DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes
Marquez J, Mann N, Arana K, Deniz E, Ji W, Konstantino M, Mis EK, Deshpande C, Jeffries L, McGlynn J, Hugo H, Widmeier E, Konrad M, Tasic V, Morotti R, Baptista J, Ellard S, Lakhani SA, Hildebrandt F, Khokha MK. DLG5 variants are associated with multiple congenital anomalies including ciliopathy phenotypes. Journal Of Medical Genetics 2020, 58: 453-464. PMID: 32631816, PMCID: PMC7785698, DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoss of ciliaPatient tissuesPatient variantsCongenital heart diseaseMultiple organ systemsMultiple congenital anomaliesDLG5 variantsVariety of pathologiesNephrotic syndromeHeart diseaseCongenital anomaliesRespiratory tractKidney tissueOrgan systemsCystic kidneysPatient phenotypesKidneyDiseaseLimb abnormalitiesUnrelated familiesRescue experimentsCraniofacial malformationsCilia dysfunctionTissue-specific manifestationsTissueA novel variant in MAP3K7 associated with an expanded cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome phenotype
AbuBakr F, Jeffries L, Ji W, McGrath JM, Lakhani SA. A novel variant in MAP3K7 associated with an expanded cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome phenotype. Molecular Case Studies 2020, 6: mcs.a005207. PMID: 32299812, PMCID: PMC7304360, DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a005207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiospondylocarpofacial syndromePathogenic variantsValvular heart diseaseDistinctive cutaneous findingsLikely pathogenic variantsCutaneous findingsFlexion contractureHeart diseaseSecond toePatientsShort statureGrowth factorProtein kinase kinase kinase 7Facial dysmorphismSyndrome phenotypeMissense variantsSyndromeKinase 7Kinase 1Novel variantsSixth variantSplice variantsPhenotypeFrame deletionInflammation