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Galen Wright

Canada Research Chair in Neurogenomics. Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
Verified email at umanitoba.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Huntington disease

NS Caron, GEB Wright, MR Hayden - GeneReviews®[Internet], 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Nicholas S Caron, PhD, Galen EB Wright, PhD, and Michael R Hayden, MB, ChB, PhD,
FRCP(C), FRSC. … The loss of the CAA repeat has been termed the loss of interruption (LOI) …

[PDF][PDF] Length of uninterrupted CAG, independent of polyglutamine size, results in increased somatic instability, hastening onset of Huntington disease

GEB Wright, JA Collins, C Kay, C McDonald… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Huntington disease (HD) is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene.
Although the length of this repeat is inversely correlated with age of onset (AOO), it does …

[HTML][HTML] Glutaminase Deficiency Caused by Short Tandem Repeat Expansion in GLS

…, Y Wang, M van Weeghel, GEB Wright… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
We report an inborn error of metabolism caused by an expansion of a GCA-repeat tract in
the 5′ untranslated region of the gene encoding glutaminase (GLS) that was identified …

A systematic review and analysis of the use of polygenic scores in pharmacogenomics

…, K Kowalec, A Jorgensen, GEB Wright… - Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polygenic scores (PGSs) have emerged as promising tools for complex trait risk prediction.
The application of these scores to pharmacogenomics provides new opportunities to improve …

Interrupting sequence variants and age of onset in Huntington's disease: clinical implications and emerging therapies

GEB Wright, HF Black, JA Collins… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Huntington's disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by
CAG-CAA repeat expansion, encoding polyglutamine, in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Current …

Pharmacogenomic research in South Africa: lessons learned and future opportunities in the rainbow nation

…, MS Pepper, C Dandara, G EB Wright - Current …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
South Africa, like many other developing countries, stands to benefit from novel diagnostics
and drugs developed by pharmacogenomics guidance due to high prevalence of disease …

The molecular epidemiology of Huntington disease is related to intermediate allele frequency and haplotype in the general population

C Kay, JA Collins, GEB Wright, F Baine… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Huntington disease (HD) is the most common monogenic neurodegenerative disorder in
populations of European ancestry, but occurs at lower prevalence in populations of East Asian …

Pharmacogenomics of vincristine‐induced peripheral neuropathy implicates pharmacokinetic and inherited neuropathy genes

GEB Wright, U Amstutz, BI Drögemöller… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vincristine is an effective chemotherapeutic drug for various cancers, including acute
lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL ). Unfortunately, clinical utility is restricted by dose‐limiting vincristine…

[HTML][HTML] Ethical and legal implications of whole genome and whole exome sequencing in African populations

GEB Wright, PGJ Koornhof, AA Adeyemo, N Tiffin - BMC Medical Ethics, 2013 - Springer
Background Rapid advances in high throughput genomic technologies and next generation
sequencing are making medical genomic research more readily accessible and affordable, …

Characterization of CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations

…, BI Drögemöller, GEB Wright… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic variation in CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 is known to impact interindividual response to
antiretrovirals, nicotine, and bupropion, among other drugs. However, the full catalogue of …