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Gert Matthijs

KU Leuven
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation: a rapidly expanding disease family

J Jaeken, G Matthijs - Annu. Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a large family of genetic diseases resulting
from defects in the synthesis of glycans and in the attachment of glycans to other …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital disorders of glycosylation: a review

S Grünewald, G Matthijs, J Jaeken - Pediatric research, 2002 - nature.com
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are a rapidly growing group of inherited
disorders caused by defects in the synthesis and processing of the asparagine (ASN)-linked …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG): Quo vadis?

…, N Seta, C Thiel, E Van Schaftingen, G Matthijs… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The survey summarizes in its first part the current status of knowledge on the Congenital
Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) with regard to their phenotypic spectrum, diagnostic and …

SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease

…, I Hermans-Borgmeyer, E Legius, G Matthijs… - Nature …, 1998 - nature.com
Waardenburg syndrome (WS; deafness with pigmentary abnormalities) and Hirschsprung's
disease (HSCR; aganglionic megacolon) are congenital disorders caused by defective …

Erythromycin is a motilin receptor agonist

T Peeters, G Matthijs, I Depoortere… - American Journal …, 1989 - journals.physiology.org
Erythromycin A (EMA) is a potent stimulator of gastrointestinal motor activity. In vitro studies
suggest that it mimics motilin, a peptide that stimulates motor activity in human and in rabbit …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for diagnostic next-generation sequencing

G Matthijs, E Souche, M Alders, A Corveleyn… - European Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
We present, on behalf of EuroGentest and the European Society of Human Genetics,
guidelines for the evaluation and validation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) …

[PDF][PDF] Expansion of the fragile X CGG repeat in females with premutation or intermediate alleles

…, J Macpherson, JL Mandel, G Matthijs… - The American Journal of …, 2003 - cell.com
The CGG repeat in the 5′ untranslated region of the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene
(FMR1) exhibits remarkable instability upon transmission from mothers with premutation …

Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2

…, H van Bokhoven, R Wevers, E Morava, G Matthijs… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
We identified loss-of-function mutations in ATP6V0A2, encoding the a2 subunit of the V-type
H+ ATPase, in several families with autosomal recessive cutis laxa type II or wrinkly skin …

[PDF][PDF] International cooperation to enable the diagnosis of all rare genetic diseases

…, BM Knoppers, JP Krischer, M Macek, G Matthijs… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Provision of a molecularly confirmed diagnosis in a timely manner for children and adults
with rare genetic diseases shortens their" diagnostic odyssey," improves disease …

[PDF][PDF] Mutations in the transcription factor gene SOX18 underlie recessive and dominant forms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia

A Irrthum, K Devriendt, D Chitayat, G Matthijs… - The American Journal of …, 2003 - cell.com
Hereditary lymphedema is a developmental disorder characterized by chronic swelling of
the extremities due to dysfunction of the lymphatic vessels. Two responsible genes have …