2023
De novo variants implicate chromatin modification, transcriptional regulation, and retinoic acid signaling in syndromic craniosynostosis
Timberlake A, McGee S, Allington G, Kiziltug E, Wolfe E, Stiegler A, Boggon T, Sanyoura M, Morrow M, Wenger T, Fernandes E, Caluseriu O, Persing J, Jin S, Lifton R, Kahle K, Kruszka P. De novo variants implicate chromatin modification, transcriptional regulation, and retinoic acid signaling in syndromic craniosynostosis. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2023, 110: 846-862. PMID: 37086723, PMCID: PMC10183468, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.03.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDamaging de novo variantsChromatin modificationsDe novo variantsCranial neural crest cellsGenome-wide significanceNeural crest cellsNovo variantsRetinoic acid receptor alphaExome sequence dataAcid receptor alphaTranscriptional regulationProband-parent triosGene transcriptionSequence dataCrest cellsOsteoblast differentiationCS phenotypeMendelian formsRecurrent gainsGenesRisk genesGenetic etiologyRetinoic acidReceptor alphaNeurodevelopmental disorders
2021
Integrated genomic analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas reveal the molecular bases for disease heterogeneity
Park J, Daniels J, Wartewig T, Ringbloom KG, Martinez-Escala ME, Choi S, Thomas JJ, Doukas PG, Yang J, Snowden C, Law C, Lee Y, Lee K, Zhang Y, Conran C, Tegtmeyer K, Mo SH, Pease DR, Jothishankar B, Kwok PY, Abdulla FR, Pro B, Louissaint A, Boggon T, Sosman J, Guitart J, Rao D, Ruland J, Choi J. Integrated genomic analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas reveal the molecular bases for disease heterogeneity. Blood 2021, 138: 1225-1236. PMID: 34115827, PMCID: PMC8499046, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020009655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPutative driver genesDriver genesCutaneous T-cell lymphomaDisease phenotypePutative tumor suppressorT-cell lymphomaMycosis fungoidesDiverse disease phenotypesPutative genetic causesSezary syndromeDNA/RNA sequencingGenomic analysisRNA sequencingMolecular basisTumor suppressorDisease stageStructural variantsGenetic relationshipsTranscriptional signatureGenesDisease heterogeneityFunctional assaysNovel insightsSkin-homing T cellsLeukemic disease