Rebecca Buchert

Aug 21, 2024 | nature.com | Emily Banks |Sheng-Jia Lin |Vladimir S. Fonov |Maxime Lévesque |Armin Bayati |Fowzan S. Alkuraya | +28 more

AbstractDevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) feature altered brain development, developmental delay and seizures, with seizures exacerbating developmental delay. Here we identify a cohort with biallelic variants in DENND5A, encoding a membrane trafficking protein, and develop animal models with phenotypes like the human syndrome.

Sep 8, 2023 | nature.com | Rebecca Buchert |Asmat Ullah |Wasim Ahmad

AbstractPolydactyly is the most common limb malformation that occurs in 1.6–10.6 per one thousand live births, with incidence varying with ancestry. The underlying gene has been identified for many of the ~100 syndromes that include polydactyly. While for the more common form, nonsydromic polydactyly, eleven candidate genes have been reported. We investigated the underlying genetic cause of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic postaxial polydactyly in four consanguineous Pakistani families.