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    Loss of function mutations in GEMIN5 cause a neurodevelopmental disorder

    GEMIN5, an RNA-binding protein is essential for assembly of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein complex and facilitates the formation of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), the building blocks of sp...

    Sukhleen Kour, Deepa S. Rajan, Tyler R. Fortuna, Eric N. Anderson in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Child with Ataxia

    The neurological sign, ataxia, is defined as a disturbance in smooth coordination of movements. While ataxia is usually due to a disturbance in the cerebellum, it can be caused by abnormalities anywhere in the...

    Swati A. Karmarkar, Deepa S. Rajan in Symptom-Based Approach to Pediatric Neurology (2022)

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    Child with Suspected Autism

    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social development along with associated language delays, restrictive interests, and repetit...

    Aram Kim, Deepa S. Rajan in Symptom-Based Approach to Pediatric Neurology (2022)

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    Evolving therapies in neuronopathic LSDs: opportunities and challenges

    Lysosomal storage disorders (LSD) are multisystemic progressive disorders caused by genetic mutations involving lysosomal function. While LSDs are individually considered rare diseases, the overall true preval...

    Deepa S Rajan, Maria L Escolar in Metabolic Brain Disease (2022)

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    Genetic variation in genes of inborn errors of immunity in children with unexplained encephalitis

    Pediatric encephalitis has significant morbidity and mortality, yet 50% of cases are unexplained. Host genetics plays a role in encephalitis’ development; however, the contributing variants are poorly understo...

    Devesh Malik, Dennis W. Simon, Kavita Thakkar, Deepa S. Rajan in Genes & Immunity (2022)

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    SMN regulates GEMIN5 expression and acts as a modifier of GEMIN5-mediated neurodegeneration

    GEMIN5 is essential for core assembly of small nuclear Ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), the building blocks of spliceosome formation. Loss-of-function mutations in GEMIN5 lead to a neurodevelopmental syndrome among p...

    Tyler R. Fortuna, Sukhleen Kour, Anuradha Venkatakrishnan Chimata in Acta Neuropathologica (2023)