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ReviewBMC medical genomics2024

Heterozygous truncating variant of TAOK1 in a boy with periventricular nodular heterotopia: a case report and literature review of TAOK1-related neurodevelopmental disorders.

Anna Cavalli, Stefano Giuseppe Caraffi, Susanna Rizzi, Gabriele Trimarchi, Manuela Napoli, Daniele Frattini, Carlotta Spagnoli, Livia Garavelli, Carlo Fusco

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Review in BMC medical genomics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Expanding the phenotype and genotype spectrum of TAOK1 neurodevelopmental disorder and delineating TAOK2 neurodevelopmental disorder.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna CavalliChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy. anna.cavalli@ausl.re.it.
Stefano Giuseppe CaraffiMedical Genetics Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Susanna RizziChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Gabriele TrimarchiMedical Genetics Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Manuela NapoliNeuroradiology Unit, Arcispedale santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Daniele FrattiniChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Carlotta SpagnoliChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Livia Garavelli *Medical Genetics Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Carlo Fusco *Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITOspedale Santa Maria · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThousand and one amino-acid kinase 1 (TAOK1) encodes the MAP3K protein kinase TAO1, which has recently been displayed to be essential for neuronal maturation and cortical differentiation during early brain development. Heterozygous variants in TAOK1 have been reported in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, with or without macrocephaly, hypotonia and mild dysmorphic traits. Literature reports lack evidence of neuronal migration disorders in TAOK1 patients, although studies in animal models suggest this possibility. CASE PRESENTATION: We provide a clinical description of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder due to a novel TAOK1 truncating variant, whose brain magnetic resonance imaging displays periventricular nodular heterotopia.

conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first report of a neuronal migration disorder in a patient with a TAOK1-related neurodevelopmental disorder, thus supporting the hypothesized pathogenic mechanisms of TAOK1 defects.

Indexed as

Neurodevelopmental DisordersPeriventricular Nodular HeterotopiaAmino AcidsAnimalsBrainChildHumansMalePhosphorylationAmino AcidsASDAutismMacrocephalyNeurodevelopmental disordersNeuronal migration disordersPeriventricular nodular heterotopiaPNHPVNHTAOK1

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PMID38443934
PMCPMC10916022
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