Publications
Digenic inheritance of an SMCHD1 mutation and an FSHD-permissive D4Z4 allele causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2. Nat Genet 44, 1370-4 (2012).
Haploinsufficiency of SF3B4, a component of the pre-mRNA spliceosomal complex, causes Nager syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 90, 925-33 (2012).
Loss-of-function mutations in TGFB2 cause a syndromic presentation of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Nat Genet 44, 922-7 (2012).
Attitudes of African Americans toward return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing. Am J Med Genet A 161A, 1064-72 (2013).
Effect of catechol-o-methyltransferase-gene (COMT) variants on experimental and acute postoperative pain in 1,000 women undergoing surgery for breast cancer. Anesthesiology 119, 1422-33 (2013).
Evidence for replicative mechanism in a CHD7 rearrangement in a patient with CHARGE syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 161A, 3182-6 (2013).
Incidental copy-number variants identified by routine genome testing in a clinical population. Genet Med 15, 45-54 (2013).
Mosaicism of the UDP-galactose transporter SLC35A2 causes a congenital disorder of glycosylation. Am J Hum Genet 92, 632-6 (2013).
Mutations in KARS, encoding lysyl-tRNA synthetase, cause autosomal-recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment DFNB89. Am J Hum Genet 93, 132-40 (2013).
Mutations in LAMB1 cause cobblestone brain malformation without muscular or ocular abnormalities. Am J Hum Genet 92, 468-74 (2013).
Mutations in VRK1 associated with complex motor and sensory axonal neuropathy plus microcephaly. JAMA Neurol 70, 1491-8 (2013).
Perrault syndrome is caused by recessive mutations in CLPP, encoding a mitochondrial ATP-dependent chambered protease. Am J Hum Genet 92, 605-13 (2013).
Recessive loss of function of the neuronal ubiquitin hydrolase UCHL1 leads to early-onset progressive neurodegeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110, 3489-94 (2013).
Recurrent gain-of-function mutation in PRKG1 causes thoracic aortic aneurysms and acute aortic dissections. Am J Hum Genet 93, 398-404 (2013).
A recurrent PDGFRB mutation causes familial infantile myofibromatosis. Am J Hum Genet 92, 996-1000 (2013).
Somatic and germline CACNA1D calcium channel mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas and primary aldosteronism. Nat Genet 45, 1050-4 (2013).
TM4SF20 ancestral deletion and susceptibility to a pediatric disorder of early language delay and cerebral white matter hyperintensities. Am J Hum Genet 93, 197-210 (2013).
Whole-genome analysis reveals that mutations in inositol polyphosphate phosphatase-like 1 cause opsismodysplasia. Am J Hum Genet 92, 137-43 (2013).
Adenylate cyclase 1 (ADCY1) mutations cause recessive hearing impairment in humans and defects in hair cell function and hearing in zebrafish. Hum Mol Genet 23, 3289-98 (2014).
Attitudes of non-African American focus group participants toward return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing. Am J Med Genet A 164A, 2153-60 (2014).
Biallelic truncating mutations in FMN2, encoding the actin-regulatory protein Formin 2, cause nonsyndromic autosomal-recessive intellectual disability. Am J Hum Genet 95, 721-8 (2014).
Brain malformations associated with Knobloch syndrome--review of literature, expanding clinical spectrum, and identification of novel mutations. Pediatr Neurol 51, 806-813.e8 (2014).
Clinical utility of whole-exome sequencing in rare diseases: Galactosialidosis. Eur J Med Genet 57, 339-344 (2014).
CLP1 founder mutation links tRNA splicing and maturation to cerebellar development and neurodegeneration. Cell 157, 651-63 (2014).
Compound heterozygous CORO1A mutations in siblings with a mucocutaneous-immunodeficiency syndrome of epidermodysplasia verruciformis-HPV, molluscum contagiosum and granulomatous tuberculoid leprosy. J Clin Immunol 34, 871-90 (2014).
Cytogenomic delineation and clinical follow-up of two siblings with an 8.5 Mb 6q24.2-q25.2 deletion inherited from a paternal insertion. Am J Med Genet A 164A, 2378-84 (2014).
De novo truncating mutations in AHDC1 in individuals with syndromic expressive language delay, hypotonia, and sleep apnea. Am J Hum Genet 94, 784-9 (2014).
Diamond-Blackfan anemia with mandibulofacial dystostosis is heterogeneous, including the novel DBA genes TSR2 and RPS28. Am J Med Genet A 164A, 2240-9 (2014).
Exonic duplication CNV of NDRG1 associated with autosomal-recessive HMSN-Lom/CMT4D. Genet Med 16, 386-394 (2014).
Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of ARID1B-mediated disorders and identification of altered cell-cycle dynamics due to ARID1B haploinsufficiency. Orphanet J Rare Dis 9, 43 (2014).
A form of the metabolic syndrome associated with mutations in DYRK1B. N Engl J Med 370, 1909-1919 (2014).
Gigantism and acromegaly due to Xq26 microduplications and GPR101 mutation. N Engl J Med 371, 2363-74 (2014).
Heterozygous de novo and inherited mutations in the smooth muscle actin (ACTG2) gene underlie megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. PLoS Genet 10, e1004258 (2014).
Human CLP1 mutations alter tRNA biogenesis, affecting both peripheral and central nervous system function. Cell 157, 636-50 (2014).
Individual exome analysis in diagnosis and management of paediatric liver failure of indeterminate aetiology. J Hepatol 61, 1056-63 (2014).
Informed consent for exome sequencing research in families with genetic disease: the emerging issue of incidental findings. Am J Med Genet A 164A, 2745-52 (2014).
Laterality defects other than situs inversus totalis in primary ciliary dyskinesia: insights into situs ambiguus and heterotaxy. Chest 146, 1176-1186 (2014).
Loss-of-function HDAC8 mutations cause a phenotypic spectrum of Cornelia de Lange syndrome-like features, ocular hypertelorism, large fontanelle and X-linked inheritance. Hum Mol Genet 23, 2888-900 (2014).
Molecular findings among patients referred for clinical whole-exome sequencing. JAMA 312, 1870-9 (2014).
Monoallelic and biallelic mutations in MAB21L2 cause a spectrum of major eye malformations. Am J Hum Genet 94, 915-23 (2014).
Multilineage somatic activating mutations in HRAS and NRAS cause mosaic cutaneous and skeletal lesions, elevated FGF23 and hypophosphatemia. Hum Mol Genet 23, 397-407 (2014).
Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation. Nat Genet 46, 1135-1139 (2014).