[HTML][HTML] Patient-customized oligonucleotide therapy for a rare genetic disease

…, EA Lee, A Kuniholm, A Soucy… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Genome sequencing is often pivotal in the diagnosis of rare diseases, but many of these
conditions lack specific treatments. We describe how molecular diagnosis of a rare, fatal …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for individualized splice-switching oligonucleotide therapy

…, MA Nguyen, T Nakayama, CA Hu, A Soucy… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) could be used to treat a subset of individuals
with genetic diseases 1 , but the systematic identification of such individuals remains a …

Recessive gene disruptions in autism spectrum disorder

…, DJ Cutler, AG Chiocchetti, LM Overman, A Soucy… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects up to 1 in 59 individuals 1 . Genome-wide association
and large-scale sequencing studies strongly implicate both common variants 2 , 3 – 4 and …

Disruption of RFX family transcription factors causes autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, and dysregulated behavior

…, J Lai, B Zhao, N Argyrou, CS Gubbels, A Soucy… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
Purpose We describe a novel neurobehavioral phenotype of autism spectrum disorder (ASD),
intellectual disability, and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) associated …

[HTML][HTML] The ClinGen brain malformation variant curation expert panel: rules for somatic variants in AKT3, MTOR, PIK3CA, and PIK3R2

A Lai, A Soucy, CM El Achkar, AJ Barkovich, Y Cao… - Genetics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Postzygotic (somatic) variants in the mTOR pathway genes cause a spectrum of
distinct developmental abnormalities. Accurate classification of somatic variants in this group of …

Targeting a Putative Intronic Splicing Silencer Salvages Expression from the Recurrent SBDS C. 258+ 2T> C Mutant Allele in Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Patient …

MJ Peters, A Deck, A Hu, Y Fujiwara, J Kim, A Soucy… - Blood, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is an autosomal recessive inherited bone marrow
failure syndrome and leukemia predisposition disorder due to biallelic mutations of SBDS, …

ExACtly zero or once: A clinically helpful guide to assessing genetic variants in mild epilepsies

CA Bennett, S Petrovski, KL Oliver… - Neurology …, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assist the interpretation of genomic data for common epilepsies, we asked
whether variants implicated in mild epilepsies in autosomal dominant families are present in the …

To keep or not to keep: The molecular mechanisms of activity-dependent synapse refinement

S Nagappan Chettiar - 2020 - dash.harvard.edu
To establish efficient neural networks, neurons selectively strengthen active synapses and
eliminate inactive ones through a neuronal activity-dependent developmental process known …

To Keep or Not to Keep: The Molecular Mechanisms of Activity-Dependent Synapse Refinement

SN Chettiar - 2020 - search.proquest.com
To establish efficient neural networks, neurons selectively strengthen active synapses and
eliminate inactive ones through a neuronal activity-dependent developmental process known …