Project description:<p>Germline mutations are the source of evolution and contribute substantially to many health-related processes. In this study, we use whole genome deep sequencing data from parents-offspring trios to examine the de novo point mutations (DNMs) in the offspring.</p> <p>We studied correlation between parental ages with de novo mutation rates. This study is published in Wong WS, Solomon BD, Bodian DL, Kothiyal P, Eley G, Huddleston KC, Baker R, Thach DC, Iyer RK, Vockley JG, Niederhuber JE. New observations on maternal age effect on germline de novo mutations. Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 19;7:10486 (PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26781218" target="_blank">26781218</a>. Also, we studied differences in molecular signatures in paternal versus maternal origin of de novo mutations. This study is published in Jakob M. Goldmann, Wendy S.W. Wong, Michele Pinelli, Terry Farrah, Dale Bodian, Anna B. Stittrich, Gustavo Glusman, Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers, Alexander Hoischen, Jared C. Roach, Joseph G. Vockley, Joris A. Veltman, Benjamin D. Solomon, Christian Gilissen, John E. Niederhuber. Parent-of-origin specific signatures of de novo mutations. Nat Genet. 2016 Aug;48(8):935-9, PMID: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27322544" target="_blank">27322544</a>.</p>
Project description:This study reports two unrelated patients with a combined immunodeficiency. Whole-exome sequencing of both patients, their healthy parents and siblings identified a single de novo missense variant in ITPR3 (NM_002224.3:c.7570C>T, p.Arg2524Cys) in both index cases. While the mRNA level in patients remained the same as in healthy siblings and controls, the level of protein expression was diminished. It was also shown that the ITPR3 heterozygous p.Arg2524Cys mutation impairs calcium flux function in dermal fibroblast of one patient and in a knock-in Jurkat T cell line. Two additional patients with related phenotypes and the same mutation were further identified and described in the study. The present dataset corresponds to the RNAseq performed on PBMC of patient 2 of the study and healthy controls.
Project description:This study reports two unrelated patients with a combined immunodeficiency. Whole-exome sequencing of both patients, their healthy parents and siblings identified in both families a /de novo/ missense variant in /ITPR3/ (NM_002224.3:c.7570C>T, p.Arg2524Cys). While the mRNA level in patients remained the same as in healthy siblings and controls, the level of protein expression was diminished. It was also shown that the ITPR3 heterozygous p.Arg2524Cys mutation impairs calcium flux function in dermal fibroblast of one patient and in a knock-in Jurkat T cell line.
Project description:SNP array was combined with next generation sequencing (NGS) to identify a unique de novo germline mutation in CTCF that became homozygous in the tumor. SNP array shows an LOH through chr16q where CTCF is located.
Project description:Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a tumour suppressor gene associated with inherited tumour susceptibility conditions, macrocephaly, autism, ataxia, tremor and epilepsy. Functional implications of this protein have been investigated in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. We describe the first patient presented with multifocal demyelinating motor neuropathy in association with a de novo PTEN mutation. The pathogenicity of the mutation was supported by altered expression of several proteins involved in tumorigenesis and fibroblasts showed a reversible defect in catalytic activity of PTEN against the secondary substrate, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,-trisphosphate, suggesting a novel and potentially treatable mechanism for multi-focal demyelinating motor neuropathy.