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Paula Waters

Professeure associée, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé
FMSS Département de pédiatrie

Présentation

Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche

inherited metabolic disorders, inborn errors of metabolism

Adhésions

  • Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM). London, Royaume-Uni.
  • Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD). La Jolla, California, États-Unis.
  • Ordre des chimistes du Québec. Montreal, Québec, Canada.
  • Canadian College of Medical Geneticists. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  • Garrod Association. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  • (2025-). RARE.Qc. Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Qualifications

  • Fellow of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (FCCMG). Specialisation in biochemical genetics. Canadian College of Medical Geneticists. trained at UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (2002-2004).
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Human Genetics. McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (1994-1997).

Diplômes

  • (1989-1993). PhD. Biochemistry. University of Bath. Bath, England, Royaume-Uni.
  • (1985-1989). B.Sc. (Honours). Biochemistry. University of Bath. Bath, England, Royaume-Uni.

Expériences académiques

  • Professeure associée (Adjunct professor). (2012-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
  • Responsable scientifique (Scientific director), laboratoire de génétique biochimique. (2011-). Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
  • Member of Clinical Faculty. (2002-2012). University of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Clinical Laboratory Scientist. (2002-2011). BC Children's Hospital. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate. (1998-2002). McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Publications

Articles

  • Denis Cyr, Bruno Maranda, Paula J. Waters. (2026). Quantitative Succinylacetone Measurement by Gas Chromatography‐Tandem Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS/MS) Facilitates Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Characterization of Tyrosinemia Type 1 and Other Hypersuccinylacetonemias. JIMD Reports. DOI
  • Berrahmoune, S., Dassi, C., Pekeles, H., Cheung, A.C.T., Gagnon, T., Waters, P.J., Buhas, D., Myers, K.A. (2025). Investigating the safety and efficacy of deoxycytidine/deoxythymidine in mitochondrial DNA depletion disorders: phase 2 open-label trial. Journal of Neurology. DOI
  • Boutin, M., Maranda, B., Waters, P.J. (2024). Analysis of Globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in Liquid Urine: A Straightforward Assay Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Current Protocols. DOI
  • Ghannoum, M., Waters, P.J., Hovda, K.E., Choquette, G., Elgstøen, K.B.P., Nygaard, I., Rootwelt, H., Hickey, D., Yazdani, M., Bourque, D.K. (2024). Can endogenous ethylene glycol production occur in humans? A detailed investigation of adult monozygotic twin sisters. Clinical Toxicology. DOI
  • Rivest, J.-F., Carter, S., Goupil, C., Antérieux, P., Cyr, D., Ung, R.-V., Dal Soglio, D., Mac-Way, F., Waters, P.J., Paganelli, M., Doyon, Y. (2024). In vivo dissection of the mouse tyrosine catabolic pathway with CRISPR-Cas9 identifies modifier genes affecting hereditary tyrosinemia type 1. Genetics. DOI
  • Pekeles, H., Berrahmoune, S., Dassi, C., Cheung, A.C.T., Gagnon, T., Waters, P.J., Eberhard, R., Buhas, D., Myers, K.A. (2024). Safety and efficacy of deoxycytidine/deoxythymidine combination therapy in POLG-related disorders: 6-month interim results of an open-label, single arm, phase 2 trial. eClinicalMedicine. DOI
  • van Vliet, K., Dijkstra, A.M., Bouva, M.J., van der Krogt, J., Bijsterveld, K., van der Sluijs, F., de Sain-van der Velden, M.G., Koop, K., Rossi, A., Thomas, J.A., Patera, C.A., Kiewiet, M.B.G., Waters, P.J., Cyr, D., Boelen, A., van Spronsen, F.J., Heiner-Fokkema, M.R. (2023). Maleic acid is a biomarker for maleylacetoacetate isomerase deficiency; implications for newborn screening of tyrosinemia type 1. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Wang, Y., Yang, H., Geerts, C., Furtos, A., Waters, P., Cyr, D., Wang, S., Mitchell, G.A. (2023). The multiple facets of acetyl-CoA metabolism: Energetics, biosynthesis, regulation, acylation and inborn errors. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Yang, H., Wang, Y., Tang, M.-C., Waters, P., Wang, S., Allard, P., Ryan, R.O., Nuyt, A.-M., Paradis, P., Schiffrin, E.L., Furtos, A., Mitchell, G.A. (2022). Cardiac-specific deficiency of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase in mice causes cardiomyopathy and a distinct pattern of acyl-coenzyme A-related biomarkers. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Zhao, C., Wang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, S., Tang, M.-C., Cyr, D., Parente, F., Allard, P., Waters, P., Furtos, A., Yang, G., Mitchell, G.A. (2022). Propionic acidemia in mice: Liver acyl-CoA levels and clinical course. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Thuriot, F., Gravel, E., Hodson, K., Ganopolsky, J., Rakic, B., Waters, P.J., Gravel, S., Lévesque, S. (2021). Molecular diagnosis of pompe disease in the genomic era: Correlation with acid alpha-glucosidase activity in dried blood spots. Journal of Clinical Medicine. DOI
  • Thuriot, F., Gravel, E., Buote, C., Doyon, M., Lapointe, E., Marcoux, L., Larue, S., Nadeau, A., Chénier, S., Waters, P.J., Jacques, P.-E., Gravel, S., Lévesque, S. (2020). Molecular diagnosis of muscular diseases in outpatient clinics: A Canadian perspective. Neurology: Genetics. DOI
  • Agudelo, D., Carter, S., Velimirovic, M., Duringer, A., Rivest, J.-F., Levesque, S., Loehr, J., Mouchiroud, M., Cyr, D., Waters, P.J., Laplante, M., Moineau, S., Goulet, A., Doyon, Y. (2020). Versatile and robust genome editing with Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR1-Cas9. Genome Research. DOI
  • Levtova, A., Waters, P.J., Buhas, D., Lévesque, S., Auray-Blais, C., Clarke, J.T.R., Laframboise, R., Maranda, B., Mitchell, G.A., Brunel-Guitton, C., Braverman, N.E. (2019). Combined malonic and methylmalonic aciduria due to ACSF3 mutations: Benign clinical course in an unselected cohort. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Lace, B., Buhas, D., Gravel, S., Cyr, D., Boucher, R.-M., Bernard, G., Lévesque, S., Maranda, B. (2019). HSD10 mitochondrial disease: p.Leu122Val variant, mild clinical phenotype, and founder effect in French-Canadian patients from Quebec. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine. DOI
  • Thuriot, F., Buote, C., Gravel, E., Chénier, S., Désilets, V., Maranda, B., Waters, P.J., Jacques, P.-E., Lévesque, S. (2018). Clinical validity of phenotype-driven analysis software PhenoVar as a diagnostic aid for clinical geneticists in the interpretation of whole-exome sequencing data. Genetics in Medicine. DOI
  • Yang, H., Rossignol, F., Cyr, D., Laframboise, R., Wang, S.P., Soucy, J.-F., Berthier, M.-T., Giguère, Y., Waters, P.J., Mitchell, G.A. (2018). Mildly elevated succinylacetone and normal liver function in compound heterozygotes with pathogenic and pseudodeficient FAH alleles. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. DOI
  • Yang, H., Al-Hertani, W., Cyr, D., Laframboise, R., Parizeault, G., Wang, S.P., Rossignol, F., Berthier, M.-T., Giguère, Y., Waters, P.J., Mitchell, G.A., Alvarez, F., Brunel-Guitton, C., Buhas, D., Dubois, J., Gosselin, M., Halac, U., Maranda, B., Mitchell, J., Turcotte, J.-F. (2017). Hypersuccinylacetonaemia and normal liver function in maleylacetoacetate isomerase deficiency. Journal of Medical Genetics. DOI
  • Wortmann, S.B., Chen, M.A., Colombo, R., Pontoglio, A., Alhaddad, B., Botto, L.D., Yuzyuk, T., Coughlin, C.R., Descartes, M., Grűnewald, S., Maranda, B., Mills, P.B., Pitt, J., Potente, C., Rodenburg, R., Kluijtmans, L.A.J., Sampath, S., Pai, E.F., Wevers, R.A., ... White, S.M. (2017). Mild orotic aciduria in UMPS heterozygotes: a metabolic finding without clinical consequences. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Battat, R., Kopylov, U., Byer, J., Sewitch, M.J., Rahme, E., Nedjar, H., Zelikovic, E., Dionne, S., Bessissow, T., Afif, W., Waters, P.J., Seidman, E., Bitton, A. (2017). Vitamin B 12 deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease: A prospective observational pilot study. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. DOI
  • Lévesque, S., Auray-Blais, C., Gravel, E., Boutin, M., Dempsey-Nunez, L., Jacques, P.-E., Chenier, S., Larue, S., Rioux, M.-F., Al-Hertani, W., Nadeau, A., Mathieu, J., Maranda, B., Désilets, V., Waters, P.J., Keutzer, J., Austin, S., Kishnani, P. (2016). Diagnosis of late-onset Pompe disease and other muscle disorders by next-generation sequencing. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Thuriot, F., Clarke, J.T.R., Gravel, S., Watkins, D., Rosenblatt, D.S., Lévesque, S. (2016). Methylmalonyl-coA epimerase deficiency: A new case, with an acute metabolic presentation and an intronic splicing mutation in the MCEE gene. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. DOI
  • Thompson Legault, J., Strittmatter, L., Tardif, J., Sharma, R., Tremblay-Vaillancourt, V., Aubut, C., Boucher, G., Clish, C.B., Cyr, D., Daneault, C., Waters, P.J., Morin, C., Laprise, C., Rioux, J.D., Mootha, V.K., Des Rosiers, C., Aliskashani, A., Allen, B.G., Beauchamp, C., ... Villeneuve, J. (2015). A Metabolic Signature of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Revealed through a Monogenic Form of Leigh Syndrome. Cell Reports. DOI
  • Braun, R.J., Dumit, V.I., Monpays, C., Roucou, X., Serrano, D., St-Pierre, J., Waters, P.J., Bates, I., Gris, D. (2015). Struggling for breath in sherbrooke: 1st symposium on “one mitochondrion, many diseases” in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, March 11th, 2015. Microbial Cell. DOI
  • Al-Thihli, K., Ebrahim, H., Hughes, D.A., Patel, M., Tipple, M., Salvarinova, R., Gardiner, J., Vallance, H., Waters, P.J. (2012). A variant of unknown significance in the GLA gene causing diagnostic uncertainty in a young female with isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Gene. DOI
  • Pfeffer, G., Waters, P.J., Maguire, J., Vallance, H.D., Wong, V.A., Mezei, M.M. (2012). Levator palpebrae biopsy and diagnosis of progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. DOI
  • Roefs, A.M., Waters, P.J., Moore, G.R.W., Dolman, P.J. (2012). Orbicularis oculi muscle biopsies for mitochondrial DNA analysis in suspected mitochondrial myopathy. British Journal of Ophthalmology. DOI
  • Coulter-Mackie, M.B., Li, A., Lian, Q., Struys, E., Stockler, S., Waters, P.J. (2012). Overexpression of human antiquitin in E. coli: Enzymatic characterization of twelve ALDH7A1 missense mutations associated with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, S., Horvath, G.A., Coulter-Mackie, M., Nelson, T., Waters, P.J., Sargent, M., Struys, E., Jakobs, C., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S., Connolly, M.B. (2012). Profound neonatal hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis caused by pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Pediatrics. DOI
  • Mills, P.B., Footitt, E.J., Ceyhan, S., Waters, P.J., Jakobs, C., Clayton, P.T., Struys, E.A. (2012). Urinary AASA excretion is elevated in patients with molybdenum cofactor deficiency and isolated sulphite oxidase deficiency. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Alfadhel, M., Sirrs, S., Waters, P.J., Szeitz, A., Struys, E., Coulter-Mackie, M., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S. (2012). Variability of phenotype in two sisters with pyridoxine dependent epilepsy. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. DOI
  • Mattman, A., O'Riley, M., Waters, P.J., Sinclair, G., Mezei, M.M., Clark, L., Hendson, G., Vallance, H., Sirrs, S. (2011). Diagnosis and management of patients with mitochondrial disease. British Columbia Medical Journal.
  • van Karnebeek, C.D.M., Waters, P.J., Sargent, M.A., Mezey, M.M., Wong, L.-J., Wang, J., Stöckler-Ipsiroglu, S. (2011). Expanding the clinical phenotype of the mitochondrial m.13513G>A mutation with the first report of a fatal neonatal presentation. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. DOI
  • Horvath, G.A., Selby, K., Poskitt, K., Hyland, K., Waters, P.J., Coulter-Mackie, M., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S.G. (2011). Hemiplegic migraine, seizures, progressive spastic paraparesis, mood disorder, and coma in siblings with low systemic serotonin. Cephalalgia. DOI
  • Alfadhel, M., Lillquist, Y.P., Waters, P.J., Sinclair, G., Struys, E., Mcfadden, D., Hendson, G., Hyams, L., Shoffner, J., Vallance, H.D. (2011). Infantile cardioencephalopathy due to a COX15 gene defect: Report and review. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. DOI
  • Schrader, K.A., Heravi-Moussavi, A., Waters, P.J., Senz, J., Whelan, J., Ha, G., Eydoux, P., Nielsen, T., Gallagher, B., Oloumi, A., Boyd, N., Fernandez, B.A., Young, T.-L., Jones, S.J.M., Hirst, M., Shah, S.P., Marra, M.A., Green, J., Huntsman, D.G. (2011). Using next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of rare disorders: A family with retinitis pigmentosa and skeletal abnormalities. Journal of Pathology. DOI
  • McLarren, K.W., Severson, T.M., Du Souich, C., Stockton, D.W., Kratz, L.E., Cunningham, D., Hendson, G., Morin, R.D., Wu, D., Paul, J.E., An, J., Nelson, T.N., Chou, A., Debarber, A.E., Merkens, L.S., Michaud, J.L., Waters, P.J., Yin, J., McGillivray, B., ... Boerkoel, C.F. (2010). Hypomorphic temperature-sensitive alleles of NSDHL cause CK syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics. DOI
  • Gallagher, R.C., Van Hove, J.L.K., Scharer, G., Hyland, K., Plecko, B., Waters, P.J., Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, S., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S., Salomons, G.S., Rosenberg, E.H., Struys, E.A., Jakobs, C. (2009). Folinic acid-responsive seizures are identical to pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. DOI
  • Lehman, A.M., Schultz, K.R., Poskitt, K., Bjornson, B., Keyes, R., Waters, P.J., Clarke, L.A., Everett, R., McConnell, D., Stockler, S. (2009). Intracranial calcification after cord blood neonatal transplantation for Krabbe disease. Neuropediatrics. DOI
  • Rosenberg, E.H., Struys, E.A., Hyland, K., Plecko, B., Waters, P.J., Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, S., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S., Gallagher, R.C., Scharer, G., Van Hove, J.L.K., Jakobs, C., Salomons, G.S. (2009). Mutation detection in DNA isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and urine: Clinical utility and pitfalls of multiple displacement amplification. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, S., Reilly, C., Human, D., Waters, P.J., Stoeckler-Ipsiroglu, S. (2009). Progression of organ manifestations upon enzyme replacement therapy in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis type I/Hurler. World Journal of Pediatrics. DOI
  • Greenberg, C.R., Dilling, L.A., Thompson, G.R., Seargeant, L.E., Haworth, J.C., Phillips, S., Chan, A., Vallance, H.D., Waters, P.J., Sinclair, G., Lillquist, Y., Wanders, R.J.A., Olpin, S.E. (2009). The paradox of the carnitine palmitoyltransferase type Ia P479L variant in Canadian Aboriginal populations. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Wang, J., Brautbar, A., Chan, A.K., Dzwiniel, T., Li, F.-y., Waters, P.J., Graham, B.H., Wong, L.-J. (2009). Two mtDNA mutations 14487T>C (M63V, ND6) and 12297T>C (tRNA Leu) in a Leigh syndrome family. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Horvath, G.A., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S.G., Salvarinova-Zivkovic, R., Lillquist, Y.P., Connolly, M., Hyland, K., Blau, N., Rupar, T., Waters, P.J. (2008). Autosomal recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I deficiency without hyperphenylalaninemia: Evidence of a phenotypic continuum between dominant and recessive forms. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Wong, L.J., Naviaux, R.K., Brunetti-Pierri, N., Zhang, Q., Schmitt, E.S., Truong, C., Milone, M., Cohen, B.H., Wical, B., Ganesh, J., Basinger, A.A., Burton, B.K., Swoboda, K., Gilbert, D.L., Vanderver, A., Saneto, R.P., Maranda, B., Arnold, G., Abdenur, J.E., ... Copeland, W.C. (2008). Molecular and clinical genetics of mitochondrial diseases due to POLG mutations. Human mutation. DOI
  • Coulter-Mackie, M.B., Lian, Q., Applegarth, D.A., Toone, J., Waters, P.J., Vallance, H. (2008). Mutation-based diagnostic testing for primary hyperoxaluria type 1: Survey of results. Clinical Biochemistry. DOI
  • Horvath, G.A., Davidson, A.G.F., Stockler-Ipsiroglu, S.G., Lillquist, Y.P., Waters, P.J., Olpin, S., Andresen, B.S., Palaty, J., Nelson, J., Vallance, H. (2008). Newborn screening for MCAD deficiency: Experience of the first three years in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. DOI
  • Brunetti-Pierri, N., Selby, K., O'Sullivan, M., Hendson, C., Truong, C., Waters, P.J., Wong, L.-J. (2008). Rapidly progressive neurological deterioration in a child with Alpers syndrome exhibiting a previously unremarkable brain MRI. Neuropediatrics. DOI
  • Andrade, J., Waters, P.J., Singh, R.S., Levin, A., Toh, B.-C., Vallance, H.D., Sirrs, S. (2008). Screening for fabry disease in patients with chronic kidney disease: Limitations of plasma α-galactosidase assay as a screening test. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. DOI
  • Basheer, S.N., Waters, P.J., Lam, C.W., Acquaviva-Bourdain, C., Hendson, G., Poskitt, K., Hukin, J. (2007). Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency in the newborn: Lactic acidaemia and leukoencephalopathy. Neuropediatrics. DOI
  • Hueber, P.-A., Waters, P., Clarke, P., Eccles, M., Goodyer, P. (2006). PAX2 inactivation enhances cisplatin-induced apoptosis in renal carcinoma cells. Kidney International. DOI
  • Demos, M.K., Waters, P.J., Vallance, H.D., Lillquist, Y., Makhseed, N., Hyland, K., Blau, N., Connolly, M.B. (2005). 6-Pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency with mild hyperphenylalaninemia. Annals of Neurology. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Khashu, M., Lillquist, Y., Senger, C., Mattman, A., Demos, M., Setchell, K., Rupar, A., Scott, P., Blau, N., Vallance, H.D. (2005). Neonatal hyperphenylalaninemia, perinatal hemochromatosis, and renal tubulopathy: A unique patient or a novel metabolic disorder?. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Makhseed, N., Vallance, H.D., Potter, M., Waters, P.J., Wong, L.T.K., Lillquist, Y., Pasquali, M., Amat di San Filippo, C., Longo, N. (2004). Carnitine transporter defect due to a novel mutation in the SLC22A5 gene presenting with peripheral neuropathy. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Waters, P.J. (2003). How PAH gene mutations cause hyper-phenylalaninemia and why mechanism matters: Insights from in vitro expression. Human Mutation. DOI
  • Scriver, C.R., Hurtubise, M., Konecki, D., Phommarinh, M., Prevost, L., Erlandsen, H., Stevens, R., Waters, P.J., Ryan, S., McDonald, D., Sarkissian, C. (2003). PAHdb 2003: What a locus-specific knowledgebase can do. Human Mutation. DOI
  • Waters, P.J. (2001). Degradation of mutant proteins, underlying "loss of functio" phenotypes plays a major role in genetic disease. Current Issues in Molecular Biology.
  • Waters, P.J., Parniak, M.A., Akerman, B.R., Scriver, C.R. (2001). Erratum: Characterization of phenylketonuria missense substitutions, distant from the phenylalanine hydroxylase active site, illustrates a paradigm for mechanism and potential modulation of phenotype (Molecular Genetics and Metabolism (2000) 69:2 (101-110)). Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Scriver, C.R., Parniak, M.A. (2001). Homomeric and heteromeric interactions between wild-type and mutant phenylalanine hydroxylase subunits: Evaluation of two-hybrid approaches for functional analysis of mutations causing hyperphenylalaninemia. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Parniak, M.A., Akerman, B.R., Scriver, C.R. (2000). Characterization of phenylketonuria missense substitutions, distant from the phenylalanine hydroxylase active site, illustrates a paradigm for mechanism and potential modulation of phenotype. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. DOI
  • Scriver, C.R., Waters, P.J., Sarkissian, C., Ryan, S., Prevost, L., Côté, D., Novak, J., Teebi, S., Nowacki, P.M. (2000). PAHdb: A locus-specific knowledgebase. Human Mutation. DOI
  • Scriver, C.R., Waters, P.J. (1999). Monogenic traits are not simple: Lessons from phenylketonuria. Trends in Genetics. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Parniak, M.A., Hewson, A.S., Scriver, C.R. (1998). Alterations in protein aggregation and degradation due to mild and severe missense mutations (A104D, R157N) in the human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene (PAH). Human Mutation. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Scriver, C.R., Parniak, M.A. (1998). Degradation rates differ between mutant and wild-type forms of phenylalanine hydroxylase expressed in vitro. Biochemical Society Transactions. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Parniak, M.A., Nowacki, P., Scriver, C.R. (1998). In vitro expression analysis of mutations in phenylalanine hydroxylase: Linking genotype to phenotype and structure to function. Human Mutation. DOI
  • Carter, K.C., Byck, S., Waters, P.J., Richards, B., Nowacki, P.M., Laframboise, R., Lambert, M., Treacy, E., Scriver, C.R. (1998). Mutation at the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene (PAH) and its use to document population genetic variation: The Quebec experience. European Journal of Human Genetics. DOI
  • Treacy, E.P., Delente, J.J., Elkas, G., Carter, K., Lambert, M., Waters, P.J., Scriver, C.R. (1997). Analysis of phenylalanine hydroxylase genotypes and hyperphenylalaninemia phenotypes using L-[1-13C]phenylalanine oxidation rates in vivo: A pilot study. Pediatric Research. DOI
  • Kayaalp, E., Treacy, E., Waters, P.J., Byck, S., Nowacki, P., Scriver, C.R. (1997). Human phenylalanine hydroxylase mutations and hyperphenylalaninemia phenotypes: A metanalysis of genotype-phenotype correlations. American Journal of Human Genetics. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Flynn, M.D., Pennock, C.A., Corrall, R.J.M., Greenwood, R.J., Eisenthal, R. (1995). Decreased Sialidase Activity in Mononuclear Leucocytes of Type 1 Diabetic Subjects: Relationship to Diabetic Complications and Glycaemic Control. Diabetic Medicine. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Flynn, M.D., Pennock, C.A. (1994). Association between serum cholesterol and leucocyte lysosomal function. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Corfield, A.P., Eisenthal, R., Pennock, C.A. (1994). Freeze-stable sialidase activity in human leucocytes: Substrate specificity, inhibitor susceptibility, detergent requirements and subcellular localization. Biochemical Journal. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Flynn, M.D., Corrall, R.J.M., Pennock, C.A. (1992). Increases in plasma lysosomal enzymes in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: relationship to diabetic complications and glycaemic control. Diabetologia. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Lewry, E., Pennock, C.A. (1992). Measurement of sialic acid in serum and urine: Clinical applications and limitations. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. DOI
  • Flynn, M.D., Corrall, R.J.M., Waters, P.J., Pennock, C.A. (1991). Sialic acid and cardiovascular mortality [18]. British Medical Journal.

Livres

  • Cyr, D., Boutin, M., Maranda, B., Waters, P.J. (2024). Enhanced differentiation between 3-hydroxyglutaric and 2-hydroxyglutaric acids facilitates diagnostic testing for glutaric aciduria type 1. Jimd Reports. DOI
  • Almuhsen, N., Guay, S.-P., Lefrancois, M., Gauvin, C., Al Bahlani, A.L.Q., Ahmed, N., Saint-Martin, C., Gagnon, T., Waters, P., Braverman, N., Buhas, D. (2021). Clinical utility of methionine restriction in adenosine kinase deficiency. JIMD Reports. DOI

Chapitres de livre

  • Kitzler, T.M., Gupta, I.R., Osterman, B., Poulin, C., Trakadis, Y., Waters, P.J., Buhas, D.C. (2019). Acute and chronic management in an atypical case of ethylmalonic encephalopathy. JIMD Reports. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Kitzler, T.M., Feigenbaum, A., Geraghty, M.T., Al-Dirbashi, O., Bherer, P., Auray-Blais, C., Gravel, S., McIntosh, N., Siriwardena, K., Trakadis, Y., Brunel-Guitton, C., Al-Hertani, W. (2018). Glutaric aciduria type 3: Three unrelated canadian cases, with different routes of ascertainment. JIMD Reports. DOI
  • Hannah-Shmouni, F., Sirrs, S., Mezei, M.M., Waters, P.J., Mattman, A. (2014). Increased prevalence of hypertension in young adults with high heteroplasmy levels of the MELAS m.3243A>G mutation. Jimd Reports. DOI

Articles de conférence

  • Waters, P.J., Parniak, M.A., Akerman, B.R., Jones, A.O., Scriver, C.R. (1999). Missense mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene (PAH) can cause accelerated proteolytic turnover of PAH enzyme: A mechanism underlying phenylketonuria. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Stacy Hewson, A., Scrtver, C.R., Treacy, E.P., Martinez, A., Knappskog, P.M., Parniak, M.A. (1997). Comparative analysis of phenylalanine hydroxylase A104D mutant, associated with variant phenylketonuria, and wild-type enzyme. Biochemical Society Transactions. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Flynn, M.D., Pennock, C.A., Corrall, R.J.M., Eisenthal, R. (1993). Diabetes-related changes in sialic acid content of leucocytes: An assay-dependent artefact ?. Biochemical Society Transactions. DOI
  • Waters, P.J., Lewry, E.M., Brimple, A.P., Pennock, C.A. (1992). Factors affecting the assay of urinary free and bound sialic acid. Biochemical Society Transactions. DOI

Autres contributions

Divers

  • Agudelo, D., Carter, S., Velimirovic, M., Duringer, A., Levesque, S., Rivest, J.-F., Loehr, J., Mouchiroud, M., Cyr, D., Waters, P.J., Laplante, M., Moineau, S., Goulet, A., Doyon, Y. (2018). Versatile and robust genome editing with Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR1-Cas9. Biorxiv.