt is important to assess ‘radiosensitivity’ in patients suspected of immunodeficiency because underlying DNA double strand break (DSB) repair…”
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Correction of ATM Gene Function by Aminoglycoside-Induced Read-Through of Premature Termination Codons
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-11-2004)“…Approximately 14% of genetic mutations in patients with ataxiatelangiectsia (A-T) are single-nucleotide changes that result in primary premature termination…”
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Rapid Flow Cytometry-Based Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes 1 (SMC1) Phosphorylation Assay for Identification of Ataxia-Telangiectasia Homozygotes and Heterozygotes
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (01-03-2009)“…No rapid reliable method exists for identifying ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) homozygotes or heterozygotes. Heterozygotes are at an increased risk of cancer and…”
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Ending a diagnostic odyssey: Moving from exome to genome to identify cockayne syndrome
Published in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (01-07-2021)“…ABSTRACT Background Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by growth failure and multisystemic degeneration. Excision…”
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The case for early use of rapid whole-genome sequencing in management of critically ill infants: late diagnosis of Coffin-Siris syndrome in an infant with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital heart disease, and recurrent infections
Published in Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies (01-06-2018)“…Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results from incomplete formation of the diaphragm leading to herniation of abdominal organs into the thoracic cavity…”
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