Publications

Comprehensive identification of gene expression fingerprints and biomarkers of sexual endocrine disruption in zebrafish embryo
Ayobahan SU, Alvincz J, Reinwald H, Strompen J, Salinas G, Schäfers C, Eilebrecht E, Eilebrecht S
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2023 Jan 15;250:114514. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114514. Epub 2023 Jan 4.

Combining ferroptosis induction with MDSC blockade renders primary tumours and metastases in liver sensitive to immune checkpoint blockade
Conche C, Finkelmeier F, Pešić M, Nicolas AM, Böttger TW, Kennel KB, Denk D, Ceteci F, Mohs K, Engel E, Canli Ö, Dabiri Y, Peiffer KH, Zeuzem S, Salinas G, Longerich T, Yang H, Greten FR
Gut 2023 Jan 27:gutjnl-2022-327909. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-327909. Online ahead of print.

Not to miss: Intronic variants, treatment, and review of the phenotypic spectrum in VPS13D-related disorder
Pauly MG, Brüggemann N, Efthymiou S, Grözinger A, Diaw SH, Chelban V, Turchetti V, Vona B, Tadic V, Houlden H, Münchau A, Lohmann K
Int J Mol Sci 2023 23(3):1874. doi.org/10.3390/ijms24031874

Prognostic factor identification by screening changes in differentially expressed genes in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Schminke B, Shomroni O, Salinas G, Bremmer F, Kauffmann P, Schliephake H, Oyelami F, Rahat MA, Brockmeyer P
Oral Dis 2023 Jan;29(1):116-127. doi: 10.1111/odi.13879. Epub 2021 May 5.

Homozygous loss-of-function variants in FILIP1 cause autosomal recessive arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with microcephaly
Schnabel F, Schuler E, Al-Maawali A, Chaurasia A, Syrbe S, Al-Kindi A, Bhavani GS, Shukla A, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Banka S, Girisha KM, Li Y, Wollnik B, Yigit G
Hum Genet 2023 Mar 21. doi: 10.1007/s00439-023-02528-2. Epub ahead of print.

Single-cell transcriptomics reveal extracellular vesicles secretion with a cardiomyocyte proteostasis signature during pathological remodeling
Schoger E, Bleckwedel F, Germena G, Rocha C, Tucholla P, Sobitov I, Möbius W, Sitte M, Lenz C, Samak M, Hinkel R, Varga ZV, Giricz Z, Salinas G, Gross JC, Zelarayán LC
Commun Biol 2023 Jan 21;6(1):79. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04402-9.

An encounter with the mild side of LARS2-associated Perrault syndrome and its implications on the diagnostic odyssey
Vona B
Eur J Hum Genet 2023 [Online ahead of print]. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01285-0

Expanding the spectrum of EEF1D neurodevelopmental disorders: Biallelic variants in the Guanine Exchange Domain
Averdunk L, Al-Thihli K, Surowy H, Lüdecke HJ, Drechsler M, Yigit G, Smorag L, Hallak BA, Li Y, Altmüller J, Guthoff T, Wallot M, Nürnberg P, Wollnik B, Abou Jamra R, Al-Maawali A, Wieczorek D
Clin Genet. 2022 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/cge.14290. Epub ahead of print.

WARS1 and SARS1: two tRNA synthetases implicated in autosomal recessive microcephaly
Bögershausen N, Krawczyk HE, Jamra RA, Lin SJ, Yigit G, Hüning I, Polo AM, Vona B, Huang K, Schmidt J, Altmüller J, Luppe J, Platzer K, Dörgeloh BB, Busche A, Biskup S, Mendes MI, Smith DEC, Salomons GS, Zibat A, Bültmann E, Nürnberg P, Spielmann M, Lemke JR, Li Y, Zenker M, Varshney GK, Hillen HS, Kratz CP, Wollnik B
Hum Mutat. 2022 Oct;43(10):1454-1471. doi: 10.1002/humu.24430. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

Biallelic variants in ADAMTS15 cause a novel form of distal arthrogryposis
Boschann F, Cogulu MÖ, Pehlivan D, Balachandran S, Vallecillo-Garcia P, Grochowski CM, Hansmeier NR, Coban Akdemir ZH, Prada-Medina CA, Aykut A, Fischer-Zirnsak B, Badura S, Durmaz B, Ozkinay F, Hägerling R, Posey JE, Stricker S, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Spielmann M, Horn D, Brockmann K, Lupski JR, Kornak U, Schmidt J
Genet Med. 2022 Oct;24(10):2187-2193. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.07.012. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

Dissecting the influence of cellular senescence on cell mechanics and extracellular matrix formation in vitro
Brauer E, Lange T, Keller D, Görlitz S, Cho S, Keye J, Gossen M, Petersen A, Kornak U
Aging Cell 2022 Dec 13:e13744. doi: 10.1111/acel.13744. Epub ahead of print.

Early-onset osteoporosis: Rare monogenic forms elucidate the complexity of disease pathogenesis beyond type I collagen
Costantini A, Mäkitie RE, Hartmann MA, Fratzl-Zelman N, Zillikens MC, Kornak U, Søe K, Mäkitie O
J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Sep;37(9):1623-1641. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4668. Epub 2022 Sep 11.

Regenerative potential of epicardium-derived extracellular vesicles mediated by conserved miRNA transfer
Del Campo CV, Liaw NY, Gunadasa-Rohling M, Matthaei M, Braga L, Kennedy T, Salinas G, Voigt N, Giacca M, Zimmermann WH, Riley PR
Cardiovasc Res 2022 Jan 29;118(2):597-611. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab054.

Uncovering the Contribution of Moderate-Penetrance Susceptibility Genes to Breast Cancer by Whole-Exome Sequencing and Targeted Enrichment Sequencing of Candidate Genes in Women of European Ancestry
Dumont M, Weber-Lassalle N, Joly-Beauparlant C, Ernst C, Droit A, Feng BJ, Dubois S, Collin-Deschesnes AC, Soucy P, Vallée M, Fournier F, Lemaçon A, Adank MA, Allen J, Altmüller J, Arnold N, Ausems MGEM, Berutti R, Bolla MK, Bull S, Carvalho S, Cornelissen S, Dufault MR, Dunning AM, Engel C, Gehrig A, Geurts-Giele WRR, Gieger C, Green J, Hackmann K, Helmy M, Hentschel J, Hogervorst FBL, Hollestelle A, Hooning MJ, Horváth J, Ikram MA, Kaulfuß S, Keeman R, Kuang D, Luccarini C, Maier W, Martens JWM, Niederacher D, Nürnberg P, Ott CE, Peters A, Pharoah PDP, Ramirez A, Ramser J, Riedel-Heller S, Schmidt G, Shah M, Scherer M, Stäbler A, Strom TM, Sutter C, Thiele H, van Asperen CJ, van der Kolk L, van der Luijt RB, Volk AE, Wagner M, Waisfisz Q, Wang Q, Wang-Gohrke S, Weber BHF, Genome Of The Netherlands Project, Ghs Study Group, Devilee P, Tavtigian S, Bader GD, Meindl A, Goldgar DE, Andrulis IL, Schmutzler RK, Easton DF, Schmidt MK, Hahnen E, Simard J
Cancers (Basel) 2022 Jul 11;14(14):3363. doi: 10.3390/cancers14143363.

Gene-expression profiles of pretreatment biopsies predict complete response of rectal cancer patients to preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Emons G, Auslander N, Jo P, Kitz J, Azizian A, Hu Y, Hess CF, Roedel C, Sax U, Salinas G, Stroebel P, Kramer F, Beissbarth T, Grade M, Ghadimi M, Ruppin E, Ried T, Gaedcke J
Br J Cancer 2022 Sep;127(4):766-775. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01842-2. Epub 2022 May 21

Heat shock protein A4 ablation leads to skeletal muscle myopathy associated with dysregulated autophagy and induced apoptosis
Elkenani M, Barakat AZ, Held T, Rodrigues DM, Mobarak S, Swarnka S, Adham IM, Mohamed BA
J Transl Med. 2022 May 14;20(1):229. doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03418-3.

Transcriptomic profiling of clobetasol propionate-induced immunosuppression in challenged zebrafish embryos
Essfeld F, Reinwald H, Salinas G, Schäfers C, Eilebrecht E, Eilebrecht S
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022 Mar 15;233:113346. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113346. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

IGF-1 Gene Transfer Modifies Inflammatory Environment and Gene Expression in the Caudate-Putamen of Aged Female Rat Brain
Falomir-Lockhart E, Dolcetti FJC, Herrera ML, Pennini J, Zappa Villar MF, Salinas G, Portiansky E, Spittau B, Lacunza E, Hereñú CB, Bellini MJ
Mol Neurobiol 2022 Jun;59(6):3337-3352. doi: 10.1007/s12035-022-02791-w. Epub 2022 Mar 19.

Phenotypic spectrum of BLM- and RMI1-related Bloom syndrome
Gönenc II, Elcioglu NH, Martinez Grijalva C, Aras S, Großmann N, Praulich I, Altmüller J, Kaulfuß S, Li Y, Nürnberg P, Burfeind P, Yigit G, Wollnik B.
Clin Genet 2022 May;101(5-6):559-564. doi: 10.1111/cge.14125. Epub 2022 Mar 11.

Single-cell transcription profiles in Bloom syndrome patients link BLM deficiency with altered condensin complex expression signatures
Gönenc II, Wolff A, Schmidt J, Zibat A, Müller C, Cyganek L, Argyriou L, Räschle M, Yigit G, Wollnik B.
Hum Mol Genet. 2022 Jul 7;31(13):2185-2193. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab373.

HNF1B Alters an Evolutionarily Conserved Nephrogenic Program of Target Genes
Grand K, Stoltz M, Rizzo L, Röck R, Kaminski M, Salinas G, Getwan M, Naert T, Pichler R, Lienkamp S
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Dec 15:ASN.2022010076. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022010076. Epub ahead of print.

Comparative multi-tissue profiling reveals extensive tissue-specificity in transcriptome reprogramming during thermal adaptation
Hadadi N, Spiljar M, Steinbach K, Çolakoğlu M, Chevalier C, Salinas G, Merkler D, Trajkovski M
Elife 2022 May 17;11:e78556. doi: 10.7554/eLife.78556.

Detailed phenotypic and functional characterization of CMV-associated adaptive NK cells in rhesus macaques
Hasan MZ, Höltermann C, Petersen B, Schrod A, Mätz-Rensing K, Kaul A, Salinas G, Dressel R, Walter L
Front Immunol. 2022 Nov 25;13:1028788. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1028788.

Doxorubicin induces cardiotoxicity in a pluripotent stem cell model of aggressive B cell lymphoma cancer patients
Haupt LP, Rebs S, Maurer W, Hübscher D, Tiburcy M, Pabel S, Maus A, Köhne S, Tappu R, Haas J, Li Y, Sasse A, Santos CCX, Dressel R, Wojnowski L, Bunt G, Möbius W, Shah AM, Meder B, Wollnik B, Sossalla S, Hasenfuss G, Streckfuss-Bömeke K
Basic Res Cardiol 2022 Mar 8;117(1):13. doi: 10.1007/s00395-022-00918-7.

The HIFα-Stabilizing Drug Roxadustat Increases the Number of Renal Epo-Producing Sca-1+ Cells
Jatho A, Zieseniss A, Brechtel-Curth K, Guo J, Böker KO, Salinas G, Wenger RH, Katschinski DM
Cells. 2022 Feb 21;11(4):753. doi: 10.3390/cells11040753.

GGPS1-associated muscular dystrophy with and without hearing loss
Kaiyrzhanov R, Perry L, Rocca C, Zaki MS, Hosny H, Araujo Martins Moreno C, Phadke R, Zaharieva I, Camelo Gontijo C, Beetz C, Pini V, Movahedinia M, Zanoteli E, DiTroia S, Vuillaumier-Barrot S, Isapof A, Mehrjardi MYV, Ghasemi N, Sarkozy A, Muntoni F, Whalen S, Vona B, Houlden H, Maroofian R.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 Sep;9(9):1465-1474. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51633. Epub 2022 Jul 23.

Evaluation of growth, puberty, osteoporosis, and the response to long-term bisphosphonate therapy in four patients with osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome
Karakilic-Ozturan E, Altunoglu U, Ozturk AP, Kardelen Al AD, Yavas Abali Z, Avci S, Wollnik B, Poyrazoglu S, Bas F, Uyguner ZO, Kayserili H, Darendeliler F
Am J Med Genet A 2022 Jul;188(7):2061-2070. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62742. Epub 2022 Apr 8.

Alternative splicing of BUD13 determines the severity of a developmental disorder with lipodystrophy and progeroid features
Kornak U, Saha N, Keren B, Neumann A, Taylor Tavares AL, Piard J, Kopp J, Rodrigues Alves JG, Rodríguez de Los Santos M, El Choubassi N, Ehmke N, Jäger M, Spielmann M, Pantel JT, Lejeune E, Fauler B, Mielke T, Hecht J, Meierhofer D, Strom TM, Laugel V, Brice A, Mundlos S, Bertoli-Avella A, Bauer P, Heyd F, Boute O, Dupont J, Depienne C, Van Maldergem L, Fischer-Zirnsak B
Genet Med. 2022 Sep;24(9):1927-1940. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.05.004. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Heat stress leads to rapid lipid remodeling and transcriptional adaptations in Nicotiana tabacum pollen tubes
Krawczyk HE, Rotsch AH, Herrfurth C, Scholz P, Shomroni O, Salinas-Riester G, Feussner I, Ischebeck T
Plant Physiol 2022 Jun 1;189(2):490-515. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac127.

Prdm12 modulates pain-related behavior by remodeling gene expression in mature nociceptors
Latragna A, Sabaté San José A, Tsimpos P, Vermeiren S, Gualdani R, Chakrabarti S, Callejo G, Desiderio S, Shomroni O, Sitte M, Kricha S, Luypaert M, Vanhollebeke B, Laumet G, Salinas G, Smith ESJ, Ris L, Bellefroid EJ
Pain 2022 Aug 1;163(8):e927-e941. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002536. Epub 2021 Dec 24.

Calcium bursts allow rapid reorganization of EFhD2/Swip-1 cross-linked actin networks in epithelial wound closure
Lehne F, Pokrant T, Parbin S, Salinas G, Großhans J, Rust K, Faix J, Bogdan S
Nat Commun 2022 May 6;13(1):2492. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30167-0.

Biallelic variants in WARS1 cause a highly variable neurodevelopmental syndrome and implicate a critical exon for normal auditory function
Lin SJ, Vona B, Porter HM, Izadi M, Huang K, Lacassie Y, Rosenfeld JA, Khan S, Petree C, Ali TA, Muhammad N, Khan SA, Muhammad N, Liu P, Haymon ML, Rüschendorf F, Kong IK, Schnapp L, Shur N, Chorich L, Layman L, Haaf T, Pourkarimi E, Kim HG, Varshney GK.
Hum Mutat. 2022 Oct;43(10):1472-1489. doi: 10.1002/humu.24435. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

Generation of homozygous Nav1.8 knock-out iPSC lines by CRISPR Cas9 genome editing to investigate a potential new antiarrhythmic strategy
Maurer W, Hartmann N, Argyriou L, Sossalla S, Streckfuss-Bömeke K
Stem Cell Res. 2022 Apr;60:102677. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2022.102677. Epub 2022 Jan 19.

Short-Term Test for Toxicogenomic Analysis of Ecotoxic Modes of Action in Lemna minor
Loll A, Reinwald H, Ayobahan SU, Göckener B, Salinas G, Schäfers C, Schlich K, Hamscher G, Eilebrecht S
Environ Sci Technol 2022 Aug 16;56(16):11504-11515. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01777. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

ClearCNV: CNV calling from NGS panel data in the presence of ambiguity and noise
May V, Koch L, Fischer-Zirnsak B, Horn D, Gehle P, Kornak U, Beule D, Holtgrewe M
Bioinformatics. 2022 Jun 25:btac418. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac418. Epub ahead of print

Evidence of Two Novel LAMA2 Variants in a Patient With Muscular Dystrophy: Facing the Challenges of a Certain Diagnosis
Meyer S, Kaulfuß S, Zechel S, Kummer K, Seif Amir Hosseini A, Ernst MS, Schmidt J, Pauli S, Zschüntzsch J
Front Neurol. 2022 Jul 19;13:893605. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.893605.

Small and long RNA transcriptome of whole human cerebrospinal fluid and serum as compared to their extracellular vesicle fractions reveal profound differences in expression patterns and impacts on biological processes
Michel U, Shomroni O, Müller B, Lange P, Salinas G, Bähr M, Koch JC
J Transl Med 2022 Sep 8;20(1):413. doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03612-3.

RNF43 pathogenic Germline variant in a family with colorectal cancer
Mikaeel RR, Young JP, Li Y, Poplawski NK, Smith E, Horsnell M, Uylaki W, Tomita Y, Townsend AR, Feng J, Zibat A, Kaulfuß S, Müller C, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Scott H, Rawlings L, Henry D, Vakulin C, Dubowsky A, Price TJ.
Clin Genet. 2022 Jan;101(1):122-126. doi: 10.1111/cge.14064. Epub 2021 Sep 27.

Survey of germline variants in cancer-associated genes in young adults with colorectal cancer
Mikaeel RR, Young JP, Li Y, Smith E, Horsnell M, Uylaki W, Tapia Rico G, Poplawski NK, Hardingham JE, Tomita Y, Townsend AR, Feng J, Zibat A, Kaulfuß S, Müller C, Yigit G, Wollnik B, Price TJ
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2022 Feb;61(2):105-113. doi: 10.1002/gcc.23011. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Genomic basis of syndromic short stature in an Algerian patient cohort
Moosa S, Chentli F, Altmüller J, Bögershausen N, Nürnberg P, Yigit G, Li Y, Wollnik B
Am J Med Genet A. 2022 Feb;188(2):606-612. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62532. Epub 2021 Oct 13.

Genetic Diagnostics in Routine Osteological Assessment of Adult Low Bone Mass Disorders
Oheim R, Tsourdi E, Seefried L, Beller G, Schubach M, Vettorazzi E, Stürznickel J, Rolvien T, Ehmke N, Delsmann A, Genest F, Krüger U, Zemojtel T, Barvencik F, Schinke T, Jakob F, Hofbauer LC, Mundlos S, Kornak U
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022 Jun 16;107(7):e3048-e3057. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac147.

Autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss maps to DFNA33 (13q34) and co-segregates with splice and frameshift variants in ATP11A, a phospholipid flippase gene
Pater JA, Penney C, O’Rielly DD, Griffin A, Kamal L, Brownstein Z, Vona B, Vinkler C, Shohat M, Barel O, French CR, Singh S, Werdyani S, Burt T, Abdelfatah N, Houston J, Doucette LP, Squires J, Glaser F, Roslin NM, Vincent D, Marquis P, Woodland G, Benoukraf T, Hawkey-Noble A, Avraham KB, Stanton SG, Young TL.
Hum Genet. 2022 Apr;141(3-4):431-444. doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02444-x.

Tumor suppressive functions of WNT5A in rhabdomyosarcoma
Ragab N, Bauer J, Uhmann A, Marx A, Hahn H, Simon-Keller K
Int J Oncol. 2022 Sep;61(3):102. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2022.5392. Epub 2022 Jul 7.

Toxicogenomic profiling after sublethal exposure to nerve- and muscle-targeting insecticides reveals cardiac and neuronal developmental effects in zebrafish embryos
Reinwald H, Alvincz J, Salinas G, Schäfers C, Hollert H, Eilebrecht S
Chemosphere. 2022 Mar;291(Pt 1):132746. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132746. Epub 2021 Nov 5.

Identification of three novel homozygous variants in COL9A3 causing autosomal recessive Stickler syndrome
Rad A, Najafi M, Suri F, Abedini S, Loum S, Karimiani EG, Daftarian N, Murphy D, Doosti M, Moghaddasi A, Ahmadieh H, Sabbaghi H, Rajati M, Hashemi N, Vona B, Schmidts M.
Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Mar 3;17(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02244-6.

Neutrophilic granulocyte-derived B-cell activating factor supports B cells in skin lesions in hidradenitis suppurativa
Sabat R, Šimaitė D, Gudjonsson JE, Brembach TC, Witte K, Krause T, Kokolakis G, Bartnik E, Nikolaou C, Rill N, Coulibaly B, Levin C, Herrmann M, Salinas G, Leeuw T, Volk HD, Ghoreschi K, Wolk K
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2022 Dec 5:S0091-6749(22)01621-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.10.034. Online ahead of print.

Somatic mosaicism in STAG2-associated cohesinopathies: Expansion of the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum
Schmidt J, Dreha-Kulaczewski S, Zafeiriou M-P, Schreiber M-K, Wilken B, Funke R, Neuhofer CM, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Nürnberg P, Biskup S, Li Y, Zimmermann WH, Kaulfuß S, Yigit G and Wollnik B
Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2022 Nov 16;10:1025332. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1025332.

Progressive frontal intraosseous lipoma: Detection of the mosaic AKT1 variant discloses Proteus syndrome
Schmidt J, Bremmer F, Brockmann K, Kaulfuß S, Wollnik B
Clin Genet. 2022 Jun 7. doi: 10.1111/cge.14174. Epub ahead of print.

Familial cleft tongue caused by a unique translation initiation codon variant in TP63
Schmidt J, Schreiber G, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Nürnberg P, Li Y, Kaulfuß S, Funke R, Wilken B, Yigit G, Wollnik B
Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 Feb;30(2):211-218. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00967-x. Epub 2021 Oct 11.

Engineered skeletal muscle recapitulates human muscle development, regeneration and dystrophy
Shahriyari M, Islam MR, Sakib SM, Rinn M, Rika A, Krüger D, Kaurani L, Gisa V, Winterhoff M, Anandakumar H, Shomroni O, Schmidt M, Salinas G, Unger A, Linke WA, Zschüntzsch J, Schmidt J, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN, Fischer A, Zimmermann WH, Tiburcy M
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2022 Dec;13(6):3106-3121. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13094. Epub 2022 Oct 18.

A novel single-cell RNA-sequencing approach and its applicability connecting genotype to phenotype in ageing disease
Shomroni O, Sitte M, Schmidt J, Parbin S, Ludewig F, Yigit G, Zelarayan LC, Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Wollnik B, Salinas G
Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 8;12(1):4091. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07874-1.

CLCN7, a gene shared by autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant osteopetrosis
Stauber T, Wartosch L, Vishnolia S, Schulz A, Kornak U
Bone. 2022 Dec 10:116639. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116639. Epub ahead of print.

Clinical spectrum of Hereditary Hypophosphatemic rickets with Hypercalciuria (HHRH)
Stürznickel J, Heider F, Delsmann A, Gödel M, Grünhagen J, Huber TB, Kornak U, Amling M, Oheim R
J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Aug;37(8):1580-1591. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4630. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 48 risk variants and highlights the role of the stria vascularis in hearing loss
Trpchevska N, Freidin MB, Broer L, Oosterloo BC, Yao S, Zhou Y, Vona B, Bishop C, Bizaki-Vallaskangas A, Canlon B, Castellana F, Chasman DI, Cherny S, Christensen K, Concas MP, Correa A, Elkon R; Estonian Biobank Research Team, Mengel-From J, Gao Y, Giersch ABS, Girotto G, Gudjonsson A, Gudnason V, Heard-Costa NL, Hertzano R, Hjelmborg JVB, Hjerling-Leffler J, Hoffman HJ, Kaprio J, Kettunen J, Krebs K, Kähler AK, Lallemend F, Launer LJ, Lee IM, Leonard H, Li CM, Lowenheim H, Magnusson PKE, van Meurs J, Milani L, Morton CC, Mäkitie A, Nalls MA, Nardone GG, Nygaard M, Palviainen T, Pratt S, Quaranta N, Rämö J, Saarentaus E, Sardone R, Satizabal Barrera CL, Schweinfurth JM, Seshadri S, Shiroma E, Shulman E, Simonsick E, Spankovich C, Tropitzsch A, Lauschke VM, Sullivan PF, Goedegebure A, Cederroth CR, Williams FMK, Nagtegaal AP.
Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Jun 2;109(6):1077-1091. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.04.010. Epub 2022 May 16.

TP53-Status-Dependent Oncogenic EZH2 Activity in Pancreatic Cancer
Versemann L, Patil S, Steuber B, Zhang Z, Kopp W, Krawczyk HE, Kaulfuß S, Wollnik B, Ströbel P, Neesse A, Singh SK, Ellenrieder V, Hessmann E
Cancers (Basel) 2022 Jul 15;14(14):3451. doi: 10.3390/cancers14143451.

Biallelic truncating variants in ATP9A cause a novel neurodevelopmental disorder involving postnatal microcephaly and failure to thrive
Vogt G, Verheyen S, Schwartzmann S, Ehmke N, Potratz C, Schwerin-Nagel A, Plecko B, Holtgrewe M, Seelow D, Blatterer J, Speicher MR, Kornak U, Horn D, Mundlos S, Fischer-Zirnsak B, Boschann F
J Med Genet 2022 Jul;59(7):662-668. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107843. Epub 2021 Jun 18.

Biallelic KITLG variants lead to a distinct spectrum of hypomelanosis and sensorineural hearing loss
Vona B, Schwartzbaum DA, Rodriguez AA, Lewis SS, Toosi MB, Radhakrishnan P, Bozan N, Akın R, Doosti M, Manju R, Duman D, Sineni CJ, Nampoothiri S, Karimiani EG, Houlden H, Bademci G, Tekin M, Girisha KM, Maroofian R, Douzgou S.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Sep;36(9):1606-1611. doi: 10.1111/jdv.18207. Epub 2022 May 25.

Whole genome sequencing for newborns –The devil is in the details.
Vona B.
Clin Transl Med. 2022 Jul 7. doi: 10.1002/ctd2.102. Online ahead of print,

The Road Traveled and Journey Ahead for the Genetics and Genomics of Tinnitus
Vona B.
Mol Diagn Ther. 2022 Mar;26(2):129-136. doi: 10.1007/s40291-022-00578-2.

Deletion of the last two exons of FGF10 in a family with LADD syndrome and pulmonary acinar hypoplasia
Wade EM, Parthasarathy P, Mi J, Morgan T, Wollnik B, Robertson SP, Cundy T
Eur J Hum Genet 2022 Apr;30(4):480-484. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00902-0. Epub 2021 May 9.

Is there an unmet medical need for improved hearing restoration?
Wolf BJ, Kusch K, Hunniford V, Vona B, Kühler R, Keppeler D, Strenzke N, Moser T.
EMBO Mol Med. 2022 Jul 14:e15798. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202215798. Online ahead of print.

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Relevant genetic variants are common in women with pregnancy and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) and predispose to more severe clinical manifestations
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Comparing a Novel Malformation Syndrome Caused by Pathogenic Variants in FBRSL1 to AUTS2 Syndrome
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The Redox Homeostasis of Skeletal Muscle Cells Regulates Stage Differentiation of Toxoplasma gondii
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Aplasia cutis congenita in a CDC42-related developmental phenotype
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Premature ageing disorders – a clinical and genetic compendium
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Heterozygous truncating variants in SUFU cause congenital ocular motor apraxia
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Expanding the clinical and molecular spectrum of ATP6V1A related metabolic cutis laxa
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Cellular models and therapeutic perspectives in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Spreading of Isolated Ptch Mutant Basal Cell Carcinoma Precursors Is Physiologically Suppressed and Counteracts Tumor Formation in Mice
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A second cohort of CHD3 patients expands the molecular mechanisms known to cause Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome
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NCSTN Deficiency and Depigmentation: All About Tyrosinase?
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Regulation and Role of GLI1 in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Pathogenesis
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Mutational Landscapes and Phenotypic Spectrum of SWI/SNF-Related Intellectual Disability Disorders
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Floating-Harbor Syndrome: Presentation of the First Romanian Patient with a SRCAP Mutation and Review of the Literature
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An evolutionarily conserved ribosome-rescue pathway maintains epidermal homeostasis
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Mutations in TOP3A Cause a Bloom Syndrome-like Disorder
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Relaxin Family Member Insulin-Like Peptide 6 Ameliorates Cardiac Fibrosis and Prevents Cardiac Remodeling in Murine Heart Failure Models
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Sema3a plays a role in the pathogenesis of CHARGE syndrome
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