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Peter H. Byers is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 114 and 101 publications respectively. Their subfields of expertise include Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

Byers' work focuses on several interconnected topics, notably:

  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • RNA Research and Splicing

The scientist has published frequently in a variety of venues, including:

  • Seminars in Vascular Surgery
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

Recent important research publications include:

  • The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers)
  • Consensus statement on standards and guidelines for the molecular diagnostics of Alport syndrome: refining the ACMG criteria (2021, European Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Mendelian inheritance revisited: dominance and recessiveness in medical genetics (2023, Nature Reviews Genetics)
  • De novo EIF2AK1 and EIF2AK2 Variants Are Associated with Developmental Delay, Leukoencephalopathy, and Neurologic Decompensation (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • A call for direct sequencing of full-length RNAs to identify all modifications (2021, Nature Genetics)

Peter H. Byers has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Sherene Shalhub
  • Elizabeth Blue
  • Sirisak Chanprasert
  • Dustin Baldridge
  • Devon Bonner

Best Publications

  • Aneurysm Syndromes Caused by Mutations in the TGF-β Receptor

    Bart L. Loeys;Bart L. Loeys;Ulrike Schwarze;Tammy Holm;Bert L. Callewaert

  • The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

    Fransiska Malfait;Clair Francomano;Peter H Byers;John Belmont

  • Clinical and genetic features of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, the vascular type.

    Melanie Pepin;Ulrike Schwarze;Andrea Superti-Furga;Peter H. Byers

  • Consortium for osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in the helical domain of type I collagen: regions rich in lethal mutations align with collagen binding sites for integrins and proteoglycans

    Joan C. Marini;Antonella Forlino;Antonella Forlino;Wayne A. Cabral;Aileen M. Barnes

  • CRTAP is required for prolyl 3- hydroxylation and mutations cause recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Roy Morello;Terry K. Bertin;Yuqing Chen;Yuqing Chen;John Hicks

  • The bicuspid aortic valve: an integrated phenotypic classification of leaflet morphology and aortic root shape.

    Benjamin M Schaefer;Mark B Lewin;Karen K Stout;Edward Gill

  • Loss-of-function mutations in TGFB2 cause a syndromic presentation of thoracic aortic aneurysm

    Mark E. Lindsay;Dorien Schepers;Nikhita Ajit Bolar;Jefferson J. Doyle

  • Gene targeting in stem cells from individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Joel R. Chamberlain;Ulrike Schwarze;Pei Rong Wang;Roli K. Hirata

  • Human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII C and bovine dermatosparaxis are caused by mutations in the procollagen I N-proteinase gene.

    Alain Colige;Aleksander L. Sieron;Shi Wu Li;Ulrike Schwarze

  • Actionable, Pathogenic Incidental Findings in 1,000 Participants’ Exomes

    Michael O. Dorschner;Laura M. Amendola;Emily H. Turner;Peggy D. Robertson

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta: translation of mutation to phenotype.

    Peter H. Byers;Gillian A. Wallis;Marcia Willing

  • Actionable exomic incidental findings in 6503 participants: challenges of variant classification

    Laura M. Amendola;Michael O. Dorschner;Peggy D. Robertson;Joseph S. Salama

  • Homozygosity for a Missense Mutation in SERPINH1, which Encodes the Collagen Chaperone Protein HSP47, Results in Severe Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta

    Helena E. Christiansen;Ulrike Schwarze;Shawna M. Pyott;Abdulrahman AlSwaid

  • Correlation of procollagen mRNA levels in normal and transformed chick embryo fibroblasts with different rates of procollagen synthesis.

    David W. Rowe;Robert C. Moen;Jeffrey M. Davidson;Peter H. Byers

  • ASHG Statement* on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing in the United States

    Kathy Hudson;Gail Javitt;Wylie Burke;Peter Byers

  • Mutations in the Gene Encoding the RER Protein FKBP65 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta

    Yasemin Alanay;Hrispima Avaygan;Natalia Camacho;G. Eda Utine

  • Marfan syndrome : defective synthesis, secretion, and extracellular matrix formation of fibrillin by cultured dermal fibroblasts

    D M Milewicz;R E Pyeritz;E S Crawford;P H Byers

  • Diagnosis, natural history, and management in vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

    Peter H. Byers;John Belmont;James Black;Julie De Backer

  • Survival is affected by mutation type and molecular mechanism in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS type IV).

    Melanie G. Pepin;Ulrike Schwarze;Kenneth M. Rice;Mingdong Liu

  • Perinatal lethal osteogenesis imperfecta (OI type II): a biochemically heterogeneous disorder usually due to new mutations in the genes for type I collagen.

    P H Byers;P Tsipouras;J F Bonadio;B J Starman

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel H. Cohn
Daniel H. Cohn University of California, Los Angeles
Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
Francis H. Glorieux
Francis H. Glorieux McGill University
David R. Eyre
David R. Eyre University of Washington
Frank Rauch
Frank Rauch McGill University
Deborah Krakow
Deborah Krakow University of California, Los Angeles
V. Reid Sutton
V. Reid Sutton Baylor College of Medicine
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
MaryAnn Weis
MaryAnn Weis University of Washington
Beat Steinmann
Beat Steinmann University of Zurich

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