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ArticleJournal of medical genetics2007

Novel deletions of 14q11.2 associated with developmental delay, cognitive impairment and similar minor anomalies in three children.

Farah Zahir, Helen V Firth, Agnes Baross, Allen D Delaney, Patrice Eydoux, William T Gibson, Sylvie Langlois, Howard Martin, Lionel Willatt, Marco A Marra and 1 more

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Farah ZahirDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Children's and Women's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. farahz@interchange.ubc.ca
Helen V Firth
Agnes Baross
Allen D Delaney
Patrice Eydoux
William T Gibson
Sylvie Langlois
Howard Martin
Lionel Willatt
Marco A Marra
Jan M Friedman
University of British Columbia · CAAddenbrooke's Hospital · GBBC Cancer Agency · CAChildren's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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resultsWe identified de novo submicroscopic chromosome 14q11.2 deletions in two children with idiopathic developmental delay and cognitive impairment. Vancouver patient 5566 has a approximately 200 kb deletion and Vancouver patient 8326 has a approximately 1.6 Mb deletion. The Database of Chromosomal Imbalance and Phenotype in Humans using Ensembl Resources (DECIPHER) revealed a third patient with idiopathic developmental delay and cognitive impairment, DECIPHER patient 126, who has a approximately 1.1 Mb deletion of 14q11.2. The deletion of patient 5566 overlaps that of patient 126 and both of these deletions lie entirely within that of patient 8326. All three children have similar dysmorphic features, including widely-spaced eyes, short nose with flat nasal bridge, long philtrum, prominent Cupid's bow of the upper lip, full lower lip and similar auricular anomalies.

conclusionThe minimal common deletion region on chromosome 14q11.2 is only approximately 35 kb (from 20.897 to 20.932, University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Browser; build hg18, March 2006) and includes only two genes, SUPT16H and CHD8, which are good candidate genes for the phenotypes. The non-recurrent breakpoints of these patients, the presence of normal copy number variants in the region and the local genomic structure support the notion that this region has reduced stability.

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Chromosome DeletionAbnormalities, MultipleCell Cycle ProteinsChromosomes, Human, Pair 14Cognition DisordersDevelopmental DisabilitiesDNA-Binding ProteinsEar, ExternalFaceFemaleGene DosageHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfant, NewbornIntellectual DisabilityMaleCell Cycle ProteinsCHD8 protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsSUPT16H protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID17545556
PMCPMC2597953
OpenAlexW2140630253

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