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ArticleMolecular syndromology2014

Microdeletions including FMR1 in three female patients with intellectual disability - further delineation of the phenotype and expression studies.

A M Zink, E Wohlleber, H Engels, O K Rødningen, K Ravn, S Heilmann, J Rehnitz, N Katzorke, C Kraus, S Blichfeldt and 8 more

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Article in Molecular syndromology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

A M ZinkInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
E WohlleberInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
H EngelsInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
O K RødningenDepartment of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
K RavnApplied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Glostrup, Denmark.
S HeilmannInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
J RehnitzMolecular Genetics and Infertility Unit, Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Women Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
N KatzorkeMolecular Genetics and Infertility Unit, Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Women Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
C KrausInstitute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
S BlichfeldtPediatric Department L55, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
P HoffmannInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
H ReutterInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
F F BrockschmidtInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
M Kreiß-NachtsheimInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
P H VogtMolecular Genetics and Infertility Unit, Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Women Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
T E PrescottDepartment of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Z TümerApplied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Glostrup, Denmark ; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
J A LeeInstitute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany ; Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, S.C., USA.
University of Bonn · DEKennedy Center · DKOslo University Hospital · NOFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEGenomics (United Kingdom) · GBGlostrup Hospital · DKUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common causes of intellectual disability/developmental delay (ID/DD), especially in males. It is caused most often by CGG trinucleotide repeat expansions, and less frequently by point mutations and partial or full deletions of the FMR1 gene. The wide clinical spectrum of affected females partly depends on their X-inactivation status. Only few female ID/DD patients with microdeletions including FMR1 have been reported. We describe 3 female patients with 3.5-, 4.2- and 9.2-Mb de novo microdeletions in Xq27.3-q28 containing FMR1. X-inactivation was random in all patients, yet they presented with ID/DD as well as speech delay, macrocephaly and other features attributable to FXS. No signs of autism were present. Here, we further delineate the clinical spectrum of female patients with microdeletions. FMR1 expression studies gave no evidence for an absolute threshold below which signs of FXS present. Since FMR1 expression is known to be highly variable between unrelated females, and since FMR1 mRNA levels have been suggested to be more similar among family members, we further explored the possibility of an intrafamilial effect. Interestingly, FMR1 mRNA levels in all 3 patients were significantly lower than in their respective mothers, which was shown to be specific for patients with microdeletions containing FMR1.

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ExpressionFMR1Intellectual disabilityMicrodeletionXq27.3–q28

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PMID24715853
PMCPMC3977317
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