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Trial reportMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2019

A De Novo heterozygous frameshift mutation identified in BCL11B causes neurodevelopmental disorder by whole exome sequencing.

Fengchang Qiao, Chen Wang, Chunyu Luo, Yan Wang, Binbin Shao, Jianxin Tan, Ping Hu, Zhengfeng Xu

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Trial report in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. BCL11B-related disease: a single phenotypic entity?European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025
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  6. [BCL11B associated disorder a case report in Mexican population. Case report].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024
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  12. A Bcl11bFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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  18. Identification of two novel variants of theFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022
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  19. Case report: A novel truncating variant ofFrontiers in pediatrics · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fengchang QiaoDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Chen WangDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Chunyu LuoDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Binbin ShaoDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Jianxin TanDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Ping HuDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Zhengfeng XuDepartment of Prenatal Diagnosis, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health care Hospital, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7824-7578
Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNext-generation sequencing has been invaluable to delineate the genetic etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in recent years. BCL11B, encoding Cys

methodsHerein, we describe a Chinese girl presenting craniofacial abnormalities, developmental delay and intellectual disability with speech impairment. Exomes of genes were enriched with the Agilent SureSelect QXT ALL Human Exon V6 kit and sequenced on Illumina Hiseq 2500 platform.

resultsAfter variants filtering and annotation, we identified a de novo heterozygous 11bp frameshift mutation NM_138576.4: c.2190_2200delGGACGCACGAC (p.Thr730Thrfs*151) in exon 4 of BCL11B, which is expected to escape nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and probably result in a truncated protein with lack of the C-terminal DNA-binding zinc-finger domains.

conclusionThis is the first report of NDD caused by a BCL11B variant in a Chinese population. The mutation identified in this report broadens the knowledge of mutation spectrum of BCL11B and might help in genetic counseling and reducing reproductive risk.

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Frameshift MutationHeterozygoteChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFemaleHumansNeurodevelopmental DisordersNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor ProteinsBCL11B protein, humanRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor ProteinsBCL11Bdevelopmental delayintellectual disabilityneurodevelopmentwhole exome sequencing

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