Researchers from The Brigham and Women's Hospital presented data from a study that aimed to evaluate the role of somatic variants in drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). High-coverage whole-exome sequencing was conducted using DNA samples derived from the hippocampus and paired brain tissue and/or blood samples.
CAMK2B encodes calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit β, a kinase expressed in the brain that has an important role in synaptic plasticity. Genetic variations are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders.
The GOBACK study analyzed germline susceptibility in children with birth defects and a cancer diagnosis, including a total of 47 probands. Whole-genome sequencing was performed, and researchers evaluated single-nucleotide variants, insertion/deletion variants, as well as copy number variations.
While the human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) has been previously identified as a blood biomarker of fibrosis, the relationship HE4 has with other blood biomarkers has not been established.
Inborn errors of immunity comprise a group of several diseases, the most severe of which are immunodeficiency disorders. The latter are characterized by defective T-cell functioning leading to impaired immunity.
Researchers from the University of Lausanne and affiliated organizations recently presented data from a study that aimed to identify novel candidate causative genes of visual impairment.
Researchers from Wake Forest University, Charles University and affiliated organizations have found a link between mutations in the APOA4 gene and inherited kidney disease.
Researchers from the University of Michigan and affiliated organizations presented data from a study that identified a link between a new neurodevelopmental disorder and biallelic variants in the EPB41L3 gene, which encodes band 4.1-like protein 3 that plays important roles in neuronal development, myelination and cytoskeletal organization.
IKZF2 encodes the critical zinc fingers 2 and 3, which are responsible for the DNA binding activity of Helios. Researchers from the University of British Columbia and affiliated organizations have identified new de novo dominant negative variants of the IKZF2 gene.
At the recent American Society of Human Genetics meeting, researchers from Stanford University reported clinical and functional evidence of the involvement of ARHGAP1, a Rho GTPase-activating protein (GAP) gene, in a patient exhibiting a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder.
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