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Overview

Megan T. Cho is affiliated with the National Human Genome Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Neurology.

The main topics of Cho's work include:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Frequent co-authors of Cho include Kirsty McWalter, Christiane Zweier, Isabelle Thiffault, Sanxiong Liu, and Kimberly A. Aldinger.

Cho's research has been published across a variety of scientific journals, with multiple publications in the Journal of Genetic Counseling, Science Advances, Molecular Cell, The American Journal of Human Genetics, and Nature Medicine.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Megan T. Cho include:

  • Childhood amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by excess sphingolipid synthesis, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Deficient histone H3 propionylation by BRPF1-KAT6 complexes in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer, 2020, Science Advances
  • Histone H3.3 beyond cancer: Germline mutations in Histone 3 Family 3A and 3B cause a previously unidentified neurodegenerative disorder in 46 patients, 2020, Science Advances
  • Characterization of SETD1A haploinsufficiency in humans and Drosophila defines a novel neurodevelopmental syndrome, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • NRF1 association with AUTS2-Polycomb mediates specific gene activation in the brain, 2021, Molecular Cell

Best Publications

  • Clinical application of whole-exome sequencing across clinical indications.

    Kyle Retterer;Jane Juusola;Megan T. Cho;Patrik Vitazka

  • High Rate of Recurrent De Novo Mutations in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Candace T. Myers;Patrick Cossette;Philippe Lemay

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

  • the usefulness of whole-exome sequencing in routine clinical practice

    Alejandro Iglesias;Kwame Anyane-Yeboa;Julia Wynn;Ashley Wilson

  • De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability

    Sébastien Küry;Geeske M van Woerden;Thomas Besnard;Martina Proietti Onori

  • Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly.

    Daniela A. Braun;Jia Rao;Geraldine Mollet;Geraldine Mollet;David Schapiro

  • Recurrent De Novo and Biallelic Variation of ATAD3A, Encoding a Mitochondrial Membrane Protein, Results in Distinct Neurological Syndromes.

    Tamar Harel;Wan Hee Yoon;Caterina Garone;Shen Gu

  • Mutations in SPATA5 Are Associated with Microcephaly, Intellectual Disability, Seizures, and Hearing Loss

    Akemi J. Tanaka;Megan T. Cho;Francisca Millan;Jane Juusola

  • Functional Dysregulation of CDC42 Causes Diverse Developmental Phenotypes

    Simone Martinelli;Oliver H.F. Krumbach;Francesca Pantaleoni;Simona Coppola

  • Mutations disrupting neuritogenesis genes confer risk for cerebral palsy

    Sheng Chih Jin;Sheng Chih Jin;Sheng Chih Jin;Sara A. Lewis;Sara A. Lewis;Somayeh Bakhtiari;Somayeh Bakhtiari;Xue Zeng;Xue Zeng

  • A Mild PUM1 Mutation Is Associated with Adult-Onset Ataxia, whereas Haploinsufficiency Causes Developmental Delay and Seizures

    Vincenzo A. Gennarino;Vincenzo A. Gennarino;Elizabeth E. Palmer;Elizabeth E. Palmer;Laura M. McDonell;Li Wang;Li Wang

  • The phenotypic spectrum of Schaaf-Yang syndrome: 18 new affected individuals from 14 families

    Michael D. Fountain;Emmelien Aten;Megan T. Cho;Jane Juusola

  • Childhood amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by excess sphingolipid synthesis

    Payam Mohassel;Sandra Donkervoort;Museer A. Lone;Matthew Nalls

  • De Novo Disruption of the Proteasome Regulatory Subunit PSMD12 Causes a Syndromic Neurodevelopmental Disorder

    Sébastien Küry;Thomas Besnard;Frédéric Ebstein;Tahir N. Khan

  • De Novo Mutations of RERE Cause a Genetic Syndrome with Features that Overlap Those Associated with Proximal 1p36 Deletions

    Brieana Fregeau;Bum Jun Kim;Andrés Hernández-García;Valerie K Jordan

  • Neuroligin 2 nonsense variant associated with anxiety, autism, intellectual disability, hyperphagia, and obesity.

    Daniel J. Parente;Caryn Garriga;Berivan Baskin;Ganka Douglas

  • De Novo Mutations in SON Disrupt RNA Splicing of Genes Essential for Brain Development and Metabolism, Causing an Intellectual-Disability Syndrome

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Deepali N. Shinde;Margot R.F. Reijnders;Natalie S. Hauser

  • Mutations in KCNK4 that Affect Gating Cause a Recognizable Neurodevelopmental Syndrome

    Christiane K. Bauer;Paolo Calligari;Francesca Clementina Radio;Viviana Caputo

  • Mutations in the Chromatin Regulator Gene BRPF1 Cause Syndromic Intellectual Disability and Deficient Histone Acetylation.

    Kezhi Yan;Justine Rousseau;Rebecca Okashah Littlejohn;Courtney Kiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy K. Chung
Wendy K. Chung Columbia University
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Jill A. Rosenfeld Baylor College of Medicine
Koen L.I. van Gassen
Koen L.I. van Gassen Utrecht University
Tony Roscioli
Tony Roscioli University of New South Wales
William B. Dobyns
William B. Dobyns University of Minnesota
Elaine H. Zackai
Elaine H. Zackai Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp
Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp Leiden University Medical Center
Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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