Genome-wide sequencing and the clinical diagnosis of genetic disease: The CAUSES study Human Genetics and Genomics Advances Elliott, A.M. and Adam, S. and du Souich, C. and Lehman, A. and Nelson, T.N. and van Karnebeek, C. and Alderman, E. and Armstrong, L. and Aubertin, G. and Blood, K. and Boelman, C. and Boerkoel, C. and Bretherick, K. and Brown, L. and Chijiwa, C. and Clarke, L. and Couse, M. and Creighton, S. and Watts-Dickens, A. and Gibson, W.T. and Gill, H. and Tarailo-Graovac, M. and Hamilton, S. and Heran, H. and Horvath, G. and Huang, L. and Hulait, G.K. and Koehn, D. and Lee, H.K. and Lewis, S. and Lopez, E. and Louie, K. and Niederhoffer, K. and Matthews, A. and Meagher, K. and Peng, J.J. and Patel, M.S. and Race, S. and Richmond, P. and Rupps, R. and Salvarinova, R. and Seath, K. and Selby, K. and Steinraths, M. and Stockler, S. and Tang, K. and Tyson, C. and van Allen, M. and Wasserman, W. and Mwenifumbo, J. and Friedman, J.M. DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100108 2022
De novo variants in ATP2B1 lead to neurodevelopmental delay American Journal of Human Genetics Rahimi, M.J. and Urban, N. and Wegler, M. and Sticht, H. and Schaefer, M. and Popp, B. and Gaunitz, F. and Morleo, M. and Nigro, V. and Maitz, S. and Mancini, G.M.S. and Ruivenkamp, C. and Suk, E.-K. and Bartolomaeus, T. and Merkenschlager, A. and Koboldt, D. and Bartholomew, D. and Stegmann, A.P.A. and Sinnema, M. and Duynisveld, I. and Salvarinova, R. and Race, S. and de Vries, B.B.A. and Trimouille, A. and Naudion, S. and Marom, D. and Hamiel, U. and Henig, N. and Demurger, F. and Rahner, N. and Bartels, E. and Hamm, J.A. and Putnam, A.M. and Person, R. and Abou Jamra, R. and Oppermann, H. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.03.009 2022
Development of minimally invasive 13C-glucose breath test to examine different exogenous carbohydrate sources in patients with glycogen storage disease type Ia Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports Turki, A. and Stockler, S. and Sirrs, S. and Salvarinova, R. and Ho, G. and Branov, J. and Rosen-Heath, A. and Bosdet, T. and Elango, R. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2022.100880 2022
Hyperleucinosis during infections in maple syrup urine disease post liver transplantation Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports Guilder, L. and Prada, C.E. and Saenz, S. and Jain-Ghai, S. and Karp, N. and Mazariegos, G. and Ratko, S. and Salvarinova, R. and Mercimek-Andrews, S. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100763 2021
NANS-CDG: Delineation of the Genetic, Biochemical, and Clinical Spectrum Frontiers in Neurology den Hollander, B. and Rasing, A. and Post, M.A. and Klein, W.M. and Oud, M.M. and Brands, M.M. and de Boer, L. and Engelke, U.F.H. and van Essen, P. and Fuchs, S.A. and Haaxma, C.A. and Jensson, B.O. and Kluijtmans, L.A.J. and Lengyel, A. and Lichtenbelt, K.D. and ?stergaard, E. and Peters, G. and Salvarinova, R. and Simon, M.E.H. and Stefansson, K. and Thorarensen, ?. and Ulmen, U. and Coene, K.L.M. and Willemsen, M.A. and Lefeber, D.J. and Karnebeek, C.D.M.V. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.668640 2021
A human multisystem disorder with autoinflammation, leukoencephalopathy and hepatopathy is caused by mutations in C2orf69 medRxiv Lausberg, E. and Gießelmann, S. and Dewulf, J.P. and Wiame, E. and Holz, A. and Salvarinova, R. and Van Karnebeek, C. and Klemm, P. and Ohl, K. and Mull, M. and Braunschweig, T. and Weis, J. and Sommer, C. and Demuth, S. and Haase, C. and Debray, F.-G. and Libioulle, C. and Choukair, D. and Oommen, P.T. and Borkhardt, A. and Surowy, H. and Wieczorek, D. and Meyer, R. and Eggermann, T. and Begemann, M. and Van Schaftingen, E. and Häusler, M. and Tenbrock, K. and Van den Heuvel, L. and Elbracht, M. and Kurth, I. and Kraft, F. DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.08.21252805 2021
C2orf69 mutations disrupt mitochondrial function and cause a multisystem human disorder with recurring autoinflammation Journal of Clinical Investigation Lausberg, E. and Gießelmann, S. and Dewulf, J.P. and Wiame, E. and Holz, A. and Salvarinova, R. and van Karnebeek, C.D. and Klemm, P. and Ohl, K. and Mull, M. and Braunschweig, T. and Weis, J. and Sommer, C.J. and Demuth, S. and Haase, C. and Stollbrink-Peschgens, C. and Debray, F.-G. and Libioulle, C. and Choukair, D. and Oommen, P.T. and Borkhardt, A. and Surowy, H. and Wieczorek, D. and Wagner, N. and Meyer, R. and Eggermann, T. and Begemann, M. and van Schaftingen, E. and Häusler, M. and Tenbrock, K. and van den Heuvel, L. and Elbracht, M. and Kurth, I. and Kraft, F. DOI: 10.1172/JCI143078 2021
Evaluation of the quality of clinical data collection for a pan-Canadian cohort of children affected by inherited metabolic diseases: lessons learned from the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network. Orphanet journal of rare diseases Tingley K and Lamoureux M and Pugliese M and Geraghty MT and Kronick JB and Potter BK and Coyle D and Wilson K and Kowalski M and Austin V and Brunel-Guitton C and Buhas D and Chan AKJ and Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01358-z PubMed: 32276663 04/2020
Recurrent Dystonic Crisis and Rhabdomyolysis Treated with Dantrolene in Two Patients with Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Neuropediatrics Micallef, J. and Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. and Van Karnebeek, C.D. and Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Horvath, G. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3402010 2020
Diagnostic Yield and Treatment Impact of Targeted Exome Sequencing in Early-Onset Epilepsy. Frontiers in neurology Demos M and Guella I and DeGuzman C and McKenzie MB and Buerki SE and Evans DM and Toyota EB and Boelman C and Huh LL and Datta A and Michoulas A and Selby K and Bjornson BH and Horvath G and Farrer MJ DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00434 PubMed: 31164858 05/2019
Clinical, neuroradiological, and biochemical features of SLC35A2-CDG patients. Journal of inherited metabolic disease Vals MA and Ashikov A and Ilves P and Loorits D and Zeng Q and Barone R and Huijben K and Sykut-Cegielska J and Diogo L and Elias AF and Greenwood RS and Grunewald S and van Hasselt PM and Õunap K DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12055 PubMed: 30746764 02/2019
The genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of MTO1 deficiency. Molecular genetics and metabolism O'Byrne JJ and Tarailo-Graovac M and Ghani A and Champion M and Deshpande C and Dursun A and Ozgul RK and Freisinger P and Garber I and Haack TB and Horvath R and Baric I and Husain RA and van Karnebeek CDM DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.11.003 PubMed: 29331171 11/2017
Loss-of-Function and Gain-of-Function Mutations in KCNQ5 Cause Intellectual Disability or Epileptic Encephalopathy. American journal of human genetics Lehman A and Thouta S and Mancini GMS and Naidu S and van Slegtenhorst M and McWalter K and Person R and Mwenifumbo J and Salvarinova R and CAUSES Study and EPGEN Study and Guella I and Claydon T DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.05.016 PubMed: 28669405 06/2017
Diagnostic yield and treatment impact of targeted exome sequencing in early-onset epilepsy bioRxiv Demos, M. and Guella, I. and McKenzie, M.B. and Buerki, S.E. and Evans, D.M. and Toyota, E.B. and Boelman, C. and Huh, L.L. and Datta, A. and Michoulas, A. and Selby, K. and Bjornson, B.H. and Horvath, G. and Lopez-Rangel, E. and van Karnebeek, C.D.M. and Salvarinova, R. and Slade, E. and Eydoux, P. and Adam, S. and van Allen, M.I. and Nelson, T.N. and Bolbocean, C. and Connolly, M.B. and Farrer, M.J. DOI: 10.1101/139329 2017
Case Report: QARS Deficiency and Favorable Outcome Following Treatment of Seizures with Ketogenic Diet Journal of Child Neurology Datta, A. and Ferguson, A. and Simonson, C. and Zannotto, F. and Michoulas, A. and Roland, E. and Karnebeek, C.V. and Salvarinova, R. DOI: 10.1177/0883073816685508 2017
The indicator amino acid oxidation method with the use of l-[1-13C]leucine suggests a higher than currently recommended protein requirement in childrenwith Phenylketonuria Journal of Nutrition Turki, A. and Ueda, K. and Cheng, B. and Giezen, A. and Salvarinova, R. and Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. and Elango, R. DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.240218 2017
Patient care standards for primary mitochondrial disease: A consensus statement from the mitochondrial medicine society Genetics in Medicine Parikh, S. and Goldstein, A. and Karaa, A. and Koenig, M.K. and Anselm, I. and Brunel-Guitton, C. and Christodoulou, J. and Cohen, B.H. and Dimmock, D. and Enns, G.M. and Falk, M.J. and Feigenbaum, A. and Frye, R.E. and Ganesh, J. and Griesemer, D. and Haas, R. and Horvath, R. and Korson, M. and Kruer, M.C. and Mancuso, M. and McCormack, S. and Raboisson, M.J. and Reimschisel, T. and Salvarinova, R. and Saneto, R.P. and Scaglia, F. and Shoffner, J. and Stacpoole, P.W. and Sue, C.M. and Tarnopolsky, M. and Van Karnebeek, C. and Wolfe, L.A. and Cunningham, Z.Z. and Rahman, S. and Chinnery, P.F. DOI: 10.1038/gim.2017.107 2017
Response to Newman et al. Genetics in Medicine Parikh, S. and Goldstein, A. and Karaa, A. and Koenig, M.K. and Anselm, I. and Brunel-Guitton, C. and Christodoulou, J. and Cohen, B.H. and Dimmock, D. and Enns, G.M. and Falk, M.J. and Feigenbaum, A. and Frye, R.E. and Ganesh, J. and Griesemer, D. and Haas, R. and Horvath, R. and Korson, M. and Kruer, M.C. and Mancuso, M. and McCormack, S. and Josee Raboisson, M. and Reimschisel, T. and Salvarinova, R. and Saneto, R.P. and Scaglia, F. and Shoffner, J. and Stacpoole, P.W. and Sue, C.M. and Tarnopolsky, M. and Van Karnebeek, C. and Wolfe, L.A. and Zolkipli Cunningham, Z. and Rahman, S. and Chinnery, P.F. DOI: 10.1038/gim.2017.164 2017
Exome Sequencing and the Management of Neurometabolic Disorders. The New England journal of medicine Tarailo-Graovac M and Shyr C and Ross CJ and Horvath GA and Salvarinova R and Ye XC and Zhang LH and Bhavsar AP and Lee JJ and Drögemöller BI and Abdelsayed M and Alfadhel M and van Karnebeek CD DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1515792 PubMed: 27276562 05/2016
Individualized long-term outcomes in blood phenylalanine concentrations and dietary phenylalanine tolerance in 11 patients with primary phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency treated with Sapropterin-dihydrochloride Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. and Yuskiv, N. and Salvarinova, R. and Apatean, D. and Ho, G. and Cheng, B. and Giezen, A. and Lillquist, Y. and Ueda, K. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.11.014 2015
Expansion of the QARS deficiency phenotype with report of a family with isolated supratentorial brain abnormalities Neurogenetics Salvarinova, R. and Ye, C.X. and Rossi, A. and Biancheri, R. and Roland, E.H. and Pavlidis, P. and Ross, C.J. and Tarailo-Graovac, M. and Wasserman, W.W. and van Karnebeek, C.D.M. DOI: 10.1007/s10048-014-0432-y 2015
Recessive ITPA mutations cause an early infantile encephalopathy Annals of Neurology Kevelam, S.H. and Bierau, J. and Salvarinova, R. and Agrawal, S. and Honzik, T. and Visser, D. and Weiss, M.M. and Salomons, G.S. and Abbink, T.E.M. and Waisfisz, Q. and Van Der Knaap, M.S. DOI: 10.1002/ana.24496 2015
Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase VA deficiency resulting from CA5A alterations presents with hyperammonemia in early childhood. American journal of human genetics van Karnebeek CD and Sly WS and Ross CJ and Salvarinova R and Yaplito-Lee J and Santra S and Shyr C and Horvath GA and Eydoux P and Lehman AM and Bernard V and Newlove T and Ukpeh H and Stockler-Ipsiroglu S DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.01.006 PubMed: 24530203 02/2014
Practice patterns of mitochondrial disease physicians in North America. Part 1: Diagnostic and clinical challenges Mitochondrion Parikh, S. and Goldstein, A. and Koenig, M.K. and Scaglia, F. and Enns, G.M. and Saneto, R. and Anselm, I. and Collins, A. and Cohen, B.H. and DeBrosse, S.D. and Dimmock, D. and Falk, M.J. and Ganesh, J. and Greene, C. and Gropman, A.L. and Haas, R. and Kahler, S.G. and Kamholz, J. and Kendall, F. and Korson, M.S. and Mattman, A. and Milone, M. and Niyazov, D. and Pearl, P.L. and Reimschisel, T. and Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Sims, K. and Tarnopolsky, M. and Tsao, C.-Y. and van Hove, J. and Walsh, L. and Wolfe, L.A. DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.07.116 2014
Recurrent subacute post-viral onset of ataxia associated with a PRF1 mutation. European journal of human genetics : EJHG Dias C and McDonald A and Sincan M and Rupps R and Markello T and Salvarinova R and Santos RF and Menghrajani K and Ahaghotu C and Sutherland DP and Fortuno ES and Kollmann TR and Boerkoel CF DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.20 PubMed: 23443029 02/2013
Long-term outcomes of blood phenylalanine concentrations in children with classical phenylketonuria Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Hartnett, C. and Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Yap-Todos, E. and Cheng, B. and Giezen, A. and Horvath, G. and Lillquist, Y. and Vallance, H. and Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2013.01.007 2013
The use of parenteral nutrition for the management of PKU patient undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma: A case report Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Hartnett, C. and Sinclair, G. and Dix, D. and Horvath, G. and Lillquist, Y. and Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.01.007 2012
A variant of unknown significance in the GLA gene causing diagnostic uncertainty in a young female with isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Gene Al-Thihli, K. and Ebrahim, H. and Hughes, D.A. and Patel, M. and Tipple, M. and Salvarinova, R. and Gardiner, J. and Vallance, H. and Waters, P.J. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.01.056 2012
Mitochondrial disease clinical manifestations: An overview British Columbia Medical Journal Mattman, A. and Jarvis-Selinger, S. and Mezei, M.M. and Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Alfadhel, M. and Lillquist, Y. 2011
Autosomal recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I deficiency without hyperphenylalaninemia: Evidence of a phenotypic continuum between dominant and recessive forms Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Horvath, G.A. and Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S.G. and Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R. and Lillquist, Y.P. and Connolly, M. and Hyland, K. and Blau, N. and Rupar, T. and Waters, P.J. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.01.003 2008
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A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins.
The team, led by researchers from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, is the first in Canada to combine these two techniques to identify and test a drug for a young patient's tumour in time for their treatment.
Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 Project Grant competition!
The findings from a BCCHR study played a part in integrating the multiple breath washout test into recent recommendations to screen children for pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host disease, a lung complication that can affect children who undergo a bone marrow transplant.
New research published in Nature Communications, identifies a key molecule that might be critical for the development of stem cell-based therapies for treating type 1 diabetes.
Dr. Kirk Schultz, an investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, has been awarded the 2024 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship in recognition of his leadership and significant contributions to improving the health and well-being of children in British Columbia and around the world.
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