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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2017

Identification of causative variants in TXNL4A in Burn-McKeown syndrome and isolated choanal atresia.

Jacqueline A C Goos, Sigrid M A Swagemakers, Stephen R F Twigg, Marieke F van Dooren, A Jeannette M Hoogeboom, Christian Beetz, Sven Günther, Frank J Magielsen, Charlotte W Ockeloen, Maria A Ramos-Arroyo and 9 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Jacqueline A C GoosDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Sigrid M A SwagemakersDepartment of Bioinformatics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Stephen R F TwiggClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Marieke F van DoorenDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A Jeannette M HoogeboomDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Christian BeetzDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Sven GüntherDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Frank J MagielsenDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Charlotte W OckeloenDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Maria A Ramos-ArroyoDepartment of Medical Genetics, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Rolph PfundtDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Helger G YntemaDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Peter J van der SpekClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Philip StanierGenetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Dagmar WieczorekInstitute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Andrew O M WilkieClinical Genetics Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Ans M W van den OuwelandDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Irene M J MathijssenDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jane A HurstClinical Genetics Department, NE Thames Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
Erasmus MC · NLJena University Hospital · DERadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBComplejo Hospitalario de Navarra · ESHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBRadboud University Medical Center · NL

Funding

Wellcome Trust 102731/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burn-McKeown syndrome (BMKS) is a rare syndrome characterized by choanal atresia, prominent ears, abnormalities of the outer third of the lower eyelid, structural cardiac abnormalities, conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, and cleft lip. Recently, causative compound heterozygous variants were identified in TXNL4A. We analyzed an individual with clinical features of BMKS and her parents by whole-genome sequencing and identified compound heterozygous variants in TXNL4A (a novel splice site variant (c.258-2A>G, (p.?)) and a 34 bp promoter deletion (hg19 chr18:g.77748581_77748614del (type 1Δ) in the proband). Subsequently, we tested a cohort of 19 individuals with (mild) features of BMKS and 17 individuals with isolated choanal atresia for causative variants in TXNL4A by dideoxy-sequence analysis. In one individual with BMKS unrelated to the first family, we identified the identical compound heterozygous variants. In an individual with isolated choanal atresia, we found homozygosity for the same type 1Δ promoter deletion, whilst in two cousins from a family with choanal atresia and other minor anomalies we found homozygosity for a different deletion within the promoter (hg19 chr18: g.77748604_77748637del (type 2Δ)). Hence, we identified causative recessive variants in TXNL4A in two individuals with BMKS as well as in three individuals (from two families) with isolated choanal atresia.

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Gene DeletionChoanal AtresiaDeafnessFaciesFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHeterozygoteHomozygoteHumansMalePedigreePromoter Regions, GeneticRibonucleoprotein, U5 Small NuclearRibonucleoprotein, U5 Small NuclearTXNL4A protein, human

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PMID28905882
PMCPMC5602009
OpenAlexW2739449886

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