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ArticleJournal of human genetics2024

Combined exome and whole transcriptome sequencing identifies a de novo intronic SRCAP variant causing DEHMBA syndrome with severe sleep disorder.

Silvia Morlino, Lorenzo Vaccaro, Maria Pia Leone, Grazia Nardella, Luigi Bisceglia, Rocco Pio Ortore, Giannandrea Verzicco, Lazzaro Cassano, Marco Castori, Davide Cacchiarelli and 1 more

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia Morlino *Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-1774
Lorenzo Vaccaro *Armenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-3241
Maria Pia LeoneDivision of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Grazia NardellaDivision of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Luigi BiscegliaDivision of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Rocco Pio OrtoreDivision of Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Foggia, Italy.
Giannandrea VerziccoDivision of Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Foggia, Italy.
Lazzaro CassanoDivision of Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Foggia, Italy.
Marco CastoriDivision of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy. m.castori@operapadrepio.it.
Davide CacchiarelliArmenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy.
Lucia MicaleDivision of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Viale Cappuccini snc, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza · ITScuola Superiore Meridionale · ITTelethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rare heterozygous variants in exons 33-34 of the SRCAP gene are associated with Floating-Harbor syndrome and have a dominant-negative mechanism of action. At variance, heterozygous null alleles falling in other parts of the same gene cause developmental delay, hypotonia, musculoskeletal defects, and behavioral abnormalities (DEHMBA) syndrome. We report an 18-year-old man with DEHMBA syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea, who underwent exome sequencing (ES) and whole transcriptome sequencing (WTS) on peripheral blood. Trio analysis prioritized the de novo heterozygous c.5658+5 G > A variant. WTS promptly demostrated four different abnormal transcripts affecting >40% of the reads, three of which leading to a frameshift. This study demonstrated the efficacy of a combined ES-WTS approach in solving undiagnosed cases. We also speculated that sleep respiratory disorder may be an underdiagnosed complication of DEHMBA syndrome.

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Exome SequencingAbnormalities, MultipleAdolescentDevelopmental DisabilitiesExomeHeterozygoteHumansIntronsMaleMuscle HypotoniaSleep Apnea, ObstructiveSleep Wake DisordersTranscriptome

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PMID38448605
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