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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2016

Biallelic IARS Mutations Cause Growth Retardation with Prenatal Onset, Intellectual Disability, Muscular Hypotonia, and Infantile Hepatopathy.

Robert Kopajtich, Kei Murayama, Andreas R Janecke, Tobias B Haack, Maximilian Breuer, A S Knisely, Inga Harting, Toya Ohashi, Yasushi Okazaki, Daisaku Watanabe and 18 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. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Robert KopajtichInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Kei MurayamaDepartment of Metabolism, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba 266-0007, Japan; Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba 260-8717, Japan.
Andreas R JaneckeDepartment of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Division of Human Genetics, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Tobias B HaackInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Maximilian BreuerDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
A S KniselyInstitute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK; Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Inga HartingDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Toya OhashiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan.
Yasushi OkazakiDivision of Translational Research, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Hidaka, Saitama 350-1241, Japan; Division of Functional Genomics & Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Hidaka, Saitama 350-1241, Japan.
Daisaku WatanabeDepartment of Large Animal Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
Yoshimi TokuzawaDivision of Functional Genomics & Systems Medicine, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Hidaka, Saitama 350-1241, Japan.
Urania KotzaeridouDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Stefan KölkerDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Sven SauerDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias CarlDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Simon StraubDepartment of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Andreas EntenmannDepartment of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Elke GizewskiDepartment of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
René G FeichtingerDepartment of Paediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, SALK Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Johannes A MayrDepartment of Paediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, SALK Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Karoline LacknerInstitute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Tim M StromInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Thomas MeitingerInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Thomas MüllerDepartment of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Akira OhtakeDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama 350-0495, Japan.
Georg F HoffmannDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Holger ProkischInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Christian StaufnerDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: christian.staufner@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEInnsbruck Medical University · ATSaitama Medical University · JPMedical University of Graz · ATParacelsus Medical University · ATChiba Cancer Center · JPJikei University School of Medicine · JPKitasato University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

tRNA synthetase deficiencies are a growing group of genetic diseases associated with tissue-specific, mostly neurological, phenotypes. In cattle, cytosolic isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IARS) missense mutations cause hereditary weak calf syndrome. Exome sequencing in three unrelated individuals with severe prenatal-onset growth retardation, intellectual disability, and muscular hypotonia revealed biallelic mutations in IARS. Studies in yeast confirmed the pathogenicity of identified mutations. Two of the individuals had infantile hepatopathy with fibrosis and steatosis, leading in one to liver failure in the course of infections. Zinc deficiency was present in all affected individuals and supplementation with zinc showed a beneficial effect on growth in one.

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AllelesMutationAdolescentAnimalsChildChild, PreschoolDietary SupplementsFatty LiverFemaleFetal Growth RetardationFibrosisHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntellectual DisabilityIsoleucine-tRNA LigaseIsoleucine-tRNA LigaseZinc

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PMID27426735
PMCPMC4974065
OpenAlexW2468765363

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