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Parenti, I.* ; Gervasini, C.* ; Pozojevic, J.* ; Wendt, K.S.* ; Watrin, E.* ; Azzollini, J.* ; Braunholz, D.* ; Buiting, K.* ; Cereda, A.* ; Engels, H.* ; Garavelli, L.* ; Glazar, R.* ; Graffmann, B.* ; Larizza, L.* ; Lüdecke, H.J.* ; Mariani, M.* ; Masciadri, M.* ; Pié, J.* ; Ramos, F.J.* ; Russo, S.* ; Selicorni, A.* ; Stefanova, M.* ; Strom, T.M. ; Werner, R.* ; Wierzba, J.* ; Zampino, G.* ; Gillessen-Kaesbach, G.* ; Wieczorek, D.* ; Kaiser, F.J.*

Expanding the clinical spectrum of the "HDAC8-phenotype" - implications for molecular diagnostics, counselling and risk prediction.

Clin. Genet. 89, 564-573 (2016)
DOI PMC
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a clinically heterogeneous disorder characterized by typical facial dysmorphism, cognitive impairment and multiple congenital anomalies. Approximately 75% of patients carry a variant in one of the five cohesin-related genes NIPBL, SMC1A, SMC3, RAD21 and HDAC8. Herein we report on the clinical and molecular characterization of eleven patients carrying ten distinct variants in HDAC8. Given the high number of variants identified so far, we advise sequencing of HDAC8 as an indispensable part of the routine molecular diagnostic for patients with CdLS or CdLS-overlapping features. The phenotype of our patients is very broad whereas males tend to be more severely affected than females, who instead often present with less canonical CdLS features. The extensive clinical variability observed in the heterozygous females might be at least partially associated with a completely skewed X-inactivation, observed in seven out of eight female patients. Our cohort also includes two affected siblings whose unaffected mother was found to be mosaic for the causative mutation inherited to both affected children. This further supports the urgent need for an integration of highly sensitive sequencing technology to allow an appropriate molecular diagnostic, genetic counselling and risk prediction.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Cohesin ; Cornelia De Lange Syndrome ; Hdac8 ; X-inactivation ; Mosaicism; De-lange-syndrome; Intellectual Disability; Phenotypic Spectrum; Hdac8 Mutations; Nipped-b; Cornelia; Nipbl; Individuals; Mosaicism; Homolog
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0009-9163
e-ISSN 1399-0004
Journal Clinical Genetics
Quellenangaben Volume: 89, Issue: 5, Pages: 564-573 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Publishing Place Hoboken
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Human Genetics (IHG)