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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2016

Bi-allelic Truncating Mutations in TANGO2 Cause Infancy-Onset Recurrent Metabolic Crises with Encephalocardiomyopathy.

Laura S Kremer, Felix Distelmaier, Bader Alhaddad, Maja Hempel, Arcangela Iuso, Clemens Küpper, Chris Mühlhausen, Reka Kovacs-Nagy, Robin Satanovskij, Elisabeth Graf and 11 more

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05374616 (Natural History Study and Establishment of a Biorepository-TANGO2-related Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05374616 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Natural History Study and Establishment of a Biorepository-TANGO2-related Disorder

TypeobservationalSponsorBaylor College of MedicineRan2018 to 2030Enrolled300ConditionsTANGO2-related DisorderArmsObservation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura S KremerInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Felix DistelmaierDepartment of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Bader AlhaddadInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany.
Maja HempelInstitute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Arcangela IusoInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Clemens KüpperDepartment of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany; DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Chris MühlhausenUniversity Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Reka Kovacs-NagyInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany.
Robin SatanovskijInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany.
Elisabeth GrafInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Riccardo BeruttiInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Gertrud EcksteinInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Richard DurbinWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
Sascha SauerMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Otto-Warburg Laboratory, 14195 Berlin, Germany; CU Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Georg F HoffmannDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Metabolic Medicine and Neuropediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Tim M StromInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
René SanterUniversity Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Thomas MeitingerInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany. Electronic address: meitinger@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Thomas KlopstockDepartment of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336 Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany; DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Holger ProkischInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Tobias B HaackInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DETechnical University of Munich · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEDüsseldorf University Hospital · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity of Würzburg · DEWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders is challenging because of extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity. By exome sequencing, we identified three different bi-allelic truncating mutations in TANGO2 in three unrelated individuals with infancy-onset episodic metabolic crises characterized by encephalopathy, hypoglycemia, rhabdomyolysis, arrhythmias, and laboratory findings suggestive of a defect in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Over the course of the disease, all individuals developed global brain atrophy with cognitive impairment and pyramidal signs. TANGO2 (transport and Golgi organization 2) encodes a protein with a putative function in redistribution of Golgi membranes into the endoplasmic reticulum in Drosophila and a mitochondrial localization has been confirmed in mice. Investigation of palmitate-dependent respiration in mutant fibroblasts showed evidence of a functional defect in mitochondrial β-oxidation. Our results establish TANGO2 deficiency as a clinically recognizable cause of pediatric disease with multi-organ involvement.

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AllelesMutationArrhythmias, CardiacCardiomyopathiesChild, PreschoolExomeFemaleHumansInfantMaleMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesPedigree

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PMID26805782
PMCPMC4746337
OpenAlexW2278091985

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