The gene mutated in adult-onset type II citrullinaemia encodes a putative mitochondrial carrier protein

K Kobayashi, DS Sinasac, M Iijima, AP Boright… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
Citrullinaemia (CTLN) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by deficiency of
argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS). Adult-onset type II citrullinaemia (CTLN2) is characterized by a …

Genetic architecture of complex traits: large phenotypic effects and pervasive epistasis

H Shao, LC Burrage, DS Sinasac… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The genetic architecture of complex traits underlying physiology and disease in most organisms
remains elusive. We still know little about the number of genes that underlie these traits, …

Mice with a deletion in the gene for CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β are protected against diet-induced obesity

CA Millward, JD Heaney, DS Sinasac, EC Chu… - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is required for adipocyte differentiation
and maturation. We have studied the role of the transcription factor, C/EBPβ, in the …

[HTML][HTML] Citrin/mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase double knock-out mice recapitulate features of human citrin deficiency

…, M Moriyama, K Eto, T Kadowaki, DS Sinasac… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
Citrin is the liver-type mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate carrier that participates in urea,
protein, and nucleotide biosynthetic pathways by supplying aspartate from mitochondria to the …

Slc25a13-Knockout Mice Harbor Metabolic Deficits but Fail To Display Hallmarks of Adult-Onset Type II Citrullinemia

DS Sinasac, M Moriyama, MA Jalil… - … and cellular biology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Adult-onset type II citrullinemia (CTLN2) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by
mutations in SLC25A13, the gene encoding the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier citrin. …

PISD is a mitochondrial disease gene causing skeletal dysplasia, cataracts, and white matter changes

…, RE Lamont, FP Bernier, D Sinasac… - Life science …, 2019 - life-science-alliance.org
Exome sequencing of two sisters with congenital cataracts, short stature, and white matter
changes identified compound heterozygous variants in the PISD gene, encoding the …

The relationship between d‐beta‐hydroxybutyrate blood concentrations and seizure control in children treated with the ketogenic diet for medically intractable …

…, M Connolly, E Fung, A Michoulas, D Sinasac… - Epilepsia …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The ketogenic diet (KD) is a proven treatment for drug‐resistant (DR) seizures in
children and adolescents. However, the relationship between seizure control and the most …

[HTML][HTML] SS-31 peptide reverses the mitochondrial fragmentation present in fibroblasts from patients with DCMA, a mitochondrial cardiomyopathy

…, A Ravandi, B Argiropoulos, D Sinasac… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We used patient dermal fibroblasts to characterize the mitochondrial abnormalities associated
with the dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome (DCMA) and to study the effect of …

Analyzing complex traits with congenic strains

H Shao, DS Sinasac, LC Burrage, CA Hodges… - Mammalian …, 2010 - Springer
Congenic strains continue to be a fundamental resource for dissecting the genetic basis of
complex traits. Traditionally, genetic variants (QTLs) that account for phenotypic variation in a …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the C584R variant in the mtDNA depletion syndrome gene FBXL4, reveals a novel role for FBXL4 as a regulator of mitochondrial fusion

…, L Lee-Glover, SC Greenway, DS Sinasac… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mutations in FBXL4 (F-Box and Leucine rich repeat protein 4), a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial
protein with an unknown function, cause mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. We …