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Cas Simons

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Verified email at mcri.edu.au
Cited by 6365

A clinical approach to the diagnosis of patients with leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephelopathies

…, A Pizzino, NH McNeill, G Helman, C Simons… - Molecular genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Leukodystrophies (LD) and genetic leukoencephalopathies (gLE) are disorders that result
in white matter abnormalities in the central nervous system (CNS). Magnetic resonance (MR) …

Long noncoding RNAs in mouse embryonic stem cell pluripotency and differentiation

…, ME Askarian-Amiri, K Ru, G Soldà, C Simons… - Genome …, 2008 - genome.cshlp.org
The transcriptional networks that regulate embryonic stem (ES) cell pluripotency and lineage
specification are the subject of considerable attention. To date such studies have focused …

Tiny RNAs associated with transcription start sites in animals

RJ Taft, EA Glazov, N Cloonan, C Simons, S Stephen… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
It has been reported that relatively short RNAs of heterogeneous sizes are derived from
sequences near the promoters of eukaryotic genes. As part of the FANTOM4 project, we have …

[PDF][PDF] Australian Genomics: Outcomes of a 5-year national program to accelerate the integration of genomics in healthcare

…, T Roscioli, IE Scheffer, C Semsarian, C Simons… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Australian Genomics is a national collaborative partnership of more than 100 organizations
piloting a whole-of-system approach to integrating genomics into healthcare, based on …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of 5'UTR introns on gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

BYW Chung, C Simons, AE Firth, CM Brown… - BMC genomics, 2006 - Springer
Background The majority of introns in gene transcripts are found within the coding sequences
(CDSs). A small but significant fraction of introns are also found to reside within the …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated multi-omics for rapid rare disease diagnosis on a national scale

…, A Springer, M Ward, K Stallard, C Simons… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Critically ill infants and children with rare diseases need equitable access to rapid and
accurate diagnosis to direct clinical management. Over 2 years, the Acute Care Genomics …

Expression of distinct RNAs from 3′ untranslated regions

…, V Truong, M Schwenke, C Simons… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The 3′ untranslated regions (3′UTRs) of eukaryotic genes regulate mRNA stability,
localization and translation. Here, we present evidence that large numbers of 3′UTRs in human, …

[PDF][PDF] A de novo mutation in the β-tubulin gene TUBB4A results in the leukoencephalopathy hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum

C Simons, NI Wolf, N McNeil, L Caldovic… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC) is a rare hereditary
leukoencephalopathy that was originally identified by MRI pattern analysis, and it has …

[PDF][PDF] Mutations in DARS cause hypomyelination with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity

…, RJ Leventer, SA Damiani, C Simons… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Inherited white-matter disorders are a broad class of diseases for which treatment and
classification are both challenging. Indeed, nearly half of the children presenting with a …

Nuclear-localized tiny RNAs are associated with transcription initiation and splice sites in metazoans

RJ Taft, C Simons, S Nahkuri, H Oey… - Nature structural & …, 2010 - nature.com
We have recently shown that transcription initiation RNAs (tiRNAs) are derived from sequences
immediately downstream of transcription start sites. Here, using cytoplasmic and nuclear …