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ArticleNeurology. Genetics2025

Deep Intronic SVA_E Insertion Identified as the Most Common Pathogenic Variant Associated With Canavan Disease: A Diagnostic Blind Spot.

Carlos A Dominguez Gonzalez, Katrina M Bell, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Michelle G de Silva, Aída Lemes, Cristina Zabala, Florencia Pérez-Vidarte, Alfredo Cerisola, Arastoo Vossough, Matthew T Whitehead and 19 more

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Article in Neurology. Genetics, 2025. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Carlos A Dominguez GonzalezDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
Katrina M BellMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3667
Ramakrishnan RajagopalanDivision of Genomic Diagnostics, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-9239
Michelle G de SilvaMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Aída LemesCentro de Referencia Nacional de Defectos Congénitos y Enfermedades Raras (CRENADECER), Banco de Previsión Social, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0737-0841
Cristina ZabalaCentro de Referencia Nacional de Defectos Congénitos y Enfermedades Raras (CRENADECER), Banco de Previsión Social, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3413-7083
Florencia Pérez-VidarteUnidad Académica de Neuropediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6902-0273
Alfredo CerisolaCentro de Referencia Nacional de Defectos Congénitos y Enfermedades Raras (CRENADECER), Banco de Previsión Social, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-2828
Arastoo VossoughDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-427X
Matthew T WhiteheadDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5077-693X
Chloe CunninghamMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2525-1936
Natasha J BrownMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-9191
Rebecca QuinVictorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8589-6909
Cas SimonsCentre for Population Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-8042
Thomas ConwayMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3966-5109
Eloise UebergangMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0305-7822
Rocio RiusDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9871-3126
Meutia A KumaheriGenomics and Inherited Disease Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5841-3727
Emma R KotesDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9943-728X
Ananya VohraDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2709-324X
Miranda P G ZaluskyDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4721-7499
Zachary B AndersonDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7292-2535
Sophie H R StorzDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3099-9738
Sydney A WardDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3206-1725
Joy GoffenaDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-2879
Jonas A GustafsonDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5748-905X
Susan M WhiteVictorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-634X
Adeline VanderverDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6290-6751
Danny E MillerDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6096-8601

Funding

Validation of the GMFC-MLDU54NS115052 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Adeline Lucie Vanderver · 2019 to 2026
$14.3M
Long-read DNA and RNA sequencing to identify disease-causing genetic variation and streamline testingDP5OD033357 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MILLER, DANNY ERWIN · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
NIH HHS DP5 OD033357NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS115052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Canavan disease (CD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which biallelic pathogenic variants in Methods: We used long-read sequencing (LRS) to investigate 8 individuals clinically and biochemically diagnosed with CD but who had negative genetic testing results. We performed targeted LRS using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies platform for 3 unrelated individuals and PacBio HiFi for an additional individual from our cohort. We performed targeted LRS on barcoded and pooled samples from the remaining affected individuals. To investigate functional impact on gene function, we performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) with and without cycloheximide on fibroblasts. We then evaluated the allele frequency in the population using gnomAD. Results: We identified an ∼2,600-bp SVA_E retrotransposon intronic insertion in Discussion: Our study identified the most common pathogenic variant in

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