The expanding diagnostic toolbox for rare genetic diseases

KD Kernohan, KM Boycott - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Genomic technologies, such as targeted, exome and short-read genome sequencing
approaches, have revolutionized the care of patients with rare genetic diseases. However …

Lysophosphatidylserine: a signaling lipid with Implications in human diseases

A Chakraborty, SS Kamat - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lysophosphatidylserine (lyso-PS) has emerged as yet another important signaling
lysophospholipid in mammals, and deregulation in its metabolism has been directly linked to …

The phospholipase A2 superfamily as a central hub of bioactive lipids and beyond

M Murakami - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In essence,“phospholipase A 2”(PLA 2) means a group of enzymes that release
fatty acids and lysophospholipids by hydrolyzing the sn-2 position of glycerophospholipids …

Care4Rare Canada: Outcomes from a decade of network science for rare disease gene discovery

KM Boycott, T Hartley, KD Kernohan, DA Dyment… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
The past decade has witnessed a rapid evolution in rare disease (RD) research, fueled by
the availability of genome-wide (exome and genome) sequencing. In 2011, as this …

Lost in traffic: consequences of altered palmitoylation in neurodegeneration

F Ramzan, F Abrar, GG Mishra, LMQ Liao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One of the first molecular events in neurodegenerative diseases, regardless of etiology, is
protein mislocalization. Protein mislocalization in neurons is often linked to proteostasis …

Altered protein palmitoylation as disease mechanism in neurodegenerative disorders

J Wlodarczyk, R Bhattacharyya, K Dore… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Palmitoylation, a lipid-based posttranslational protein modification, plays a crucial role in
regulating various aspects of neuronal function through altering protein membrane …

Investigating the impact of severe maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection on infant DNA methylation and neurodevelopment

RA Hill, A Gibbons, W Suwakulsiri, A Taseska… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Maternal infections during pregnancy can increase the risk to offspring of develo** a
neurodevelopmental disorder. Given the global prevalence and severity of infection with …

Childhood-onset hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP): a case series and review of literature

TF Panwala, R Garcia-Santibanez, JA Vizcarra… - Pediatric Neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) encompasses several rare genetic
disorders characterized by progressive lower extremity spasticity and weakness caused by …

Bridging clinical care and research in Ontario, Canada: Maximizing diagnoses from reanalysis of clinical exome sequencing data

T Hartley, É Soubry, M Acker, M Osmond… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the utility of clinical and research processes in the reanalysis of publicly‐
funded clinical exome sequencing data in Ontario, Canada. In partnership with eight sites …

Identification and analyses of exonic and copy number variants in spastic paraplegia

A Shafique, A Nadeem, F Aslam, H Manzoor… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Hereditary spastic paraplegias are a diverse group of degenerative disorders that are
clinically categorized as isolated; with involvement of lower limb spasticity, or symptomatic …