Characterising chromosome rearrangements: recent technical advances in molecular cytogenetics

S Le Scouarnec, SM Gribble - Heredity, 2012 - nature.com
Genomic rearrangements can result in losses, amplifications, translocations and inversions
of DNA fragments thereby modifying genome architecture, and potentially having clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Constitutional chromothripsis rearrangements involve clustered double-stranded DNA breaks and nonhomologous repair mechanisms

WP Kloosterman, M Tavakoli-Yaraki… - Cell reports, 2012 - cell.com
Chromothripsis represents a novel phenomenon in the structural variation landscape of
cancer genomes. Here, we analyze the genomes of ten patients with congenital disease …

Genetic basis of single-suture synostoses: genes, chromosomes and clinical implications

W Lattanzi, N Bukvic, M Barba, G Tamburrini… - Child's Nervous …, 2012 - Springer
Background Non syndromic craniosynostoses are the most frequent craniofacial
malformations worldwide. They represent a wide and heterogeneous group of entities, in …

Genome-wide sequencing for the identification of rearrangements associated with Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder

SD Hooper, ACV Johansson, C Tellgren-Roth… - BMC Medical …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder in children
characterized by motor and verbal tics. Although several genes have been suggested in the …

Structural chromosome rearrangements

K Kaiser-Rogers, KW Rao - The principles of clinical cytogenetics, 2012 - Springer
The subject of structural chromosome rearrangements is an immense one, to which entire
catalogs have been devoted. Indeed, there are theoretically an almost infinite number of …

De novo deletions and duplications detected by array CGH: a study of parental origin in relation to mechanisms of formation and size of imbalance

C Sibbons, JK Morris, JA Crolla, PA Jacobs… - European journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
We report a large series of 173 patients with physical and/or neurological abnormalities and
a de novo imbalance identified by array CGH. Breakpoint intervals were screened for the …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal gametic transmission of translocations or inversions of human chromosome 11p15. 5 results in regional DNA hypermethylation and downregulation …

AC Smith, M Suzuki, R Thompson, S Choufani… - Genomics, 2012 - Elsevier
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome associated with genetic
or epigenetic alterations in one of two imprinted domains on chromosome 11p15. 5. Rarely …

A retrospective study of balanced chromosomal translocations in a Turkish population

N Karakus, N Kara, S Tural, I Kocak… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The balanced translocations are accepted as chromosomal rearrangements that do not
generally reflect any phenotypic evidence. However, phenotypical influences can be seen in …

A novel chromosomal translocation and heteromorphism in a female with recurrent pregnancy loss—a case study

V Ananthapur, S Avvari, V Cingeetham… - Journal of assisted …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the clinical, biochemical and cytogenetic analyses of a couple with
reproductive failure. Methods A couple with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss was …

What have studies of genomic disorders taught us about our genome?

AD Simmons, CMB Carvalho, JR Lupski - Genomic Structural Variants …, 2012 - Springer
The elucidation of genomic disorders began with molecular technologies that enabled
detection of genomic changes which were (a) smaller than those resolved by traditional …