Here you will find a list of scientific publications by year from our researchers:

2021

Bi-allelic variants in HOPS complex subunit VPS41 cause cerebellar ataxia and abnormal membrane trafficking. Sanderson LE, Lanko K, Alsagob M, Almass R, Al-Ahmadi N, Najafi M, Al-Muhaizea MA, Alzaidan H, AlDhalaan H, Perenthaler E, van der Linde HC, Nikoncuk A, Kühn NA, Antony D, Owaidah TM, Raskin S, Vieira LGDR, Mombach R, Ahangari N, Silveira TRD, Ameziane N, Rolfs A, Alharbi A, Sabbagh RM, AlAhmadi K, Alawam B, Ghebeh H, AlHargan A, Albader AA, Binhumaid FS, Goljan E, Monies D, Mustafa OM, Aldosary M, AlBakheet A, Alyounes B, Almutairi F, Al-Odaib A, Aksoy DB, Basak AN, Palvadeau R, Trabzuni D, Rosenfeld JA, Karimiani EG, Meyer BF, Karakas B, Al-Mohanna F, Arold ST, Colak D, Maroofian R, Houlden H, Bertoli-Avella AM, Schmidts M, Barakat TS, van Ham TJ, Kaya N. Brain. 2021 Apr 12;144(3):769-780.

Genomic variants causing mitochondrial dysfunction are common in hereditary lower motor neuron disease. Keller N, Paketci C, Altmueller J, Fuhrmann N, Wunderlich G, Schrank B, Unver O, Yilmaz S, Boostani R, Karimiani EG, Motameny S, Thiele H, Nürnberg P, Maroofian R, Yis U, Wirth B, Karakaya M. Hum Mutat. 2021 Apr;42(4):460-472.

Biallelic variants in HPDL, encoding 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-like protein, lead to an infantile neurodegenerative condition. Ghosh SG, Lee S, Fabunan R, Chai G, Zaki MS, Abdel-Salam G, Sultan T, Ben-Omran T, Alvi JR, McEvoy-Venneri J, Stanley V, Patel A, Ross D, Ding J, Jain M, Pan D, Lübbert P, Kammerer B, Wiedemann N, Verhoeven-Duif NM, Jans JJ, Murphy D, Toosi MB, Ashrafzadeh F, Imannezhad S, Karimiani EG, Ibrahim K, Waters ER, Maroofian R, Gleeson JG. Genet Med. 2021 Mar;23(3):524-533.

Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts: Genetic and phenotypic spectrum. Crow YJ, Marshall H, Rice GI, Seabra L, Jenkinson EM, Baranano K, Battini R, Berger A, Blair E, Blauwblomme T, Bolduc F, Boddaert N, Buckard J, Burnett H, Calvert S, Caumes R, Ng AC, Chiang D, Clifford DB, Cordelli DM, de Burca A, Demic N, Desguerre I, De Waele L, Di Fonzo A, Dunham SR, Dyack S, Elmslie F, Ferrand M, Fisher G, Karimiani EG, Ghoumid J, Gibbon F, Goel H, Hilmarsen HT, Hughes I, Jacob A, Jones EA, Kumar R, Leventer RJ, MacDonald S, Maroofian R, Mehta SG, Metz I, Monfrini E, Neumann D, Noetzel M, O'Driscoll M, Õunap K, Panzer A, Parikh S, Prabhakar P, Ramond F, Sandford R, Saneto R, Soh C, Stutterd CA, Subramanian GM, Talbot K, Thomas RH, Toro C, Touraine R, Wakeling E, Wassmer E, Whitney A, Livingston JH, O'Keefe RT, Badrock AP. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Jan;185(1):15-25.

2020

Novel mutation identification and copy number variant detection via exome sequencing in congenital muscular dystrophy. Cauley ES, Pittman A, Mummidivarpu S, Karimiani EG, Martinez S, Moroni I, Boostani R, Podini D, Mora M, Jamshidi Y, Hoffman EP, Manzini MC. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020 Nov;8(11):e1387.

Biallelic MFSD2A variants associated with congenital microcephaly, developmental delay, and recognizable neuroimaging features. Scala M, Chua GL, Chin CF, Alsaif HS, Borovikov A, Riazuddin S, Riazuddin S, Chiara Manzini M, Severino M, Kuk A, Fan H, Jamshidi Y, Toosi MB, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Salpietro V, Dadali E, Baydakova G, Konovalov F, Lozier E, O'Connor E, Sabr Y, Alfaifi A, Ashrafzadeh F, Striano P, Zara F, Alkuraya FS, Houlden H, Maroofian R, Silver DL. Eur J Hum Genet. 2020 Nov;28(11):1509-1519.

Biallelic MADD variants cause a phenotypic spectrum ranging from developmental delay to a multisystem disorder. Schneeberger PE, Kortüm F, Korenke GC, Alawi M, Santer R, Woidy M, Buhas D, Fox S, Juusola J, Alfadhel M, Webb BD, Coci EG, Abou Jamra R, Siekmeyer M, Biskup S, Heller C, Maier EM, Javaher-Haghighi P, Bedeschi MF, Ajmone PF, Iascone M, Peeters H, Ballon K, Jaeken J, Rodríguez Alonso A, Palomares-Bralo M, Santos-Simarro F, Meuwissen MEC, Beysen D, Kooy RF, Houlden H, Murphy D, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Mojarrad M, Maroofian R, Noskova L, Kmoch S, Honzik T, Cope H, Sanchez-Valle A; Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Gelb BD, Kurth I, Hempel M, Kutsche K. Brain. 2020 Aug 1;143(8):2437-2453.

Hereditary polyneuropathy with optic atrophy due to PDXK variant leading to impaired Vitamin B6 metabolism. Keller N, Mendoza-Ferreira N, Maroofian R, Chelban V, Khalil Y, Mills PB, Boostani R, Torbati PN, Karimiani EG, Thiele H, Houlden H, Wirth B, Karakaya M. Neuromuscul Disord. 2020 Jul;30(7):583-589.

Cell-based analysis of CAD variants identifies individuals likely to benefit from uridine therapy. Del Caño-Ochoa F, Ng BG, Abedalthagafi M, Almannai M, Cohn RD, Costain G, Elpeleg O, Houlden H, Karimiani EG, Liu P, Manzini MC, Maroofian R, Muriello M, Al-Otaibi A, Patel H, Shimon E, Sutton VR, Toosi MB, Wolfe LA, Rosenfeld JA, Freeze HH, Ramón-Maiques S. Genet Med. 2020 Oct;22(10):1598-1605.

Bi-allelic GAD1 variants cause a neonatal onset syndromic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Chatron N, Becker F, Morsy H, Schmidts M, Hardies K, Tuysuz B, Roselli S, Najafi M, Alkaya DU, Ashrafzadeh F, Nabil A, Omar T, Maroofian R, Karimiani EG, Hussien H, Kok F, Ramos L, Gunes N, Bilguvar K, Labalme A, Alix E, Sanlaville D, de Bellescize J, Poulat AL; EuroEpinomics-RES consortium AR working group, Moslemi AR, Lerche H, May P, Lesca G, Weckhuysen S, Tajsharghi H. Brain. 2020 May 1;143(5):1447-1461.

Loss of TNR causes a nonprogressive neurodevelopmental disorder with spasticity and transient opisthotonus. Wagner M, Lévy J, Jung-Klawitter S, Bakhtiari S, Monteiro F, Maroofian R, Bierhals T, Hempel M, Elmaleh-Bergès M, Kitajima JP, Kim CA, Salomao JG, Amor DJ, Cooper MS, Perrin L, Pipiras E, Neu A, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Toosi MB, Houlden H, Jin SC, Si YC, Rodan LH, Venselaar H, Kruer MC, Kok F, Hoffmann GF, Strom TM, Wortmann SB, Tabet AC, Opladen T. Genet Med. 2020 Jun;22(6):1061-1068.

Loss of UGP2 in brain leads to a severe epileptic encephalopathy, emphasizing that bi-allelic isoform-specific start-loss mutations of essential genes can cause genetic diseases. Perenthaler E, Nikoncuk A, Yousefi S, Berdowski WM, Alsagob M, Capo I, van der Linde HC, van den Berg P, Jacobs EH, Putar D, Ghazvini M, Aronica E, van IJcken WFJ, de Valk WG, Medici-van den Herik E, van Slegtenhorst M, Brick L, Kozenko M, Kohler JN, Bernstein JA, Monaghan KG, Begtrup A, Torene R, Al Futaisi A, Al Murshedi F, Mani R, Al Azri F, Kamsteeg EJ, Mojarrad M, Eslahi A, Khazaei Z, Darmiyan FM, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Vandrovcova J, Zafar F, Rana N, Kandaswamy KK, Hertecant J, Bauer P, AlMuhaizea MA, Salih MA, Aldosary M, Almass R, Al-Quait L, Qubbaj W, Coskun S, Alahmadi KO, Hamad MHA, Alwadaee S, Awartani K, Dababo AM, Almohanna F, Colak D, Dehghani M, Mehrjardi MYV, Gunel M, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Passi GR, Cheema HA, Efthymiou S, Houlden H, Bertoli-Avella AM, Brooks AS, Retterer K, Maroofian R, Kaya N, van Ham TJ, Barakat TS. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Mar;139(3):415-442.

2019

Bi-allelic variants in RNF170 are associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Wagner M, Osborn DPS, Gehweiler I, Nagel M, Ulmer U, Bakhtiari S, Amouri R, Boostani R, Hentati F, Hockley MM, Hölbling B, Schwarzmayr T, Karimiani EG, Kernstock C, Maroofian R, Müller-Felber W, Ozkan E, Padilla-Lopez S, Reich S, Reichbauer J, Darvish H, Shahmohammadibeni N, Tafakhori A, Vill K, Zuchner S, Kruer MC, Winkelmann J, Jamshidi Y, Schüle R. Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 21;10(1):4790.

Bi-allelic Loss of Human APC2, Encoding Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein 2, Leads to Lissencephaly, Subcortical Heterotopia, and Global Developmental Delay. Lee S, Chen DY, Zaki MS, Maroofian R, Houlden H, Di Donato N, Abdin D, Morsy H, Mirzaa GM, Dobyns WB, McEvoy-Venneri J, Stanley V, James KN, Mancini GMS, Schot R, Kalayci T, Altunoglu U, Karimiani EG, Brick L, Kozenko M, Jamshidi Y, Manzini MC, Beiraghi Toosi M, Gleeson JG. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Oct 3;105(4):844-853.

Cardiomyopathy with lethal arrhythmias associated with inactivation of KLHL24. Hedberg-Oldfors C, Abramsson A, Osborn DPS, Danielsson O, Fazlinezhad A, Nilipour Y, Hübbert L, Nennesmo I, Visuttijai K, Bharj J, Petropoulou E, Shoreim A, Vona B, Ahangari N, López MD, Doosti M, Banote RK, Maroofian R, Edling M, Taherpour M, Zetterberg H, Karimiani EG, Oldfors A, Jamshidi Y. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Jun 1;28(11):1919-1929.

TMX2 Is a Crucial Regulator of Cellular Redox State, and Its Dysfunction Causes Severe Brain Developmental Abnormalities. Vandervore LV, Schot R, Milanese C, Smits DJ, Kasteleijn E, Fry AE, Pilz DT, Brock S, Börklü-Yücel E, Post M, Bahi-Buisson N, Sánchez-Soler MJ, van Slegtenhorst M, Keren B, Afenjar A, Coury SA, Tan WH, Oegema R, de Vries LS, Fawcett KA, Nikkels PGJ, Bertoli-Avella A, Al Hashem A, Alwabel AA, Tlili-Graiess K, Efthymiou S, Zafar F, Rana N, Bibi F, Houlden H, Maroofian R, Person RE, Crunk A, Savatt JM, Turner L, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Saadi NW, Akhondian J, Lequin MH, Kayserili H, van der Spek PJ, Jansen AC, Kros JM, Verdijk RM, Milošević NJ, Fornerod M, Mastroberardino PG, Mancini GMS. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Dec 5;105(6):1126-1147.

Biallelic mutations in neurofascin cause neurodevelopmental impairment and peripheral demyelination. Efthymiou S, Salpietro V, Malintan N, Poncelet M, Kriouile Y, Fortuna S, De Zorzi R, Payne K, Henderson LB, Cortese A, Maddirevula S, Alhashmi N, Wiethoff S, Ryten M, Botia JA, Provitera V, Schuelke M, Vandrovcova J; SYNAPS Study Group, Walsh L, Torti E, Iodice V, Najafi M, Karimiani EG, Maroofian R, Siquier-Pernet K, Boddaert N, De Lonlay P, Cantagrel V, Aguennouz M, El Khorassani M, Schmidts M, Alkuraya FS, Edvardson S, Nolano M, Devaux J, Houlden H. Brain. 2019 Oct 1;142(10):2948-2964.

Unbalanced segregation of a paternal t(9;11)(p24.3;p15.4) translocation causing familial Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: a case report. Lekszas C, Nanda I, Vona B, Böck J, Ashrafzadeh F, Donyadideh N, Ebrahimzadeh F, Ahangari N, Maroofian R, Karimiani EG, Haaf T. BMC Med Genomics. 2019 Jun 7;12(1):83.

Homozygous Mutations in CSF1R Cause a Pediatric-Onset Leukoencephalopathy and Can Result in Congenital Absence of Microglia. Oosterhof N, Chang IJ, Karimiani EG, Kuil LE, Jensen DM, Daza R, Young E, Astle L, van der Linde HC, Shivaram GM, Demmers J, Latimer CS, Keene CD, Loter E, Maroofian R, van Ham TJ, Hevner RF, Bennett JT. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 May 2;104(5):936-947.

De novo and biallelic DEAF1 variants cause a phenotypic spectrum. Nabais Sá MJ, Jensik PJ, McGee SR, Parker MJ, Lahiri N, McNeil EP, Kroes HY, Hagerman RJ, Harrison RE, Montgomery T, Splitt M, Palmer EE, Sachdev RK, Mefford HC, Scott AA, Martinez-Agosto JA, Lorenz R, Orenstein N, Berg JN, Amiel J, Heron D, Keren B, Cobben JM, Menke LA, Marco EJ, Graham JM Jr, Pierson TM, Karimiani EG, Maroofian R, Manzini MC, Cauley ES, Colombo R, Odent S, Dubourg C, Phornphutkul C, de Brouwer APM, de Vries BBA, Vulto-vanSilfhout AT. Genet Med. 2019 Sep;21(9):2059-2069.

A combined immunodeficiency with severe infections, inflammation, and allergy caused by ARPC1B deficiency. Volpi S, Cicalese MP, Tuijnenburg P, Tool ATJ, Cuadrado E, Abu-Halaweh M, Ahanchian H, Alzyoud R, Akdemir ZC, Barzaghi F, Blank A, Boisson B, Bottino C, Brigida I, Caorsi R, Casanova JL, Chiesa S, Chinn IK, Dückers G, Enders A, Erichsen HC, Forbes LR, Gambin T, Gattorno M, Karimiani EG, Giliani S, Gold MS, Jacobsen EM, Jansen MH, King JR, Laxer RM, Lupski JR, Mace E, Marcenaro S, Maroofian R, Meijer AB, Niehues T, Notarangelo LD, Orange J, Pannicke U, Pearson C, Picco P, Quinn PJ, Schulz A, Seeborg F, Stray-Pedersen A, Tawamie H, van Leeuwen EMM, Aiuti A, Yeung R, Schwarz K, Kuijpers TW. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jun;143(6):2296-2299.

Biallelic loss of function variants in PPP1R21 cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome with impaired endocytic function. Rehman AU, Najafi M, Kambouris M, Al-Gazali L, Makrythanasis P, Rad A, Maroofian R, Rajab A, Stark Z, Hunter JV, Bakey Z, Tokita MJ, He W, Vetrini F, Petersen A, Santoni FA, Hamamy H, Wu K, Al-Jasmi F, Helmstädter M, Arnold SJ, Xia F, Richmond C, Liu P, Karimiani EG, Karami Madani G, Lunke S, El-Shanti H, Eng CM, Antonarakis SE, Hertecant J, Walkiewicz M, Yang Y, Schmidts M. Hum Mutat. 2019 Mar;40(3):267-280.

2018

Expanding the clinical phenotype of IARS2-related mitochondrial disease. Vona B, Maroofian R, Bellacchio E, Najafi M, Thompson K, Alahmad A, He L, Ahangari N, Rad A, Shahrokhzadeh S, Bahena P, Mittag F, Traub F, Movaffagh J, Amiri N, Doosti M, Boostani R, Shirzadeh E, Haaf T, Diodato D, Schmidts M, Taylor RW, Karimiani EG. BMC Med Genet. 2018 Nov 12;19(1):196.

SLC10A7 mutations cause a skeletal dysplasia with amelogenesis imperfecta mediated by GAG biosynthesis defects. Dubail J, Huber C, Chantepie S, Sonntag S, Tüysüz B, Mihci E, Gordon CT, Steichen-Gersdorf E, Amiel J, Nur B, Stolte-Dijkstra I, van Eerde AM, van Gassen KL, Breugem CC, Stegmann A, Lekszas C, Maroofian R, Karimiani EG, Bruneel A, Seta N, Munnich A, Papy-Garcia D, De La Dure-Molla M, Cormier-Daire V. Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 6;9(1):3087.

Targeted sequencing with expanded gene profile enables high diagnostic yield in non-5q-spinal muscular atrophies. Karakaya M, Storbeck M, Strathmann EA, Delle Vedove A, Hölker I, Altmueller J, Naghiyeva L, Schmitz-Steinkrüger L, Vezyroglou K, Motameny S, Alawbathani S, Thiele H, Polat AI, Okur D, Boostani R, Karimiani EG, Wunderlich G, Ardicli D, Topaloglu H, Kirschner J, Schrank B, Maroofian R, Magnusson O, Yis U, Nürnberg P, Heller R, Wirth B. Hum Mutat. 2018 Sep;39(9):1284-1298.

Biallelic variants in KIF14 cause intellectual disability with microcephaly. Makrythanasis P, Maroofian R, Stray-Pedersen A, Musaev D, Zaki MS, Mahmoud IG, Selim L, Elbadawy A, Jhangiani SN, Coban Akdemir ZH, Gambin T, Sorte HS, Heiberg A, McEvoy-Venneri J, James KN, Stanley V, Belandres D, Guipponi M, Santoni FA, Ahangari N, Tara F, Doosti M, Iwaszkiewicz J, Zoete V, Backe PH, Hamamy H, Gleeson JG, Lupski JR, Karimiani EG, Antonarakis SE. Eur J Hum Genet. 2018 Mar;26(3):330-339.