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Walker, Melissa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7423-9538

Mayo Clinic

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Characterization of Factors Associated With Death in Deceased Patients With Mitochondrial Disorders
Ivaniuk, Alina , Anselm, Irina , Bowen, Aaron B. , Cohen, Bruce H. , Eminoğlu, Fatma Tuba , Estrella, Jane , Gallagher, Renata C. , Gannon, Jennifer , Gorman, Gráinne S. , Greene, Carol L. , Haas, Richard , Kapoor, Seema , Karaa, Amel , Koenig, Mary Kay , Kornblum, Cornelia , Lichter‐Konecki, Uta , Lopriore, Piervito , McFarland, Robert , Moe, Aye , Ng, Yi Shiau , Saneto, Russell P. , Scaglia, Fernando , Tarnopolsky, Mark A. , Walker, Melissa , Group, as the Hong Kong Mitochondrial Diseases Interest, Fung, Cheuk Wing , Wong, Tsz-sum, Belaramani, Kiran , Chan, Chun-kong , Chan, Wing-ki, Chan, Wai-lun Larry, Cheung, H. M. E., Cheung, Ka-yin, Chang, Richard Shek‐kwan , Cheung, Sing-ngai, Cheung, Tsz-Fung, Cheung, Yuk-fai, Chong, Shuk-ching Josephine, Chow, Chi-kwan Jasmine , Fan, Florence , Fok, Wai-ming Joshua , Fung, Tsui-hang Sharon , Hui, Kwok-fai, Hui, Ting-hin, Ko, Chun Hung, Kwan, Min-chung, Kwok, Anne Mei Kwun , Kwok, Sung-shing Jeffrey, Lai, Moon-sing, Lam, Yau-on, Lam, Ching‐Wan , Lau, Ming-chung, Law, Hiu-Fung, Lee, Wing‐Cheong , Leung, Kin-hang, Leung, Kit-yan, Li, Siu-hung, Ling, Tsz-ki, Liu, Kam Tim , Lui, Colin H. T., Luk, Ching-on, Luk, Ho‐Ming , Ma, Che-Kwan, Ma, Karen , Ma, Kam-hung , Mew, Yuen-ni, Mo, Alex, Hg, Sui-Fun, Poon, Grace Wing-kit , Sheng, Bun , Szeto, Cheuk-ling Charing, Tai, Shuk‐Mui, Tang, Jing-Liang, Tse, Choi-ting Alan , Tsung, Li-yan Lilian, Wong, Ho-ming June, Wong, Wing-yin Winnie, Wong, Kwok-kui, Wong, Suet-na Sheila , Wong, Chun-nei Virginia, Wong, Wai-shan Sammy, Wong, Chi-kin Felix, Wu, Shun-Ping, Wu, Hiu-fung Jerome , Yau, Man-Mut, Yau, Eric Kin Cheong , Yeung, Wai Lan , Yeung, Hon‐Ming Jonas , Yip, Kin-keung Edwin, Young, Pui-hong Terence, Yuan, Gao , Yuen, Yuet‐Ping , Yuen, Chi-lap, Anselm, Irina A , Bowen, Aaron , Ganetzky, Rebecca D , Gannon, Jennifer , Gorman, Grainne S , Greene, Carol , Gropman, Andrea L , Haas, Richard H , Hirano, Michio , Kapoor, Seema , Karaa, Amel , Koenig, Mary Kay , Kornblum, Cornelia , Kose, Engin , Larson, Austin A , Lichter-Konecki, Uta , Lopriore, Piervito , Mancuso, Michelangelo , McFarland, Robert , Moe, Aye Myat , Ng, Yi Shiau , Saneto, Russell P , Scaglia, Fernando , Sue, Carolyn M , Tarnopolsky, Mark , Walker, Melissa A , Parikh, Sumit , Cheuk-Wing, Fung , Wong, Tsz-Sum , Belaramani, Kiran , Chan, Chun-Kong , Chan, Wing-Ki , Chan, Wai-Lun Larry , Cheung, Hon-Wing , Cheung, Ka-Yin , Chang, Shek-Kwan , Cheung, Sing-Ngai , Cheung, Tsz-Fung , Cheung, Yuk-Fai , Chow, Chi-Kwan Jasmine , Chung, Hon-Yin B , Fan, Sin-Ying Florence , Fok, Wai-Ming Joshua , Fung, Tsui-Hang Sharon , Hui, Kwok-Fai , Hui, Ting-Hin , Hui, Joannie , Ko, Chun Hung , Kwan, Min-Chung , Kwok, Mei-Kwan Anne , Kwok, Sung-Shing Jeffrey , Lai, Moon-Sing , Lam, Yau-On , Lam, Ching-Wan , Lau, Ming-Chung , Law, Chun-Yiu Eric , Law, Hiu-Fung , Lee, Wing-Cheong , Leung, Kin-Hang , Leung, Kit-Yan , Li, Siu-Hung , Liu, Kam-Tim Timothy , Lo, Fai-Man , Lui, Colin , Luk, Ho-Ming , Ma, Che-Kwan , Ma, Karen , Ma, Kam-Hung , Mo, Alex , Hg, Sui-Fun , Poon, Wing-Kit Grace , Sheng, Bun , Tse, Choi-Ting Alan , Wong, Ho-Ming June , Wong, Wing-Yin Winnie , Wong, Kwok-Kui , Wong, Suet-Na Sheila , Wong, Chun-Nei Virginia , Wong, Wai-Shan Sammy , Wu, Hiu-Fung Jerome , Yau, Kin-Cheong Eric , Yeung, Wai-Lan , Yeung, Hon-Ming Jonas , Yip, Kin-Keung Edwin , Young, Pui-Hong Terence , Yuan, Gao , Yuen, Yuet-Ping Liz , Ivaniuk, Alina , Cohen, Bruce H , Ganetzky, Rebecca , Larson, Austin , Morava, Éva , Sue, Carolyn M. , Parikh, Sumit , Group, as the Hong Kong Mitochondrial Diseases Interest, Fong, Ka-Wing, Lee, Han‐Chih Hencher , Tang, Jing-Liang, Wu, Hui-Jun

Neurology | January 30, 2025 | Volume: 104 | Issue: 4 | Pages: No page available

10.1212/wnl.0000000000209779 Get It

TMEM161B regulates cerebral cortical gyration, Sonic Hedgehog signaling, and ciliary structure in the developing central nervous system
Akula, Shyam K. , Marciano, Jack H. , Lim, Youngshin , Exposito-Alonso, David , Hylton, Norma K. , Hwang, Grace H. , Neil, Jennifer E., Dominado, Nicole , Bunton-Stasyshyn, Rosie , Song, Janet , Talukdar, Maya , Schmid, Aloisia, Teboul, Lydia , Mo, Alisa , Finander, Benjamin , Beck, Samantha G., Yeh, Rebecca C., Otani, Aoi, Qian, Xuyu , DeGennaro, Ellen M. , Alkuraya, Fowzan S. , Maddirevula, Sateesh , Cascino, Gregory D. , Network, Undiagnosed Diseases, Burrage, Lindsay C. , Rosenfield, Jill A., Ketkar, Shamika , Clark, Gary, Bacino, Carlos A. , Lewis, Richard A. , Segal, Rosalind A. , Bazán, J. Fernando , Smith, K. A. , Golden, Jeffrey A. , Cho, Ginam , Walsh, Christopher A. , Alejandro, Mercedes E., Ashley, Euan A. , Baker, Eva H. , Balasubramanyam, Ashok , Barseghyan, Hayk , Batzli, Gabriel F., Bernstein, Jonathan A. , Bican, Anna, Bick, David , Birch, Camille L., Boone, Braden, Bostwick, Bret L. , Briere, Lauren C. , Brokamp, Elly , Brush, Matthew , Chen, Shan , Coakley, Terra R., Cobban, Laurel A., Colley, Heather A., Cooper, Cynthia M. , Craigen, William J., D’Souza, Precilla , Davids, Mariska, Davidson, Jean M. , Dayal, Jyoti G. , Dell’Angelica, Esteban C., Dhar, Shweta U. , Dipple, Katrina M. , Dorrani, Naghmeh, Dorset, Daniel C., Douglas, Jessica, Draper, David D., Dries, Annika M., Eckstein, David J. , Emrick, Lisa , Eng, Christine M. , Enns, Gregory M. , Eskin, Ascia , Esteves, Cecilia, Estwick, Tyra, Fernández, Liliana, Fogel, Brent L. , Friedman, Noah D., Gahl, William A. , Godfrey, Rena A., Goldstein, David B. , Gould, Sarah E., Groden, Catherine, Hamid, Rizwan , Hanchard, Neil A. , High, Frances A. , Hom, Jason , Howerton, Ellen M. , Jamal, Fariha , Jiang, Yong‐hui , Johnston, Jean M., Karaviti, Lefkothea , Kelley, Emily G., Koeller, David M. , Kohane, Isaac S. , Kohler, Jennefer N., Korrick, Susan , Kozuira, Mary, Krasnewich, Donna M., Krier, Joel B. , Lau, C. Christopher, Lazar, Jozef, LeBlanc, Kimberly , Lee, Brendan , Lee, Hane , Lewis, Richard A., Loscalzo, Joseph, Maas, Richard L., MacRae, Calum A. , Maduro, Valerie V. , Majcherska, Marta M., Malicdan, May Christine V. , Mamounas, Laura A., Manolio, Teri A. , Markello, Thomas C. , Martín, Martín G., Marwaha, Shruti , May, Thomas , McConkie‐Rosell, Allyn , McCormack, Colleen E., McCray, Alexa T. , Merker, Jason D. , Moretti, Paolo , Morimoto, Marie , Murdock, David R. , Muzny, Donna M., Nehrebecky, Michele, Nelson, Stan F., Newberry, J. Scott, Newman, John H. , Nicholas, Sarah K. , Novacic, Donna, Orengo, James P. , Pallais, J. Carl , Palmer, Christina G.S. , Papp, Jeanette C. , Parker, Neil H., Peña, Loren D.M. , Phillips, John A., Potocki, Lorraine , Pusey, Barbara N., Renteria, Genecee, Rives, Lynette, Robertson, Amy K., Rodan, Lance H. , Sampson, Jacinda B. , Samson, Susan L. , Schoch, Kelly, Shakachite, Lisa, Sharma, Prashant , Shashi, Vandana , Signer, Rebecca , Silverman, Edwin K. , Smith, Kevin S., Spillmann, Rebecca C. , Stoler, Joan M. , Sullivan, Jennifer A. , Tan, Queenie K.‐G., Tan, Wen-Haan, Toro, Camilo , Tran, Alyssa A., Urv, Tiina K. , Vogel, Tiphanie P. , Waggott, Daryl, Wahl, Colleen E., Walker, Melissa , Walley, Nicole M., Wan, Jijun , Ward, Patricia A., Westerfield, Monte, Wise, Anastasia L., Wolfe, Lynne A. , Yang, Yaping , Yoon, Amanda J., Yu, Guoyun, Zastrow, Diane B. , Zhao, Chunli , Zheng, Allison, Bunton-Stasyshyn, Rosie K , DeGennaro, Ellen M , Cascino, Gregory D , Giannini, Caterina , Burrage, Lindsay C , Rosenfield, Jill A , Bacino, Carlos , Lewis, Richard A , Segal, Rosalind A , Bazan, J Fernando , Smith, Kelly A , Golden, Jeffrey A , Cho, Ginam , Walsh, Christopher A , Alkuraya, Fowzan S , Akula, Shyam K , Shin, Taehwan , Giannini, Caterina , Network, Undiagnosed Diseases, Adams, David R. , Aday, Aaron W. , Allard, Patrick , Azamian, Mahshid S. , Beggs, Alan H. , Behnam, Babak , Bellen, Hugo J. , Berry, Gerard T. , Bonner, Devon E. , Brown, Donna M. , Burke, Elizabeth A. , Butte, Manish J. , Cogan, Joy D. , Cope, Heidi , D’Souza, Precilla , Douine, Emilie D. , Ferreira, Carlos R , Fieg, Elizabeth L. , Fisher, Paul Graham , Goldman, Alica M. , Gourdine, Jean-Philippe F. , Gropman, Andrea L , Haendel, Melissa , Holm, Ingrid A. , Huang, Yong , Jones, Angela , Kyle, Jennifer E , Lalani, Seema R , Levy, Shawn , Lewis, Richard A., Loo, Sandra K. , Macnamara, Ellen F. , Marom, Ronit , Martínez-Agosto, Julián A. , May, Thomas, Metz, Thomas , Might, Matthew , Mochida, Ganeshwaran H. , Mulvihill, John Joseph , Murphy, Jennifer L. , Muzny, Donna M. , Orange, Jordan S. , Phillips, John A., Posey, Jennifer E , Postlethwait, John H. , Reuter, Chloe M. , Rosenfeld, Jill A. , Scott, Daryl A , Sinsheimer, Janet S. , Stong, Nicholas , Sweetser, David A , Tifft, Cynthia , Vilain, Eric J. N. , Walley, Nicole M., Wangler, Michael F , Waters, Katrina M. , Webb‐Robertson, Bobbie‐Jo , Wheeler, Matthew T , Worthey, Elizabeth A. , Yamamoto, Shinya , Yang, John Jeongseok

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | January 20, 2023 | Volume: 120 | Issue: 4 | Pages: No page available

10.1073/pnas.2209964120 Get It

Sonic hedgehog signaling regulates processes of embryonic development across multiple tissues, yet factors regulating context-specific Shh signaling remain poorly understood. Exome sequencing of families with polymicrogyria (disordered cortical folding) revealed multiple individuals with biallelic deleterious variants in TMEM161B , which encodes a multi-pass transmembrane protein of unknown function. Tmem161b null mice demonstrated holoprosencephaly, craniofacial midline defects, eye defects, and spinal cord patterning changes consistent with impaired Shh signaling, but were without limb defects, suggesting a CNS-specific role of Tmem161b. Tmem161b depletion impaired the response to Smoothened activation in vitro and disrupted cortical histogenesis in vivo in both mouse and ferret models, including leading to abnormal gyration in the ferret model. Tmem161b localizes non-exclusively to the primary cilium, and scanning electron microscopy revealed shortened, dysmorphic, and ballooned ventricular zone cilia in the Tmem161b null mouse, suggesting that the Shh-related phenotypes may reflect ciliary dysfunction. Our data identify TMEM161B as a regulator of cerebral cortical gyration, as involved in primary ciliary structure, as a regulator of Shh signaling, and further implicate Shh signaling in human gyral development.