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ArticleHuman mutation2016

Identification of Intragenic Exon Deletions and Duplication of TCF12 by Whole Genome or Targeted Sequencing as a Cause of TCF12-Related Craniosynostosis.

Jacqueline A C Goos, Aimee L Fenwick, Sigrid M A Swagemakers, Simon J McGowan, Samantha J L Knight, Stephen R F Twigg, A Jeannette M Hoogeboom, Marieke F van Dooren, Frank J Magielsen, Steven A Wall and 4 more

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Article in Human mutation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The role of pathogenic TCF12 variants in children with coronal craniosynostosis-a systematic review with addition of two novel cases.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  16. Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Genetic Pathophysiology of Craniosynostosis.International journal of biological sciences · 2019
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  17. Two novel variants in theThe application of clinical genetics · 2019
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  18. Clinical genetics of craniosynostosis.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacqueline A C GoosErasmus MC, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Aimee L FenwickClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Sigrid M A SwagemakersErasmus MC, Department of Bioinformatics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Simon J McGowanComputational Biology Research Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Samantha J L KnightNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Stephen R F TwiggClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
A Jeannette M HoogeboomErasmus MC, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Marieke F van DoorenErasmus MC, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Frank J MagielsenErasmus MC, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Steven A WallCraniofacial Unit, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Irene M J MathijssenErasmus MC, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Andrew O M WilkieClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Peter J van der SpekErasmus MC, Department of Bioinformatics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ans M W van den OuwelandErasmus MC, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NLOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 090532/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 102731Wellcome Trust 102731/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TCF12-related craniosynostosis can be caused by small heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in TCF12. Large intragenic rearrangements, however, have not been described yet. Here, we present the identification of four large rearrangements in TCF12 causing TCF12-related craniosynostosis. Whole-genome sequencing was applied on the DNA of 18 index cases with coronal synostosis and their family members (43 samples in total). The data were analyzed using an autosomal-dominant disease model. Structural variant analysis reported intragenic exon deletions (of sizes 84.9, 8.6, and 5.4 kb) in TCF12 in three different families. The results were confirmed by deletion-specific PCR and dideoxy-sequence analysis. Separately, targeted sequencing of the TCF12 genomic region in a patient with coronal synostosis identified a tandem duplication of 11.3 kb. The pathogenic effect of this duplication was confirmed by cDNA analysis. These findings indicate the importance of screening for larger rearrangements in patients suspected to have TCF12-related craniosynostosis.

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Sequence DeletionTandem Repeat SequencesBase SequenceBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCraniosynostosesExonsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMutationPedigreeSequence Analysis, DNABasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsTCF12 protein, humanexon duplicationintragenic exon deletionrearrangementsTCF12-related craniosynostosis

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PMID27158814
PMCPMC4949653
OpenAlexW2346417126

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