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Overview

André Mégarbané is affiliated with the Lebanese American University in Lebanon. Their research portfolio spans predominantly within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. With a significant volume of publications, Mégarbané's work encompasses a range of subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, rare diseases, and immunological conditions. Notable papers include:

  • "Genetic Testing to Inform Epilepsy Treatment Management From an International Study of Clinical Practice" (2022), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Consensus Middle East and North Africa Registry on Inborn Errors of Immunity" (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • "Phenotypic spectrum and genomics of undiagnosed arthrogryposis multiplex congenita" (2021), published in Journal of Medical Genetics
  • "Clinical, neuropathological, and genetic characterization of STUB1 variants in cerebellar ataxias: a frequent cause of predominant cognitive impairment" (2020), published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Discovery of a genetic module essential for assigning left-right asymmetry in humans and ancestral vertebrates" (2021), published in Nature Genetics

Mégarbané frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Cybel Mehawej, Éliane Chouery, Valérie Delague, Stephany El-Hayek, and Sandra Corbani.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genes, Genetics in Medicine, Clinical Genetics, and Molecular Syndromology.

The topics most prominently addressed in Mégarbané's work include:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer

Best Publications

  • Identification of the gene altered in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy on chromosome 11q13.

    Jocelyne Magré;Marc Delépine;Eliane Khallouf;Tobias Gedde-Dahl

  • Mutations in the Pericentrin (PCNT) Gene Cause Primordial Dwarfism

    Anita Rauch;Christian T. Thiel;Detlev Schindler;Ursula Wick

  • Consanguineous marriages, pearls and perils: Geneva International Consanguinity Workshop Report

    Hanan Hamamy;Stylianos E. Antonarakis;Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza;Samia Temtamy

  • Complex inheritance pattern resembling autosomal recessive inheritance involving a microdeletion in thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome.

    Eva Klopocki;Harald Schulze;Gabriele Strauß;Claus-Eric Ott

  • The 50th anniversary of the discovery of trisomy 21: The past, present, and future of research and treatment of Down syndrome

    André Mégarbané;Aimé Ravel;Clotilde Mircher;Franck Sturtz

  • BBS10 encodes a vertebrate-specific chaperonin-like protein and is a major BBS locus.

    Corinne Stoetzel;Virginie Laurier;Erica E. Davis;Jean Muller

  • ADAMTS10 mutations in autosomal recessive Weill-Marchesani syndrome.

    Nathalie Dagoneau;Catherine Benoist-Lasselin;Céline Huber;Laurence Faivre

  • Additive loss-of-function proteasome subunit mutations in CANDLE/PRAAS patients promote type I IFN production

    Anja Brehm;Yin Liu;Afzal Sheikh;Bernadette Marrero

  • Familial autoinflammation with neutrophilic dermatosis reveals a regulatory mechanism of pyrin activation

    Seth L. Masters;Seth L. Masters;Vasiliki Lagou;Isabelle Jéru;Isabelle Jéru;Paul J. Baker;Paul J. Baker

  • Genotype-phenotype relationships in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy

    L. Van Maldergem;J. Magre;T. E. Khallouf;T. Gedde-Dahl

  • Mutation in WNT10A Is Associated with an Autosomal Recessive Ectodermal Dysplasia: The Odonto-onycho-dermal Dysplasia

    Lynn Adaimy;Eliane Chouery;Hala Mégarbané;Salman Mroueh

  • Fraser syndrome and mouse blebbed phenotype caused by mutations in FRAS1/Fras1 encoding a putative extracellular matrix protein

    Lesley McGregor;Vile Makela;Susan M. Darling;Susan M. Darling;Sofia Vrontou

  • Mutations of POLR3A encoding a catalytic subunit of RNA polymerase Pol III cause a recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy.

    Geneviève Bernard;Geneviève Bernard;Eliane Chouery;Maria Lisa Putorti;Martine Tétreault

  • A mutation in periaxin is responsible for CMT4F, an autosomal recessive form of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease

    Angèle Guilbot;Anna Williams;Nicole Ravisé;Christophe Verny

  • Mutations of the catalytic subunit of RAB3GAP cause Warburg Micro syndrome

    Irene A Aligianis;Colin A Johnson;Paul Gissen;Dongrong Chen

  • Revisiting the craniosynostosis-radial ray hypoplasia association: Baller-Gerold syndrome caused by mutations in the RECQL4 gene

    L Van Maldergem;H A Siitonen;N Jalkh;E Chouery

  • Mutations in the TGFβ Binding-Protein-Like Domain 5 of FBN1 Are Responsible for Acromicric and Geleophysic Dysplasias

    Carine Le Goff;Clémentine Mahaut;Lauren W Wang;Slimane Allali

  • Gain-of-Function Mutations in TRPM4 Cause Autosomal Dominant Isolated Cardiac Conduction Disease

    Hui Liu;Loubna El Zein;Martin Kruse;Romain Guinamard

  • Mutations in a new cytochrome P450 gene in lamellar ichthyosis type 3

    Caroline Lefèvre;Bakar Bouadjar;Véronique Ferrand;Gianluca Tadini

  • Familial Autoinflammation with Neutrophilic Dermatosis Reveals a Novel Regulatory Mechanism of Pyrin Activation

    P. J. Baker;V. Lagou;I. Jeru;L. Van Eyck

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Lefranc
Gérard Lefranc University of Montpellier
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Nicolas Lévy
Nicolas Lévy Aix-Marseille University
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Raoul C.M. Hennekam
Raoul C.M. Hennekam University of Amsterdam
Michel Vekemans
Michel Vekemans Université Paris Cité
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité
Raif S. Geha
Raif S. Geha Boston Children's Hospital
Hélène Dollfus
Hélène Dollfus University of Strasbourg

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