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Britta Hanker

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

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Loss of RUBCN causes autophagy overdrive in a neurodevelopmental disorder with age-dependent neurodegeneration

Stéphanie Efthymiou, Keisuke Tabata, Hormos Salimi Dafsari, Emil Schober, Christian Latza, Mine Isaoglu, Anwar Abuelrub, Abolfazl Rad, Zahra Firoozfar, Valentina Turchetti, Renee Q Lin, Reza Maroofian, Sarah Wiethoff, Erum Afzal, Faisal Zafar, , Henry Houlden

This study identifies RUBCN variants in neurodevelopmental disorders and shows they cause autophagy overdrive, leading to neurodegeneration.

medRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Evaluating Genome Sequencing Strategies: Trio, Singleton, and Standard Testing in Rare Disease Diagnosis

Daniel Kaschta, Christina Post, Franziska Gaass, Milad Al-Tawil, Vincent Arriens, Saranya Balachandran, Tobias Bäumer, Valerie Berge, Friederike Birgel, Andreas Dalski, Maike Dittmar, André Franke, Sören Franzenburg, Janina Fuß, Bettina Gehring, , Malte Spielmann

This study compares trio, singleton, and standard genome sequencing in rare disease diagnosis, finding trio sequencing has the highest diagnostic yield.

Genome Medicine · Sep 17, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine