| Literature DB >> 18500341 |
Trilochan Sahoo1, Daniela del Gaudio, Jennifer R German, Marwan Shinawi, Sarika U Peters, Richard E Person, Adolfo Garnica, Sau Wai Cheung, Arthur L Beaudet.
Abstract
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is caused by deficiency for one or more paternally expressed imprinted transcripts within chromosome 15q11-q13, including SNURF-SNRPN and multiple small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs). Balanced chromosomal translocations that preserve expression of SNURF-SNRPN and centromeric genes but separate the snoRNA HBII-85 cluster from its promoter cause PWS. A microdeletion of the HBII-85 snoRNAs in a child with PWS provides, in combination with previous data, effectively conclusive evidence that deficiency of HBII-85 snoRNAs causes the key characteristics of the PWS phenotype, although some atypical features suggest that other genes in the region may make more subtle phenotypic contributions.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18500341 PMCID: PMC2705197 DOI: 10.1038/ng.158
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330