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ArticleeLife2016

Genetic dissection of Down syndrome-associated congenital heart defects using a new mouse mapping panel.

Eva Lana-Elola, Sheona Watson-Scales, Amy Slender, Dorota Gibbins, Alexandrine Martineau, Charlotte Douglas, Timothy Mohun, Elizabeth Mc Fisher, Victor Lj Tybulewicz

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eva Lana-ElolaThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Sheona Watson-ScalesThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Amy SlenderThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Dorota GibbinsThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Alexandrine MartineauThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Charlotte DouglasThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Timothy MohunThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Elizabeth Mc FisherDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom.
Victor Lj TybulewiczThe Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-0798
The Francis Crick Institute · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UKMedical Research Council G0601056Medical Research Council MC_U117527252Medical Research Council U117527252Wellcome Trust 080174Wellcome Trust 098328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21), is the most common cause of congenital heart defects (CHD), yet the genetic and mechanistic causes of these defects remain unknown. To identify dosage-sensitive genes that cause DS phenotypes, including CHD, we used chromosome engineering to generate a mapping panel of 7 mouse strains with partial trisomies of regions of mouse chromosome 16 orthologous to Hsa21. Using high-resolution episcopic microscopy and three-dimensional modeling we show that these strains accurately model DS CHD. Systematic analysis of the 7 strains identified a minimal critical region sufficient to cause CHD when present in 3 copies, and showed that it contained at least two dosage-sensitive loci. Furthermore, two of these new strains model a specific subtype of atrio-ventricular septal defects with exclusive ventricular shunting and demonstrate that, contrary to current hypotheses, these CHD are not due to failure in formation of the dorsal mesenchymal protrusion.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromosome MappingDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeGene DosageGenetic LociHeart Defects, CongenitalMicechromosome engineeringcongenital heart defectsdevelopmental biologyDown syndromehuman biologymedicinemousemouse geneticsstem cells

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PMID26765563
PMCPMC4764572
OpenAlexW2247836688

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