| Literature DB >> 25944382 |
Jeroen Breckpot1, Britt-Marie Anderlid2, Yasemin Alanay3, Moira Blyth4, Afane Brahimi5, Bénédicte Duban-Bedu5, Odile Gozé6, Helen Firth7, Mustafa Cengiz Yakicier8, Greet Hens9, Maissa Rayyan10, Eric Legius1, Joris Robert Vermeesch1, Koen Devriendt1.
Abstract
We report on seven novel patients with a submicroscopic 22q12 deletion. The common phenotype constitutes a contiguous gene deletion syndrome on chromosome 22q12.1q12.2, featuring NF2-related schwannoma of the vestibular nerve, corpus callosum agenesis and palatal defects. Combining our results with the literature, eight patients are recorded with palatal defects in association with haploinsufficiency of 22q12.1, including the MN1 gene. These observations, together with the mouse expression data and the finding of craniofacial malformations including cleft palate in a Mn1-knockout mouse model, suggest that this gene is a candidate gene for cleft palate in humans.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25944382 PMCID: PMC4795238 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.65
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Hum Genet ISSN: 1018-4813 Impact factor: 4.246