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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2023

Germline pathogenic variants in HNRNPU are associated with alterations in blood methylome.

Sunwoo Lee, Eguzkine Ochoa, Magdalena Badura-Stronka, Deirdre Donnelly, Damien Lederer, Sally A Lynch, Alice Gardham, Jenny Morton, Helen Stewart, France Docquier and 5 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Sunwoo LeeDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Eguzkine OchoaDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Magdalena Badura-StronkaPoznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
Deirdre DonnellyNorthern Ireland Regional Genetics Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust/City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Damien LedererCentre for Human Genetics, IPG, Charleroi, Belgium.
Sally A LynchDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Alice GardhamLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Genetics Service, Middlesex, UK.
Jenny MortonWest Midlands Regional Clinical Genetics Service and Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Helen StewartOxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
France DocquierDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Fay RodgerDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Ezequiel MartinDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Ana ToribioDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Eamonn R MaherDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6226-6918
Meena BalasubramanianDepartment of Oncology & Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. m.balasubramanian@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1488-3695
University of Cambridge · GBBelfast Health and Social Care Trust · GBBirmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust · GBChildren's Health Ireland at Crumlin · IEInstitute of Pathology and Genetics · BELondon North West Healthcare NHS Trust · GBOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBPoznan University of Medical Sciences · PLSheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V037307/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HNRNPU encodes a multifunctional RNA-binding protein that plays critical roles in regulating pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA stability, and translation. Aberrant expression and dysregulation of HNRNPU have been implicated in various human diseases, including cancers and neurological disorders. We applied a next generation sequencing based assay (EPIC-NGS) to investigate genome-wide methylation profiling for >2 M CpGs for 7 individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with HNRNPU germline pathogenic loss-of-function variants. Compared to healthy individuals, 227 HNRNPU-associated differentially methylated positions were detected. Both hyper- and hypomethylation alterations were identified but the former predominated. The identification of a methylation episignature for HNRNPU-associated neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) implicates HNPRNPU-related chromatin alterations in the aetiopathogenesis of this disorder and suggests that episignature profiling should have clinical utility as a predictor for the pathogenicity of HNRNPU variants of uncertain significance. The detection of a methylation episignaure for HNRNPU-associated NDD is consistent with a recent report of a methylation episignature for HNRNPK-associated NDD.

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EpigenomeNeurodevelopmental DisordersDNA MethylationGerm CellsGerm-Line MutationHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UHumansHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UHNRNPU protein, human

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PMID37407733
PMCPMC10474128
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