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Elizabeth C. Engle is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on genetics and molecular mechanisms underlying developmental and neurological disorders.

The main fields of study covered by Engle include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Engle has contributed extensively to several subfields, notably:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Cell Biology
  • Neurology

The primary topics investigated in their body of work highlight a specialization in developmental disorders and neurological conditions, including:

  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

Engle has published numerous papers in a range of scientific venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • "Genotypic and Phenotypic Spectrum of Foveal Hypoplasia," 2022, Ophthalmology
  • "The ClinGen Brain Malformation Variant Curation Expert Panel: Rules for somatic variants in AKT3, MTOR, PIK3CA, and PIK3R2," 2022, Genetics in Medicine
  • "Noncoding variants alter GATA2 expression in rhombomere 4 motor neurons and cause dominant hereditary congenital facial paresis," 2023, Nature Genetics
  • "Novel variants in TUBA1A cause congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles with or without malformations of cortical brain development," 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "TUBB3 Arg262His causes a recognizable syndrome including CFEOM3, facial palsy, joint contractures, and early-onset peripheral neuropathy," 2021, Human Genetics

Frequent publication venues where Engle's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Nature Communications
  • Ophthalmic Genetics

Engle often collaborates with a core group of coauthors, highlighting teamwork in their research approach. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Wai-Man Chan
  • Brenda J. Barry
  • Mary C. Whitman
  • Julie A. Jurgens
  • Bryn D. Webb

Best Publications

  • Human TUBB3 mutations perturb microtubule dynamics, kinesin interactions, and axon guidance

    Max A. Tischfield;Hagit N. Baris;Chen Wu;Guenther Rudolph

  • Mutations in a Human ROBO Gene Disrupt Hindbrain Axon Pathway Crossing and Morphogenesis

    Joanna C. Jen;Wai Man Chan;Thomas M. Bosley;Jijun Wan

  • Structural Grading of Foveal Hypoplasia Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography a Predictor of Visual Acuity?

    Mervyn G. Thomas;Anil Kumar;Sarim Mohammad;Frank A. Proudlock

  • Deletions of NRXN1 (Neurexin-1) Predispose to a Wide Spectrum of Developmental Disorders

    Michael S L Ching;Yiping Shen;Yiping Shen;Wen-Hann Tan;Wen-Hann Tan;Shafali S Jeste;Shafali S Jeste

  • Duane radial ray syndrome (Okihiro syndrome) maps to 20q13 and results from mutations in SALL4, a new member of the SAL family

    Raidah Al-Baradie;Raidah Al-Baradie;Koki Yamada;Koki Yamada;Cynthia St. Hilaire;Wai-Man Chan

  • Homozygous HOXA1 mutations disrupt human brainstem, inner ear, cardiovascular and cognitive development

    Max A. Tischfield;Thomas M. Bosley;Mustafa A.M. Salih;Ibrahim A. Alorainy

  • Heterozygous mutations of the kinesin KIF21A in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1)

    Koki Yamada;Caroline Andrews;Wai Man Chan;Craig A. McKeown

  • Homozygous mutations in ARIX(PHOX2A) result in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 2.

    Motoi Nakano;Koki Yamada;Jennifer Fain;Emin C. Sener

  • Human Genetic Disorders of Axon Guidance

    Elizabeth C. Engle

  • Phenotypic spectrum of the tubulin-related disorders and functional implications of disease-causing mutations.

    Max A Tischfield;Gustav Y Cederquist;Mohan L Gupta;Elizabeth C Engle

  • Oculomotor nerve and muscle abnormalities in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles.

    Elizabeth C. Engle;Boyan C. Goumnerov;Craig A. McKeown;Martha Schatz

  • 110th ENMC International Workshop: The congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs): Naarden, The Netherlands, 25–27 October, 2002

    N.J Gutowski;T.M Bosley;E.C Engle

  • Human CHN1 Mutations Hyperactivate α2-Chimaerin and Cause Duane's Retraction Syndrome

    Noriko Miyake;Noriko Miyake;John Chilton;Maria Psatha;Long Cheng;Long Cheng

  • Magnetic resonance imaging evidence for widespread orbital dysinnervation in congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles due to mutations in KIF21A.

    Joseph L. Demer;Joseph L. Demer;Robert A. Clark;Elizabeth C. Engle;Elizabeth C. Engle

  • CFEOM3: a new extraocular congenital fibrosis syndrome that maps to 16q24.2-q24.3.

    Edward J. Doherty;Margaret E. Macy;Susan M. Wang;Catherine P. Dykeman

  • Distinct α- and β-tubulin isotypes are required for the positioning, differentiation and survival of neurons: new support for the 'multi-tubulin' hypothesis

    Max A. Tischfield;Max A. Tischfield;Elizabeth C. Engle;Elizabeth C. Engle

  • Neuronal-Specific TUBB3 Is Not Required for Normal Neuronal Function but Is Essential for Timely Axon Regeneration

    Alban Latremoliere;Long Cheng;Michelle DeLisle;Chen Wu;Chen Wu

  • An inherited TUBB2B mutation alters a kinesin-binding site and causes polymicrogyria, CFEOM and axon dysinnervation

    Gustav Y. Cederquist;Anna Luchniak;Max A. Tischfield;Maya Peeva

  • Mapping a gene for congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles to the centromeric region of chromosome 12.

    Elizabeth C. Engle;Louis M. Kunkel;Louis M. Kunkel;Linda A. Specht;Alan H. Beggs

  • Three novel mutations in KIF21A highlight the importance of the third coiled-coil stalk domain in the etiology of CFEOM1

    Wai Man Chan;Caroline Andrews;Caroline Andrews;Laryssa Dragan;Douglas Fredrick

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Ethylin Wang Jabs
Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Noriko Miyake
Noriko Miyake Yokohama City University
Alan H. Beggs
Alan H. Beggs Harvard Medical School
Louis M. Kunkel
Louis M. Kunkel Boston Children's Hospital
Khaled K. Abu-Amero
Khaled K. Abu-Amero King Saud University
Timothy W. Yu
Timothy W. Yu Boston Children's Hospital
Mustafa A. Salih
Mustafa A. Salih King Saud University
Naomichi Matsumoto
Naomichi Matsumoto Yokohama City University
Christopher A. Walsh
Christopher A. Walsh Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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