Genetics of intellectual disability

HH Ropers - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2008 - Elsevier
Early onset intellectual disability (ID) is one of the largest unsolved problems of health care.
Yet, it has received very little public attention in the past because many health care …

[HTML][HTML] Contemplating effects of genomic structural variation

JA Buchanan, SW Scherer - Genetics in Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Two developments have sparked new directions in the genetics-to-genomics transition for
research and medical applications: the advance of whole-genome assays by array or DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Breakpoint mapping and array CGH in translocations: comparison of a phenotypically normal and an abnormal cohort

J Baptista, C Mercer, E Prigmore, SM Gribble… - The American Journal of …, 2008 - cell.com
We report the analyses of breakpoints in 31 phenotypically normal and 14 abnormal carriers
of balanced translocations. Our study assesses the differences between balanced …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangements from the developmental genome anatomy project

AW Higgins, FS Alkuraya, AF Bosco, KK Brown… - The American Journal of …, 2008 - cell.com
Apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangements in individuals with major congenital
anomalies represent natural experiments of gene disruption and dysregulation. These …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic genomic imbalances in patients with de novo or familial apparently balanced translocations and abnormal phenotype

C Sismani, S Kitsiou-Tzeli, M Ioannides… - Molecular …, 2008 - Springer
Background Carriers of apparently balanced translocations are usually phenotypically
normal; however in about 6% of de novo cases, an abnormal phenotype is present. In the …

Disruption of sodium bicarbonate transporter SLC4A10 in a patient with complex partial epilepsy and mental retardation

CA Gurnett, R Veile, J Zempel, L Blackburn… - Archives of …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine gene (s) disrupted in a patient with partial frontal lobe epilepsy and
cognitive impairment with concomitant de novo balanced chromosomal translocation t (2; …

Array painting reveals a high frequency of balanced translocations in breast cancer cell lines that break in cancer-relevant genes

KD Howarth, KA Blood, BL Ng, JC Beavis, Y Chua… - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Chromosome translocations in the common epithelial cancers are abundant, yet little is
known about them. They have been thought to be almost all unbalanced and therefore …

[HTML][HTML] FISH mapping of de novo apparently balanced chromosome rearrangements identifies characteristics associated with phenotypic abnormality

JA Fantes, E Boland, J Ramsay, D Donnai… - The American Journal of …, 2008 - cell.com
We report fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping of 152, mostly de novo,
apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangement (ABCR) breakpoints in 76 individuals, 30 …

Molecular characterization of a patient with 3p deletion syndrome and a review of the literature

TV Fernandez, IJ García‐González… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3p deletion syndrome is a rare disorder involving developmental delay, dysmorphic
physical features, and growth retardation. Molecular mapping of several cases in the …

Complex rearrangement of chromosomes 7q21. 13‐q22. 1 confirms the ectrodactyly‐deafness locus and suggests new candidate genes

L Bernardini, C Palka, C Ceccarini… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Complex chromosomal rearrangements with more than two breakpoints are rare. We report
on a 5‐year‐old girl, evaluated because of psychomotor delay, ectrodactyly of right hand …