<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Luque, Juan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mendes, Ingrid</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gómez, Beatriz</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morte, Beatriz</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de Heredia, Miguel López</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herreras, Enrique</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corrochano, Virginia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bueren, Juan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gallano, Pia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artuch, Rafael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fillat, Cristina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pérez-Jurado, Luis A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montoliu, Lluis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carracedo, Ángel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Millán, José M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Webb, Susan M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Palau, Francesc</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lapunzina, Pablo</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIBERER Network</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIBERER: Spanish National Network for Research on Rare Diseases: a highly productive collaborative initiative.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clin Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clin Genet</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022 Jan 20</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;CIBER (Center for Biomedical Network Research; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red) is a public national consortium created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII). This innovative research structure comprises 11 different specific areas dedicated to the main public health priorities in the National Health System. CIBERER, the thematic area of CIBER focused on Rare Diseases currently consists of 75 research groups belonging to universities, research centers and hospitals of the entire country. CIBERER's mission is to be a center prioritizing and favoring collaboration and cooperation between biomedical and clinical research groups, with special emphasis on the aspects of genetic, molecular, biochemical and cellular research of rare diseases. This research is the basis for providing new tools for the diagnosis and therapy of low-prevalence diseases, in line with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) objectives, thus favoring translational research between the scientific environment of the laboratory and the clinical setting of health centers. In this paper, we intend to review CIBERER's 15-year journey and summarize the main results obtained in terms of internationalization, scientific production, contributions towards the discovery of new therapies and novel genes associated to diseases, cooperation with patients' associations and many other topics related to rare disease research. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">García-Cazorla, Angels</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oyarzabal, Alfonso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fort, Joana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robles, Concepción</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Castejón, Esperanza</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ruiz-Sala, Pedro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bodoy, Susanna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merinero, Begoña</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lopez-Sala, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dopazo, Joaquin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nunes, Virginia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ugarte, Magdalena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artuch, Rafael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Palacín, Manuel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodríguez-Pombo, Pilar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alcaide, Patricia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Navarrete, Rosa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sanz, Paloma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Font-Llitjós, Mariona</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vilaseca, Ma Antonia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ormaizabal, Aida</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pristoupilova, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agulló, Sergi Beltran</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Two novel mutations in the BCKDK (branched-chain keto-acid dehydrogenase kinase) gene are responsible for a neurobehavioral deficit in two pediatric unrelated patients.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Mutat</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Mutat</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amino Acids, Branched-Chain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Developmental Disabilities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fibroblasts</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mutation, Missense</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nervous System Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pediatrics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Kinases</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014 Apr</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">470-7</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Inactivating mutations in the BCKDK gene, which codes for the kinase responsible for the negative regulation of the branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase complex (BCKD), have recently been associated with a form of autism in three families. In this work, two novel exonic BCKDK mutations, c.520C&gt;G/p.R174G and c.1166T&gt;C/p.L389P, were identified at the homozygous state in two unrelated children with persistently reduced body fluid levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), developmental delay, microcephaly, and neurobehavioral abnormalities. Functional analysis of the mutations confirmed the missense character of the c.1166T&gt;C change and showed a splicing defect r.[520c&gt;g;521_543del]/p.R174Gfs1*, for c.520C&gt;G due to the presence of a new donor splice site. Mutation p.L389P showed total loss of kinase activity. Moreover, patient-derived fibroblasts showed undetectable (p.R174Gfs1*) or barely detectable (p.L389P) levels of BCKDK protein and its phosphorylated substrate (phospho-E1α), resulting in increased BCKD activity and the very rapid BCAA catabolism manifested by the patients' clinical phenotype. Based on these results, a protein-rich diet plus oral BCAA supplementation was implemented in the patient homozygous for p.R174Gfs1*. This treatment normalized plasma BCAA levels and improved growth, developmental and behavioral variables. Our results demonstrate that BCKDK mutations can result in neurobehavioral deficits in humans and support the rationale for dietary intervention. &lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24449431?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">García-Cazorla, Angels</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oyarzabal, Alfonso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fort, Joana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robles, Concepción</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Castejón, Esperanza</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ruiz-Sala, Pedro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bodoy, Susanna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merinero, Begoña</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lopez-Sala, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joaquín Dopazo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nunes, Virginia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ugarte, Magdalena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artuch, Rafael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Palacín, Manuel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodríguez-Pombo, Pilar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Two Novel Mutations in the BCKDK Gene (Branched-Chain Keto-Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase) are Responsible of a Neurobehavioral Deficit in two Pediatric Unrelated Patients.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Human mutation</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014 Jan 21</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.22513/abstract</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">470-7</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inactivating mutations in the BCKDK gene, which codes for the kinase responsible for the negative regulation of the branched-chain keto-acid dehydrogenase complex (BCKD), have recently been associated with a form of autism in three families. In this work, two novel exonic BCKDK mutations, c.520C&gt;G/p.R174G and c.1166T&gt;C/p.L389P, were identified at the homozygous state in two unrelated children with persistently reduced body fluid levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), developmental delay, microcephaly and neurobehavioral abnormalities. Functional analysis of the mutations confirmed the missense character of the c.1166T&gt;C change and showed a splicing defect r.[520c&gt;g;521_543del]/p.R174Gfs1*, for c.520C&gt;G due to the presence of a new donor splice site. Mutation p.L389P showed total loss of kinase activity. Moreover, patient-derived fibroblasts showed undetectable (p.R174Gfs1*) or barely detectable (p.L389P) levels of BCKDK protein and its phosphorylated substrate (phospho-E1α), resulting in increased BCKD activity and the very rapid BCAA catabolism manifested by the patients’ clinical phenotype. Based on these results, a protein-rich diet plus oral BCAA supplementation was implemented in the patient homozygous for p.R174Gfs1*. This treatment normalized plasma BCAA levels and improved growth, developmental and behavioral variables. Our results demonstrate that BCKDK mutations can result in neurobehavioral deficits in humans and support the rationale for dietary intervention. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>