Isabelle Thiffault, PhD, FACMGG
Title | Director, Translational Genetics |
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Institution | Children's Mercy Kansas City |
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Department | Pathology |
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Address | 2401 Gillham Rd Kansas City MO 64108
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Title | Assistant Director |
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Institution | Children's Mercy Kansas City |
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Department | Molecular Genetics |
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Title | Associate Professor |
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Institution | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
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Department | Faculty of Medicine |
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Title | Education Assistant Professor |
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Institution | University of Kansas Medical Center |
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Department | Pediatrics |
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Biography Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada | PhD | 2009 | Molecular Genetics | McGill University, Montreal, Canada | Post-Doctoral Program | 2012 | Mitochondrial disorders/Postgraduate Degree in Genetics | Canadian College of Medical Genetics & Genomics, Montreal, Canada | Fellowship | 2014 | Canadian College of Medical Genetics Fellowship in Molecular Genetics | McGill University/Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada | Fellowship | 2014 | Molecular Genetics & Genomics |
Overview Research As the Director of Translational Genetics of the GMC, I had the opportunity to help shape the design of our program, including the bioinformatic tools used by our analysis team. These tools facilitated the implementation of rapid whole genome sequencing for acutely ill infants in our hospital. The analysis and interpretation of the genomes of the enrolled patients were co-led by me. This work led to a landmark proof-of-concept "STATSeq," a concept many labs have subsequently begun to emulate, albeit through exome sequencing. The GMC, our Genomic Answers for Kids (GA4K, https://www.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-research-institute/studies-and-trials/genomic-answers-for-kids/) program is changing the landscape of pediatric genomics through what may be the most advanced system for rare disease diagnosis in the world. We have recruited over 10k individuals (>4.5 families) and surpassed 1,000 rare diagnoses through our groundbreaking work—far out-pacing other rare disease research programs—and continue to conduct cutting-edge science that has led to several “firsts” in the field of genomics research. We have produced more than 1,500 genomes through a state-of-the-art technique called HiFi sequencing (long read), the first to use 5-base sequencing. Following our research initiative, we recently completed the clinical validation of HiFi sequencing (long read) genome sequencing, and we are the first center offering it as clinical genomic testing for critically ill patients. I have subsequently published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and reviewed >50 scientific manuscripts. I have over 2870 citations and an h-index of 29.
U24-HD093483 (Falk, Marni)Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 1, 2028 National Institutes of Health (NIH) ClinGen Gene Curation Working Group and Clinical Domain Working Group Oversight Committee: mitochondrial diseases Role Description: Current Status: renewed.
Total Amount Awarded: $385,581/year Role: Co-investigator |
| 1R01HD115359-01A1 (Grunberg, Elin)Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 1, 2029 National Institutes of Health (NIH) 5-base HiFi sequencing to advance the understanding of genetic determinants of pregnancy loss Role Description: Current Status: Awarded (scored 17th percentile)
Total Amount Awarded: $3,968,262.00 Role: Co-investigator |
| 1R01HD111570-01 (Pastinen, Tomi)Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 1, 2028 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Unraveling the Genomic Causes for Unsolved Leukodystrophy Patients by HiFi-GS Role Description: Current Status: Awarded (scored 30th percentile)
Total Amount Awarded: $3,669,885.00 Role: Co-investigator |
| (Verberg, Kaela)Sep 1, 2024 - Sep 1, 2025 The LAM foundation Application of long read sequencing to identify genomic underpinnings of unsolved LAM Role Description: The objective of this study is to apply a new sequencing method, PacBio HiFi long-read sequencing, to identify mutations in lung tissue samples from cases of sporadic LAM.
Our hypothesis is that unique genomic signatures comprised of somatic mutations outside of TSC1/TSC2 contribute to sporadic LAM disease manifestation. Role: Co-Principal Investigator |
| 1R01HD117565-01 (Grunberg, Elin)Jul 1, 2025 - Jul 1, 2029 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Complete human parent-of-origin genome: functional signatures and developmental determinants of disease Role Description: pending support (scored 7th percentile) Role: Co-investigator |
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Bhat S, Rousseau J, Michaud C, Louren?o CM, Stoler JM, Louie RJ, Clarkson LK, Lichty A, Koboldt DC, Reshmi SC, Sisodiya SM, Hoytema van Konijnenburg EMM, Koop K, van Hasselt PM, D?murger F, Dubourg C, Sullivan BR, Hughes SS, Thiffault I, Tremblay ES, Accogli A, Srour M, Blunck R, Campeau PM. Mono-allelic KCNB2 variants lead to a neurodevelopmental syndrome caused by altered channel inactivation. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 04 04; 111(4):761-777. PMID: 38503299.
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Smail C, Ge B, Keever-Keigher MR, Schwendinger-Schreck C, Cheung W, Johnston JJ, Barrett C, Feldman K, Cohen ASA, Farrow EG, Thiffault I, Grundberg E, Pastinen T. Complex trait associations in rare diseases and impacts on Mendelian variant interpretation. medRxiv. 2024 Jan 11. PMID: 38260377.
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Macintosh J, Perrier S, Pinard M, Tran LT, Guerrero K, Prasad C, Prasad AN, Pastinen T, Thiffault I, Coulombe B, Bernard G. Biallelic pathogenic variants in POLR3D alter tRNA transcription and cause a hypomyelinating leukodystrophy: A case report. Front Neurol. 2023; 14:1254140. PMID: 37915380.
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Liu Z, Xin B, Smith IN, Sency V, Szekely J, Alkelai A, Shuldiner A, Efthymiou S, Rajabi F, Coury S, Brownstein CA, Rudnik-Sch?neborn S, Bruel AL, Thevenon J, Zeidler S, Jayakar P, Schmidt A, Cremer K, Engels H, Peters SO, Zaki MS, Duan R, Zhu C, Xu Y, Gao C, Sepulveda-Morales T, Maroofian R, Alkhawaja IA, Khawaja M, Alhalasah H, Houlden H, Madden JA, Turchetti V, Marafi D, Agrawal PB, Schatz U, Rotenberg A, Rotenberg J, Mancini GMS, Bakhtiari S, Kruer M, Thiffault I, Hirsch S, Hempel M, St?hn LG, Haack TB, Posey JE, Lupski JR, Lee H, Sarn NB, Eng C, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Zhang B, Wang H. Hemizygous variants in protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 3F (PPP1R3F) are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability and autistic features. Hum Mol Genet. 2023 10 04; 32(20):2981-2995. PMID: 37531237.
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Farrow E, Jay A, Means J, Younger S, Biswell R, Koseva B, Thiffault I, Pastinen T, Pappas K, Toriello H. Case of CLPB deficiency solved by HiFi long read genome sequencing and RNAseq. Am J Med Genet A. 2023 12; 191(12):2908-2912. PMID: 37548286.
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Bosch E, Popp B, G?se E, Skinner C, van der Sluijs PJ, Maystadt I, Pinto AM, Renieri A, Bruno LP, Granata S, Marcelis C, Baysal ?, Hartwich D, Holth?fer L, Isidor B, Cogne B, Wieczorek D, Capra V, Scala M, De Marco P, Ognibene M, Jamra RA, Platzer K, Carter LB, Kuismin O, van Haeringen A, Maroofian R, Valenzuela I, Cusc? I, Martinez-Agosto JA, Rabani AM, Mefford HC, Pereira EM, Close C, Anyane-Yeboa K, Wagner M, Hannibal MC, Zacher P, Thiffault I, Beunders G, Umair M, Bhola PT, McGinnis E, Millichap J, van de Kamp JM, Prijoles EJ, Dobson A, Shillington A, Graham BH, Garcia EJ, Galindo MK, Ropers FG, Nibbeling EAR, Hubbard G, Karimov C, Goj G, Bend R, Rath J, Morrow MM, Millan F, Salpietro V, Torella A, Nigro V, Kurki M, Stevenson RE, Santen GWE, Zweier M, Campeau PM, Severino M, Reis A, Accogli A, Vasileiou G. Elucidating the clinical and molecular spectrum of SMARCC2-associated NDD in a cohort of 65 affected individuals. Genet Med. 2023 11; 25(11):100950. PMID: 37551667.
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Chapleau A, Boucher RM, Pastinen T, Thiffault I, Gould PV, Bernard G. Neuropathological characterization of the cavitating leukoencephalopathy caused by COA8 cytochrome c oxidase deficiency: a case report. Front Cell Neurosci. 2023; 17:1216487. PMID: 37601282.
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Niggl E, Bouman A, Briere LC, Hoogenboezem RM, Wallaard I, Park J, Admard J, Wilke M, Harris-Mostert EDRO, Elgersma M, Bain J, Balasubramanian M, Banka S, Benke PJ, Bertrand M, Blesson AE, Clayton-Smith J, Ellingford JM, Gillentine MA, Goodloe DH, Haack TB, Jain M, Krantz I, Luu SM, McPheron M, Muss CL, Raible SE, Robin NH, Spiller M, Starling S, Sweetser DA, Thiffault I, Vetrini F, Witt D, Woods E, Zhou D, Elgersma Y, van Esbroeck ACM. HNRNPC haploinsufficiency affects alternative splicing of intellectual disability-associated genes and causes a neurodevelopmental disorder. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 08 03; 110(8):1414-1435. PMID: 37541189.
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Calame DG, Moreno Vadillo C, Berger S, Lotze T, Shinawi M, Poupak J, Heller C, Cohen J, Person R, Telegrafi A, Phitsanuwong C, Fiala K, Thiffault I, Del Viso F, Zhou D, Fleming EA, Pastinen T, Fatemi A, Thomas S, Pascual SI, Torres RJ, Prior C, G?mez-Gonz?lez C, Biskup S, Lupski JR, Maric D, Holmgren M, Regier D, Yano ST. Cation leak through the ATP1A3 pump causes spasticity and intellectual disability. Brain. 2023 08 01; 146(8):3162-3171. PMID: 37043503.
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Rehm HL, Alaimo JT, Aradhya S, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Best H, Brandon R, Buchan JG, Chao EC, Chen E, Clifford J, Cohen ASA, Conlin LK, Das S, Davis KW, Del Gaudio D, Del Viso F, DiVincenzo C, Eisenberg M, Guidugli L, Hammer MB, Harrison SM, Hatchell KE, Dyer LH, Hoang LU, Holt JM, Jobanputra V, Karbassi ID, Kearney HM, Kelly MA, Kelly JM, Kluge ML, Komala T, Kruszka P, Lau L, Lebo MS, Marshall CR, McKnight D, McWalter K, Meng Y, Nagan N, Neckelmann CS, Neerman N, Niu Z, Paolillo VK, Paolucci SA, Perry D, Pesaran T, Radtke K, Rasmussen KJ, Retterer K, Saunders CJ, Spiteri E, Stanley C, Szuto A, Taft RJ, Thiffault I, Thomas BC, Thomas-Wilson A, Thorpe E, Tidwell TJ, Towne MC, Zouk H. The landscape of reported VUS in multi-gene panel and genomic testing: Time for a change. Genet Med. 2023 12; 25(12):100947. PMID: 37534744.
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Ganapathi M, Matsuoka LS, March M, Li D, Brokamp E, Benito-Sanz S, White SM, Lachlan K, Ahimaz P, Sewda A, Bastarache L, Thomas-Wilson A, Stoler JM, Bramswig NC, Baptista J, Stals K, Demurger F, Cogne B, Isidor B, Bedeschi MF, Peron A, Amiel J, Zackai E, Schacht JP, Iglesias AD, Morton J, Schmetz A, Seidel V, Lucia S, Baskin SM, Thiffault I, Cogan JD, Gordon CT, Chung WK, Bowdin S, Bhoj E. Heterozygous rare variants in NR2F2 cause a recognizable multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with developmental delays. Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 10; 31(10):1117-1124. PMID: 37500725.
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Calame DG, Guo T, Wang C, Garrett L, Jolly A, Dawood M, Kurolap A, Henig NZ, Fatih JM, Herman I, Du H, Mitani T, Becker L, Rathkolb B, Gerlini R, Seisenberger C, Marschall S, Hunter JV, Gerard A, Heidlebaugh A, Challman T, Spillmann RC, Jhangiani SN, Coban-Akdemir Z, Lalani S, Liu L, Revah-Politi A, Iglesias A, Guzman E, Baugh E, Boddaert N, Rondeau S, Ormieres C, Barcia G, Tan QKG, Thiffault I, Pastinen T, Sheikh K, Biliciler S, Mei D, Melani F, Shashi V, Yaron Y, Steele M, Wakeling E, ?stergaard E, Nazaryan-Petersen L, Millan F, Santiago-Sim T, Thevenon J, Bruel AL, Thauvin-Robinet C, Popp D, Platzer K, Gawlinski P, Wiszniewski W, Marafi D, Pehlivan D, Posey JE, Gibbs RA, Gailus-Durner V, Guerrini R, Fuchs H, Hrabe de Angelis M, H?lter SM, Cheung HH, Gu S, Lupski JR. Monoallelic variation in DHX9, the gene encoding the DExH-box helicase DHX9, underlies neurodevelopment disorders and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 08 03; 110(8):1394-1413. PMID: 37467750.
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Potic A, Perrier S, Radovic T, Gavrilovic S, Ostojic J, Tran LT, Thiffault I, Pastinen T, Schiffmann R, Bernard G. Hypomyelination caused by a novel homozygous pathogenic variant in FOLR1: complete clinical and radiological recovery with oral folinic acid therapy and review of the literature. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 Jul 13; 18(1):187. PMID: 37443037.
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Blackburn PR, Ebstein F, Hsieh TC, Motta M, Radio FC, Herkert JC, Rinne T, Thiffault I, Rapp M, Alders M, Maas S, Gerard B, Smol T, Vincent-Delorme C, Cogn? B, Isidor B, Vincent M, Bachmann-Gagescu R, Rauch A, Joset P, Ferrero GB, Ciolfi A, Husson T, Guerrot AM, Bacino C, Macmurdo C, Thompson SS, Rosenfeld JA, Faivre L, Mau-Them FT, Deb W, Vignard V, Agrawal PB, Madden JA, Goldenberg A, Lecoquierre F, Zech M, Prokisch H, Necp?l J, Jech R, Winkelmann J, Kopru??kov? MT, Konstantopoulou V, Younce JR, Shinawi M, Mighton C, Fung C, Morel C, Ellis JL, DiTroia S, Barth M, Bonneau D, Krapels I, Stegmann S, van der Schoot V, Brunet T, Bu?mann C, Mignot C, Courtin T, Ravelli C, Keren B, Ziegler A, Hasadsri L, Pichurin PN, Klee EW, Grand K, Sanchez-Lara PA, Kr?ger E, B?zieau S, Klinkhammer H, Krawitz PM, Eichler EE, Tartaglia M, K?ry S, Wang T. Loss-of-function variants in CUL3 cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder. medRxiv. 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37398376.
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Mao D, Reuter CM, Ruzhnikov MRZ, Beck AE, Farrow EG, Emrick LT, Rosenfeld JA, Mackenzie KM, Robak L, Wheeler MT, Burrage LC, Jain M, Liu P, Calame D, K?ry S, Sillesen M, Schmitz-Abe K, Tonduti D, Spaccini L, Iascone M, Genetti CA, Koenig MK, Graf M, Tran A, Alejandro M, Lee BH, Thiffault I, Agrawal PB, Bernstein JA, Bellen HJ, Chao HT. De novo EIF2AK1 and EIF2AK2 Variants Are Associated with Developmental Delay, Leukoencephalopathy, and Neurologic Decompensation. Am J Hum Genet. 2020 04 02; 106(4):570-583. PMID: 32197074.
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Li L, Ghorbani M, Weisz-Hubshman M, Rousseau J, Thiffault I, Schnur RE, Breen C, Oegema R, Weiss MM, Waisfisz Q, Welner S, Kingston H, Hills JA, Boon EM, Basel-Salmon L, Konen O, Goldberg-Stern H, Bazak L, Tzur S, Jin J, Bi X, Bruccoleri M, McWalter K, Cho MT, Scarano M, Schaefer GB, Brooks SS, Hughes SS, van Gassen KLI, van Hagen JM, Pandita TK, Agrawal PB, Campeau PM, Yang XJ. Lysine acetyltransferase 8 is involved in cerebral development and syndromic intellectual disability. J Clin Invest. 2020 03 02; 130(3):1431-1445. PMID: 31794431.
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Scott TM, Guo H, Eichler EE, Rosenfeld JA, Pang K, Liu Z, Lalani S, Bi W, Yang Y, Bacino CA, Streff H, Lewis AM, Koenig MK, Thiffault I, Bellomo A, Everman DB, Jones JR, Stevenson RE, Bernier R, Gilissen C, Pfundt R, Hiatt SM, Cooper GM, Holder JL, Scott DA. BAZ2B haploinsufficiency as a cause of developmental delay, intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorder. Hum Mutat. 2020 05; 41(5):921-925. PMID: 31999386.
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Chilton I, Okur V, Vitiello G, Selicorni A, Mariani M, Goldenberg A, Husson T, Campion D, Lichtenbelt KD, van Gassen K, Steinraths M, Rice J, Roeder ER, Littlejohn RO, Srour M, Sebire G, Accogli A, H?ron D, Heide S, Nava C, Depienne C, Larson A, Niyazov D, Azage M, Hoganson G, Burton J, Rush ET, Jenkins JL, Saunders CJ, Thiffault I, Alaimo JT, Fleischer J, Groepper D, Gripp KW, Chung WK. De novo heterozygous missense and loss-of-function variants in CDC42BPB are associated with a neurodevelopmental phenotype. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 05; 182(5):962-973. PMID: 32031333.
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Jenkins J, Barnes A, Birnbaum B, Papagiannis J, Thiffault I, Saunders CJ. LZTR1-Related Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Without Typical Noonan Syndrome Features. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2020 04; 13(2):e002690. PMID: 32004086.
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Yan K, Rousseau J, Machol K, Cross LA, Agre KE, Gibson CF, Goverde A, Engleman KL, Verdin H, De Baere E, Potocki L, Zhou D, Cadieux-Dion M, Bellus GA, Wagner MD, Hale RJ, Esber N, Riley AF, Solomon BD, Cho MT, McWalter K, Eyal R, Hainlen MK, Mendelsohn BA, Porter HM, Lanpher BC, Lewis AM, Savatt J, Thiffault I, Callewaert B, Campeau PM, Yang XJ. Deficient histone H3 propionylation by BRPF1-KAT6 complexes in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer. Sci Adv. 2020 01; 6(4):eaax0021. PMID: 32010779.
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Gauquelin L, Cayami FK, Sztriha L, Yoon G, Tran LT, Guerrero K, Hocke F, van Spaendonk RML, Fung EL, D'Arrigo S, Vasco G, Thiffault I, Niyazov DM, Person R, Lewis KS, Wassmer E, Prescott T, Fallon P, McEntagart M, Rankin J, Webster R, Philippi H, van de Warrenburg B, Timmann D, Dixit A, Searle C, Thakur N, Kruer MC, Sharma S, Vanderver A, Tonduti D, van der Knaap MS, Bertini E, Goizet C, Fribourg S, Wolf NI, Bernard G. Clinical spectrum of POLR3-related leukodystrophy caused by biallelic POLR1C pathogenic variants. Neurol Genet. 2019 Dec; 5(6):e369. PMID: 32042905.
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Kang SK, Vanoye CG, Misra SN, Echevarria DM, Calhoun JD, O'Connor JB, Fabre KL, McKnight D, Demmer L, Goldenberg P, Grote LE, Thiffault I, Saunders C, Strauss KA, Torkamani A, van der Smagt J, van Gassen K, Carson RP, Diaz J, Leon E, Jacher JE, Hannibal MC, Litwin J, Friedman NR, Schreiber A, Lynch B, Poduri A, Marsh ED, Goldberg EM, Millichap JJ, George AL, Kearney JA. Spectrum of KV 2.1 Dysfunction in KCNB1-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Ann Neurol. 2019 12; 86(6):899-912. PMID: 31600826.
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Donkervoort S, Sabouny R, Yun P, Gauquelin L, Chao KR, Hu Y, Al Khatib I, T?pf A, Mohassel P, Cummings BB, Kaur R, Saade D, Moore SA, Waddell LB, Farrar MA, Goodrich JK, Uapinyoying P, Chan SHS, Javed A, Leach ME, Karachunski P, Dalton J, Medne L, Harper A, Thompson C, Thiffault I, Specht S, Lamont RE, Saunders C, Racher H, Bernier FP, Mowat D, Witting N, Vissing J, Hanson R, Coffman KA, Hainlen M, Parboosingh JS, Carnevale A, Yoon G, Schnur RE, Boycott KM, Mah JK, Straub V, Foley AR, Innes AM, B?nnemann CG, Shutt TE. MSTO1 mutations cause mtDNA depletion, manifesting as muscular dystrophy with cerebellar involvement. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 12; 138(6):1013-1031. PMID: 31463572.
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Patak J, Gilfert J, Byler M, Neerukonda V, Thiffault I, Cross L, Amudhavalli S, Pacio-Miguez M, Palomares-Bralo M, Garcia-Minaur S, Santos-Simarro F, Powis Z, Alcaraz W, Tang S, Jurgens J, Barry B, England E, Engle E, Hess J, Lebel RR. MAGEL2-related disorders: A study and case series. Clin Genet. 2019 12; 96(6):493-505. PMID: 31397880.
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Fischer-Zirnsak B, Segebrecht L, Schubach M, Charles P, Alderman E, Brown K, Cadieux-Dion M, Cartwright T, Chen Y, Costin C, Fehr S, Fitzgerald KM, Fleming E, Foss K, Ha T, Hildebrand G, Horn D, Liu S, Marco EJ, McDonald M, McWalter K, Race S, Rush ET, Si Y, Saunders C, Slavotinek A, Stockler-Ipsiroglu S, Telegrafi A, Thiffault I, Torti E, Tsai AC, Wang X, Zafar M, Keren B, Kornak U, Boerkoel CF, Mirzaa G, Ehmke N. Haploinsufficiency of the Notch Ligand DLL1 Causes Variable Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 09 05; 105(3):631-639. PMID: 31353024.
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O'Donnell-Luria AH, Pais LS, Faundes V, Wood JC, Sveden A, Luria V, Abou Jamra R, Accogli A, Amburgey K, Anderlid BM, Azzarello-Burri S, Basinger AA, Bianchini C, Bird LM, Buchert R, Carre W, Ceulemans S, Charles P, Cox H, Culliton L, Curr? A, Demurger F, Dowling JJ, Duban-Bedu B, Dubourg C, Eiset SE, Escobar LF, Ferrarini A, Haack TB, Hashim M, Heide S, Helbig KL, Helbig I, Heredia R, H?ron D, Isidor B, Jonasson AR, Joset P, Keren B, Kok F, Kroes HY, Lavillaureix A, Lu X, Maas SM, Maegawa GHB, Marcelis CLM, Mark PR, Masruha MR, McLaughlin HM, McWalter K, Melchinger EU, Mercimek-Andrews S, Nava C, Pendziwiat M, Person R, Ramelli GP, Ramos LLP, Rauch A, Reavey C, Renieri A, Rie? A, Sanchez-Valle A, Sattar S, Saunders C, Schwarz N, Smol T, Srour M, Steindl K, Syrbe S, Taylor JC, Telegrafi A, Thiffault I, Trauner DA, van der Linden H, van Koningsbruggen S, Villard L, Vogel I, Vogt J, Weber YG, Wentzensen IM, Widjaja E, Zak J, Baxter S, Banka S, Rodan LH. Heterozygous Variants in KMT2E Cause a Spectrum of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 06 06; 104(6):1210-1222. PMID: 31079897.
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Farrow E, Rengasamy Venugopalan S, Thiffault I, Saunders C. Examination of rare genetic variants in dental enamel genes: The potential role of next-generation sequencing in primary dental care. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2019 May; 22 Suppl 1:49-55. PMID: 31074140.
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Diets IJ, van der Donk R, Baltrunaite K, Waanders E, Reijnders MRF, Dingemans AJM, Pfundt R, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Wiel L, Gilissen C, Thevenon J, Perrin L, Afenjar A, Nava C, Keren B, Bartz S, Peri B, Beunders G, Verbeek N, van Gassen K, Thiffault I, Cadieux-Dion M, Huerta-Saenz L, Wagner M, Konstantopoulou V, Vodopiutz J, Griese M, Boel A, Callewaert B, Brunner HG, Kleefstra T, Hoogerbrugge N, de Vries BBA, Hwa V, Dauber A, Hehir-Kwa JY, Kuiper RP, Jongmans MCJ. De Novo and Inherited Pathogenic Variants in KDM3B Cause Intellectual Disability, Short Stature, and Facial Dysmorphism. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 04 04; 104(4):758-766. PMID: 30929739.
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Sommerville EW, Zhou XL, Ol?hov? M, Jenkins J, Euro L, Konovalova S, Hilander T, Pyle A, He L, Habeebu S, Saunders C, Kelsey A, Morris AAM, McFarland R, Suomalainen A, Gorman GS, Wang ED, Thiffault I, Tyynismaa H, Taylor RW. Instability of the mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase underlies fatal infantile-onset cardiomyopathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 01 15; 28(2):258-268. PMID: 30285085.
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Caylor RC, Grote L, Thiffault I, Farrow EG, Willig L, Soden S, Amudhavalli SM, Nopper AJ, Horii KA, Fleming E, Jenkins J, Welsh H, Ilyas M, Engleman K, Abdelmoity A, Saunders CJ. Correction to: Incidental diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex by exome sequencing in three families with subclinical findings. Neurogenetics. 2018 12; 19(4):261-262. PMID: 29992365.
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Accogli A, Guerrero K, D'Agostino MD, Tran L, Cieuta-Walti C, Thiffault I, Ch?nier S, Schwartzentruber J, Majewski J, Bernard G. Biallelic Loss-of-Function Variants in AIMP1 Cause a Rare Neurodegenerative Disease. J Child Neurol. 2019 02; 34(2):74-80. PMID: 30486714.
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Bhoj EJ, Haye D, Toutain A, Bonneau D, Nielsen IK, Lund IB, Bogaard P, Leenskjold S, Karaer K, Wild KT, Grand KL, Astiazaran MC, Gonzalez-Nieto LA, Carvalho A, Lehalle D, Amudhavalli SM, Repnikova E, Saunders C, Thiffault I, Saadi I, Li D, Hakonarson H, Vial Y, Zackai E, Callier P, Drunat S, Verloes A. Phenotypic spectrum associated with SPECC1L pathogenic variants: new families and critical review of the nosology of Teebi, Opitz GBBB, and Baraitser-Winter syndromes. Eur J Med Genet. 2019 Dec; 62(12):103588. PMID: 30472488.
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Thiffault I, Cadieux-Dion M, Farrow E, Caylor R, Miller N, Soden S, Saunders C. On the verge of diagnosis: Detection, reporting, and investigation of de novo variants in novel genes identified by clinical sequencing. Hum Mutat. 2018 11; 39(11):1505-1516. PMID: 30311385.
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Thiffault I, Farrow E, Zellmer L, Berrios C, Miller N, Gibson M, Caylor R, Jenkins J, Faller D, Soden S, Saunders C. Clinical genome sequencing in an unbiased pediatric cohort. Genet Med. 2019 02; 21(2):303-310. PMID: 30008475.
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Caylor RC, Grote L, Thiffault I, Farrow EG, Willig L, Soden S, Amudhavalli SM, Nopper AJ, Horii KA, Fleming E, Jenkins J, Welsh H, Ilyas M, Engleman K, Abdelmoity A, Saunders CJ. Incidental diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex by exome sequencing in three families with subclinical findings. Neurogenetics. 2018 08; 19(3):205-213. PMID: 29926239.
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Guissart C, Latypova X, Rollier P, Khan TN, Stamberger H, McWalter K, Cho MT, Kjaergaard S, Weckhuysen S, Lesca G, Besnard T, ?unap K, Schema L, Chiocchetti AG, McDonald M, de Bellescize J, Vincent M, Van Esch H, Sattler S, Forghani I, Thiffault I, Freitag CM, Barbouth DS, Cadieux-Dion M, Willaert R, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Safina NP, Dubourg C, Grote L, Carr? W, Saunders C, Pajusalu S, Farrow E, Boland A, Karlowicz DH, Deleuze JF, Wojcik MH, Pressman R, Isidor B, Vogels A, Van Paesschen W, Al-Gazali L, Al Shamsi AM, Claustres M, Pujol A, Sanders SJ, Rivier F, Leboucq N, Cogn? B, Sasorith S, Sanlaville D, Retterer K, Odent S, Katsanis N, B?zieau S, Koenig M, Davis EE, Pasquier L, K?ry S. Dual Molecular Effects of Dominant RORA Mutations Cause Two Variants of Syndromic Intellectual Disability with Either Autism or Cerebellar Ataxia. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 05 03; 102(5):744-759. PMID: 29656859.
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Mendes MI, Gutierrez Salazar M, Guerrero K, Thiffault I, Salomons GS, Gauquelin L, Tran LT, Forget D, Gauthier MS, Waisfisz Q, Smith DEC, Simons C, van der Knaap MS, Marquardt I, Lemes A, Mierzewska H, Weschke B, Koehler W, Coulombe B, Wolf NI, Bernard G. Bi-allelic Mutations in EPRS, Encoding the Glutamyl-Prolyl-Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase, Cause a Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 04 05; 102(4):676-684. PMID: 29576217.
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Cadieux-Dion M, Safina NP, Engleman K, Saunders C, Repnikova E, Raje N, Canty K, Farrow E, Miller N, Zellmer L, Thiffault I. Novel heterozygous pathogenic variants in CHUK in a patient with AEC-like phenotype, immune deficiencies and 1q21.1 microdeletion syndrome: a case report. BMC Med Genet. 2018 03 09; 19(1):41. PMID: 29523099.
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Petrikin JE, Cakici JA, Clark MM, Willig LK, Sweeney NM, Farrow EG, Saunders CJ, Thiffault I, Miller NA, Zellmer L, Herd SM, Holmes AM, Batalov S, Veeraraghavan N, Smith LD, Dimmock DP, Leeder JS, Kingsmore SF. The NSIGHT1-randomized controlled trial: rapid whole-genome sequencing for accelerated etiologic diagnosis in critically ill infants. NPJ Genom Med. 2018; 3:6. PMID: 29449963.
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Gauquelin L, T?treault M, Thiffault I, Farrow E, Miller N, Yoo B, Bareke E, Yoon G, Suchowersky O, Dupr? N, Tarnopolsky M, Brais B, Wolf NI, Majewski J, Rouleau GA, Gan-Or Z, Bernard G. POLR3A variants in hereditary spastic paraplegia and ataxia. Brain. 2018 01 01; 141(1):e1. PMID: 29228109.
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Ahmed AA, Skaria P, Safina NP, Thiffault I, Kats A, Taboada E, Habeebu S, Saunders C. Arthrogryposis and pterygia as lethal end manifestations of genetically defined congenital myopathies. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 02; 176(2):359-367. PMID: 29274205.
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Thiffault I, Zuccarelli B, Welsh H, Yuan X, Farrow E, Zellmer L, Miller N, Soden S, Abdelmoity A, Brodsky RA, Saunders C. Hypotonia and intellectual disability without dysmorphic features in a patient with PIGN-related disease. BMC Med Genet. 2017 11 02; 18(1):124. PMID: 29096607.
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de Kovel CGF, Syrbe S, Brilstra EH, Verbeek N, Kerr B, Dubbs H, Bayat A, Desai S, Naidu S, Srivastava S, Cagaylan H, Yis U, Saunders C, Rook M, Plugge S, Muhle H, Afawi Z, Klein KM, Jayaraman V, Rajagopalan R, Goldberg E, Marsh E, Kessler S, Bergqvist C, Conlin LK, Krok BL, Thiffault I, Pendziwiat M, Helbig I, Polster T, Borggraefe I, Lemke JR, van den Boogaardt MJ, M?ller RS, Koeleman BPC. Neurodevelopmental Disorders Caused by De Novo Variants in KCNB1 Genotypes and Phenotypes. JAMA Neurol. 2017 10 01; 74(10):1228-1236. PMID: 28806457.
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Mettman D, Thiffault I, Dinakar C, Saunders C. Immunodeficiency-Associated Lymphoid Hyperplasia As a Cause of Intussusception in a Case of Activated PI3K-d Syndrome. Front Pediatr. 2017; 5:71. PMID: 28469999.
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Kernohan KD, Dyment DA, Pupavac M, Cramer Z, McBride A, Bernard G, Straub I, Tetreault M, Hartley T, Huang L, Sell E, Majewski J, Rosenblatt DS, Shoubridge E, Mhanni A, Myers T, Proud V, Vergano S, Spangler B, Farrow E, Kussman J, Safina N, Saunders C, Boycott KM, Thiffault I. Matchmaking facilitates the diagnosis of an autosomal-recessive mitochondrial disease caused by biallelic mutation of the tRNA isopentenyltransferase (TRIT1) gene. Hum Mutat. 2017 05; 38(5):511-516. PMID: 28185376.
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Job F, Mizumoto S, Smith L, Couser N, Brazil A, Saal H, Patterson M, Gibson MI, Soden S, Miller N, Thiffault I, Saunders C, Yamada S, Hoffmann K, Sugahara K, Farrow E. Functional validation of novel compound heterozygous variants in B3GAT3 resulting in severe osteopenia and fractures: expanding the disease phenotype. BMC Med Genet. 2016 Nov 21; 17(1):86. PMID: 27871226.
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Gallo V, Dotta L, Giardino G, Cirillo E, Lougaris V, D'Assante R, Prandini A, Consolini R, Farrow EG, Thiffault I, Saunders CJ, Leonardi A, Plebani A, Badolato R, Pignata C. Diagnostics of Primary Immunodeficiencies through Next-Generation Sequencing. Front Immunol. 2016; 7:466. PMID: 27872624.
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Flex E, Niceta M, Cecchetti S, Thiffault I, Au MG, Capuano A, Piermarini E, Ivanova AA, Francis JW, Chillemi G, Chandramouli B, Carpentieri G, Haaxma CA, Ciolfi A, Pizzi S, Douglas GV, Levine K, Sferra A, Dentici ML, Pfundt RR, Le Pichon JB, Farrow E, Baas F, Piemonte F, Dallapiccola B, Graham JM, Saunders CJ, Bertini E, Kahn RA, Koolen DA, Tartaglia M. Biallelic Mutations in TBCD, Encoding the Tubulin Folding Cofactor D, Perturb Microtubule Dynamics and Cause Early-Onset Encephalopathy. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Oct 06; 99(4):962-973. PMID: 27666370.
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Jay AM, Conway RL, Thiffault I, Saunders C, Farrow E, Adams J, Toriello HV. Neonatal progeriod syndrome associated with biallelic truncating variants in POLR3A. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 12; 170(12):3343-3346. PMID: 27612211.
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Thiffault I, Bernard G. Expert opinion and caution are imperative for interpretation of next generation sequencing data. Eur J Med Genet. 2016 Oct; 59(10):519-21. PMID: 27535217.
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Noll AC, Miller NA, Smith LD, Yoo B, Fiedler S, Cooley LD, Willig LK, Petrikin JE, Cakici J, Lesko J, Newton A, Detherage K, Thiffault I, Saunders CJ, Farrow EG, Kingsmore SF. Clinical detection of deletion structural variants in whole-genome sequences. NPJ Genom Med. 2016; 1:16026. PMID: 29263817.
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Thiffault I, Farrow E, Smith L, Lowry J, Zellmer L, Black B, Abdelmoity A, Miller N, Soden S, Saunders C. PCDH19-related epileptic encephalopathy in a male mosaic for a truncating variant. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 06; 170(6):1585-9. PMID: 27016041.
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Thiffault I, Lantos J. The Challenge of Analyzing the Results of Next-Generation Sequencing in Children. Pediatrics. 2016 Jan; 137 Suppl 1:S3-7. PMID: 26729700.
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Giardino G, Gallo V, Somma D, Farrow EG, Thiffault I, D'Assante R, Donofrio V, Paciolla M, Ursini MV, Leonardi A, Saunders CJ, Pignata C. Targeted next-generation sequencing revealed MYD88 deficiency in a child with chronic yersiniosis and granulomatous lymphadenitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 05; 137(5):1591-1595.e4. PMID: 26632527.
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Thiffault I, Speca DJ, Austin DC, Cobb MM, Eum KS, Safina NP, Grote L, Farrow EG, Miller N, Soden S, Kingsmore SF, Trimmer JS, Saunders CJ, Sack JT. A novel epileptic encephalopathy mutation in KCNB1 disrupts Kv2.1 ion selectivity, expression, and localization. J Gen Physiol. 2015 Nov; 146(5):399-410. PMID: 26503721.
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Guimier A, Gabriel GC, Bajolle F, Tsang M, Liu H, Noll A, Schwartz M, El Malti R, Smith LD, Klena NT, Jimenez G, Miller NA, Oufadem M, Moreau de Bellaing A, Yagi H, Saunders CJ, Baker CN, Di Filippo S, Peterson KA, Thiffault I, Bole-Feysot C, Cooley LD, Farrow EG, Masson C, Schoen P, Deleuze JF, Nitschk? P, Lyonnet S, de Pontual L, Murray SA, Bonnet D, Kingsmore SF, Amiel J, Bouvagnet P, Lo CW, Gordon CT. MMP21 is mutated in human heterotaxy and is required for normal left-right asymmetry in vertebrates. Nat Genet. 2015 Nov; 47(11):1260-3. PMID: 26437028.
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Miller NA, Farrow EG, Gibson M, Willig LK, Twist G, Yoo B, Marrs T, Corder S, Krivohlavek L, Walter A, Petrikin JE, Saunders CJ, Thiffault I, Soden SE, Smith LD, Dinwiddie DL, Herd S, Cakici JA, Catreux S, Ruehle M, Kingsmore SF. A 26-hour system of highly sensitive whole genome sequencing for emergency management of genetic diseases. Genome Med. 2015 Sep 30; 7:100. PMID: 26419432.
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Thiffault I, Wolf NI, Forget D, Guerrero K, Tran LT, Choquet K, Lavall?e-Adam M, Poitras C, Brais B, Yoon G, Sztriha L, Webster RI, Timmann D, van de Warrenburg BP, Seeger J, Zimmermann A, M?t? A, Goizet C, Fung E, van der Knaap MS, Fribourg S, Vanderver A, Simons C, Taft RJ, Yates JR, Coulombe B, Bernard G. Recessive mutations in POLR1C cause a leukodystrophy by impairing biogenesis of RNA polymerase III. Nat Commun. 2015 Jul 07; 6:7623. PMID: 26151409.
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Gutierrez M, Thiffault I, Guerrero K, Martos-Moreno G?, Tran LT, Benko W, van der Knaap MS, van Spaendonk RM, Wolf NI, Bernard G. Large exonic deletions in POLR3B gene cause POLR3-related leukodystrophy. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2015 Jun 05; 10:69. PMID: 26045207.
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Thiffault I, Saunders C, Jenkins J, Raje N, Canty K, Sharma M, Grote L, Welsh HI, Farrow E, Twist G, Miller N, Zwick D, Zellmer L, Kingsmore SF, Safina NP. A patient with polymerase E1 deficiency (POLE1): clinical features and overlap with DNA breakage/instability syndromes. BMC Med Genet. 2015 May 07; 16:31. PMID: 25948378.
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Willig LK, Petrikin JE, Smith LD, Saunders CJ, Thiffault I, Miller NA, Soden SE, Cakici JA, Herd SM, Twist G, Noll A, Creed M, Alba PM, Carpenter SL, Clements MA, Fischer RT, Hays JA, Kilbride H, McDonough RJ, Rosterman JL, Tsai SL, Zellmer L, Farrow EG, Kingsmore SF. Whole-genome sequencing for identification of Mendelian disorders in critically ill infants: a retrospective analysis of diagnostic and clinical findings. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 May; 3(5):377-87. PMID: 25937001.
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Saunders CJ, Moon SH, Liu X, Thiffault I, Coffman K, LePichon JB, Taboada E, Smith LD, Farrow EG, Miller N, Gibson M, Patterson M, Kingsmore SF, Gross RW. Loss of function variants in human PNPLA8 encoding calcium-independent phospholipase A2 ? recapitulate the mitochondriopathy of the homologous null mouse. Hum Mutat. 2015 Mar; 36(3):301-6. PMID: 25512002.
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Sasarman F, Thiffault I, Weraarpachai W, Salomon S, Maftei C, Gauthier J, Ellazam B, Webb N, Antonicka H, Janer A, Brunel-Guitton C, Elpeleg O, Mitchell G, Shoubridge EA. The 3' addition of CCA to mitochondrial tRNASer(AGY) is specifically impaired in patients with mutations in the tRNA nucleotidyl transferase TRNT1. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 May 15; 24(10):2841-7. PMID: 25652405.
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Saunders C, Smith L, Wibrand F, Ravn K, Bross P, Thiffault I, Christensen M, Atherton A, Farrow E, Miller N, Kingsmore SF, Ostergaard E. CLPB variants associated with autosomal-recessive mitochondrial disorder with cataract, neutropenia, epilepsy, and methylglutaconic aciduria. Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Feb 05; 96(2):258-65. PMID: 25597511.
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Soden SE, Saunders CJ, Willig LK, Farrow EG, Smith LD, Petrikin JE, LePichon JB, Miller NA, Thiffault I, Dinwiddie DL, Twist G, Noll A, Heese BA, Zellmer L, Atherton AM, Abdelmoity AT, Safina N, Nyp SS, Zuccarelli B, Larson IA, Modrcin A, Herd S, Creed M, Ye Z, Yuan X, Brodsky RA, Kingsmore SF. Effectiveness of exome and genome sequencing guided by acuity of illness for diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Dec 03; 6(265):265ra168. PMID: 25473036.
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Maftei C, Rypens F, Thiffault I, Dub? J, Laberge AM, Lemyre E. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: bilateral hallux valgus on ultrasound a clue for the first prenatal diagnosis for this condition-clinical report and review of the literature. Prenat Diagn. 2015 Mar; 35(3):305-7. PMID: 25346098.
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Gauthier J, Ouled Amar Bencheikh B, Hamdan FF, Harrison SM, Baker LA, Couture F, Thiffault I, Ouazzani R, Samuels ME, Mitchell GA, Rouleau GA, Michaud JL, Soucy JF. A homozygous loss-of-function variant in MYH11 in a case with megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015 Sep; 23(9):1266-8. PMID: 25407000.
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Schwartzentruber J, Buhas D, Majewski J, Sasarman F, Papillon-Cavanagh S, Thiffault I, Thiffaut I, Sheldon KM, Massicotte C, Patry L, Simon M, Zare AS, McKernan KJ, Michaud J, Boles RG, Deal CL, Desilets V, Shoubridge EA, Samuels ME. Mutation in the nuclear-encoded mitochondrial isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase IARS2 in patients with cataracts, growth hormone deficiency with short stature, partial sensorineural deafness, and peripheral neuropathy or with Leigh syndrome. Hum Mutat. 2014 Nov; 35(11):1285-9. PMID: 25130867.
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Kashani A, Thiffault I, Dilenge ME, Saint-Martin C, Guerrero K, Tran LT, Shoubridge E, van der Knaap MS, Braverman N, Bernard G. A homozygous mutation in the NDUFS1 gene presents with a mild cavitating leukoencephalopathy. Neurogenetics. 2014 Aug; 15(3):161-4. PMID: 24952175.
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Thiffault I, Dicaire MJ, Tetreault M, Huang KN, Demers-Lamarche J, Bernard G, Duquette A, Larivi?re R, Gehring K, Montpetit A, McPherson PS, Richter A, Montermini L, Mercier J, Mitchell GA, Dupr? N, Pr?vost C, Bouchard JP, Mathieu J, Brais B. Diversity of ARSACS mutations in French-Canadians. Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 Jan; 40(1):61-6. PMID: 23250129.
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Sasarman F, Nishimura T, Thiffault I, Shoubridge EA. A novel mutation in YARS2 causes myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia. Hum Mutat. 2012 Aug; 33(8):1201-6. PMID: 22504945.
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Bayat V, Thiffault I, Jaiswal M, T?treault M, Donti T, Sasarman F, Bernard G, Demers-Lamarche J, Dicaire MJ, Mathieu J, Vanasse M, Bouchard JP, Rioux MF, Lourenco CM, Li Z, Haueter C, Shoubridge EA, Graham BH, Brais B, Bellen HJ. Mutations in the mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA synthetase cause a neurodegenerative phenotype in flies and a recessive ataxia (ARSAL) in humans. PLoS Biol. 2012; 10(3):e1001288. PMID: 22448145.
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T?treault M, Putorti ML, Thiffault I, Sylvain M, Venderver A, Schiffmann R, Brais B, Bernard G. TACH leukodystrophy: locus refinement to chromosome 10q22.3-23.1. Can J Neurol Sci. 2012 Jan; 39(1):122-3. PMID: 22384513.
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T?treault M, Srour M, Allyson J, Thiffault I, Loisel L, Robitaille Y, Bouchard JP, Brais B. Founder mutation for a-sarcoglycan-LGMD2D in a Magdalen Islands Acadian cluster. Can J Neurol Sci. 2011 Sep; 38(5):747-52. PMID: 21856579.
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Valdmanis PN, Dupr? N, Lachance M, Stochmanski SJ, Belzil VV, Dion PA, Thiffault I, Brais B, Weston L, Saint-Amant L, Samuels ME, Rouleau GA. A mutation in the RNF170 gene causes autosomal dominant sensory ataxia. Brain. 2011 Feb; 134(Pt 2):602-7. PMID: 21115467.
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Bernard G, Thiffault I, Tetreault M, Putorti ML, Bouchard I, Sylvain M, Melan?on S, Laframboise R, Langevin P, Bouchard JP, Vanasse M, Vanderver A, S?bire G, Brais B. Tremor-ataxia with central hypomyelination (TACH) leukodystrophy maps to chromosome 10q22.3-10q23.31. Neurogenetics. 2010 Oct; 11(4):457-64. PMID: 20640464.
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Chong G, Jarry J, Marcus V, Thiffault I, Winocour S, Monczak Y, Drouin R, Latreille J, Australie K, Bapat B, Gordon PH, Gigu?re Y, Gologan A, Galiatsatos P, Jass JR, Wong N, Zaor S, Palma L, Kasprzak L, Tischkowitz M, Foulkes WD. High frequency of exon deletions and putative founder effects in French Canadian Lynch syndrome families. Hum Mutat. 2009 Aug; 30(8):E797-812. PMID: 19459153.
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Loggia ML, Bushnell MC, T?treault M, Thiffault I, Bh?rer C, Mohammed NK, Kuchinad AA, Laferri?re A, Dicaire MJ, Loisel L, Mogil JS, Brais B. Carriers of recessive WNK1/HSN2 mutations for hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2 (HSAN2) are more sensitive to thermal stimuli. J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 18; 29(7):2162-6. PMID: 19228968.
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Gosselin I, Thiffault I, T?treault M, Chau V, Dicaire MJ, Loisel L, Emond M, Senderek J, Mathieu J, Dupr? N, Vanasse M, Puymirat J, Brais B. Founder SH3TC2 mutations are responsible for a CMT4C French-Canadians cluster. Neuromuscul Disord. 2008 Jun; 18(6):483-92. PMID: 18511281.
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Dupr? N, Chrestian N, Thiffault I, Brais B, Rouleau GA, Bouchard JP. [Hereditary ataxias, spastic parapareses and neuropathies in Eastern Canada]. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2008 Jan; 164(1):12-21. PMID: 18342054.
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Rossignol E, Mathieu J, Thiffault I, T?treault M, Dicaire MJ, Chrestian N, Dupr? N, Puymirat J, Brais B. A novel founder SCN4A mutation causes painful cold-induced myotonia in French-Canadians. Neurology. 2007 Nov 13; 69(20):1937-41. PMID: 17998485.
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Jarry J, Rioux MF, Bolduc V, Robitaille Y, Khoury V, Thiffault I, T?treault M, Loisel L, Bouchard JP, Brais B. A novel autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with quadriceps atrophy maps to 11p13-p12. Brain. 2007 Feb; 130(Pt 2):368-80. PMID: 17008331.
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T?treault M, Duquette A, Thiffault I, Bherer C, Jarry J, Loisel L, Banwell B, D'Anjou G, Mathieu J, Robitaille Y, Vanasse M, Brais B. A new form of congenital muscular dystrophy with joint hyperlaxity maps to 3p23-21. Brain. 2006 Aug; 129(Pt 8):2077-84. PMID: 16760198.
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Thiffault I, Rioux MF, Tetreault M, Jarry J, Loiselle L, Poirier J, Gros-Louis F, Mathieu J, Vanasse M, Rouleau GA, Bouchard JP, Lesage J, Brais B. A new autosomal recessive spastic ataxia associated with frequent white matter changes maps to 2q33-34. Brain. 2006 Sep; 129(Pt 9):2332-40. PMID: 16672289.
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McVety S, Li L, Thiffault I, Gordon PH, Macnamara E, Wong N, Australie K, Kasprzak L, Chong G, Foulkes WD. The value of multi-modal gene screening in HNPCC in Quebec: three mutations in mismatch repair genes that would have not been correctly identified by genomic DNA sequencing alone. Fam Cancer. 2006; 5(1):21-8. PMID: 16528605.
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Sun S, Greenwood CM, Thiffault I, Hamel N, Chong G, Foulkes WD. The HNPCC associated MSH2*1906G-->C founder mutation probably originated between 1440 CE and 1715 CE in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. J Med Genet. 2005 Oct; 42(10):766-8. PMID: 16199548.
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Thiffault I, Schwartz CE, Der Kaloustian V, Foulkes WD. Mutation analysis of the tumor suppressor PTEN and the glypican 3 (GPC3) gene in patients diagnosed with Proteus syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2004 Oct 01; 130A(2):123-7. PMID: 15372512.
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Thiffault I, Foulkes WD, Marcus VA, Farber D, Kasprzak L, MacNamara E, Wong N, Hutter P, Radice P, Bertario L, Chong G. Putative common origin of two MLH1 mutations in Italian-Quebec hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer families. Clin Genet. 2004 Aug; 66(2):137-43. PMID: 15253764.
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Thiffault I, Hamel N, Pal T, McVety S, Marcus VA, Farber D, Cowie S, Desch?nes J, Meschino W, Odefrey F, Goldgar D, Graham T, Narod S, Watters AK, MacNamara E, Du Sart D, Chong G, Foulkes WD. Germline truncating mutations in both MSH2 and BRCA2 in a single kindred. Br J Cancer. 2004 Jan 26; 90(2):483-91. PMID: 14735197.
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Kotar K, Hamel N, Thiffault I, Foulkes WD. The RNASEL 471delAAAG allele and prostate cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish men. J Med Genet. 2003 Mar; 40(3):e22. PMID: 12624151.
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Foulkes WD, Thiffault I, Gruber SB, Horwitz M, Hamel N, Lee C, Shia J, Markowitz A, Figer A, Friedman E, Farber D, Greenwood CM, Bonner JD, Nafa K, Walsh T, Marcus V, Tomsho L, Gebert J, Macrae FA, Gaff CL, Paillerets BB, Gregersen PK, Weitzel JN, Gordon PH, MacNamara E, King MC, Hampel H, De La Chapelle A, Boyd J, Offit K, Rennert G, Chong G, Ellis NA. The founder mutation MSH2*1906G-->C is an important cause of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Dec; 71(6):1395-412. PMID: 12454801.
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Hutter P, Wijnen J, Rey-Berthod C, Thiffault I, Verkuijlen P, Farber D, Hamel N, Bapat B, Thibodeau SN, Burn J, Wu J, MacNamara E, Heinimann K, Chong G, Foulkes WD. An MLH1 haplotype is over-represented on chromosomes carrying an HNPCC predisposing mutation in MLH1. J Med Genet. 2002 May; 39(5):323-7. PMID: 12011148.
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Andermann A, Thiffault I, Wong N, Gordon P, MacNamara E, Chong G, Foulkes W. Multimodal molecular screening is required to improve the sensitivity of MLH1 and MSH2 mutation analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Mar 15; 20(6):1705-7. PMID: 11896123.
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