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Genes (Basel) ; 12(12)2021 12 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34946966

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Congenital microcephaly causes smaller than average head circumference relative to age, sex and ethnicity and is most usually associated with a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders. The underlying etiology is highly heterogeneous and can be either environmental or genetic. Disruption of any one of multiple biological processes, such as those underlying neurogenesis, cell cycle and division, DNA repair or transcription regulation, can result in microcephaly. This etiological heterogeneity manifests in a clinical variability and presents a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, leaving an unacceptably large proportion of over half of microcephaly patients without molecular diagnosis. To elucidate the clinical and genetic landscapes of congenital microcephaly, we sequenced the exomes of 191 clinically diagnosed patients with microcephaly as one of the features. We established a molecular basis for microcephaly in 71 patients (37%), and detected novel variants in five high confidence candidate genes previously unassociated with this condition. We report a large number of patients with mutations in tubulin-related genes in our cohort as well as higher incidence of pathogenic mutations in MCPH genes. Our study expands the phenotypic and genetic landscape of microcephaly, facilitating differential clinical diagnoses for disorders associated with most commonly disrupted genes in our cohort.


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Sequenciamento do Exoma/métodos , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Microcefalia/genética , Mutação , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Microcefalia/diagnóstico por imagem , Linhagem , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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Fertil Steril ; 85(6): 1822.e1-4, 2006 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16759930

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OBJECTIVE: To conduct clinical, genetic, and molecular diagnostics of two sisters with typical symptoms of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Research laboratory at a university of medical science. PATIENT(S): Two patients with 46,XY karyotype and a female phenotype were diagnosed because of primary amenorrhea. Their sister with 46,XX karyotype, her daughter, and five other family members including their mother also were examined. INTERVENTION(S): Orchiectomy, estrogen substitution therapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Cancer prophylaxis. RESULT(S): Multiple-temperature single-stranded conformation polymorphism and sequence analyses of the androgen receptor gene (AR) revealed a c.C2812T transition in exon 7 in the two sisters. Their mother and the third sister (46,XX) were carriers of the same mutation. This mutation, which previously had never been reported, resulted in Pro817Leu substitution in the ligand-binding domain of the androgen. Computer simulation of structural changes generated by Pro817Leu substitution revealed appreciable conformational changes in the region responsible for dimerization of the receptor. CONCLUSION(S): The novel c.C2812T transition that might impair dimerization of the receptor is responsible for the clinical symptoms of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in the affected individuals. Molecular analysis of AR proved to be very useful for genetic counseling of the unaffected sister, who was a carrier of the same mutation.


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Síndrome de Resistência a Andrógenos/genética , Disgenesia Gonadal 46 XY/genética , Receptores Androgênicos/química , Receptores Androgênicos/genética , Adulto , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Dimerização , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Masculino , Mães , Linhagem
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