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Andrew Orr
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Latest papers
Autosomal dominant ApoA4 mutations present as tubulointerstitial kidney disease with medullary amyloidosis.
Kidney international · 2024
Familial Optic Disc Pits in 2 Father-Son Pairs: Clinical Features and Genetic Analysis.
Case reports in ophthalmology · 2021
Association of Rare CYP39A1 Variants With Exfoliation Syndrome Involving the Anterior Chamber of the Eye.
JAMA · 2021
Latest funding
- $1,225,000
Finding of Rare Disease Genes in Canada (FORGE CANADA)
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
13 publications.
Autosomal dominant ApoA4 mutations present as tubulointerstitial kidney disease with medullary amyloidosis.
Kmochová T, Kidd KO, Orr A, Hnízda A, Hartmannová H, Hodaňová K, Vyleťal P, Naušová K, Brinsa V, Trešlová H, Sovová J, Barešová V, Svojšová K, Vrbacká A, Stránecký V, Robins VC, Taylor A, Martin L, Rivas-Chavez A, Payne R, Bleyer HA, Williams A, Rennke HG, Weins A, Short PJ, Agrawal V, Storsley LJ, Waikar SS, McPhail ED, Dasari S, Leung N, Hewlett T, Yorke J, Gaston D, Geldenhuys L, Samuels M, Levine AP, West M, Hůlková H, Pompach P, Novák P, Weinberg RB, Bedard K, Živná M, Sikora J, Bleyer AJ, Kmoch S
Familial Optic Disc Pits in 2 Father-Son Pairs: Clinical Features and Genetic Analysis.
Betsch D, Orr A, Nightingale M, Gaston D, Gupta R
Association of Rare CYP39A1 Variants With Exfoliation Syndrome Involving the Anterior Chamber of the Eye.
Genetics of Exfoliation Syndrome Partnership, Li Z, Wang Z, Lee MC, Zenkel M, Peh E, Ozaki M, Topouzis F, Nakano S, Chan A, Chen S, Williams SEI, Orr A, Nakano M, Kobakhidze N, Zarnowski T, Popa-Cherecheanu A, Mizoguchi T, Manabe SI, Hayashi K, Kazama S, Inoue K, Mori Y, Miyata K, Sugiyama K, Higashide T, Chihara E, Ideta R, Ishiko S, Yoshida A, Tokumo K, Kiuchi Y, Ohashi T, Sakurai T, Sugimoto T, Chuman H, Aihara M, Inatani M, Mori K, Ikeda Y, Ueno M, Gaston D, Rafuse P, Shuba L, Saunders J, Nicolela M, Chichua G, Tabagari S, Founti P, Sim KS, Meah WY, Soo HM, Chen XY, Chatzikyriakidou A, Keskini C, Pappas T, Anastasopoulos E, Lambropoulos A, Panagiotou ES, Mikropoulos DG, Kosior-Jarecka E, Cheong A, Li Y, Lukasik U, Nongpiur ME, Husain R, Perera SA, Álvarez L, García M, González-Iglesias H, Fernández-Vega Cueto A, Fernández-Vega Cueto L, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A, Oguz Ç, Tamcelik N, Atalay E, Batu B, Irkec M, Aktas D, Kasim B, Astakhov YS, Astakhov SY, Akopov EL, Giessl A, Mardin C, Hellerbrand C, Cooke Bailey JN, Igo RP, Haines JL, Edward DP, Heegaard S, Davila S, Tan P, Kang JH, Pasquale LR, Kruse FE, Reis A, Carmichael TR, Hauser M, Ramsay M, Mossböck G, Yildirim N, Tashiro K, Konstas AGP, Coca-Prados M, Foo JN, Kinoshita S, Sotozono C, Kubota T, Dubina M, Ritch R, Wiggs JL, Pasutto F, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Ho YS, Aung T, Tam WL, Khor CC
Germline mutations in MAP3K6 are associated with familial gastric cancer.
Gaston D, Hansford S, Oliveira C, Nightingale M, Pinheiro H, Macgillivray C, Kaurah P, Rideout AL, Steele P, Soares G, Huang WY, Whitehouse S, Blowers S, LeBlanc MA, Jiang H, Greer W, Samuels ME, Orr A, Fernandez CV, Majewski J, Ludman M, Dyack S, Penney LS, McMaster CR, Huntsman D, Bedard K
A novel rearrangement of occludin causes brain calcification and renal dysfunction.
LeBlanc MA, Penney LS, Gaston D, Shi Y, Aberg E, Nightingale M, Jiang H, Gillett RM, Fahiminiya S, Macgillivray C, Wood EP, Acott PD, Khan MN, Samuels ME, Majewski J, Orr A, McMaster CR, Bedard K
Mutations in origin recognition complex gene ORC4 cause Meier-Gorlin syndrome
Duane L. Guernsey, Makoto Matsuoka, Haiyan Jiang, Susan Evans, Christine Macgillivray, Mathew Nightingale, Scott Perry, Meghan Ferguson, Marissa A. LeBlanc, Jean Paquette, Lysanne Patry, Andrea L. Rideout, Aidan Thomas, Andrew C. Orr, Christopher R. McMaster, Jacques L. Michaud, Cheri Deal, Sylvie Langlois, Duane W. Superneau, Sandhya Parkash, Mark David Ludman, David L. Skidmore, Mark E. Samuels
Mutations in a novel serine protease PRSS56 in families with nanophthalmos.
Andrew C. Orr, Marie‐Pierre Dubé, Juan Carlos Zenteno, Haiyan Jiang, Géraldine Asselin, Susan C. Evans, Aurore Caqueret, Hesham Lakosha, Louis Létourneau, Julien L. Marcadier, Makoto Matsuoka, Christine Macgillivray, Mathew Nightingale, Simon Papillon‐Cavanagh, Scott Perry, Sylvie Provost, Mark David Ludman, Duane L. Guernsey, Mark E. Samuels
Mutations in Centrosomal Protein CEP152 in Primary Microcephaly Families Linked to MCPH4
Duane L. Guernsey, Haiyan Jiang, Julie Hussin, Marc Arnold, Khalil Bouyakdan, Scott Perry, Tina Babineau-Sturk, Jill Beis, Nadine Dumas, Susan C. Evans, Meghan Ferguson, Makoto Matsuoka, Christine Macgillivray, Mathew Nightingale, Lysanne Patry, Andrea L. Rideout, Aidan Thomas, Andrew C. Orr, Ingrid Hoffmann, Jacques L. Michaud, Philip Awadalla, David C. Meek, Mark David Ludman, Mark E. Samuels
Mutation in the gene encoding ubiquitin ligase LRSAM1 in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Guernsey DL, Jiang H, Bedard K, Evans SC, Ferguson M, Matsuoka M, Macgillivray C, Nightingale M, Perry S, Rideout AL, Orr A, Ludman M, Skidmore DL, Benstead T, Samuels ME
Mutation in pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1 gene in families with cutis laxa type 2.
Guernsey DL, Jiang H, Evans SC, Ferguson M, Matsuoka M, Nightingale M, Rideout AL, Provost S, Bedard K, Orr A, Dubé MP, Ludman M, Samuels ME
Finding of Rare Disease Genes in Canada (FORGE CANADA)
Principal investigators: Boycott, Kym M; Friedman, Jan M; Michaud, Jacques L
Keywords: Gene Identification; Mendelian Disorders; Rare Disease
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- David Huntsman and Philip Awadalla: 24 shared papers
- Philip Awadalla and Julie Hussin: 16 shared papers
- Marie-Pierre Dubé and Julie Hussin: 15 shared papers
- Marie-Pierre Dubé and Andrew Orr: 4 shared papers
- Marie-Pierre Dubé and Philip Awadalla: 3 shared papers
- David Huntsman and Jacek Majewski: 2 shared papers
- Marie-Pierre Dubé and Johane Robitaille: 2 shared papers
- Jacek Majewski and Philip Awadalla: 2 shared papers
- Jacek Majewski and Andrew Orr: 2 shared papers
- Marcelo Nicolela and Lesya Shuba: 2 shared papers
- David Huntsman and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Jacek Majewski and Johane Robitaille: 1 shared paper
- Johane Robitaille and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Philip Awadalla and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Julie Hussin and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Marcelo Nicolela and Paul Rafuse: 1 shared paper
- Marcelo Nicolela and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Paul Rafuse and Lesya Shuba: 1 shared paper
- Paul Rafuse and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Lesya Shuba and Andrew Orr: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Orr and Mark Samuels: 1 shared paper
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Département de médecine
- Department of Human Genetics
- Molecular Oncology
- Occupational and Environmental Health
Co-authors at Dalhousie University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Karen Bedard
Department of Pathology
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Marie-Pierre Dubé
Département de médecine
4 shared papers, latest 2011
Christopher McMaster
Department of Pharmacology
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Jacek Majewski
Department of Human Genetics
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Jacques Michaud
Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Mark Samuels
Département de médecine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Paul Rafuse
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
David Huntsman
Molecular Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Lesya Shuba
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Johane Robitaille
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Philip Awadalla
Occupational and Environmental Health
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Julie Hussin
Département de médecine
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Marcelo Nicolela
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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