Publications

Learn more about the work that we do in the Gemma Carvill Laboratory through our recent publications!

2023

Raptor Preys on mTOR Imbalance in Tuberous Sclerosis

Ramamurthy A, Carvill GL. Raptor Preys on mTOR Imbalance in Tuberous Sclerosis. Epilepsy Curr. 2023 Jun 13;23(3):193-195. doi: 10.1177/15357597231176235. PMID: 37334409; PMCID: PMC10273816.

Genomewide Association Study Identifies Copy Number Variants Associated With Warfarin Dose Response and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in African Americans

Zhang H, Alarcon C, Cavallari LH, Nutescu E, Carvill GL, Perera MA, Hernandez W. Genomewide Association Study Identifies Copy Number Variants Associated With Warfarin Dose Response and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in African Americans. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Mar;113(3):624-633. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2820. Epub 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 36507737.

Neurodevelopmental and Epilepsy Phenotypes in Individuals With Missense Variants in the Voltage-Sensing and Pore Domains of KCNH5

Happ HC, Sadleir LG, Zemel M, de Valles-Ibáñez G, Hildebrand MS, McConkie-Rosell A, McDonald M, May H, Sands T, Aggarwal V, Elder C, Feyma T, Bayat A, Møller RS, Fenger CD, Klint Nielsen JE, Datta AN, Gorman KM, King MD, Linhares ND, Burton BK, Paras A, Ellard S, Rankin J, Shukla A, Majethia P, Olson RJ, Muthusamy K, Schimmenti LA, Starnes K, Sedláčková L, Štěrbová K, Vlčková M, Laššuthová P, Jahodová A, Porter BE, Couque N, Colin E, Prouteau C, Collet C, Smol T, Caumes R, Vansenne F, Bisulli F, Licchetta L, Person R, Torti E, McWalter K, Webster R, Gerard EE, Lesca G, Szepetowski P, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC, Carvill GL. Neurodevelopmental and Epilepsy Phenotypes in Individuals With Missense Variants in the Voltage-Sensing and Pore Domains of KCNH5. Neurology. 2023 Feb 7;100(6):e603-e615. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201492. Epub 2022 Oct 28. PMID: 36307226; PMCID: PMC9946193.

2022

Precision medicine for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies in Africa-strategies for a resource-limited setting

Esterhuizen AI, Tiffin N, Riordan G, Wessels M, Burman RJ, Aziz MC, Calhoun JD, Gunti J, Amiri EE, Ramamurthy A, Bamshad MJ; University of Washington Centre for Mendelian Genomics (UW-CMG); Mefford HC, Ramesar R, Wilmshurst JM, Carvill GL. Precision medicine for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies in Africa-strategies for a resource-limited setting. Genet Med. 2022 Dec 8:S1098-3600(22)01001-2. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.11.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36480001.

Epigenetic genes and epilepsy - emerging mechanisms and clinical applications

Van Loo, K.M.J., Carvill, G.L., Becker, A.J. et al. Epigenetic genes and epilepsy — emerging mechanisms and clinical applications. Nat Rev Neurol 18, 530–543 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-022-00693-y

Whole-exome sequencing and adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in individuals with infantile spasms

Demarest S, Calhoun J, Eschbach K, Yu HC, Mirsky D, Angione K, Shaikh TH, Carvill GL, Benke TA; WES Support Group. Whole-exome sequencing and adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in individuals with infantile spasms. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2022 May;64(5):633-640. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15109. Epub 2021 Nov 19. PMID: 35830182.

mTORC1 functional assay reveals SZT2 loss-of-function variants and a founder in-frame deletion

Calhoun JD, Aziz MC, Happ HC, Gunti J, Gleason C, Mohamed N, Zeng K, Hiller M, Bryant E, Mithal DS, Bellinski I, Kinsley L, Grimmel M, Schwaibold EMC, Smith-Hicks C, Chassevent A, Scala M, Accogli A, Torella A, Striano P, Capra V, Bird LM, Ben-Sahra I, Ekhilevich N, Hershkovitz T, Weiss K, Millichap J, Gerard EE, Carvill GL. mTORC1 functional assay reveals SZT2 loss-of-function variants and a founder in-frame deletion. Brain. 2022 Jun 30;145(6):1939-1948. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab451. Erratum in: Brain. 2023 Mar 30;: PMID: 35773235; PMCID: PMC9630660.

2021

Genetic convergence of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and intellectual disability

Carvill GL, Jansen S, Lacroix A, Zemel M, Mehaffey M, De Vries P, Brunner HG, Scheffer IE, De Vries BBA, Vissers LELM, Mefford HC. Genetic convergence of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and intellectual disability. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Dec;63(12):1441-1447. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14989. Epub 2021 Jul 11. PMID: 34247411.

Ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening increases cell-free DNA in a time-dependent manner

Zhang DY, Gould A, Happ HC, Youngblood MW, Dmello C, Kang SJ, Canney M, Stupp R, Carvill GL, Sonabend AM. Ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening increases cell-free DNA in a time-dependent manner. Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Nov 12;3(1):vdab165. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdab165. PMID: 34993480; PMCID: PMC8717890.

Pathogenic mechanisms underlying SLC6A1 variant-mediated neurodevelopmental disorders

Cheng JZ, Carvill GL. Pathogenic mechanisms underlying SLC6A1 variant-mediated neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain. 2021 Sep 4;144(8):2237-2239. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab259. PMID: 34283886.

Haploinsufficiency, Dominant Negative, and Gain-of-Function Mechanisms in Epilepsy: Matching Therapeutic Approach to the Pathophysiology

Carvill GL, Matheny T, Hesselberth J, Demarest S. Haploinsufficiency, Dominant Negative, and Gain-of-Function Mechanisms in Epilepsy: Matching Therapeutic Approach to the Pathophysiology. Neurotherapeutics. 2021 Jul;18(3):1500-1514. doi: 10.1007/s13311-021-01137-z. Epub 2021 Oct 14. PMID: 34648141; PMCID: PMC8608973.

Pathogenic MAST3 variants in the STK domain are associated with epilepsy.

Spinelli E, Christensen KR, Bryant E, Schneider A, GenCouns M, Rakotomamonjy J, Muir AM, Giannelli J, Littlejohn RO, Roeder ER, Schmidt B, Wilson WG, Marco EJ, Iwama K, Kumada S, Pisano T, Barba C, Vetro A, Brilstra EH, van Jaarsveld RH, Matsumoto N, Goldberg-Stern H, Carney P, Andrews PI, El Achkar CM, Berkovic S, Rodan LH; Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), McWalter K, Guerrini R, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC, Mandelstam S, Laux L, Millichap JJ, Guemez-Gamboa A, Nairn AC, Carvill GL. Pathogenic MAST3 variants in the STK domain are associated with epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2021 Jun 29. doi: 10.1002/ana.26147. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34185323.

Targeting Poison Exons to Treat Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy

Aziz MC, Schneider PN, Carvill GL. Targeting Poison Exons to Treat Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy. Dev Neurosci. 2021 May 10:1-6. doi: 10.1159/000516143. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33971653.

Biallelic variants in TSPOAP1, encoding the active-zone protein RIMBP1, cause autosomal recessive dystonia.

Mencacci NE, Brockmann MM, Dai J, Pajusalu S, Atasu B, Campos J, Pino G, Gonzalez-Latapi P, Patzke C, Schwake M, Tucci A, Pittman A, Simon-Sanchez J, Carvill GL, Balint B, Wiethoff S, Warner TT, Papandreou A, Soo A, Rein R, Kadastik-Eerme L, Puusepp S, Reinson K, Tomberg T, Hanagasi H, Gasser T, Bhatia KP, Kurian MA, Lohmann E, Õunap K, Rosenmund C, Südhof TC, Wood NW, Krainc D, Acuna C. Biallelic variants in TSPOAP1, encoding the active-zone protein RIMBP1, cause autosomal recessive dystonia. J Clin Invest. 2021 Apr 1;131(7):e140625. doi: 10.1172/JCI140625. PMID: 33539324; PMCID: PMC8011894.

Phenotypic Spectrum of Seizure Disorders in MBD5-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Myers KA, Marini C, Carvill GL, McTague A, Panetta J, Stutterd C, Stanley T, Marin S, Nguyen J, Barba C, Rosati A, Scott RH, Mefford HC, Guerrini R, Scheffer IE. Phenotypic Spectrum of Seizure Disorders in MBD5-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder. Neurol Genet. 2021 Mar 18;7(2):e579. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000579. PMID: 33912662; PMCID: PMC8075573.

Determining the pathogenicity of variants of uncertain significance and identification of a founder variant in the epilepsy-associated gene, SZT2

Jeffrey D CalhounMiriam C AzizHannah C HappJonathan GuntiColleen GleasonNajma MohamedKristy ZengMeredith HillerEmily BryantDivakar MithalIrena BellinskiLisa KinsleyMona GrimmelEva MC SchwaiboldConstance Smith-HicksAnna ChasseventMarcello ScalaAndrea AccogliAnnalaura TorellaPasquale StrianoValeria CapraLynne M. BirdIssam Ben-SahraNina EkhilevichTova HershkovitzKarin WeissJohn MillichapElizabeth E GerardGemma L Carvill. Determining the pathogenicity of variants of uncertain significance and identification of a founder variant in the epilepsy-associated gene, SZT2. BioRxiv. 2021 Jan 6: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.06.425612

2020

Free as a BRD4: Bromodomain Inhibition Ameliorates Disease Phenotypes in a Model of MECP2 Deficiency and Is a Potential Therapy for Rett Syndrome

Lamar KJ, Carvill GL. Free as a BRD4: Bromodomain Inhibition Ameliorates Disease Phenotypes in a Model of MECP2 Deficiency and Is a Potential Therapy for Rett Syndrome. Epilepsy Curr. 2020 Sep 30;20(6):390-392. doi: 10.1177/1535759720960469. PMID: 34025262; PMCID: PMC7818197.

Epilepsy Genetics: What Once Was Rare, Is Now Common

Calhoun JD, Carvill GL. Epilepsy Genetics: What Once Was Rare, Is Now Common. Epilepsy Curr. 2020 Jun 19;20(4):221-223. doi: 10.1177/1535759720933232. PMID: 34025233; PMCID: PMC7427164.

Poison exons in neurodevelopment and disease

Carvill GL, Mefford HC. Poison exons in neurodevelopment and disease. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2020 Jun 29;65:98-102. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32615329.

The path from scientific discovery to cures for epilepsy.

Carvill GL, Dulla CG, Lowenstein DH, Brooks-Kayal AR. The path from scientific discovery to cures for epilepsyNeuropharmacology. 2020;167:107702. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107702

A 2020 View on the Genetics of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.

Happ, H. C., & Carvill, G. L. (2020). A 2020 View on the Genetics of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies. Epilepsy currents20(2), 90–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/1535759720906118

Epigenetics explained: a topic "primer" for the epilepsy community by the ILAE Genetics/Epigenetics Task Force.

Kobow, K., Reid, C. A., van Vliet, E. A., Becker, A. J., Carvill, G. L., Goldman, A. M., Hirose, S., Lopes-Cendes, I., Khiari, H. M., Poduri, A., Johnson, M. R., & Henshall, D. C. (2020). Epigenetics explained: a topic “primer” for the epilepsy community by the ILAE Genetics/Epigenetics Task ForceEpileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape22(2), 127–141. https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2020.1143

Damaging de novo missense variants in EEF1A2 lead to a developmental and degenerative epileptic-dyskinetic encephalopathy.

Carvill, G. L., Helbig, K. L., Myers, C. T., Scala, M., Huether, R., Lewis, S., Kruer, T. N., Guida, B. S., Bakhtiari, S., Sebe, J., Tang, S., Stickney, H., Oktay, S. U., Bhandiwad, A. A., Ramsey, K., Narayanan, V., Feyma, T., Rohena, L. O., Accogli, A., Severino, M., … Kruer, M. C. (2020). Damaging de novo missense variants in EEF1A2 lead to a developmental and degenerative epileptic-dyskinetic encephalopathyHuman mutation, 10.1002/humu.24015. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.24015

Oligosaccharyltransferase complex-congenital disorders of glycosylation: A novel congenital disorder of glycosylation.

Bryant, E. M., Millichap, J. J., Spinelli, E., Calhoun, J. D., Miller, C., Giannelli, J., Wolak, J., Sanders, V., Carvill, G. L., & Charrow, J. (2020). Oligosaccharyltransferase complex-congenital disorders of glycosylation: A novel congenital disorder of glycosylationAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A, 10.1002/ajmg.a.61553. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.61553.

CACNA1H variants are not a cause of monogenic epilepsy.

Calhoun, J. D., Huffman, A. M., Bellinski, I., Kinsley, L., Bachman, E., Gerard, E., Kearney, J. A., & Carvill, G. L. (2020). CACNA1H variants are not a cause of monogenic epilepsyHuman mutation41(6), 1138–1144. https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.24017

2019

Genetic Mosaicism in Calmodulinopathy

Wren LM, Jiménez-Jáimez J, Al-Ghamdi S, Al-Aama JY, Bdeir A, Al-Hassnan ZN, Kuan JL, Foo RY, Potet F, Johnson CN, Aziz MC, Carvill GL, Kaski JP, Crotti L, Perin F, Monserrat L, Burridge PW, Schwartz PJ, Chazin WJ, Bhuiyan ZA, George AL Jr Genetic Mosaicism in Calmodulinopathy” Circ Genom Precis Med. 2019 Sep;12(9):375-385. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.119.002581. Epub 2019 Aug 27.

SCN8A: When Neurons Are So Excited, They Just Can’t Hide It.

Gertler, Tracy S., and Gemma L. Carvill. “SCN8A: When Neurons Are So Excited, They Just Can’t Hide It.” Epilepsy Currents, July 2019, doi:10.1177/1535759719858338.

The Path from Scientific Discovery to Cures for Epilepsy

Carvill, Gemma L., Chris G. Dulla, Dan H. Lowenstein, and Amy R. Brooks-Kayal. “The Path from Scientific Discovery to Cures for Epilepsy.” Neuropharmacology (2019): 107702. Print.

Possible Precision Medicine Implications from Genetic Testing Using Combined Detection of Sequence and Intragenic Copy Number Variants in a Large Cohort with Childhood Epilepsy

Rebecca Truty, Nila Patil ,Raman Sankar, Joseph Sullivan, John Millichap, Gemma Carvill, Ali Entezam, Edward D. Esplin, Amy Fuller, Michelle Hogue, Britt Johnson, Amirah Khouzam, Yuya Kobayashi, Rachel Lewis, Keith Nykamp, Darlene Riethmaier, Jody Westbrook, Michelle Zeman, Robert L. Nussbaum, Swaroop Aradhya  “Possible Precision Medicine Implications from Genetic Testing Using Combined Detection of Sequence and Intragenic Copy Number Variants in a Large Cohort with Childhood Epilepsy.Epilepsia Open, 2019, doi:10.1002/epi4.12348.

Bi-allelic Loss-of-Function CACNA1B Mutations in Progressive Epilepsy-Dyskinesia.

Kathleen M. Gorman, Esther Meyer, Detelina Grozeva, Egidio Spinelli, Amy McTague, Alba Sanchis-Juan, Keren J. Carss, Emily Bryant, Adi Reich, Amy L. Schneider, Ronit M. Pressler, Michael A. Simpson, Geoff D. Debelle, Evangeline Wassmer, Jenny Morton, Diana Sieciechowicz, Eric Jan-Kamsteeg, Alex R. Paciorkowski, Mary D. King, J. Helen Cross, Annapurna Poduri, Heather C. Mefford, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Tobias B. Haack, Gary McCullagh, Jeremy F. McRae, Stephen Clayton, Tomas W. Fitzgerald, Joanna Kaplanis, Elena Prigmore, Diana Rajan, Alejandro Sifrim, Stuart Aitken, Nadia Akawi, Mohsan Alvi, Kirsty Ambridge, Daniel M. Barrett, Tanya Bayzetinova, Philip Jones, Wendy D. Jones, Daniel King, Netravathi Krishnappa, Laura E. Mason, Tarjinder Singh, Adrian R. Tivey, Munaza Ahmed, Uruj Anjum, Hayley Archer, Ruth Armstrong, Jana Awada, Meena Balasubramanian, Siddharth Banka, Diana Baralle, Angela Barnicoat, Paul Batstone, David Baty, Chris Bennett, Jonathan Berg, Birgitta Bernhard, A. Paul Bevan, Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Edward Blair, Moira Blyth, David Bohanna, Louise Bourdon, David Bourn, Lisa Bradley, Angela Brady, Simon Brent, Carole Brewer, Kate Brunstrom, David J. Bunyan, John Burn, Natalie Canham, Bruce Castle, Kate Chandler, Elena Chatzimichali, Deirdre Cilliers, Angus Clarke, Susan Clasper, Jill Clayton-Smith, Virginia Clowes, Andrea Coates, Trevor Cole, Irina Colgiu, Amanda Collins, Morag N. Collinson, Fiona Connell, Nicola Cooper, Helen Cox, Lara Cresswell, Gareth Cross, Yanick Crow, Mariella D’Alessandro, Tabib Dabir, Rosemarie Davidson, Sally Davies, Dylan de Vries, John Dean, Charu Deshpande, Gemma Devlin, Abhijit Dixit, Angus Dobbie, Alan Donaldson, Dian Donnai, Deirdre Donnelly, Carina Donnelly, Angela Douglas, Sofia Douzgou, Alexis Duncan, Jacqueline Eason, Sian Ellard, Ian Ellis, Frances Elmslie, Karenza Evans, Sarah Everest, Tina Fendick, Richard Fisher, Frances Flinter, Nicola Foulds, Andrew Fry, Alan Fryer, Carol Gardiner, Lorraine Gaunt, Neeti Ghali, Richard Gibbons, Harinder Gill, Judith Goodship, David Goudie, Emma Gray, Andrew Green, Philip Greene, Lynn Greenhalgh, Susan Gribble, Rachel Harrison, Lucy Harrison, Victoria Harrison, Rose Hawkins, Liu He, Stephen Hellens, Alex Henderson, Sarah Hewitt, Lucy Hildyard, Emma Hobson, Simon Holden, Muriel Holder, Susan Holder, Georgina Hollingsworth, Tessa Homfray, Mervyn Humphreys, Jane Hurst, Ben Hutton, Stuart Ingram, Melita Irving, Lily Islam, Andrew Jackson, Joanna Jarvis, Lucy Jenkins, Diana Johnson, Elizabeth Jones, Dragana Josifova, Shelagh Joss, Beckie Kaemba, Sandra Kazembe, Rosemary Kelsell, Bronwyn Kerr, Helen Kingston, Usha Kini, Esther Kinning, Gail Kirby, Claire Kirk, Emma Kivuva, Alison Kraus, Dhavendra Kumar, V. K. Ajith Kumar, Katherine Lachlan, Wayne Lam, Anne Lampe, Caroline Langman, Melissa Lees, Derek Lim, Cheryl Longman, Gordon Lowther, Sally A. Lynch, Alex Magee, Eddy Maher, Alison Male, Sahar Mansour, Karen Marks, Katherine Martin, Una Maye, Emma McCann, Vivienne McConnell, Meriel McEntagart, Ruth McGowan, Kirsten McKay, Shane McKee, Dominic J. McMullan, Susan McNerlan, Catherine McWilliam, Sarju Mehta, Kay Metcalfe, Anna Middleton, Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Emma Miles, Shehla Mohammed, Tara Montgomery, David Moore, Sian Morgan, Jenny Morton, Hood Mugalaasi, Victoria Murday, Helen Murphy, Swati Naik, Andrea Nemeth, Louise Nevitt, Ruth Newbury-Ecob, Andrew Norman, Rosie O’Shea, Caroline Ogilvie, Kai-Ren Ong, Soo-Mi Park, Michael J. Parker, Chirag Patel, Joan Paterson, Stewart Payne, Daniel Perrett, Julie Phipps, Daniela T. Pilz, Martin Pollard, Caroline Pottinger, Joanna Poulton, Norman Pratt, Katrina Prescott, Sue Price, Abigail Pridham, Annie Procter, Hellen Purnell, Oliver Quarrell, Nicola Ragge, Raheleh Rahbari, Josh Randall, Julia Rankin, Lucy Raymond, Debbie Rice, Leema Robert, Eileen Roberts, Jonathan Roberts, Paul Roberts, Gillian Roberts, Alison Ross, Elisabeth Rosser, Anand Saggar, Shalaka Samant, Julian Sampson, Richard Sandford, Ajoy Sarkar, Susann Schweiger, Richard Scott, Ingrid Scurr, Ann Selby, Anneke Seller, Cheryl Sequeira, Nora Shannon, Saba Sharif, Charles Shaw-Smith, Emma Shearing, Debbie Shears, Eamonn Sheridan, Ingrid Simonic, Roldan Singzon, Zara Skitt, Audrey Smith, Kath Smith, Sarah Smithson, Linda Sneddon, Miranda Splitt, Miranda Squires, Fiona Stewart, Helen Stewart, Volker Straub, Mohnish Suri, Vivienne Sutton, Ganesh Jawahar Swaminathan, Elizabeth Sweeney, Kate Tatton-Brown, Cat Taylor, Rohan Taylor, Mark Tein, I. Karen Temple, Jenny Thomson, Marc Tischkowitz, Susan Tomkins, Audrey Torokwa, Becky Treacy, Claire Turner, Peter Turnpenny, Carolyn Tysoe, Anthony Vandersteen, Vinod Varghese, Pradeep Vasudevan, Parthiban Vijayarangakannan, Julie Vogt, Emma Wakeling, Sarah Wallwark, Jonathon Waters, Astrid Weber, Diana Wellesley, Margo Whiteford, Sara Widaa, Sarah Wilcox, Emily Wilkinson, Denise Williams, Nicola Williams, Louise Wilson, Geoff Woods, Christopher Wragg, Michael Wright, Laura Yates, Michael Yau, Chris Nellåker, Michael Parker, Helen V. Firth, Caroline F. Wright, David R. FitzPatrick, Jeffrey C. Barrett, Matthew E. Hurles, Saeed Al Turki, Carl Anderson, Richard Anney, Dinu Antony, Maria Soler Artigas, Muhammad Ayub, Senduran Balasubramaniam, Jeffrey C. Barrett, Inês Barroso, Phil Beales, Jamie Bentham, Shoumo Bhattacharya, Ewan Birney, Douglas Blackwood, Martin Bobrow, Elena Bochukova, Patrick Bolton, Rebecca Bounds, Chris Boustred, Gerome Breen, Mattia Calissano, Keren Carss, Krishna Chatterjee, Lu Chen, Antonio Ciampi, Sebhattin Cirak, Peter Clapham, Gail Clement, Guy Coates, David Collier, Catherine Cosgrove, Tony Cox, Nick Craddock, Lucy Crooks, Sarah Curran, David Curtis, Allan Daly, Aaron Day-Williams, Ian N.M. Day, Thomas Down, Yuanping Du, Ian Dunham, Sarah Edkins, Peter Ellis, David Evans, Sadaf Faroogi, Ghazaleh Fatemifar, David R. Fitzpatrick, Paul Flicek, James Flyod, A. Reghan Foley, Christopher S. Franklin, Marta Futema, Louise Gallagher, Matthias Geihs, Daniel Geschwind, Heather Griffin, Detelina Grozeva, Xueqin Guo, Xiaosen Guo, Hugh Gurling, Deborah Hart, Audrey Hendricks, Peter Holmans, Bryan Howie, Liren Huang, Tim Hubbard, Steve E. Humphries, Matthew E. Hurles, Pirro Hysi, David K. Jackson, Yalda Jamshidi, Tian Jing, Chris Joyce, Jane Kaye, Thomas Keane, Julia Keogh, John Kemp, Karen Kennedy, Anja Kolb-Kokocinski, Genevieve Lachance, Cordelia Langford, Daniel Lawson, Irene Lee, Monkol Lek, Jieqin Liang, Hong Lin, Rui Li, Yingrui Li, Ryan Liu, Jouko Lönnqvist, Margarida Lopes, Valentina Iotchkova, Daniel MacArthur, Jonathan Marchini, John Maslen, Mangino Massimo, Iain Mathieson, Gaëlle Marenne, Peter McGuffin, Andrew McIntosh, Andrew G. McKechanie, Andrew McQuillin, Sarah Metrustry, Hannah Mitchison, Alireza Moayyeri, James Morris, Francesco Muntoni, Kate Northstone, Michael O’Donnovan, Alexandros Onoufriadis, Stephen O’Rahilly, Karim Oualkacha, Michael J. Owen, Aarno Palotie, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Victoria Parker, Jeremy R. Parr, Lavinia Paternoster, Tiina Paunio, Felicity Payne, Olli Pietilainen, Vincent Plagnol, Lydia Quaye, Michael A. Quail, Lucy Raymond, Karola Rehnström, Susan Ring, Graham R.S. Ritchie, Nicola Roberts, David B. Savage, Peter Scambler, Stephen Schiffels, Miriam Schmidts, Nadia Schoenmakers, Robert K. Semple, Eva Serra, Sally I. Sharp, So-Youn Shin, David Skuse, Kerrin Small, Lorraine Southam, Olivera Spasic-Boskovic, David St Clair, Jim Stalker, Elizabeth Stevens, Beate St Pourcian, Jianping Sun, Jaana Suvisaari, Ionna Tachmazidou, Martin D. Tobin, Ana Valdes, Margriet Van Kogelenberg, Parthiban Vijayarangakannan, Peter M. Visscher, Louise V. Wain, James T.R. Walters, Guangbiao Wang, Jun Wang, Yu Wang, Kirsten Ward, Elanor Wheeler, Tamieka Whyte, Hywel Williams, Kathleen A. Williamson, Crispian Wilson, Kim Wong, ChangJiang Xu, Jian Yang, Fend Zhang, Pingbo Zhang, Timothy Aitman, Hana Alachkar, Sonia Ali, Louise Allen, David Allsup, Gautum Ambegaonkar, Julie Anderson, Richard Antrobus, Ruth Armstrong, Gavin Arno, Gururaj Arumugakani, Sofie Ashford, William Astle, Antony Attwood, Steve Austin, Chiara Bacchelli, Tamam Bakchoul, Tadbir K. Bariana, Helen Baxendale, David Bennett, Claire Bethune, Shahnaz Bibi, Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Marta Bleda, Harm Boggard, Paula Bolton-Maggs, Claire Booth, John R. Bradley, Angie Brady, Matthew Brown, Michael Browning, Christine Bryson, Siobhan Burns, Paul Calleja, Natalie Canham, Jenny Carmichael, Keren Carss, Mark Caulfield, Elizabeth Chalmers, Anita Chandra, Patrick Chinnery, Manali Chitre, Colin Church, Emma Clement, Naomi Clements-Brod, Virginia Clowes, Gerry Coghlan, Peter Collins, Nichola Cooper, Amanda Creaser-Myers, Rosa DaCosta, Louise Daugherty, Sophie Davies, John Davis, Minka De Vries, Patrick Deegan, Sri V.V. Deevi, Charu Deshpande, Lisa Devlin, Eleanor Dewhurst, Rainer Doffinger, Natalie Dormand, Elizabeth Drewe, David Edgar, William Egner, Wendy N. Erber, Marie Erwood, Tamara Everington, Remi Favier, Helen Firth, Debra Fletcher, Frances Flinter, James C. Fox, Amy Frary, Kathleen Freson, Bruce Furie, Abigail Furnell, Daniel Gale, Alice Gardham, Michael Gattens, Neeti Ghali, Pavandeep K. Ghataorhe, Rohit Ghurye, Simon Gibbs, Kimberley Gilmour, Paul Gissen, Sarah Goddard, Keith Gomez, Pavel Gordins, Stefan Gräf, Daniel Greene, Alan Greenhalgh, Andreas Greinacher, Sofia Grigoriadou, Detelina Grozeva, Scott Hackett, Charaka Hadinnapola, Rosie Hague, Matthias Haimel, Csaba Halmagyi, Tracey Hammerton, Daniel Hart, Grant Hayman, Johan W.M. Heemskerk, Robert Henderson, Anke Hensiek, Yvonne Henskens, Archana Herwadkar, Simon Holden, Muriel Holder, Susan Holder, Fengyuan Hu, Aarnoud Huissoon, Marc Humbert, Jane Hurst, Roger James, Stephen Jolles, Dragana Josifova, Rashid Kazmi, David Keeling, Peter Kelleher, Anne M. Kelly, Fiona Kennedy, David Kiely, Nathalie Kingston, Ania Koziell, Deepa Krishnakumar, Taco W. Kuijpers, Dinakantha Kumararatne, Manju Kurian, Michael A. Laffan, Michele P. Lambert, Hana Lango Allen, Allan Lawrie, Sara Lear, Melissa Lees, Claire Lentaigne, Ri Liesner, Rachel Linger, Hilary Longhurst, Lorena Lorenzo, Rajiv Machado, Rob Mackenzie, Robert MacLaren, Eamonn Maher, Jesmeen Maimaris, Sarah Mangles, Ania Manson, Rutendo Mapeta, Hugh S. Markus, Jennifer Martin, Larahmie Masati, Mary Mathias, Vera Matser, Anna Maw, Elizabeth McDermott, Coleen McJannet, Stuart Meacham, Sharon Meehan, Karyn Megy, Sarju Mehta, Michel Michaelides, Carolyn M. Millar, Shahin Moledina, Anthony Moore, Nicholas Morrell, Andrew Mumford, Sai Murng, Elaine Murphy, Sergey Nejentsev, Sadia Noorani, Paquita Nurden, Eric Oksenhendler, Willem H. Ouwehand, Sofia Papadia, Soo-Mi Park, Alasdair Parker, John Pasi, Chris Patch, Joan Paterson, Jeanette Payne, Andrew Peacock, Kathelijne Peerlinck, Christopher J. Penkett, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, David J. Perry, Val Pollock, Gary Polwarth, Mark Ponsford, Waseem Qasim, Isabella Quinti, Stuart Rankin, Julia Rankin, F. Lucy Raymond, Karola Rehnstrom, Evan Reid, Christopher J. Rhodes, Michael Richards, Sylvia Richardson, Alex Richter, Irene Roberts, Matthew Rondina, Elisabeth Rosser, Catherine Roughley, Kevin Rue-Albrecht, Crina Samarghitean, Alba Sanchis-Juan, Richard Sandford, Saikat Santra, Ravishankar Sargur, Sinisa Savic, Sol Schulman, Harald Schulze, Richard Scott, Marie Scully, Suranjith Seneviratne, Carrock Sewell, Olga Shamardina, Debbie Shipley, Ilenia Simeoni, Suthesh Sivapalaratnam, Kenneth Smith, Aman Sohal, Laura Southgate, Simon Staines, Emily Staples, Hans Stauss, Penelope Stein, Jonathan Stephens, Kathleen Stirrups, Sophie Stock, Jay Suntharalingam, R. Campbell Tait, Kate Talks, Yvonne Tan, Jecko Thachil, James Thaventhiran, Ellen Thomas, Moira Thomas, Dorothy Thompson, Adrian Thrasher, Marc Tischkowitz, Catherine Titterton, Cheng-Hock Toh, Mark Toshner, Carmen Treacy, Richard Trembath, Salih Tuna, Wojciech Turek, Ernest Turro, Chris Van Geet, Marijke Veltman, Julie Vogt, Julie von Ziegenweldt, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Emma Wakeling, Ivy Wanjiku, Timothy Q. Warner, Evangeline Wassmer, Hugh Watkins, Andrew Webster, Steve Welch, Sarah Westbury, John Wharton, Deborah Whitehorn, Martin Wilkins, Lisa Willcocks, Catherine Williamson, Geoffrey Woods, John Wort, Nigel Yeatman, Patrick Yong, Tim Young, Ping Yu, John J. Millichap, Gemma L. Carvill, Jill Clayton-Smith, Eamonn R. Maher, F. Lucy Raymond, Manju A. Kurian,, et al. “Bi-Allelic Loss-of-Function CACNA1B Mutations in Progressive Epilepsy-Dyskinesia.” The American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 104, no. 5, 2019, pp. 948–956., doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.03.005.

Calcium channel dysfunction in epilepsy: Gain of CACNA1E

Carvill GL. Calcium channel dysfunction in epilepsy: Gain of CACNA1E (2019) Epilepsy currents PMID: 31064215

Reanalysis and optimisation of bioinformatic pipelines is critical for mutation detection

Cowley MJ, Liu YC, Oliver KL, Carvill G, Myers CT, Gayevskiy V, Delatycki M, Vlaskamp DRM, Zhu Y, Mefford H, Buckley MF, Bahlo M, Scheffer IE, Dinger ME, Roscioli T. Reanalysis and optimisation of bioinformatic pipelines is critical for mutation detection (2019) Hum Mutat. PMID: 30556619

2018

Dravet syndrome in South African infants: Tools for an early diagnosis

Esterhuizen AI, Mefford HC, Ramesar RS, Wang S, Carvill GL, Wilmshurst JM  Dravet syndrome in South African infants: Tools for an early diagnosis.  Seizure  2018 Nov;62:99-105. pii:S1059-1311(18)30493-X

Unravelling the genetic architecture of autosomal recessive epilepsy in the genomic era

Calhoun JD, Carvill GL  Unravelling the genetic architecture of autosomal recessive epilepsy in the genomic era.  J Neurogenet  2018 Sep 24;:1-18. doi:10.1080/01677063.2018.1513509

Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Epilepsy: Lessons From CHD2-Associated Epilepsy

Lamar KJ, Carvill GL  Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Epilepsy: Lessons From CHD2-Associated Epilepsy.  Front Mol Neurosci  2018;11:208. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2018.00208

Clinical Application of Epilepsy Genetics in Africa: Is Now the Time?
  1. Esterhuizen AI, Carvill GL, Ramesar RS, Kariuki SM, Newton CR, Poduri A, Wilmshurst JM  Clinical Application of Epilepsy Genetics in Africa: Is Now the Time?  Front Neurol  2018;9:276. doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.00276
A population-based cost-effectiveness study of early genetic testing in severe epilepsies of infancy
  1. Howell KB, Eggers S, Dalziel K, Riseley J, Mandelstam S, Myers CT, McMahon JM, Schneider A, Carvill GL, Mefford HC, , Scheffer IE, Harvey AS A population-based cost-effectiveness study of early genetic testing in severe epilepsies of infancy.  Epilepsia  2018 Jun;59(6):1177-1187. doi:10.1111/epi.14087
Parental Mosaicism in "De Novo" Epileptic Encephalopathies
  1. Myers CT, Hollingsworth G, Muir AM, Schneider AL, Thuesmunn Z, Knupp A, King C, Lacroix A, Mehaffey MG, Berkovic SF, Carvill GL, Sadleir LG, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  Parental Mosaicism in “De Novo” Epileptic Encephalopathies.  N Engl J Med  2018 04 26;378(17):1646-1648. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1714579
The epilepsy phenotypic spectrum associated with a recurrent CUX2 variant
  1. Chatron N, Møller RS, Champaigne NL, Schneider AL, Kuechler A, Labalme A, Simonet T, Baggett L, Bardel C, Kamsteeg EJ, Pfundt R, Romano C, Aronsson J, Alberti A, Vinci M, Miranda MJ, Lacroix A, Marjanovic D, des Portes V, Edery P, Wieczorek D, Gardella E, Scheffer IE, Mefford H, Sanlaville D, Carvill GL, Lesca The epilepsy phenotypic spectrum associated with a recurrent CUX2 variant.  Ann Neurol  2018 May;83(5):926-934. doi:10.1002/ana.25222
Defining the phenotypic spectrum of SLC6A1 mutations
  1. Johannesen KM, Gardella E, Linnankivi T, Courage C, de Saint Martin A, Lehesjoki AE, Mignot C, Afenjar A, Lesca G, Abi-Warde MT, Chelly J, Piton A, Merritt JL, Rodan LH, Tan WH, Bird LM, Nespeca M, Gleeson JG, Yoo Y, Choi M, Chae JH, Czapansky-Beilman D, Reichert SC, Pendziwiat M, Verhoeven JS, Schelhaas HJ, Devinsky O, Christensen J, Specchio N, Trivisano M, Weber YG, Nava C, Keren B, Doummar D, Schaefer E, Hopkins S, Dubbs H, Shaw JE, Pisani L, Myers CT, Tang S, Tang S, Pal DK, Millichap JJ, Carvill GL, Helbig KL, Mecarelli O, Striano P, Helbig I, Rubboli G, Mefford HC, Møller RS  Defining the phenotypic spectrum of SLC6A1 mutations.  Epilepsia  2018 02;59(2):389-402. doi:10.1111/epi.13986
A genotype-first approach identifies an intellectual disability-overweight syndrome caused by PHIP haploinsufficiency

Jansen S, Hoischen A, Coe BP, Carvill GL, Van Esch H, Bosch DGM, Andersen UA, Baker C, Bauters M, Bernier RA, van Bon BW, Claahsen-van der Grinten HL, Gecz J, Gilissen C, Grillo L, Hackett A, Kleefstra T, Koolen D, Kvarnung M, Larsen MJ, Marcelis C, McKenzie F, Monin ML, Nava C, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH, Pfundt R, Steehouwer M, Stevens SJC, Stumpel CT, Vansenne F, Vinci M, van de Vorst M, Vries P, Witherspoon K, Veltman JA, Brunner HG, Mefford HC, Romano C, Vissers LELM, Eichler EE, de Vries BBA  A genotype-first approach identifies an intellectual disability-overweight syndrome caused by PHIP haploinsufficiency.  Eur J Hum Genet  2018 01;26(1):54-63. doi:10.1038/s41431-017-0039-5

Severe infantile onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in autophagy gene WDR45

Carvill GL, Liu A, Mandelstam S, Schneider A, Lacroix A, Zemel M, McMahon JM, Bello-Espinosa L, Mackay M, Wallace G, Waak M, Zhang J, Yang X, Malone S, Zhang YH, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE  Severe infantile onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in autophagy gene WDR45.  Epilepsia  2018 01;59(1):e5-e13. doi:10.1111/epi.13957

KCNT1-Related Epilepsy

Gertler T, Bearden D, Bhattacharjee A, Carvill G. KCNT1-Related Epilepsy. (2018) GeneReviews PMID: 30234941

Aberrant Inclusion of a Poison Exon Causes Dravet Syndrome and Related SCN1A-Associated Genetic Epilepsies

Carvill GL, Engel KL, Ramamurthy A, Cochran JN, Roovers J, Stamberger H, Lim N, Schneider AL, Hollingsworth G, Holder DH, Regan BM, Lawlor J, Lagae L, Ceulemans B, Bebin EM, Nguyen J; EuroEPINOMICS Rare Epilepsy Syndrome, Myoclonic-Astatic Epilepsy, and Dravet Working Group, Barsh GS, Weckhuysen S, Meisler M, Berkovic SF, De Jonghe P, Scheffer IE, Myers RM, Cooper GM, Mefford HC. Aberrant Inclusion of a Poison Exon Causes Dravet Syndrome and Related SCN1A-Associated Genetic Epilepsies (2018) Am J Hum Genet. PMID: 30526861

2017

Not all SCN1A epileptic encephalopathies are Dravet syndrome: Early profound Thr226Met phenotype

Sadleir LG, Mountier EI, Gill D, Davis S, Joshi C, DeVile C, Kurian MA; DDD Study, Mandelstam S, Wirrell E, Nickels KC, Murali HR, Carvill GL, Myers CT, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE. Not all SCN1A epileptic encephalopathies are Dravet syndrome: Early profound Thr226Met phenotype. (2017) Neurology PMID :28794249

2016

Dominant KCNA2 mutation causes episodic ataxia and pharmacoresponsive epilepsy.

Corbett MA, Bellows ST, Li M, Carroll R, Micallef S, Carvill GL, Myers CT, Howell KB, Maljevic S, Lerche H, Gazina EV, Mefford HC, Bahlo M, Berkovic SF, Petrou S, Scheffer IE, Gecz J  Dominant KCNA2 mutation causes episodic ataxia and pharmacoresponsive epilepsy. Neurology  2016 Nov 08;87(19):1975-1984

Next-Generation Sequencing in Intellectual Disability

Carvill GL, Mefford HC  Next-Generation Sequencing in Intellectual Disability.  J Pediatr Genet  2015 Sep;4(3):128-35. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1564439

Pitfalls in genetic testing: the story of missed SCN1A mutations

Djémié T, Weckhuysen S, von Spiczak S, Carvill GL, Jaehn J, Anttonen AK, Brilstra E, Caglayan HS, de Kovel CG, Depienne C, Gaily E, Gennaro E, Giraldez BG, Gormley P, Guerrero-López R, Guerrini R, Hämäläinen E, Hartmann C, Hernandez-Hernandez L, Hjalgrim H, Koeleman BP, Leguern E, Lehesjoki AE, Lemke JR, Leu C, Marini C, McMahon JM, Mei D, Møller RS, Muhle H, Myers CT, Nava C, Serratosa JM, Sisodiya SM, Stephani U, Striano P, van Kempen MJ, Verbeek NE, Usluer S, Zara F, Palotie A, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE, De Jonghe P, Helbig I, Suls A, Pitfalls in genetic testing: the story of missed SCN1A mutations.  Mol Genet Genomic Med  2016 Jul;4(4):457-64. doi:10.1002/mgg3.217

Loss of function of the retinoid-related nuclear receptor (RORB) gene and epilepsy

Rudolf G, Lesca G, Mehrjouy MM, Labalme A, Salmi M, Bache I, Bruneau N, Pendziwiat M, Fluss J, de Bellescize J, Scholly J, Møller RS, Craiu D, Tommerup N, Valenti-Hirsch MP, Schluth-Bolard C, Sloan-Béna F, Helbig KL, Weckhuysen S, Edery P, Coulbaut S, Abbas M, Scheffer IE, Tang S, Myers CT, Stamberger H, Carvill GL, Shinde DN, Mefford HC, Neagu E, Huether R, Lu HM, Dica A, Cohen JS, Iliescu C, Pomeran C, Rubenstein J, Helbig I, Sanlaville D, Hirsch E, Szepetowski P  Loss of function of the retinoid-related nuclear receptor (RORB) gene and epilepsy.  Eur J Hum Genet  2016 12;24(12):1761-1770. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2016.80

Epileptic spasms are a feature of DEPDC5 mTORopathy

Carvill GL, Crompton DE, Regan BM, McMahon JM, Saykally J, Zemel M, Schneider AL, Dibbens L, Howell KB, Mandelstam S, Leventer RJ, Harvey AS, Mullen SA, Berkovic SF, Sullivan J, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  Epileptic spasms are a feature of DEPDC5 mTORopathy.  Neurol Genet  2015 Aug;1(2):e17. doi:10.1212/NXG.0000000000000016

A targeted resequencing gene panel for focal epilepsy.

Hildebrand MS, Myers CT, Carvill GL, Regan BM, Damiano JA, Mullen SA, Newton MR, Nair U, Gazina EV, Milligan CJ, Reid CA, Petrou S, Scheffer IE, Berkovic SF, Mefford HC  A targeted resequencing gene panel for focal epilepsy.  Neurology  2016 Apr 26;86(17):1605-12. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002608

Multiplex families with epilepsy: Success of clinical and molecular genetic characterization

Afawi Z, Oliver KL, Kivity S, Mazarib A, Blatt I, Neufeld MY, Helbig KL, Goldberg-Stern H, Misk AJ, Straussberg R, Walid S, Mahajnah M, Lerman-Sagie T, Ben-Zeev B, Kahana E, Masalha R, Kramer U, Ekstein D, Shorer Z, Wallace RH, Mangelsdorf M, MacPherson JN, Carvill GL, Mefford HC, Jackson GD, Scheffer IE, Bahlo M, Gecz J, Heron SE, Corbett M, Mulley JC, Dibbens LM, Korczyn AD, Berkovic SF  Multiplex families with epilepsy: Success of clinical and molecular genetic characterization.  Neurology  2016 Feb 23;86(8):713-22. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002404

De novo loss-of-function mutations in WAC cause a recognizable intellectual disability syndrome and learning deficits in Drosophila

Lugtenberg D, Reijnders MR, Fenckova M, Bijlsma EK, Bernier R, van Bon BW, Smeets E, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Bosch D, Eichler EE, Mefford HC, Carvill GL, Bongers EM, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH, Ruivenkamp CA, Santen GW, van den Maagdenberg AM, Peeters-Scholte CM, Kuenen S, Verstreken P, Pfundt R, Yntema HG, de Vries PF, Veltman JA, Hoischen A, Gilissen C, de Vries BB, Schenck A, Kleefstra T, Vissers LE  De novo loss-of-function mutations in WAC cause a recognizable intellectual disability syndrome and learning deficits in Drosophila.  Eur J Hum Genet  2016 08;24(8):1145-53. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2015.282

2015

SCN2A encephalopathy: A major cause of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures

Howell KB, McMahon JM, Carvill GL, Tambunan D, Mackay MT, Rodriguez-Casero V, Webster R, Clark D, Freeman JL, Calvert S, Olson HE, Mandelstam S, Poduri A, Mefford HC, Harvey AS, Scheffer IE  SCN2A encephalopathy: A major cause of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures.  Neurology  2015 Sep 15;85(11):958-66. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000001926

Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies

Møller RS, Heron SE, Larsen LH, Lim CX, Ricos MG, Bayly MA, van Kempen MJ, Klinkenberg S, Andrews I, Kelley K, Ronen GM, Callen D, McMahon JM, Yendle SC, Carvill GL, Mefford HC, Nabbout R, Poduri A, Striano P, Baglietto MG, Zara F, Smith NJ, Pridmore C, Gardella E, Nikanorova M, Dahl HA, Gellert P, Scheffer IE, Gunning B, Kragh-Olsen B, Dibbens LM  Mutations in KCNT1 cause a spectrum of focal epilepsies.  Epilepsia  2015 Sep;56(9):e114-20. doi:10.1111/epi.13071

Mutations in the GABA Transporter SLC6A1 Cause Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures

Carvill GL, McMahon JM, Schneider A, Zemel M, Myers CT, Saykally J, Nguyen J, Robbiano A, Zara F, Specchio N, Mecarelli O, Smith RL, Leventer RJ, Møller RS, Nikanorova M, Dimova P, Jordanova A, Petrou S, , Helbig I, Striano P, Weckhuysen S, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  Mutations in the GABA Transporter SLC6A1 Cause Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures.  Am J Hum Genet  2015 May 07;96(5):808-15. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.02.016

Seizures are regulated by ubiquitin-specific peptidase 9 X-linked (USP9X), a de-ubiquitinase.

Paemka L, Mahajan VB, Ehaideb SN, Skeie JM, Tan MC, Wu S, Cox AJ, Sowers LP, Gecz J, Jolly L, Ferguson PJ, Darbro B, Schneider A, Scheffer IE, Carvill GL, Mefford HC, El-Shanti H, Wood SA, Manak JR, Bassuk AG  Seizures are regulated by ubiquitin-specific peptidase 9 X-linked (USP9X), a de-ubiquitinase.  PLoS Genet  2015 Mar;11(3):e1005022. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005022

CHD2 myoclonic encephalopathy is frequently associated with self-induced seizures

Thomas RH, Zhang LM, Carvill GL, Archer JS, Heavin SB, Mandelstam SA, Craiu D, Berkovic SF, Gill DS, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE,   CHD2 myoclonic encephalopathy is frequently associated with self-induced seizures.  Neurology  2015 Mar 03;84(9):951-8. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000001305

The phenotypic spectrum of SCN8A encephalopathy

Larsen J, Carvill GL, Gardella E, Kluger G, Schmiedel G, Barisic N, Depienne C, Brilstra E, Mang Y, Nielsen JE, Kirkpatrick M, Goudie D, Goldman R, Jähn JA, Jepsen B, Gill D, Döcker M, Biskup S, McMahon JM, Koeleman B, Harris M, Braun K, de Kovel CG, Marini C, Specchio N, Djémié T, Weckhuysen S, Tommerup N, Troncoso M, Troncoso L, Bevot A, Wolff M, Hjalgrim H, Guerrini R, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC, Møller RS,   The phenotypic spectrum of SCN8A encephalopathy.  Neurology  2015 Feb 03;84(5):480-9. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000001211

2014

Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay

Coe BP, Witherspoon K, Rosenfeld JA, van Bon BW, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Bosco P, Friend KL, Baker C, Buono S, Vissers LE, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH, Hoischen A, Pfundt R, Krumm N, Carvill GL, Li D, Amaral D, Brown N, Lockhart PJ, Scheffer IE, Alberti A, Shaw M, Pettinato R, Tervo R, de Leeuw N, Reijnders MR, Torchia BS, Peeters H, O’Roak BJ, Fichera M, Hehir-Kwa JY, Shendure J, Mefford HC, Haan E, Gécz J, de Vries BB, Romano C, Eichler EE  Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay.  Nat Genet  2014 10;46(10):1063-71. doi:10.1038/ng.3092

Mutations affecting the SAND domain of DEAF1 cause intellectual disability with severe speech impairment and behavioral problems

Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Rajamanickam S, Jensik PJ, Vergult S, de Rocker N, Newhall KJ, Raghavan R, Reardon SN, Jarrett K, McIntyre T, Bulinski J, Ownby SL, Huggenvik JI, McKnight GS, Rose GM, Cai X, Willaert A, Zweier C, Endele S, de Ligt J, van Bon BW, Lugtenberg D, de Vries PF, Veltman JA, van Bokhoven H, Brunner HG, Rauch A, de Brouwer AP, Carvill GL, Hoischen A, Mefford HC, Eichler EE, Vissers LE, Menten B, Collard MW, de Vries BB  Mutations affecting the SAND domain of DEAF1 cause intellectual disability with severe speech impairment and behavioral problems.  Am J Hum Genet  2014 May 01;94(5):649-61. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.03.013

GABRA1 and STXBP1: novel genetic causes of Dravet syndrome

Carvill GL, Weckhuysen S, McMahon JM, Hartmann C, Møller RS, Hjalgrim H, Cook J, Geraghty E, O’Roak BJ, Petrou S, Clarke A, Gill D, Sadleir LG, Muhle H, von Spiczak S, Nikanorova M, Hodgson BL, Gazina EV, Suls A, Shendure J, Dibbens LM, De Jonghe P, Helbig I, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  GABRA1 and STXBP1: novel genetic causes of Dravet syndrome.  Neurology  2014 Apr 08;82(14):1245-53. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000291

Clinical whole-genome sequencing in severe early-onset epilepsy reveals new genes and improves molecular diagnosis

Martin HC, Kim GE, Pagnamenta AT, Murakami Y, Carvill GL, Meyer E, Copley RR, Rimmer A, Barcia G, Fleming MR, Kronengold J, Brown MR, Hudspith KA, Broxholme J, Kanapin A, Cazier JB, Kinoshita T, Nabbout R, , Bentley D, McVean G, Heavin S, Zaiwalla Z, McShane T, Mefford HC, Shears D, Stewart H, Kurian MA, Scheffer IE, Blair E, Donnelly P, Kaczmarek LK, Taylor JC  Clinical whole-genome sequencing in severe early-onset epilepsy reveals new genes and improves molecular diagnosis.  Hum Mol Genet  2014 Jun 15;23(12):3200-11. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddu030

Whole exome sequencing identifies de novo mutations in GATA6 associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Yu L, Bennett JT, Wynn J, Carvill GL, Cheung YH, Shen Y, Mychaliska GB, Azarow KS, Crombleholme TM, Chung DH, Potoka D, Warner BW, Bucher B, Lim FY, Pietsch J, Stolar C, Aspelund G, Arkovitz MS, , Mefford H, Chung WK  Whole exome sequencing identifies de novo mutations in GATA6 associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.  J Med Genet  2014 Mar;51(3):197-202. doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2013-101989

2013

PRICKLE1 interaction with SYNAPSIN I reveals a role in autism spectrum disorders.

Paemka L, Mahajan VB, Skeie JM, Sowers LP, Ehaideb SN, Gonzalez-Alegre P, Sasaoka T, Tao H, Miyagi A, Ueno N, Takao K, Miyakawa T, Wu S, Darbro BW, Ferguson PJ, Pieper AA, Britt JK, Wemmie JA, Rudd DS, Wassink T, El-Shanti H, Mefford HC, Carvill GL, Manak JR, Bassuk AG PRICKLE1 interaction with SYNAPSIN I reveals a role in autism spectrum disorders.  PLoS One  2013;8(12):e80737. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080737

Copy number variants are frequent in genetic generalized epilepsy with intellectual disability

Mullen SA, Carvill GL, Bellows S, Bayly MA, Trucks H, Lal D, Sander T, Berkovic SF, Dibbens LM, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  Copy number variants are frequent in genetic generalized epilepsy with intellectual disability.  Neurology  2013 Oct 22;81(17):1507-14. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a95829

GRIN2A mutations cause epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders

Carvill GL, Regan BM, Yendle SC, O’Roak BJ, Lozovaya N, Bruneau N, Burnashev N, Khan A, Cook J, Geraghty E, Sadleir LG, Turner SJ, Tsai MH, Webster R, Ouvrier R, Damiano JA, Berkovic SF, Shendure J, Hildebrand MS, Szepetowski P, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  GRIN2A mutations cause epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders.  Nat Genet  2013 Sep;45(9):1073-6. doi:10.1038/ng.2727

Targeted resequencing in epileptic encephalopathies identifies de novo mutations in CHD2 and SYNGAP1

Carvill GL, Heavin SB, Yendle SC, McMahon JM, O’Roak BJ, Cook J, Khan A, Dorschner MO, Weaver M, Calvert S, Malone S, Wallace G, Stanley T, Bye AM, Bleasel A, Howell KB, Kivity S, Mackay MT, Rodriguez-Casero V, Webster R, Korczyn A, Afawi Z, Zelnick N, Lerman-Sagie T, Lev D, Møller RS, Gill D, Andrade DM, Freeman JL, Sadleir LG, Shendure J, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC  Targeted resequencing in epileptic encephalopathies identifies de novo mutations in CHD2 and SYNGAP1.  Nat Genet  2013 Jul;45(7):825-30. doi:10.1038/ng.2646

Microdeletion syndromes

Carvill GL, Mefford HC  Microdeletion syndromes.  Curr Opin Genet Dev  2013 Jun;23(3):232-9. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2013.03.004