| Literature DB >> 19525954 |
Marco Henneke1, Simone Diekmann, Andreas Ohlenbusch, Jens Kaiser, Volkher Engelbrecht, Alfried Kohlschütter, Ralph Krätzner, Marcos Madruga-Garrido, Michèle Mayer, Lennart Opitz, Diana Rodriguez, Franz Rüschendorf, Johannes Schumacher, Holger Thiele, Sven Thoms, Robert Steinfeld, Peter Nürnberg, Jutta Gärtner.
Abstract
Congenital cytomegalovirus brain infection without symptoms at birth can cause a static encephalopathy with characteristic patterns of brain abnormalities. Here we show that loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding the RNASET2 glycoprotein lead to cystic leukoencephalopathy, an autosomal recessive disorder with an indistinguishable clinical and neuroradiological phenotype. Congenital cytomegalovirus infection and RNASET2 deficiency may both interfere with brain development and myelination through angiogenesis or RNA metabolism.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19525954 DOI: 10.1038/ng.398
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330