Refinement of the critical 2p25.3 deletion region: the role of MYT1L in intellectual disability and obesity
Author(s) -
Nina De Rocker,
Sarah Vergult,
David A. Koolen,
Eva Jacobs,
Alexander Hoischen,
Susan Zeesman,
Birgitte Bang,
Frédérique Béna,
Nele Bockaert,
Ernie M.H.F. Bongers,
Thomy de Ravel,
Koenraad Devriendt,
Sabrina Giglio,
Laurence Faivre,
Shelagh Joss,
Saskia M. Maas,
Nathalie Marle,
Francesca Novara,
Małgorzata J.M. Nowaczyk,
Hilde Peeters,
Abeltje M. Polstra,
Filip Roelens,
Carla Rosenberg,
Julien Théve,
Zeynep Tümer,
Suzanne Vanhauwaert,
Konstantinos Varvagiannis,
Andy Willaert,
Marjolein H. Willemsen,
Marjolaine Willems,
Orsetta Zuffardi,
Paul Coucke,
Frank Speleman,
Evan E. Eichler,
Tjitske Kleefstra,
Björn Menten
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1038/gim.2014.124
Subject(s) - haploinsufficiency , gene duplication , intellectual disability , zebrafish , genetics , biology , copy number variation , gene , phenotype , medicine , genome
Submicroscopic deletions of chromosome band 2p25.3 are associated with intellectual disability and/or central obesity. Although MYT1L is believed to be a critical gene responsible for intellectual disability, so far no unequivocal data have confirmed this hypothesis.
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