SLC4A10 mutation causes a neurological disorder associated with impaired GABAergic transmission

J Fasham, AK Huebner, L Liebmann, R Khalaf-Nazzal… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
SLC4A10 is a plasma-membrane bound transporter that utilizes the Na+ gradient to drive
cellular HCO3− uptake, thus mediating acid extrusion. In the mammalian brain, SLC4A10 is …

Biallelic variants in AGTPBP1, involved in tubulin deglutamylation, are associated with cerebellar degeneration and motor neuropathy

R Sheffer, M Gur, R Brooks, S Salah, M Daana… - European Journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The ATP/GTP-Binding Protein 1 (AGTPBP1) gene (OMIM* 606830) catalyzes
deglutamylation of polyglutamylated proteins, and its deficiency manifests by cerebellar …

Infantile neurodegenerative disorder associated with mutations in TBCD, an essential gene in the tubulin heterodimer assembly pathway

S Edvardson, G Tian, H Cullen, H Vanyai… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Mutation in a growing spectrum of genes is known to either cause or contribute to primary or
secondary microcephaly. In primary microcephaly the genetic determinants frequently …

Infantile SOD1 deficiency syndrome caused by a homozygous SOD1 variant with absence of enzyme activity

S Ezer, M Daana, JH Park, S Yanovsky-Dagan… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pathogenic variants in SOD1, encoding superoxide dismutase 1, are responsible for about
20% of all familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases, through a gain-of-function …

Congenital myasthenic syndrome in Israel: genetic and clinical characterization

S Aharoni, M Sadeh, Y Shapira, S Edvardson… - Neuromuscular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to evaluate the epidemiology of patients with congenital
myasthenic syndrome (CMS) in Israel. Targeted mutation analysis was performed based on …

Loss-of-function variants in DNM1 cause a specific form of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy only in biallelic state

G Yigit, R Sheffer, M Daana, Y Li, E Kaygusuz… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) represent a group of
severe neurological disorders characterised by an onset of refractory seizures during …

Measuring the effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and antibiotic resistance: the Palestinian-Israeli …

M Daana, G Rahav, A Hamdan, A Thalji, F Jaar… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Palestinian-Israeli Collaborative Research (PICR) cross-conflict
setting provided a unique opportunity to study overall and indirect effects of pneumococcal …

Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in WBP4, encoding a spliceosome protein, result in a variable neurodevelopmental syndrome

E Engal, KT Oja, R Maroofian, O Geminder… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Over two dozen spliceosome proteins are involved in human diseases, also referred to as
spliceosomopathies. WW domain-binding protein 4 (WBP4) is part of the early spliceosomal …

[HTML][HTML] A neurodevelopmental disorder associated with a loss-of-function missense mutation in RAB35

A Aguila, S Salah, G Kulasekaran, M Shweiki… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rab35 is a small GTPase that regulates endosomal membrane trafficking and functions in
cell polarity, cytokinesis and growth factor signaling. Altered Rab35 function contributes to …

USP27X variants underlying X-linked intellectual disability disrupt protein function via distinct mechanisms

I Koch, M Slovik, Y Zhang, B Liu… - Life Science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
Neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability (ND/ID) are a heterogeneous
group of diseases driving lifelong deficits in cognition and behavior with no definitive cure. X …