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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2012

No evidence for pathogenic variants or maternal effect of ZFP57 as the cause of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.

Susanne E Boonen, Johanne M D Hahnemann, Deborah Mackay, Niels Tommerup, Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, Zeynep Tümer, Karen Grønskov

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Susanne E BoonenCenter for Applied Human Molecular Genetics, The Kennedy Center, Glostrup, Denmark. seb@kennedy.dk
Johanne M D Hahnemann
Deborah Mackay
Niels Tommerup
Karen Brøndum-Nielsen
Zeynep Tümer
Karen Grønskov
Kennedy Center · DKSalisbury NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome, which, in 50-60% of sporadic cases, is caused by hypomethylation of KCNQ1OT1 differentially methylated region (DMR) at chromosome 11p15.5. The underlying defect of this hypomethylation is largely unknown. Recently, recessive mutations of the ZFP57 gene were reported in patients with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus type 1, showing hypomethylation at multiple imprinted loci, including KCNQ1OT1 DMR in some. The aim of our study was to determine whether ZFP57 alterations were a genetic cause of the hypomethylation at KCNQ1OT1 DMR in patients with BWS. We sequenced ZFP57 in 27 BWS probands and in 23 available mothers to test for a maternal effect. We identified three novel, presumably benign sequence variants in ZFP57; thus, we found no evidence for ZFP57 alterations as a major cause in sporadic BWS cases.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationBeckwith-Wiedemann SyndromeChromosomes, Human, Pair 11DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleGenetic TestingHumansInheritance PatternsMaleMutationRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsZFP57 protein, human

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PMID21863059
PMCPMC3234508
OpenAlexW1964470181

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