Association of MTOR mutations with developmental brain disorders, including megalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, and pigmentary mosaicism

GM Mirzaa, CD Campbell, N Solovieff, CP Goold… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), hemimegalencephaly, and megalencephaly
constitute a spectrum of malformations of cortical development with shared neuropathologic …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of mutations in the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signalling pathway in patients with macrocephaly and developmental delay and/or autism

KS Yeung, WWY Tso, JJK Ip, CCY Mak, GKC Leung… - Molecular autism, 2017 - Springer
Background Macrocephaly, which is defined as a head circumference greater than or equal
to+ 2 standard deviations, is a feature commonly observed in children with developmental …

[HTML][HTML] A three-year follow-up study evaluating clinical utility of exome sequencing and diagnostic potential of reanalysis

JLF Fung, MHC Yu, S Huang, CCY Chung… - NPJ genomic …, 2020 - nature.com
Exome sequencing (ES) has become one of the important diagnostic tools in clinical
genetics with a reported diagnostic rate of 25–58%. Many studies have illustrated the …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid whole-exome sequencing facilitates precision medicine in paediatric rare disease patients and reduces healthcare costs

CCY Chung, GKC Leung, CCY Mak… - The Lancet Regional …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Rapid whole-exome sequencing (rWES) offers the potential for early diagnosis-
predicated precision medicine. Previous evidence focused predominantly on infants from …

Prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of Schuurs‐Hoeijmakers syndrome: Case series and review of the literature

MTY Seto, AM Bertoli‐Avella… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Schuurs‐Hoeijmakers syndrome (SHS) is a rare syndrome involving a de novo variant in the
PACS1 gene on chromosome 11q13. There are 36 individuals published in the literature so …

Somatic PIK3CA mutations in seven patients with PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum

KS Yeung, JJK Ip, CP Chow, EYL Kuong… - American journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Somatic mutations in PIK3CA cause many overgrowth syndromes that have been recently
coined the “PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum.” Here, we present seven molecularly …

[HTML][HTML] Primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency-7: expanded phenotypic spectrum and a founder mutation in southern Chinese

MHC Yu, MHY Tsang, S Lai, MSP Ho, DML Tse… - NPJ Genomic …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency-7 (COQ10D7) is a rare mitochondrial disease
caused by biallelic mutations in COQ4. Here we report the largest cohort of COQ10D7 to …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus identified hypomethylation in genes related to the type I …

KS Yeung, BHY Chung, S Choufani, MY Mok… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Epigenetic variants have been shown in recent studies to be important
contributors to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Here, we report a 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Actionable pharmacogenetic variants in Hong Kong Chinese exome sequencing data and projected prescription impact in the Hong Kong population

MHC Yu, MCY Chan, CCY Chung, AWT Li… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Preemptive pharmacogenetic testing has the potential to improve drug dosing by providing
point-of-care patient genotype information. Nonetheless, its implementation in the Chinese …

Exome sequencing identifies molecular diagnosis in children with drug‐resistant epilepsy

MHY Tsang, GKC Leung, ACC Ho, KS Yeung… - Epilepsia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Early onset drug‐resistant epilepsy is a neurologic disorder in which 2
antiepileptic drugs fail to maintain the seizure‐free status of the patient. Heterogeneous …