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ArticleClinical epigenetics2017

Mosaic genome-wide maternal isodiploidy: an extreme form of imprinting disorder presenting as prenatal diagnostic challenge.

Susanne Bens, Manuel Luedeke, Tanja Richter, Melanie Graf, Julia Kolarova, Gotthold Barbi, Krisztian Lato, Thomas F Barth, Reiner Siebert

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanne BensInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Manuel LuedekeInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Tanja RichterInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Melanie GrafInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Julia KolarovaInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Gotthold BarbiInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Krisztian LatoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Thomas F BarthInstitute of Pathology, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Reiner SiebertInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm & Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Universität Ulm · DEUniversity Hospital Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUniparental disomy of certain chromosomes are associated with a group of well-known genetic syndromes referred to as imprinting disorders. However, the extreme form of uniparental disomy affecting the whole genome is usually not compatible with life, with the exception of very rare cases of patients with mosaic genome-wide uniparental disomy reported in the literature.

resultsWe here report on a fetus with intrauterine growth retardation and malformations observed on prenatal ultrasound leading to invasive prenatal testing. By cytogenetic (conventional karyotyping), molecular cytogenetic (QF-PCR, FISH, array), and methylation (MS-MLPA) analyses of amniotic fluid, we detected mosaicism for one cell line with genome-wide maternal uniparental disomy and a second diploid cell line of biparental inheritance with trisomy X due to paternal isodisomy X. As expected for this constellation, we observed DNA methylation changes at all imprinted loci investigated.

conclusionsThis report adds new information on phenotypic outcome of mosaic genome-wide maternal uniparental disomy leading to an extreme form of multilocus imprinting disturbance. Moreover, the findings highlight the technical challenges of detecting these rare chromosome disorders prenatally.

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Genomic ImprintingAdultDNA MethylationFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMosaicismPregnancyUltrasonography, PrenatalUniparental DisomyDNA methylationGenome-wide maternal uniparental disomyImprintingMultilocus imprinting disturbancesPrenatal diagnostics

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