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Relevant Publications:

  1. Velilla J, Marchetti MM, Toth-Petroczy A, Grosgogeat C, Bennett AH, Carmichael N, Estrella E, Darras BT, Frank NY, Krier J, Gaudet R, Gupta VA. Homozygous TRPV4 mutation causes congenital distal spinal muscular atrophy and arthrogryposis. Neurol Genet. 2019 Mar 7;5(2):e312.
  2. Jirka C, Pak JH, Grosgogeat CA, Marchetii MM, Gupta VA. Dysregulation of NRAP degradation by KLHL41 contributes to pathophysiology in Nemaline Myopathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Apr 15
  3. Lornage X, Romero NB, Grosgogeat CA, Malfatti E, Donkervoort S, Marchetti MM, Neuhaus SB, Foley AR, Labasse C, Schneider R, Carlier RY, Chao KR, Medne L, Deleuze JF, Orlikowski D, Bönnemann CG, Gupta VA, Fardeau M, Böhm J, Laporte J. ACTN2 mutations cause “Multiple structured Core Disease” (MsCD). Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Mar;137(3):501-519.
  4. Pakula A, Lek A, Widrick J, Mitsuhashi H, Bugda Gwilt KM, Gupta VA, Rahimov F, Criscione J, Zhang Y, Gibbs D, Murphy Q, Manglik A, Mead L, Kunkel L. Transgenic zebrafish model of DUX4 misexpression reveals a developmental role in FSHD pathogenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Jan 15;28(2):320-331
  5. Haghighi A, Krier JB, Toth-Petroczy A, Cassa CA, Frank NY, Carmichael N, Fieg E, Bjonnes A, Mohanty A, Briere LC, Lincoln S, Lucia S, Gupta VA, Söylemez O, Sutti S, Kooshesh K, Qiu H, Fay CJ, Perroni V, Valerius J, Hanna M, Frank A, Ouahed J, Snapper SB, Pantazi A, Chopra SS, Leshchiner I, Stitziel NO, Feldweg A, Mannstadt M, Loscalzo J, Sweetser DA, Liao E, Stoler JM, Nowak CB, Sanchez-Lara PA, Klein OD, Perry H, Patsopoulos NA, Raychaudhuri S, Goessling W, Green RC, Seidman CE, MacRae CA, Sunyaev SR, Maas RL, Vuzman D; Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Brigham and Women’s Hospital FaceBase Project, Brigham Genomic Medicine (BGM). An integrated clinical program and crowdsourcing strategy for genomic sequencing and Mendelian disease gene discovery. NPJ Genom Med. 2018 Aug 13;3:21
  6. Widrick JJ, Gibbs DE, Sanchez B, Gupta VA, Pakula A, Lawrence C, Beggs AH, Kunkel LM. An open source microcontroller based flume for evaluating swimming performance of larval, juvenile, and adult zebrafish. PLoS One. 2018, Jun 26;13(6):e0199712.
  7. Bennett AH, O’Donohue MF, Gundry SR, Chan AT, Widrick J, Draper I, Chakraborty A, Zhou Y, Zon LI, Gleizes PE, Beggs AH, Gupta VA. RNA helicase, DDX27 regulates skeletal muscle growth and regeneration by modulation of translational processes. PLoS Genetics. 2018, Mar 8;14(3):e1007226
  8. Smith SJ, Wang JC, Gupta VA, Dowling JJ. A novel early onset phenotype in a zebrafish model of merosin deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. PLoS One. 2017, Feb;12(2):e0172648
  9. Winter JM, Joureau B, Lee EJ, Kiss B, Yuen M, Gupta VA, Pappas CT, Gregorio CC, Stienen GJ, Edvardson S, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Lehtokari VL, Pelin K, Malfatti E, Romero NB, Engelen BG, Voermans NC, Donkervoort S, Bönnemann CG, Clarke NF, Beggs AH, Granzier H, Ottenheijm CA. Mutation-specific effects on thin filament length in thin filament myopathy. Ann. Neurol. 2016 Jun; 79(6):959-69
  10. Shamseldin HE, Bennett AH, Alfadehl M, Gupta VA*, Alkuraya FS*. GOLGA2, encoding a master regulator of golgi apparatus, is mutated in a patient with a neuromuscular disorder. Hum. Genet. 2016 Feb.; 135(2):245-51 (*Co-corresponding authors)
  11. Shamseldin HE, Smith LL, Kentab A, Alkhalidi H, Summers B, Alsedairy H, Xiong Y, Gupta VA* Alkuraya FS*. Mutation of the mitochondrial carrier SLC25A42 causes a novel form of mitochondrial myopathy in humans. Hum Genet. 2016 Jan; 135(1):21-30 (*Co-corresponding authors)
  12. Patel N, Smith LL, Faqeih E, Mohamed J, Gupta VA*, Alkuraya FS*. ZBTB42 mutation defines a novel lethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS6). Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 15; 23(24):6584-93. Featured image on the cover page of the journal. (*Co-corresponding authors)
  13. Yuen M, Sandaradura SA, Dowling JJ, Kostyukova AS, Moroz N, Quinlan KG, Lehtokari VL, Ravenscroft G, Todd EJ, Ceyhan-Birsoy O, Gokhin DS, Maluenda J, Lek M, Nolent F, Pappas CT, Novak SM, D’Amico A, Malfatti E, Thomas BP, Gabriel SB, Gupta N, Daly MJ, Ilkovski B, Houweling PJ, Davidson AE, Swanson LC, Brownstein CA, Gupta VA, Medne L, Shannon P, Martin N, Bick DP, Flisberg A, Holmberg E, Van den Bergh P, Lapunzina P, Waddell LB, Sloboda DD, Bertini E, Chitayat D, Telfer WR, Laquerrière A, Gregorio CC, Ottenheijm CA, Bönnemann CG, Pelin K, Beggs AH, Hayashi YK, Romero NB, Laing NG, Nishino I, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Melki J, Fowler VM, MacArthur DG, North KN, Clarke NF. Leiomodin-3 dysfunction results in thin filament disorganization and nemaline myopathy. J Clin Invest. 2014 Nov 3; 124(11):4693-708.
  14. Di Costanzo S, Balasubramanian A, Pond HL, Rozkalne A, Pantaleoni C, Saredi S, Gupta VA, Sunu CM, Yu TW, Kang PB, Salih MA, Mora M, Gussoni E, Walsh CA, Manzini MC. POMK mutations disrupt muscle development leading to a spectrum of neuromuscular presentations. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Nov 1; 23(21):5781-92.
  15. Balasubramanian A, Kawahara G, Gupta VA, Rozkalne A, Beauvais A, Kunkel LM, Gussoni E. Fam65b is important for formation of the HDAC6-dysferlin protein complex during myogenic cell differentiation. FASEB J. 2014 Jul; 28(7):2955-69.
  16. Smith LL, Gupta VA, Beggs AH. Bridging integrator 1 (Bin1) deficiency in zebrafish results in centronuclear myopathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jul 1; 23(13):3566-78.
  17. Smith LL, Beggs AH, Gupta VA. Analysis of skeletal muscle defects in larval zebrafish by birefringence and touch-evoke escape response assays. J Vis Exp. 2013; (82):e50925.
  18. Gupta VA, Ravenscroft G, Shaheen R, Todd EJ, Swanson LC, Shiina M, Ogata K, Hsu C, Clarke NF, Darras BT, Farrar MA, Hashem A, Manton ND, Muntoni F, North KN, Sandaradura SA, Nishino I, Hayashi YK, Sewry CA, Thompson EM, Yau KS, Brownstein CA, Yu TW, Allcock RJ, Davis MR, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Matsumoto N, Alkuraya FS, Laing NG, Beggs AH. Identification of KLHL41 Mutations Implicates BTB-Kelch-Mediated Ubiquitination as an Alternate Pathway to Myofibrillar Disruption in Nemaline Myopathy. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Dec 5; 93(6):1108-17.
  19. Gupta VA, Hnia K, Smith LL, Gundry SR, McIntire JE, Shimazu J, Bass JR, Talbot EA, Amoasii L, Goldman NE, Laporte J, Beggs AH. Loss of catalytically inactive lipid phosphatase myotubularin-related protein 12 impairs myotubularin stability and promotes centronuclear myopathy in zebrafish. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun; 9(6):e1003583.
  20. Manzini MC, Tambunan DE, Hill RS, Yu TW, Maynard TM, Heinzen EL, Shianna KV, Stevens CR, Partlow JN, Barry BJ, Rodriguez J, Gupta VA, Al-Qudah AK, Eyaid WM, Friedman JM, Salih MA, Clark R, Moroni I, Mora M, Beggs AH, Gabriel SB, Walsh CA. Exome sequencing and functional validation in zebrafish identify GTDC2 mutations as a cause of Walker-Warburg syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Sep 7; 91(3):541-7.
  21. Gupta VA, Kawahara G, Myers JA, Chen AT, Hall TE, Manzini MC, Currie PD, Zhou Y, Zon LI, Kunkel LM, Beggs AH. A splice site mutation in laminin-a2 results in a severe muscular dystrophy and growth abnormalities in zebrafish. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e43794.
  22. Lawlor MW, Alexander MS, Viola MG, Meng H, Joubert R, Gupta V, Motohashi N, Manfready RA, Hsu CP, Huang P, Buj-Bello A, Kunkel LM, Beggs AH, Gussoni E. Myotubularin-deficient myoblasts display increased apoptosis, delayed proliferation, and poor cell engraftment. Am J Pathol. 2012 Sep; 181(3):961-8.
  23. Gupta V, Discenza M, Guyon JR, Kunkel LM, Beggs AH. a-Actinin-2 deficiency results in sarcomeric defects in zebrafish that cannot be rescued by a-actinin-3 revealing functional differences between sarcomeric isoforms. FASEB J. 2012 May; 26(5):1892-908.
  24. Gupta V, Kawahara G, Gundry SR, Chen AT, Lencer WI, Zhou Y, Zon LI, Kunkel LM, Beggs AH. The zebrafish dag1 mutant: a novel genetic model for dystroglycanopathies. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 May 1; 20(9):1712-25.

Reviews/Book Chapters:

  1. Smith LL, Gupta VA, Beggs AH. Regenerative Medicine for Degenerative Muscle Diseases. In Childres MK, editor. Gene Discovery in Congenital Myopathy. 1st ed. New York: Humana Press; 2016. p.39-83.
  2. Gupta VA and Beggs AH. Kelch Proteins: Emerging Roles in Skeletal Muscle Development and Diseases. Skeletal Muscle 2014 Jun 1;4(11).

 

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