The Diagnostic Journey of a Patient with Prader-Willi-Like Syndrome and a Unique Homozygous SNURF-SNRPN Variant; Bio-Molecular Analysis and Review of the Literature.
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RHEB/mTOR hyperactivity causes cortical malformations and epileptic seizures through increased axonal connectivity.
Proietti Onori M, Koene LMC, Schäfer CB, Nellist M, de Brito van Velze M, Gao Z, Elgersma Y, van Woerden GM. PLoS Biol. 2021 May 26;19(5):e3001279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001279. eCollection 2021 May. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34038402/)
TAOK1 is associated with neurodevelopmental disorder and essential for neuronal maturation and cortical development. van Woerden GM, Bos M, de Konink C, Distel B, Avagliano Trezza R, Shur NE, Barañano K, Mahida S, Chassevent A, Schreiber A, Erwin AL, Gripp KW, Rehman F, Brulleman S, McCormack R, de Geus G, Kalsner L, Sorlin A, Bruel AL, Koolen DA, Gabriel MK, Rossi M, Fitzpatrick DR, Wilkie AOM, Calpena E, Johnson D, Brooks A, van Slegtenhorst M, Fleischer J, Groepper D, Lindstrom K, Innes AM, Goodwin A, Humberson J, Noyes A, Langley KG, Telegrafi A, Blevins A, Hoffman J, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Juusola J, Monaghan KG, Punj S, Simon M, Pfundt R, Elgersma Y, Kleefstra T. Hum Mutat. 2021 Apr;42(4):445-459. doi: 10.1002/humu.24176. Epub 2021 Mar 1. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33565190/)
Netrin-G2 dysfunction causes a Rett-like phenotype with areflexia.
Heimer G, van Woerden GM, Barel O, Marek-Yagel D, Kol N, Munting JB, Borghei M, Atawneh OM, Nissenkorn A, Rechavi G, Anikster Y, Elgersma Y, Kushner SA, Ben Zeev B. Hum Mutat. 2020 Feb;41(2):476-486. doi: 10.1002/humu.23945. Epub 2019 Nov 15. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31692205/)
The intellectual disability-associated CAMK2G p.Arg292Pro mutation acts as a pathogenic gain-of-function.
Proietti Onori M, Koopal B, Everman DB, Worthington JD, Jones JR, Ploeg MA, Mientjes E, van Bon BW, Kleefstra T, Schulman H, Kushner SA, Küry S, Elgersma Y, van Woerden GM. Hum Mutat. 2018 Dec;39(12):2008-2024. doi: 10.1002/humu.23647. Epub 2018 Sep 19. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30184290/)
De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability.
Küry S, van Woerden GM, Besnard T, Proietti Onori M, Latypova X, Towne MC, Cho MT, Prescott TE, Ploeg MA, Sanders S, Stessman HAF, Pujol A, Distel B, Robak LA, Bernstein JA, Denommé-Pichon AS, Lesca G, Sellars EA, Berg J, Carré W, Busk ØL, van Bon BWM, Waugh JL, Deardorff M, Hoganson GE, Bosanko KB, Johnson DS, Dabir T, Holla ØL, Sarkar A, Tveten K, de Bellescize J, Braathen GJ, Terhal PA, Grange DK, van Haeringen A, Lam C, Mirzaa G, Burton J, Bhoj EJ, Douglas J, Santani AB, Nesbitt AI, Helbig KL, Andrews MV, Begtrup A, Tang S, van Gassen KLI, Juusola J, Foss K, Enns GM, Moog U, Hinderhofer K, Paramasivam N, Lincoln S, Kusako BH, Lindenbaum P, Charpentier E, Nowak CB, Cherot E, Simonet T, Ruivenkamp CAL, Hahn S, Brownstein CA, Xia F, Schmitt S, Deb W, Bonneau D, Nizon M, Quinquis D, Chelly J, Rudolf G, Sanlaville D, Parent P, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Toutain A, Sutton VR, Thies J, Peart-Vissers LELM, Boisseau P, Vincent M, Grabrucker AM, Dubourg C; Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Tan WH, Verbeek NE, Granzow M, Santen GWE, Shendure J, Isidor B, Pasquier L, Redon R, Yang Y, State MW, Kleefstra T, Cogné B; GEM HUGO; Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study, Petrovski S, Retterer K, Eichler EE, Rosenfeld JA, Agrawal PB, Bézieau S, Odent S, Elgersma Y, Mercier S. Am J Hum Genet. 2017 Nov 2;101(5):768-788. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.10.003. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29100089/)
Variation in a range of mTOR-related genes associates with intracranial volume and intellectual disability.
Reijnders MRF, Kousi M, van Woerden GM, Klein M, Bralten J, Mancini GMS, van Essen T, Proietti-Onori M, Smeets EEJ, van Gastel M, Stegmann APA, Stevens SJC, Lelieveld SH, Gilissen C, Pfundt R, Tan PL, Kleefstra T, Franke B, Elgersma Y, Katsanis N, Brunner HG. Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 20;8(1):1052. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00933-6. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29051493/)