Linda J. Jeng, M.D., Ph.D.

Medical geneticist

Education

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1998

Residencies

University Hospitals of Cleveland 2004

Fellowships

Case Western Reserve University, Clinical Molecular Genetics 2005

Selected Research and Publications

1. Glaser TS, Rauen KA, Jeng LJ, de Alba Campomanes AG. Lipodermoid in a patient with Emanuel syndrome. J AAPOS. 2013 Apr; 17(2):211-3.
2. Bermudez-Wagner K, Jeng LJ, Slavotinek AM, Sanford EF. 2p16.3 microdeletion with partial deletion of the neurexin-1 gene in a female with developmental delays, short stature, and a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Clin Dysmorphol. 2013 Jan; 22(1):22-4.
3. Sanford EF, Bermudez-Wagner K, Jeng LJ, Rauen KA, Slavotinek AM. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Smith-Magenis syndrome: a possible locus at chromosome 17p11.2. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Nov; 155A(11):2816-20.
4. Al-Kateb H, Hahn A, Gastier-Foster JM, Jeng L, McCandless SE, Curtis CA. Molecular characterization of a novel, de novo, cryptic interstitial deletion on 19p13.3 in a child with a cutis aplasia and multiple congenital anomalies. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Dec; 152A(12):3148-53.
5. Noor A, Whibley A, Marshall CR, Gianakopoulos PJ, Piton A, Carson AR, Orlic-Milacic M, Lionel AC, Sato D, Pinto D, Drmic I, Noakes C, Senman L, Zhang X, Mo R, Gauthier J, Crosbie J, Pagnamenta AT, Munson J, Estes AM, Fiebig A, Franke A, Schreiber S, Stewart AF, Roberts R, McPherson R, Guter SJ, Cook EH, Dawson G, Schellenberg GD, Battaglia A, Maestrini E. Disruption at the PTCHD1 Locus on Xp22.11 in Autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Sci Transl Med. 2010 Sep 15; 2(49):49ra68.
6. Demaree HA, Pu J, Jesberger J, Feeny N, Jeng L, Everhart DE, Duerk J, Tkach J. 5HTTLPR predicts left fusiform gyrus activation to positive emotional stimuli. Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 May; 27(4):441-8.
7. Shinawi M, Shao L, Jeng LJ, Shaw CA, Patel A, Bacino C, Sutton VR, Belmont J, Cheung SW. Low-level mosaicism of trisomy 14: phenotypic and molecular characterization. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Jun 1; 146A(11):1395-405.
8. Putcha GV, Bejjani BA, Bleoo S, Booker JK, Carey JC, Carson N, Das S, Dempsey MA, Gastier-Foster JM, Greinwald JH, Hoffmann ML, Jeng LJ, Kenna MA, Khababa I, Lilley M, Mao R, Muralidharan K, Otani IM, Rehm HL, Schaefer F, Seltzer WK, Spector EB, Springer MA, Weck KE, Wenstrup RJ, Withrow S, Wu BL, Zariwala MA, Schrijver I. A multicenter study of the frequency and distribution of GJB2 and GJB6 mutations in a large North American cohort. Genet Med. 2007 Jul; 9(7):413-26.
9. Jeng LJ, Balice-Gordon RJ, Messing A, Fischbeck KH, Scherer SS. The effects of a dominant connexin32 mutant in myelinating Schwann cells. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2006 Jul; 32(3):283-98.
10. Mehra S, Christ L, Jeng L, Zinn AB, Schwartz S. Characterization of a familial balanced rec(13) in a child with mild MR and his half-sibling with two structurally rearranged chromosomes 13. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Aug 30; 137(2):217-21.
11. Scherer SS, Xu YT, Messing A, Willecke K, Fischbeck KH, Jeng LJ. Transgenic expression of human connexin32 in myelinating Schwann cells prevents demyelination in connexin32-null mice. J Neurosci. 2005 Feb 9; 25(6):1550-9.

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