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  • 1.
    Akram, Talia
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE-C)-PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Fatima, Ambrin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Hoeber, Jan
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Zakaria, Muhammad
    Tariq, Muhammad
    Baig, Shahid M.
    Schuster, Jens
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Aberrant splicing due to a novel RPS7 variant causes Diamond-Blackfan Anemia associated with spontaneous remission and meningocele2020In: International Journal of Hematology, ISSN 0925-5710, E-ISSN 1865-3774, Vol. 112, no 6, p. 894-899Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a congenital pure red cell aplasia caused by heterozygous variants in ribosomal protein genes. The hematological features associated with DBA are highly variable and non-hematological abnormalities are common. We report herein on an affected mother and her daughter presenting with transfusion-dependent anemia. The mother showed mild physical abnormalities and entered spontaneous remission at age 13 years. Her daughter was born with occipital meningocele. Exome sequencing of DNA from the mother revealed a heterozygous novel splice site variant (NM_001011.4:c.508-3T > G) in the Ribosomal Protein S7 gene (RPS7) inherited by the daughter. Functional analysis of the RPS7 variant expressed from a mini-gene construct revealed that the exon 7 acceptor splice site was replaced by a cryptic splice resulting in a transcript missing 64 bp of exon 7 (p.Val170Serfs*8). Our study confirms a pathogenic effect of a novel RPS7 variant in DBA associated with spontaneous remission in the mother and meningocele in her daughter, thus adding to the genotype-phenotype correlations in DBA.

  • 2.
    Ali, Zafar
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Jameel, Mohammad
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Khan, Kamal
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Fatima, Ambrin
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Raininko, Raili
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology.
    Baig, Shahid
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Novel SACS mutations associated with intellectual disability, epilepsy and widespread supratentorial abnormalities2016In: Journal of the Neurological Sciences, ISSN 0022-510X, E-ISSN 1878-5883, Vol. 371, p. 105-111Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We describe eight subjects from two consanguineous families segregating with autosomal recessive childhood onset spastic ataxia, peripheral neuropathy and intellectual disability. The degree of intellectual disability varied from mild to severe and all four affected individuals in one family developed aggressive behavior and epilepsy. Using exome sequencing, we identified two novel truncating mutations (c.2656C>T (p.Gln886*)) and (c.4756_4760delAATCA (p.Asn1586Tyrfs*3)) in the SACS gene responsible for autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS). MRI revealed typical cerebellar and pontine changes associated with ARSACS as well as multiple supratentorial changes in both families as likely contributing factors to the cognitive symptoms. Intellectual disability and behavioral abnormalities have been reported in some cases of ARSACS but are not a part of the characteristic triad of symptoms that includes cerebellar ataxia, spasticity and peripheral neuropathy. Our combined findings bring further knowledge to the phenotypic spectrum, neurodegenerative changes and genetic variability associated with the SACS gene of clinical and diagnostic importance.

  • 3.
    Ali, Zafar
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Zulfiqar, Shumaila
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Wikström, Johan
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology.
    Ullah, Farid
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Khan, Ayaz
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Abdullah, Uzma
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Baig, Shahid
    Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Homozygous GRID2 missense mutation predicts a shift in the D-serine binding domain of GluD2 in a case with generalized brain atrophy and unusual clinical features2017In: BMC Medical Genetics, E-ISSN 1471-2350, Vol. 18, no 1, article id 144Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    BACKGROUND: Spinocerebellar ataxias comprise a large and heterogeneous group of disorders that may present with isolated ataxia, or ataxia in combination with other neurologic or non-neurologic symptoms. Monoallelic or biallelic GRID2 mutations were recently reported in rare cases with cerebellar syndrome and variable degree of ataxia, ocular symptoms, hypotonia and developmental delay.

    CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a consanguineous family with autosomal recessive childhood onset of slowly progressive cerebellar ataxia and delayed psychomotor development in three siblings. MRI of an adult and affected family member revealed slightly widened cerebral and cerebellar sulci, suggesting generalized brain atrophy, and mild cerebellar atrophy. Using whole exome sequencing we identified a novel homozygous missense variant [c.2128C > T, p.(Arg710Trp)] in GRID2 that segregates with the disease. The missense variant is located in a conserved region encoding the extracellular serine-binding domain of the GluD2 protein and predicts a change in conformation of the protein.

    CONCLUSION: The widespread supratentorial brain abnormalities, absence of oculomotor symptoms, increased peripheral muscle tone and the novel missense mutation add to the clinical and genetic variability in GRID2 associated cerebellar syndrome. The neuroradiological findings in our family indicate a generalized neurodegenerative process to be taken into account in other families segregating complex clinical features and GRID2 mutations.

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  • 4.
    Angsten, Gertrud
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Gustafson, Elisabet
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Christofferson, Rolf H.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Resolution of infantile intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a boy2017In: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, E-ISSN 2213-5766, Vol. 24, p. 28-34Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A term boy with spontaneous passage of meconium exhibited episodes of abdominal distension and diarrhea. Due to failure to thrive and suspicion of Hischsprung's disease he was referred to our university hospital at five months of age. Rectal biopsies were normal. Laparotomy revealed dilation of the small bowel and colon without any mechanical obstruction. Full thickness bowel biopsies were taken and a loop ileostomy was constructed. Histopathology revealed fibrosing myopathy, Cajal cell hypertrophy, and neuronal degeneration in both the large and small bowel. The small bowel showed mastocytosis without inflammation. A central venous catheter was placed for vascular access, replaced three times and later switched to a subcutaneous venous port. Catheters were locked after use with vancomycin-heparin and later taurolidine. The individually tailored home parenteral nutrition contained unsaturated fatty acid lipids to reduce cholestasis. Initial insufficient growth was improved after correction of partial parenteral nutrition based on a metabolic balance study. The ileostomy was revised once and finally taken down at 11 years of age following one year without parenteral support. At follow-up at 13 years of age he has episodes of moderate abdominal pain and has entered puberty and reports a high quality of life. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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  • 5.
    Annerén, Göran
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Uddenfeldt, Ulrika
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
    Janols, Lars-Olof
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience.
    Asperger syndrome in a boy with a balanced de novo translocation: t(17;19)(p13.3;p11)1995In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0148-7299, E-ISSN 1096-8628, Vol. 56, no 3, p. 330p. 330-1Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 6.
    Arnell, Henrik
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Hjalmas, Kelm
    Jagervall, Martin
    Läckgren, Göran
    Stenberg, Arne
    Bengtsson, Bengt
    Wassen, Christer
    Emahazion, Tesfai
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Annerén, Göran
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pettersson, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Sundvall, Mats
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    The genetics of primary nocturnal enuresis: inheritance and suggestion of a second major gene on chromosome 12q1997In: Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0022-2593, E-ISSN 1468-6244, Vol. 34, no 5, p. 360-5Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE), or bedwetting at night, affects approximately 10% of 6 year old children. Genetic components contribute to the pathogenesis and recently one locus was assigned to chromosome 13q. We evaluated the genetic factors and the pattern of inheritance for PNE in 392 families. Dominant transmission was observed in 43% and an apparent recessive mode of inheritance was observed in 9% of the families. Among the 392 probands the ratio of males to females was 3:1 indicating sex linked or sex influenced factors. Linkage to candidate regions was tested in 16 larger families segregating for autosomal dominant PNE. A gene for PNE was excluded from chromosome 13q in 11 families, whereas linkage to the interval D13S263-D13S291 was suggested (Zmax = 2.1) in three families. Further linkage analyses excluded about 1/3 of the genome at a 10 cM resolution except the region around D12S80 on chromosome 12q that showed a positive two point lod score in six of the families (Zmax = 4.2). This locus remains suggestive because the material was not sufficiently large to give evidence for heterogeneity. Our pedigree analysis indicates that major genes are involved in a large proportion of PNE families and the linkage results suggest that such a gene is located on chromosome 12q.

  • 7.
    Arnell, Henrik
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Mäntyjärvi, Maija
    Tuppurainen, Kaija
    Andreasson, Sten
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Stargardt disease: linkage to the ABCR gene region on 1p21-p22 in Scandinavian families1998In: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, ISSN 1395-3907, E-ISSN 1600-0420, Vol. 76, no 6, p. 649-52Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Stargardt disease (STGD) or fundus flavimaculatus (FFM) is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. The disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and the corresponding gene has been localized to chromosome 1p21-22 and subsequently identified as the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCR) gene. PURPOSE: To characterize Finnish and Swedish STGD families genetically, with special reference to chromosome region 1p21-22. METHODS: We performed genetic linkage and haplotype analyses in five families of Finnish and Swedish origin with members affected by STGD or FFM. RESULTS: Evidence for linkage between STGD and the ABCR gene region on chromosome 1p was found with a maximum cumulative two-point lod score for marker D1S188 (Z=4.04, theta=0.001). The affected individuals of all families, including the offspring of a consanguineous family, were found heterozygous for haplotypes spanning the ABCR gene. CONCLUSION: The results support genetic homogeneity for a STGD/FFM gene defect on chromosome 1p21-22. A variety of haplotypes tightly linked to the ABCR gene region were found among affected individuals which indicate the presence of several independent STGD mutations in the Scandinavian population.

  • 8.
    Arnell, Henrik
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
    Nemeth, Antal
    Annerén, Göran
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC): evidence for genetic heterogeneity by exclusion of linkage to chromosome 18q21-q221997In: Human Genetics, ISSN 0340-6717, E-ISSN 1432-1203, Vol. 100, no 3-4, p. 378-381Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is the second most common form of familial intrahepatic cholestasis. The genes for PFIC and for a milder form of the disease, benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC), were recently mapped to a 19-cM region on chromosome 18q21-q22. The results suggest that PFIC and BRIC are allelic diseases. We have studied 11 Swedish patients from eight families with clinical and biochemical features consistent with PFIC. The families were genotyped for markers D18S69, D18S64, D18S55 and D18S68, spanning the PFIC candidate region. Unexpectedly, the segregation of haplotypes excluded the entire region in three families, and no indications for shared haplotypes were found in the patients of the six remaining families. A four-point linkage analysis of all families excluded linkage from D18S69 to D18S55 (Zmax < -5). Thus, our data strongly suggest the presence of a second, yet unknown, locus for PFIC. The results indicate that great care should be taken when using 18q markers for prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling for the disease.

  • 9.
    Arzoo, Pakeeza Shaiq
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    Bergendal, Birgitta
    Norderyd, Johanna
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    WNT10A Mutations Account for 1/4 of Population- Based Isolated Oligodontia and Show Phenotypic Correlations2014In: American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A, ISSN 1552-4825, E-ISSN 1552-4833, Vol. 164, no 2, p. 353-359Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A large proportion (>50%) of patients with isolated oligodontia were recently reported with WNT10A mutations. We have analyzed a population-based cohort of 102 individuals diagnosed with non-syndromic oligodontia and a mean of 8.2 missing teeth. The cohort included 94 families and screening of WNT10A identified that 26 probands (27.7%) had at least one WNT10A variant. When we included the MSX1, PAX9, AXIN2, EDA, EDAR, and EDARADD genes, 38.3% of probands were positive for a mutation. Biallelic WNT10A mutations were strongly associated with a larger number of missing teeth (11.09) when compared to both monoallelic WNT10 mutations (6.82) and the group without mutations in WNT10A, MSX1, PAX9, AXIN2, EDA, EDAR, or EDARADD (7.77). Genotype-phenotype analysis of individuals with WNT10A mutations showed that premolars were the most common missing teeth. Furthermore, biallelic WNT10A mutations were associated with absence of maxillary and mandibular molars as well as mandibular central incisors. Maxillary central incisors were always present. Thus, our study indicates that WNT10A mutations are associated with both the type and numbers of missing teeth. Furthermore, we show that this population-based cohort of isolated oligodontia had a considerably lower frequency of mutated WNT10A alleles and a lower mean number of missing teeth when compared to patients recruited from dental specialist centers. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  • 10. Azhar, Aysha
    et al.
    Tariq, Muhammad
    Baig, Shahid Mahmood
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    A novel mutation in Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor 6 gene in autosomal recessive hypotrichosis and evidence for a founder effect2012In: EJD. European journal of dermatology, ISSN 1167-1122, E-ISSN 1952-4013, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 464-466Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Mutations in the lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6 (LPAR6) gene cause localized autosomal recessive hypotrichosis. We report six consanguineous families from Pakistan with segregating hypotrichosis localized to the scalp. Genetic investigation using polymorphic microsatellite markers revealed homozygosity spanning the LAH3 locus on chromosome 13 in affected individuals of all six families. Sequence analysis of the LPAR6 gene showed a novel insertion resulting in a frameshift and a premature termination (p.I194FfsX11) in affected members of one family. In the remaining five families we identified a previously described missense mutation (p.G146R) in a homozygous state in affected members. The closest flanking polymorphic marker showed an identical allele size in the five families segregating with the p. G146R mutation, supporting a single origin of this variation. These findings extend the spectrum of known LPAR6 mutations and suggest a founder effect of the p. G146R mutation in the Pakistani population.

  • 11.
    Balciuniene, Jorune
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Borg, Erik
    Samuelsson, Eva
    Koisti, Markus J.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pettersson, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Jazin, Elena E.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Evidence for digenic inheritance of nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss in a Swedish family1998In: American Journal of Human Genetics, ISSN 0002-9297, E-ISSN 1537-6605, Vol. 63, no 3, p. 786-93Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We investigated a Swedish family with nonsyndromic progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Thirteen candidate loci for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss were tested for linkage in this family. We found significant LOD scores (>3) for markers at candidate locus DFNA12 (11q22-q24) and suggestive LOD scores (>2) for markers at locus DFNA2 (1p32). Our results for markers on chromosome 11 narrowed down the candidate region for the DFNA12 locus. A detailed analysis of the phenotypes and haplotypes shared by the affected individuals supported the notion that two genes segregated together with hearing impairment in the family. Severely affected family members had haplotypes linked to the disease allele on both chromosomes 1 and 11, whereas individuals with milder hearing loss had haplotypes linked to the disease allele on either chromosome 1 or chromosome 11. These observations suggest an additive effect of two genes, each gene resulting in a mild and sometimes undiagnosed phenotype, but both together resulting in a more severe phenotype.

  • 12.
    Balciuniene, Jorune
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Jalonen, Paula
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Verhoeven, Kristien
    Van Camp, Guy
    Borg, Erik
    Pettersson, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Jazin, Elena E.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Alpha-tectorin involvement in hearing disabilities: One gene-two phenotypes1999In: Human Genetics, ISSN 0340-6717, E-ISSN 1432-1203, Vol. 105, no 3, p. 211-216Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The human alpha-tectorin (TECTA) gene has recently been cloned and proposed to be involved in autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing impairment (NSHI) in two families linked to the DFNA12 locus. We have studied a Swedish pedigree with autosomal dominant NSHI with possible digenic inheritance of the disease, involving locus DFNA12 in chromosome 11 and locus DFNA2 in chromosome 1. Mutation analysis of the TECTA gene in this family has identified eight nucleotide substitutions indicating that TECTA is highly polymorphic. One of the changes results in a cysteine to serine (C 1057 S) mutation, in the zonadhesin domain of TECTA; this segregates with the disease haplotype on chromosome 11 and is not present in a control population. The mutation results in the replacement of a cysteine in one of the repeats of the zonadhesin/Von Willebrand domain of the protein and might cause a change in the crosslinking of the polypeptide. These findings add support to the involvement of TECTA in hearing disabilities. However, the three families carrying different TECTA mutations also show phenotypic differences: the hearing loss ranges from prelingual to progressive with late onset. The explanation for the different phenotypes and some clues regarding the functions of TECTA may lie in the localization of the mutations in the different modules of the protein. Another possibility is that the phenotype in the Swedish family is the result of two defective genes.

  • 13.
    Bergendal, Birgitta
    et al.
    Inst Postgrad Dent Educ, Natl Oral Disabil Ctr Rare Disorders, POB 1030, SE-55111 Jonkoping, Sweden.;Jonkoping Univ, Sch Hlth & Welf, Jonkoping, Sweden..
    Norderyd, Johanna
    Inst Postgrad Dent Educ, Natl Oral Disabil Ctr Rare Disorders, POB 1030, SE-55111 Jonkoping, Sweden.;Jonkoping Univ, Sch Hlth & Welf, Jonkoping, Sweden..
    Zhou, Xiaolei
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Abnormal primary and permanent dentitions with ectodermal symptoms predict WNT10A deficiency2016In: BMC Medical Genetics, E-ISSN 1471-2350, Vol. 17, article id 88Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Background: The WNT10A protein is critical for the development of ectodermal appendages. Variants in the WNT10A gene may be associated with a spectrum of ectodermal abnormalities including extensive tooth agenesis. Methods: In seven patients with severe tooth agenesis we identified anomalies in primary dentition and additional ectodermal symptoms, and assessed WNT10A mutations by genetic analysis. Results: Investigation of primary dentition revealed peg-shaped crowns of primary mandibular incisors and three individuals had agenesis of at least two primary teeth. The permanent dentition was severely affected in all individuals with a mean of 21 missing teeth. Primary teeth were most often present in positions were succedaneous teeth were missing. Furthermore, most existing molars had taurodontism. Light, brittle or coarse hair was reported in all seven individuals, hyperhidrosis of palms and soles in six individuals and nail anomalies in two individuals. The anomalies in primary dentition preceded most of the additional ectodermal symptoms. Genetic analysis revealed that all seven individuals were homozygous or compound heterozygous for WNT10A mutations resulting in C107X, E222X and F228I. Conclusions: We conclude that tooth agenesis and/or peg-shaped crowns of primary mandibular incisors, severe oligodontia of permanent dentition as well as ectodermal symptoms of varying severity may be predictors of biallelic WNT10A mutations of importance for diagnosis, counselling and follow-up.

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  • 14. Björses, P
    et al.
    Aaltonen, J
    Vikman, A
    Perheentupa, J
    Ben-Zion, G
    Chiumello, G
    Dahl, N
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Heideman, P
    Hoorweg-Nijman, J J G
    Mathivon, L
    Mullis, P E
    Pohl, M
    Ritzén, M
    Romeo, G
    Shapiro, M S
    Smith, C S
    Solyom, J
    Zlotogora, J
    Peltonen, L
    Genetic homogeneity of autoimmune polyglandular disease type I1996In: Am J Hum Genet, Vol. 59, p. 879-886Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 15. Blomquist, H. K:son
    et al.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Gustafsson, L.
    Hellerud, C.
    Holme, I.
    Holmgren, G.
    Mattsson, L.
    von Zweigberk, M.
    Glycerol kinase deficiency in two brothers with and without clinical manifestations1996In: Clinical Genetics, ISSN 0009-9163, E-ISSN 1399-0004, Vol. 50, no 5, p. 375-9Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We report two brothers with glycerol kinase deficiency (GKD). The older brother had serious clinical symptoms, mental and growth retardation, abnormal skeleton, spontaneous fractures and premature loss of abnormal teeth. He and his mother had low serum phosphate levels. He had elevated serum and urine glycerol levels and GKD was found in cultured fibroblasts. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in the second pregnancy. Glycerol kinase activity was considered normal in a chorionic villus sample of the foetus. After birth, it was found that the boy had elevated serum and urine glycerol levels. Enzymatic analysis in cultured fibroblasts revealed that this boy also had GKD, in spite of having no expression of the disease. Chromosomal analyses in the parents and both boys were normal. Major rearrangements or deletions were not detected in molecular studies of DNA from the two brothers. The hybridisation pattern was normal and no allelic loss was observed.

  • 16.
    Bondeson, Marie-Louise
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Malmgren, Helena
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Kleijer, Wim J.
    Tönnesen, Tönne
    Carlberg, Britt-Marie
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pettersson, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Inversion of the IDS gene resulting from recombination with IDS-related sequences is a common cause of the Hunter syndrome1995In: Human Molecular Genetics, ISSN 0964-6906, E-ISSN 1460-2083, Vol. 4, no 4, p. 615-621Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We have recently described the identification of a second IDS locus (IDS-2) located within 90 kb telomeric of the IDS gene (Bondeson et al. submitted). Here, we show that this region is involved in a recombination event with the IDS gene in about 13% of patients with the Hunter syndrome. Analysis of the resulting rearrangement at the molecular level showed that these patients have suffered a recombination event that results in a disruption of the IDS gene in intron 7 with an inversion of the intervening DNA. Interestingly, all of the six cases with a similar type of rearrangement showed recombination between intron 7 of the IDS gene and sequences close to exon 3 at the IDS-2 locus implying that these regions are hot spots for recombination. Analysis by nucleotide sequencing showed that the inversion is caused by recombination between homologous sequences present in the IDS gene and the IDS-2 locus. No detectable deletions or insertions were observed as a result of the recombination event. The results in this study have practical implications for diagnosis of the Hunter syndrome.

  • 17.
    Bondeson, Marie-Louise
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Malmgren, Helena
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Carlberg, Britt-Marie
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pettersson, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Presence of an IDS-related locus (IDS2) in Xq28 complicates the mutational analysis of Hunter syndrome1995In: European Journal of Human Genetics, ISSN 1018-4813, E-ISSN 1476-5438, Vol. 3, no 4, p. 219-227Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A deficiency of the enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) is the cause of Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type II). Here, we report a study of the human IDS locus at Xq28. An unexpected finding was an IDS-related region (IDS2) which is located on the telomeric side of the IDS gene within 80 kb. We have identified sequences in this locus that are homologous to exons 2 and 3 as well as sequences homologous to introns 2, 3 and 7 of the IDS gene. The exon 3 sequences in the IDS gene and in the IDS2 locus showed 100% identity. The overall identities of the other identified regions were 96%. A locus for DXS466 was also found to be located close to IDS2. The existence of the IDS2 locus complicates the diagnosis of mutations in genomic DNA from patients with Hunter syndrome. However, information about the IDS2 locus makes it possible to analyze the IDS gene and the IDS2 locus separately after PCR amplification.

  • 18. Bone, L.
    et al.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Lensch, M.
    Chance, P.
    Kelly, T.
    Le Guern, E.
    Magi, S.
    Parry, G.
    Shapiro, H.
    Wang, S.
    Fischbeck, K.
    New connexin32 muations associated with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease1995In: Neurology, ISSN 0028-3878, E-ISSN 1526-632X, Vol. 45, no 10, p. 1863-6Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Analysis of the connexin32 gene in patients with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease shows mutations distributed throughout the molecule, with all domains affected except the fourth transmembrane domain and the distal carboxy terminus. Sequence analysis of DNA from 19 unrelated patients detected six novel mutations and three previously reported mutations. Identification of additional mutations extends the distribution of connexin32 mutations in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and shows that specific mutations recur in additional families.

  • 19. Borg, Erik
    et al.
    Samuelsson, Eva
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Audiometric Characterization of a Family with Digenic Autosomal, Dominant, Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss2000In: Acta Oto-Laryngologica, ISSN 0001-6489, E-ISSN 1651-2251, Vol. 120, no 1, p. 51-57Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this study, a non-syndromic progressive bilateral high frequency hearing loss is described in a family with 141 identified members. Recent genetic analyses indicated a digenic inheritance with linkage to the gene loci DFNA2 and DFNA12. The affected family members who shared haplotypes at both loci (type I) showed an early postlingual onset and a more rapid rate of progress compared with those with one either of the two disease associated haplotypes (type II). The audiometric pattern was cochlear without a vestibular involvement. Auditory brainstem response audiometry and magnetic resonance imaging indicated normal retrocochlear features. The otoacoustic emissions were affected for both type I and type II, whereas the acoustic stapedius reflex thresholds were normal in most cases. It is concluded that both types had an outer hair cell/micro-mechanical abnormality, but that the DFNA 2 type might have an additional dysfunction at the level of the inner hair cells. It is furthermore pointed out that the application of refined audiometric techniques as well as a further development of new techniques is needed in order to characterize the phenotypes of the rapidly expanding number of genetically defined inner ear abnormalities.

  • 20. Boria, Ilenia
    et al.
    Garelli, Emanuela
    Gazda, Hanna T.
    Aspesi, Anna
    Quarello, Paola
    Pavesi, Elisa
    Ferrante, Daniela
    Meerpohl, Joerg J.
    Kartal, Mutlu
    Da Costa, Lydie
    Proust, Alexis
    Leblanc, Thierry
    Simansour, Maud
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Fröjmark, Anne-Sophie
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pospisilova, Dagmar
    Cmejla, Radek
    Beggs, Alan H.
    Sheen, Mee R.
    Landowski, Michael
    Buros, Christopher M.
    Clinton, Catherine M.
    Dobson, Lori J.
    Vlachos, Adrianna
    Atsidaftos, Eva
    Lipton, Jeffrey M.
    Ellis, Steven R.
    Ramenghi, Ugo
    Dianzani, Irma
    The ribosomal basis of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia: mutation and database update2010In: Human Mutation, ISSN 1059-7794, E-ISSN 1098-1004, Vol. 31, no 12, p. 1269-1279Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is characterized by a defect of erythroid progenitors and, clinically, by anemia and malformations. DBA exhibits an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance with incomplete penetrance. Currently nine genes, all encoding ribosomal proteins (RP), have been found mutated in approximately 50% of patients. Experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that DBA is primarily the result of defective ribosome synthesis. By means of a large collaboration among six centers, we report here a mutation update that includes nine genes and 220 distinct mutations, 56 of which are new. The DBA Mutation Database now includes data from 355 patients. Of those where inheritance has been examined, 125 patients carry a de novo mutation and 72 an inherited mutation. Mutagenesis may be ascribed to slippage in 65.5% of indels, whereas CpG dinucleotides are involved in 23% of transitions. Using bioinformatic tools we show that gene conversion mechanism is not common in RP genes mutagenesis, notwithstanding the abundance of RP pseudogenes. Genotype-phenotype analysis reveals that malformations are more frequently associated with mutations in RPL5 and RPL11 than in the other genes. All currently reported DBA mutations together with their functional and clinical data are included in the DBA Mutation Database.

  • 21. Cario, Holger
    et al.
    Bode, H.
    Gustavsson, P.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Kohne, E.
    A microdeletion syndrome due to a 3-Mb deletion on 19q13.2--Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated with macrocephaly, hypotonia, and psychomotor retardation1999In: Clinical Genetics, ISSN 0009-9163, E-ISSN 1399-0004, Vol. 55, no 6, p. 487-92Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We report on a boy with congenital pure red blood cell aplasia [Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA)] and severe congenital hypotonia, macrocephaly, hypertelorism, a broad and tall forehead, medial epicanthus, and facial hypotonia with mouth-breathing and drooling, an affable and out-going personality, and a general psychomotor retardation. These features show similarity to the phenotype of the X-linked FG syndrome. DBA was diagnosed at the age of 4 months, and the boy underwent treatment with transfusion and with prednisolone. He had a normal 46, XY karyotype, but fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis to metaphase chromosomes revealed a 3-Mb deletion on 19q13.2. This chromosomal region has previously been linked to the DBA phenotype and one 19q13 microdeletion has been identified in a patient with DBA. This deletion coincides with the deletion reported here. We suggest that the complex phenotype of our patient, including both DBA and the associated features, represent a microdeletion syndrome.

  • 22.
    Carling, Tobias
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences.
    Szabo, Eva
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences.
    Bai, Mei
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences.
    Ridefelt, Peter
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences.
    Westin, Gunnar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery.
    Gustavsson, Peter
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Trivedi, Sunita
    Hellman, Per
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery.
    Brown, Edward M.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Rastad, Jonas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences.
    Familial hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria caused by a novel mutation in the cytoplasmic tail of the calcium receptor2000In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, ISSN 0021-972X, E-ISSN 1945-7197, Vol. 85, no 5, p. 2042-7Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Familial hyperparathyroidism (HPT), characterized by hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria, and familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) are the most common causes of hereditary hypercalcemia. The calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) regulates PTH secretion and renal calcium excretion. Heterozygous inactivating mutations of the gene cause FHH, whereas CaR gene mutations have not been demonstrated in HPT. In a kindred with 20 affected individuals, the hypercalcemic disorder segregated with inappropriately higher serum PTH and magnesium levels and urinary calcium levels than in unaffected members. Subtotal parathyroidectomy revealed parathyroid gland hyperplasia/adenoma and corrected the biochemical signs of the disorder in seven of nine individuals. Linkage analysis mapped the condition to markers flanking the CaR gene on chromosome 3q. Sequence analysis revealed a mutation changing phenylalanine to leucine at codon 881 of the CaR gene, representing the first identified point mutation located within the cytoplasmic tail of the CaR. A construct of the mutant receptor (F881L) was expressed in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK 293), and demonstrated a right-shifted dose-response relationship between the extracellular and intracellular calcium concentrations. The hypercalcemic disorder of the present family is caused by an inactivating point mutation in the cytoplasmic tail of the CaR and displays clinical characteristics atypical of FHH and primary HPT.

  • 23. Carlsson, G
    et al.
    van't Hooft, I
    Melin, M
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Entesarian, M
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Laurencikas, E
    Nennesmo, I
    Trebińska, A
    Grzybowska, E
    Palmblad, J
    Dahl, N
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Nordenskjöld, M
    Fadeel, B
    Henter, J-I
    Central nervous system involvement in severe congenital neutropenia: neurological and neuropsychological abnormalities associated with specific HAX1 mutations2008In: Journal of Internal Medicine, ISSN 0954-6820, E-ISSN 1365-2796, Vol. 264, no 4, p. 388-400Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    OBJECTIVES: Homozygous mutations in the HAX1 gene were recently identified in severe congenital neutropenia patients belonging to the original Kostmann family in northern Sweden. Our observations suggested that these patients also develop neurological and neuropsychological symptoms. METHODS: Detailed clinical studies and mutation analyses were performed in the surviving patients belonging to the Kostmann kindred and in two patients not related to this family, along with studies of HAX1 splice variant expression in normal human tissues. RESULTS: Five of six Kostmann family patients and one other patient from northern Sweden harboured homozygous HAX1 mutations (568C-->T, Q190X) and one carried a heterozygous ELA2 gene mutation. One Swedish patient of Kurdish extraction carried alternative homozygous HAX1 mutations (131G-->A, W44X). All the three patients with Q190X mutations who were alive and available for evaluation developed neurological disease with decreased cognitive function, and three of four patients who reached 10 years developed epilepsy. In contrast, the patients with the ELA2 and W44X HAX1 mutations, respectively, showed no obvious neurological abnormalities. Moreover, two alternative HAX1 splice variants were identified in normal human tissues, including the brain. Both transcripts contained exon 5, harbouring the Q190X mutation, whereas the 5' end of exon 2 containing the W44X mutation was spliced out from the second transcript. CONCLUSIONS: We describe neurological and neuropsychological abnormalities for the first time in Kostmann disease patients. These central nervous system symptoms appear to be associated with specific HAX1 mutations.

  • 24. Carlsson, Göran
    et al.
    Elinder, Göran
    Malmgren, Helena
    Trebinska, Alicja
    Grzybowska, Ewa
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Nordenskjöld, Magnus
    Fadeel, Bengt
    Compound heterozygous HAX1 mutations in a Swedish patient with severe congenital neutropenia and no neurodevelopmental abnormalities2009In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer, ISSN 1545-5009, E-ISSN 1545-5017, Vol. 53, no 6, p. 1143-1146Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Kostmann disease or severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is an autosomal recessive disorder of neutrophil production. Homozygous HAX1 mutations were recently identified in SCN patients belonging to the original family in northern Sweden described by Kostmann. Moreover, recent studies have suggested an association between neurological dysfunction and HAX1 deficiency. Here we describe a patient with a compound heterozygous HAX1 mutation consisting of a nonsense mutation (c.568C > T, p.Glu190X) and a frame-shift mutation (c.91delG, p.Glu31LysfsX54) resulting in a premature stop codon. The patient has a history of neutropenia and a propensity for infections, but has shown no signs of neurodevelopmental abnormalities.

  • 25. Carlsson, Göran
    et al.
    Melin, Malin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Ramme, Kim Göransdotter
    Nordenskjöld, Magnus
    Palmblad, Jan
    Henter, Jan-Inge
    Fadeel, Bengt
    Kostmann syndrome or infantile genetic agranulocytosis, part two: Understanding the underlying genetic defects in severe congenital neutropenia2007In: Acta Paediatrica, ISSN 0803-5253, E-ISSN 1651-2227, Vol. 96, no 6, p. 813-819Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Congenital neutropenia in man was first reported 50 years ago by the Swedish paediatrician Rolf Kostmann. He coined the term 'infantile genetic agranulocytosis' for this condition, which is now known as Kostmann syndrome. Recent studies have revealed mutations in ELA-2, encoding the neutrophil granule protease, neutrophil elastase, in autosomal dominant neutropenia, and mutations in HAX-1, encoding an anti-apoptotic protein, in autosomal recessive neutropenia.

    Conclusion: Future studies should aim to clarify the mechanisms underlying the evolution of secondary malignancies in these patients.

  • 26. Carlsson, Per-Inge
    et al.
    Borg, Erik
    Grip, Lars
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Bondeson, Marie Louise
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Variability in noise susceptibility in a Swedish population: The role of 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 (GJB2) gene2004In: Audiological Medicine, ISSN 1651-386X, Vol. 1, no 2, p. 123-130Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Although it seems that genetic factors can influcence individual susceptiblity to noise, still very little is known about the genes or the mechanisms involved. The connexin 26 (cx26)(GJB2) gene is of particular interest to study in relation to noise, since the gene encodes a gap junction protein cx26. Noise has a metabolic and mechanical effect on the inner ear, and may therefore, interfere with gap junction channels. In order to investigate whether abnormally high susceptibility to noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) in humans is associated with the common 35delG mutation in the Cx26 gene, 1200 noise-exposed workers were investigated in Sweden. Using a selection procedure based on audiometric analysis, noise exposure data and questionnaires, noise-exposed workers were devided into two categories: noise susceptible and noise resistant. There was a correspondence in noise susceptibility between this noise-exposed population and the international reference ISO standard 1999. Blood samples were drawn from 245 highly selected male subjects (103 noise susceptible, 112 noise resistant and 30 randomized cases), and genomic DNA was analysed with respect to the Cx26 35delG mutation. The incidence of 35delG carriers among this cohort was determined by multiplex, allele-specific PCR. Two of the 245 subjects (0.8%-(95% confidence interval 0.1-2.9) were found to be heterozygous carriers of the 35delG mutation, while the remaining 243 individuals were all non-carriers. Both the heterozygous carriers were found in the noise susceptible group. Statistical evaluation of the results demonstrated no significant difference in carrier incidence between the noise susceptible and noise resistant individuals in our Swedish noise-exposed population. In conclusion, there was no support for a major role of Cx26 35delG mutation in explaining the variability in noise susceptibility in this Swedish population

  • 27. Chiocchetti, Annalisa
    et al.
    Gibello, Luisa
    Carando, Adriana
    Aspesi, Anna
    Secco, Paola
    Garelli, Emanuela
    Loreni, Fabrizio
    Angelini, Mara
    Biava, Alessandra
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dianzani, Umberto
    Ramenghi, Ugo
    Santoro, Claudio
    Dianzani, Irma
    Interactions between RPS19, mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia, and the PIM-1 oncoprotein.2005In: Haematologica, ISSN 1592-8721, Vol. 90, no 11, p. 1453-62Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 28. Cossee, Mireille
    et al.
    Durr, Alexandra
    Schmitt, Michèle
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Trouillas, Paul
    Allinson, Patricia
    Kostrzewa, Markus
    Nivelon-Chevallier, Annie
    Gustavson, Karl-Henrik
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Kohlschutter, Alfried
    Müller, Ulrich
    Mandel, Jean-Louis
    Brice, Alexis
    Koenig, Michel
    Cavalcanti, Francesca
    Tammaro, Angela
    De Michele, Giuseppe
    Filla, Alessandro
    Cocozza, Sergio
    Labuda, Malgorzata
    Montermini, Laura
    Poirier, Josée
    Pandolfo, Massimo
    Friedreich's ataxia: point mutations and clinical presentation of compound heterozygotes1999In: Annals of Neurology, ISSN 0364-5134, E-ISSN 1531-8249, Vol. 45, no 2, p. 200-206Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Friedreich's ataxia is the most common inherited ataxia. Ninety-six percent of patients are homozygous for GAA trinucleotide repeat expansions in the first intron of the frataxin gene. The remaining cases are compound heterozygotes for a GAA expansion and a frataxin point mutation. We report here the identification of 10 novel frataxin point mutations, and the detection of a previously described mutation (G130V) in two additional families. Most truncating mutations were in exon 1. All missense mutations were in the last three exons coding for the mature frataxin protein. The clinical features of 25 patients with identified frataxin point mutations were compared with those of 196 patients homozygous for the GAA expansion. A similar phenotype resulted from truncating mutations and from missense mutations in the carboxy-terminal half of mature frataxin, suggesting that they cause a comparable loss of function. In contrast, the only two missense mutations located in the amino-terminal half of mature frataxin (D122Y and G130V) cause an atypical and milder clinical presentation (early-onset spastic gait with slow disease progression, absence of dysarthria, retained or brisk tendon reflexes, and mild or no cerebellar ataxia), suggesting that they only partially affect frataxin function. The incidence of optic disk pallor was higher in compound heterozygotes than in expansion homozygotes, which might correlate with a very low residual level of normal frataxin produced from the expanded allele.

  • 29. Cui, Chang-Yi
    et al.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Georgii-Heming, Patrik
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Fröjmark, Anne-Sophie
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    Baig, Shahid M.
    Schlessinger, David
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Frizzled6 Deficiency Disrupts the Differentiation Process of Nail Development2013In: Journal of Investigative Dermatology, ISSN 0022-202X, E-ISSN 1523-1747, Vol. 133, no 8, p. 1990-1997Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Nails protect the soft tissue of the tips of digits. The molecular mechanism of nail (and claw) development is largely unknown, but we have recently identified a Wnt receptor gene, Frizzled6 (Fzd6), that is mutated in a human autosomal-recessive nail dysplasia. To investigate the action of Fzd6 in claw development at the molecular level, we compared gene expression profiles of digit tips of wild-type and Fzd6(-/-) mice, and showed that Fzd6 regulates the transcription of a striking number of epidermal differentiation related genes. Sixty-three genes encoding keratins (Krts), keratin-associated proteins, and transglutaminases (Tgms) and their substrates were significantly downregulated in the knockout mice. Among them, four hard Krts, Krt86, Krt81, Krt34, and Krt31; two epithelial Krts, Krt6a and Krt6b; and Tgm 1 were already known to be involved in nail abnormalities when dysregulated. Immunohistochemical studies revealed decreased expression of Krt86, Krt6b, and involucrin in the epidermal portion of the claw field in the knockout embryos. We further showed that Dkk4, a Wnt antagonist, was significantly downregulated in Fzd6(-/-) mice along with Wnt, Bmp, and Hh family genes; and Dkk4 transgenic mice showed a subtly but appreciably modified claw phenotype. Thus, Fzd6-mediated Wnt signaling likely regulates the overall differentiation process of nail/claw formation.

  • 30.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics.
    Segmentella DNA-variationer driver genomets evolution. Ger nya infallsvinklar till förståelse av sjukdom och hälsa: [Segmental DNA variations impel the genome evolution. New approaches to the understanding of disease and health]2010In: Läkartidningen, ISSN 0023-7205, E-ISSN 1652-7518, Vol. 107, no 17, p. 1138-1139Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 31.
    Dahl, Niklas
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Grandell, U.
    Martinsson, T.
    Allen, Marie
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Johansson, L.
    Stolpe, L.
    Gyllensten, Ulf
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Hjelte, L.
    Kollberg, H.
    Strandvik, B.
    Frequency of four cystic fibrosis mutations in a Swedish population1993In: Acta Paediatrica, ISSN 0803-5253, E-ISSN 1651-2227, Vol. 82, no 6-7, p. 609-Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 32.
    Dahlqvist, Johanna
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Hausser, I
    Anton-Lamprecht, I
    Hellström-Pigg, Maritta
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Gedde-Dahl, Jr
    Gånemo, Agneta
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences.
    Vahlquist, Anders
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Congenital ichthyosis: mutations in ichthyin are associated with specific structural abnormalities in the granular layer of epidermis2007In: Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0022-2593, E-ISSN 1468-6244, Vol. 44, no 10, p. 615-620Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Background: Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a heterogeneous group of skin disorders. Several mutant genes have been identified in ARCI, but the association between genotype and phenotype is poorly understood.

    Methods: To investigate genotype–phenotype correlations in ARCI, we selected 27 patients from 18 families with specific ultrastructural features of the epidermis. The characteristic findings using electron microscopy (EM) were abnormal lamellar bodies and elongated membranes in the stratum granulosum, classified as ARCI EM type III. DNA samples from a subset of affected individuals were screened for homozygous genomic regions, and a candidate gene region was identified on chromosome 5q33. The region coincides with the ichthyin gene, previously reported as mutated in ARCI.

    Results: Mutation screening of ichthyin revealed missense or splice-site mutations in affected members from 16 of 18 (89%) families with characteristics of ARCI EM type III. In a control group of 18 patients with ARCI without EM findings consistent with type III, we identified one patient homozygous for a missense mutation in ichthyin.

    Discussion: Our findings indicate a strong association between ultrastructural abnormalities in the granular layer of epidermis and ichthyin mutations. The results also suggest that EM provides a tool for specific diagnosis in a genetically homogenous subgroup of patients with ARCI.

  • 33.
    Dahlqvist, Johanna
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology.
    Orlén, Hanna
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Matsson, Hans
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Lönnerholm, Torsten
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology.
    Gustavson, Karl-Henrik
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia: A clinical and genetic study of 12 cases in a Swedish 6-generation family2009In: Acta Orthopaedica, ISSN 1745-3674, E-ISSN 1745-3682, Vol. 80, no 6, p. 711-715Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    BACKGROUND: Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) is a common genetically and clinically heterogeneous skeletal dysplasia characterized by early-onset osteoarthritis, mainly in the hip and knee, and mild-to-moderate short stature. Here we report on a 6-generation MED family with 17 affected members. METHOD: The clinical and radiographic data on the 12 affected members still living were scrutinized. A structured inquiry comprising state of health and MED-related symptoms since birth up to the present time and the osteoarthritis outcome (KOOS) questionnaire were sent to all living family members with MED. The 5 known gene loci for autosomal dominant MED were analyzed for linkage, using fluorescence-labeled microsatellite markers. Linkage was ascertained with markers close to the COL9A2 gene, which was analyzed for mutations by sequencing. RESULTS: We identified an exon 3 donor splice mutation in the COL9A2 gene in all affected family members. Clinical, radiographic, and questionnaire data from affected family members suggested that MED caused by COL9A2 mutations starts in early childhood with knee pain accompanied by delayed ossification of femoral epiphyses. The disease then either stabilizes during puberty or progresses with additional joints becoming affected; joint surgery might be necessary. The progression of the disease also affects muscles, with increasing atrophy, resulting in muscle fatigue and pain. Muscular atrophy has not been reported earlier in cases with COL9A2 mutations. INTERPRETATION: In a patient with clinically suspected or verified MED, it is important to perform DNA-based analysis to identify a possible disease-causing mutation. This information can be used to carry out genetic risk assessment of other family members and to achieve an early and correct diagnosis in the children.

  • 34.
    Dahlqvist, Johanna
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Törmä, Hans
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Dermatology and Venereology.
    Badhai, Jitendra
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    siRNA silencing of proteasome maturation protein (POMP) activates the unfolded protein response and constitutes a model for KLICK genodermatosis2012In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 7, no 1, p. e29471-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Keratosis linearis with ichthyosis congenita and keratoderma (KLICK) is an autosomal recessive skin disorder associated with a single-nucleotide deletion in the 5'untranslated region of the proteasome maturation protein (POMP) gene. The deletion causes a relative switch in transcription start sites for POMP, predicted to decrease levels of POMP protein in terminally differentiated keratinocytes. To investigate the pathophysiology behind KLICK we created an in vitro model of the disease using siRNA silencing of POMP in epidermal air-liquid cultures. Immunohistochemical analysis of the tissue constructs revealed aberrant staining of POMP, proteasome subunits and the skin differentiation marker filaggrin when compared to control tissue constructs. The staining patterns of POMP siRNA tissue constructs showed strong resemblance to those observed in skin biopsies from KLICK patients. Western blot analysis of lysates from the organotypic tissue constructs revealed an aberrant processing of profilaggrin to filaggrin in samples transfected with siRNA against POMP. Knock-down of POMP expression in regular cell cultures resulted in decreased amounts of proteasome subunits. Prolonged silencing of POMP in cultured cells induced C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) expression consistent with an activation of the unfolded protein response and increased endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The combined results indicate that KLICK is caused by reduced levels of POMP, leading to proteasome insufficiency in differentiating keratinocytes. Proteasome insufficiency disturbs terminal epidermal differentiation, presumably by increased ER stress, and leads to perturbed processing of profilaggrin. Our findings underline a critical role for the proteasome in human epidermal differentiation.

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  • 35.
    Dahlqvist, Johanna
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology.
    Westermark, Gunilla T.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology.
    Vahlquist, Anders
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Dermatology and Venereology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medical Genetics. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Ichthyin/NIPAL4 localizes to keratins and desmosomes in epidermis and Ichthyin mutations affect epidermal lipid metabolism2012In: Archives of Dermatological Research, ISSN 0340-3696, E-ISSN 1432-069X, Vol. 304, no 5, p. 377-386Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a group of disorders characterized by abnormal desquamation of the skin and a disrupted epidermal water barrier. Ichthyin/NIPAL4 gene mutations have been identified in a subgroup of ARCI patients, but the role of ichthyin in epidermis remains elusive. In order to obtain new insights concerning the characteristics of ichthyin and the ARCI pathogenesis, we studied the expression and localization of ichthyin and related epidermal components in cultured keratinocytes and skin sections from patients with Ichthyin mutations and healthy controls. We observed an up-regulation of Ichthyin mRNA levels after in vitro differentiation of keratinocytes from both a patient with Ichthyin mutations and controls. Confocal and electron microscopy analyses of immunolabeled skin sections revealed that ichthyin localizes to desmosomes and keratins in both patients with mutant Ichthyin and controls, with an increased immunolabeling in patients. Nile red lipid analysis of skin sections exposed intra-cellular lipid accumulations in cells of the granular and cornified layers in patients but not in controls, consistent with the pathognomonic lipid membrane structures previously identified in epidermis from patients. Our combined findings indicate that ichthyin is associated with keratins and desmosomes in epidermis and is involved in lipid metabolism, possibly through processing of lamellar bodies. These results provide new clues to the understanding of the epidermal water barrier and the pathogenesis in ARCI.

  • 36.
    Davis, Kasey N.
    et al.
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Qu, Ping-Ping
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Ma, Shining
    Stanford Univ, Dept Stat, Stanford, CA 94305 USA..
    Lin, Ling
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Narcolepsy, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Plastini, Melanie
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Genomics and Neurobiology.
    Plazzi, Giuseppe
    IRCCS, Ist Sci Neurol Bologna, I-40139 Bologna, Italy.;Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dept Biomed Metab & Neural Sci, I-41125 Modena, Italy..
    Pizza, Fabio
    IRCCS, Ist Sci Neurol Bologna, I-40139 Bologna, Italy.;Univ Bologna, Dept Biomed & Neuromotor Sci, I-40126 Bologna, Italy..
    O'Hara, Ruth
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Wong, Wing Hung
    Stanford Univ, Dept Stat, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biomed Data Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Hallmayer, Joachim
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Mignot, Emmanuel
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Narcolepsy, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Zhang, Xianglong
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Urban, Alexander E.
    Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.;Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA..
    Mutations in human DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 induce specific genome-wide epigenomic and transcriptomic changes in neurodevelopment2023In: Human Molecular Genetics, ISSN 0964-6906, E-ISSN 1460-2083, Vol. 32, no 21, p. 3105-3120Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    DNA methyltransferase type 1 (DNMT1) is a major enzyme involved in maintaining the methylation pattern after DNA replication. Mutations in DNMT1 have been associated with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia, deafness and narcolepsy (ADCA-DN). We used fibroblasts, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and induced neurons (iNs) generated from patients with ADCA-DN and controls, to explore the epigenomic and transcriptomic effects of mutations in DNMT1. We show cell type–specific changes in gene expression and DNA methylation patterns. DNA methylation and gene expression changes were negatively correlated in iPSCs and iNs. In addition, we identified a group of genes associated with clinical phenotypes of ADCA-DN, including PDGFB and PRDM8 for cerebellar ataxia, psychosis and dementia and NR2F1 for deafness and optic atrophy. Furthermore, ZFP57, which is required to maintain gene imprinting through DNA methylation during early development, was hypomethylated in promoters and exhibited upregulated expression in patients with ADCA-DN in both iPSC and iNs. Our results provide insight into the functions of DNMT1 and the molecular changes associated with ADCA-DN, with potential implications for genes associated with related phenotypes.

  • 37.
    Delvallée, Clarisse
    et al.
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France.
    Nicaise, Samuel
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France.
    Antin, Manuela
    Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    Leuvrey, Anne-Sophie
    Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    Nourisson, Elsa
    Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    Leitch, Carmen C
    Advanced Center for Translational and Genetic Medicine (ACT‐GeM), Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    Kellaris, Georgios
    Advanced Center for Translational and Genetic Medicine (ACT‐GeM), Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    Stoetzel, Corinne
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France.
    Geoffroy, Véronique
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France.
    Scheidecker, Sophie
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France; Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    Keren, Boris
    Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; AP‐HP, Hôpital de la Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Département de Génétique, Paris, France.
    Depienne, Christel
    Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen, Essen, Germany.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Deleuze, Jean-François
    Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine (CNRGH), Institut de biologie François Jacob, Evry, France.
    Génin, Emmanuelle
    Inserm UMR1078, CHRU Brest, Univ Brest, Brest, France.
    Redon, Richard
    Université de Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, France.
    Demurger, Florence
    Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique, Vannes, France.
    Devriendt, Koenraad
    Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
    Mathieu-Dramard, Michèle
    Centre d'activité de génétique clinique, CLAD nord de France, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France.
    Poitou-Bernert, Christine
    Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Nutrition Department Pitié‐Salpêtrière Hospital; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, NutriOmics Research Unit, Paris, France.
    Odent, Sylvie
    Centre de Référence Maladies Rares CLAD‐Ouest, Service de Génétique Clinique, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France ; CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) UMR 6290, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.
    Katsanis, Nicholas
    Advanced Center for Translational and Genetic Medicine (ACT‐GeM), Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    Mandel, Jean-Louis
    Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7104, INSERM U964, Université de Strasbourg, Dept Transl Med and Neurogenetics Illkirch, France.
    Davis, Erica E
    Advanced Center for Translational and Genetic Medicine (ACT‐GeM), Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    Dollfus, Hélène
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France ; Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France ; Filière SENSGENE, Centre de Référence pour les affections rares en génétique ophtalmologique, CARGO, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    Muller, Jean
    Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM U1112, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg UMRS_1112, Strasbourg, France; Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
    A BBS1 SVA F retrotransposon insertion is a frequent cause of Bardet-Biedl syndrome2021In: Clinical Genetics, ISSN 0009-9163, E-ISSN 1399-0004, Vol. 99, no 2, p. 318-324Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, polydactyly, cognitive impairment and renal failure. Pathogenic variants in 24 genes account for the molecular basis of >80% of cases. Toward saturated discovery of the mutational basis of the disorder, we carefully explored our cohorts and identified a hominid-specific SINE-R/VNTR/Alu type F (SVA-F) insertion in exon 13 of BBS1 in eight families. In six families, the repeat insertion was found in trans with c.1169 T > G, p.Met390Arg and in two families the insertion was found in addition to other recessive BBS loci. Whole genome sequencing, de novo assembly and SNP array analysis were performed to characterize the genomic event. This insertion is extremely rare in the general population (found in 8 alleles of 8 BBS cases but not in >10 800 control individuals from gnomAD-SV) and due to a founder effect. Its 2435 bp sequence contains hallmarks of LINE1 mediated retrotransposition. Functional studies with patient-derived cell lines confirmed that the BBS1 SVA-F is deleterious as evidenced by a significant depletion of both mRNA and protein levels. Such findings highlight the importance of dedicated bioinformatics pipelines to identify all types of variation.

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  • 38. Dianzani, Irma
    et al.
    Garelli, E.
    Gustavsson, P.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Carando, A.
    Gustafsson, B.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Annerén, Göran
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Rapp-Hodgkin and AEC syndromes due to a new frameshift mutation in the TP63 gene2003In: Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0022-2593, E-ISSN 1468-6244, Vol. 40, no 12, p. e133-Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 39.
    Draptchinskaia, Natalia
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Gustavsson, Peter
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Andersson, Björn
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Pettersson, Monica
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Willig, Thiébaut-Noël
    Dianzani, Irma
    Ball, Sarah
    Tchernia, Gil
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Matsson, Hans
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Tentler, Dimitri
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Mohandas, Narla
    Carlsson, Birgit
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    The gene encoding ribosomal protein S19 is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anaemia1999In: Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, E-ISSN 1546-1718, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 169-75Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a constitutional erythroblastopenia characterized by absent or decreased erythroid precursors. The disease, previously mapped to human chromosome 19q13, is frequently associated with a variety of malformations. To identify the gene involved in DBA, we cloned the chromosome 19q13 breakpoint in a patient with a reciprocal X;19 chromosome translocation. The breakpoint occurred in the gene encoding ribosomal protein S19. Furthermore, we identified mutations in RPS19 in 10 of 40 unrelated DBA patients, including nonsense, frameshift, splice site and missense mutations, as well as two intragenic deletions. These mutations are associated with clinical features that suggest a function for RPS19 in erythropoiesis and embryogenesis.

  • 40.
    Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Darius
    et al.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Teinert, Julian
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Univ Hosp Heidelberg, Ctr Paediat & Adolescent Med, Div Child Neurol & Metab Med, Heidelberg, Germany..
    Behne, Robert
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Univ Hosp Wurzburg, Dept Neurol, Wurzburg, Germany..
    Wimmer, Miriam
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    D'Amore, Angelica
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;IRCCS Fdn Stella Maris, Mol Med, Pisa, Italy..
    Eberhardt, Kathrin
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Brechmann, Barbara
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Ziegler, Marvin
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Jensen, Dana M.
    Univ Washington, Dept Pediat, Div Genet Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA..
    Nagabhyrava, Premsai
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Geisel, Gregory
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Carmody, Erin
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Shamshad, Uzma
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Dies, Kira A.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Yuskaitis, Christopher J.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Salussolia, Catherine L.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Daniel
    Saarland Univ, Med Ctr, Pediat Neurol, Homburg, Germany.;Univ Childrens Hosp Muenster, Dept Gen Pediat, Munster, Germany..
    Pearson, Toni S.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA..
    Saffari, Afshin
    Univ Hosp Heidelberg, Ctr Paediat & Adolescent Med, Div Child Neurol & Metab Med, Heidelberg, Germany..
    Ziegler, Andreas
    Univ Hosp Heidelberg, Ctr Paediat & Adolescent Med, Div Child Neurol & Metab Med, Heidelberg, Germany..
    Koelker, Stefan
    Univ Hosp Heidelberg, Ctr Paediat & Adolescent Med, Div Child Neurol & Metab Med, Heidelberg, Germany..
    Volkmann, Jens
    Univ Hosp Wurzburg, Dept Neurol, Wurzburg, Germany..
    Wiesener, Antje
    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Human Genet, Erlangen, Germany..
    Bearden, David R.
    Univ Rochester, Sch Med, Child Neurol, Rochester, NY USA..
    Lakhani, Shenela
    Weill Cornell Med Coll, Ctr Neurogenet, New York, NY USA..
    Segal, Devorah
    Weill Cornell Med Coll, Ctr Neurogenet, New York, NY USA.;Weill Cornell Med, Div Child Neurol, New York, NY USA..
    Udwadia-Hegde, Anaita
    Jaslok Hosp & Res Ctr, Dept Pediat Neurol, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India..
    Martinuzzi, Andrea
    IRCCS E Medea, Unita Operat Conegliano, Sci Inst, Treviso, Italy..
    Hirst, Jennifer
    Univ Cambridge, Cambridge Inst Med Res, Cambridge, England..
    Perlman, Seth
    Univ Iowa, Dept Pediat, Carver Coll Med, Div Neurol, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA..
    Takiyama, Yoshihisa
    Univ Yamanashi, Dept Neurol, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan..
    Xiromerisiou, Georgia
    Papageorgiou Hosp, Dept Neurol, Thessaloniki, Greece..
    Vill, Katharina
    Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Dr von Hauner Childrens Hosp, Pediat Neurol & Dev Med, Munich, Germany..
    Walker, William O.
    Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Seattle Childrens Hosp, Seattle, WA 98195 USA..
    Shukla, Anju
    Manipal Acad Higher Educ, Kasturba Med Coll, Dept Med Genet, Manipal, Karnataka, India..
    Gupta, Rachana Dubey
    Medanta Hosp, Pediat Neurol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India..
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Research group (Dept. of women´s and children´s health), Pediatric Surgery.
    Aksoy, Ayse
    Dr Sami Ulus Hosp, Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey..
    Verhelst, Helene
    Ghent Univ Hosp, Pediat Neurol, Ghent, Belgium..
    Delgado, Mauricio R.
    Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Dept Neurol, Dallas, TX USA..
    Pourova, Radka Kremlikova
    Charles Univ Prague, Med Fac 2, Dept Biol & Med Genet, Prague, Czech Republic.;UH Motol, Prague, Czech Republic..
    Sadek, Abdelrahim A.
    Sohag Univ, Fac Med, Pediat Neurol, Sohag, Egypt..
    Elkhateeb, Nour M.
    Cairo Univ, Pediat Neurol, Cairo, Egypt..
    Blumkin, Lubov
    Tel Aviv Univ, Wolfson Med Ctr, Sackler Sch Med, Pediat Neurol Unit,Movement Disorders Clin, Tel Aviv, Israel..
    Brea-Fernandez, Alejandro J.
    CIBERER, Grp Med Xenom, Santiago De Compostela, Spain..
    Dacruz-Alvarez, David
    Complexo Hosp Univ, Neurol Pediat, Santiago De Compostela, Spain..
    Smol, Thomas
    CHU Lille, RADEME, Inst Genet Med, Lille, France..
    Ghoumid, Jamal
    CHU Lille, RADEME, Inst Genet Med, Lille, France..
    Miguel, Diego
    Univ Fed Bahia, Serv Genet Med, Salvador, BA, Brazil..
    Heine, Constanze
    Univ Hosp Leipzig, Inst Human Genet, Leipzig, Germany..
    Schlump, Jan-Ulrich
    Evangel Krankenhaus, Pediat, Oberhausen, Germany..
    Langen, Hendrik
    Sozialpadiatr Zentrum Hannover, Hannover, Germany..
    Baets, Jonathan
    Univ Antwerp, Neurogenet Grp, Antwerp, Belgium.;Univ Antwerp, Neuromuscular Reference Ctr, Antwerp, Belgium.;Antwerp Univ Hosp, Antwerp, Belgium..
    Bulk, Saskia
    Ctr Hosp Univ Liege, Med Genet, Liege, Belgium..
    Darvish, Hossein
    Semnan Univ Med Sci, Canc Res Ctr, Semnan, Iran.;Semnan Univ Med Sci, Dept Med Genet, Semnan, Iran..
    Bakhtiari, Somayeh
    Phoenix Childrens Hosp, Barrow Neurol Inst, Phoenix, AZ USA..
    Kruer, Michael C.
    Phoenix Childrens Hosp, Barrow Neurol Inst, Phoenix, AZ USA..
    Lim-Melia, Elizabeth
    Maria Fareri Childrens Hosp, Pediat Med Genet, Valhalla, NY USA..
    Aydinli, Nur
    Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar Univ, Dept Pediat, Pediat Genet, Istanbul, Turkey..
    Alanay, Yasemin
    Istanbul Med Fac, Pediat Neurol, Istanbul, Turkey..
    El-Rashidy, Omnia
    Ain Shams Univ, Pediat, Cairo, Egypt..
    Nampoothiri, Sheela
    Amrita Inst Med Sci & Res Ctr, Cochin, Kerala, India..
    Patel, Chirag
    Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Genet Hlth Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Beetz, Christian
    Centogene AG, Rostock, Germany..
    Bauer, Peter
    Centogene AG, Rostock, Germany..
    Yoon, Grace
    Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Dept Paediat, Div Clin & Metab Genet, Toronto, ON, Canada..
    Guillot, Mireille
    Hosp Sick Children, Dept Paediat, Toronto, ON, Canada.;Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada..
    Miller, Steven P.
    Hosp Sick Children, Dept Paediat, Toronto, ON, Canada.;Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada..
    Bourinaris, Thomas
    UCL Inst Neurol, Dept Mol Neurosci, London, England..
    Houlden, Henry
    UCL Inst Neurol, Dept Mol Neurosci, London, England..
    Robelin, Laura
    Hop Univ Strasbourg, Serv Neurol, Strasbourg, France..
    Anheim, Mathieu
    Hop Univ Strasbourg, Serv Neurol, Strasbourg, France..
    Alamri, Abdullah S.
    Natl Neurosci Inst, King Fahad Med City, Pediat Neurol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia..
    Mahmoud, Adel A. H.
    Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Univ, Pediat, Dammam, Saudi Arabia..
    Inaloo, Soroor
    Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Neonatal Res Ctr, Shiraz, Iran..
    Habibzadeh, Parham
    Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Persian BayanGene Res & Training Ctr, Shiraz, Iran..
    Faghihi, Mohammad Ali
    Shiraz Univ Med Sci, Persian BayanGene Res & Training Ctr, Shiraz, Iran.;Univ Miami, Ctr Therapeut Innovat, Miami, FL USA.;Univ Miami, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Miami, FL USA..
    Jansen, Anna C.
    UZ Brussel, Pediat Neurol Unit, Dept Pediat, Brussels, Belgium..
    Brock, Stefanie
    UZ Brussel, Pediat Neurol Unit, Dept Pediat, Brussels, Belgium..
    Roubertie, Agathe
    CHU Montpellier, Pediat Neurol, Montpellier, France..
    Darras, Basil T.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Agrawal, Pankaj B.
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Manton Ctr Orphan Dis Res, Div Newborn Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Manton Ctr Orphan Dis Res, Div Genet & Genom, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Santorelli, Filippo M.
    IRCCS Fdn Stella Maris, Mol Med, Pisa, Italy..
    Gleeson, Joseph
    Rady Childrens Hosp, Rady Childrens Inst Genom Med, San Diego, CA USA..
    Zaki, Maha S.
    Natl Res Ctr, Clin Genet Human Genet & Genome Res Div, Cairo, Egypt..
    Sheikh, Sarah, I
    Celgene, Translat Neurosci, Cambridge, MA USA..
    Bennett, James T.
    Univ Washington, Dept Pediat, Div Genet Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA..
    Sahin, Mustafa
    Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Med Sch, Translat Neurosci Ctr, Boston Childrens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Defining the clinical, molecular and imaging spectrum of adaptor protein complex 4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia2020In: Brain, ISSN 0006-8950, E-ISSN 1460-2156, Vol. 143, no 10, p. 2929-2944Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in genes that encode subunits of the adaptor protein complex 4 (AP-4) lead to prototypical yet poorly understood forms of childhood-onset and complex hereditary spastic paraplegia: SPG47 (AP4B1), SPG50 (AP4M1), SPG51 (AP4E1) and SPG52 (AP4S1). Here, we report a detailed cross-sectional analysis of clinical, imaging and molecular data of 156 patients from 101 families. Enrolled patients were of diverse ethnic backgrounds and covered a wide age range (1.0-49.3 years). While the mean age at symptom onset was 0.8 +/- 0.6 years [standard deviation (SD), range 0.2-5.0], the mean age at diagnosis was 10.2 +/- 8.5 years (SD, range 0.1-46.3). We define a set of core features: early-onset developmental delay with delayed motor milestones and significant speech delay (50% non-verbal); intellectual disability in the moderate to severe range; mild hypotonia in infancy followed by spastic diplegia (mean age: 8.4 +/- 5.1 years, SD) and later tetraplegia (mean age: 16.1 +/- 9.8 years, SD); postnatal microcephaly (83%); foot deformities (69%); and epilepsy (66%) that is intractable in a subset. At last follow-up, 36% ambulated with assistance (mean age: 8.9 +/- 6.4 years, SD) and 54% were wheelchair-dependent (mean age: 13.4 +/- 9.8 years, SD). Episodes of stereotypic laughing, possibly consistent with a pseudobulbar affect, were found in 56% of patients. Key features on neuroimaging include a thin corpus callosum (90%), ventriculomegaly (65%) often with colpocephaly, and periventricular white-matter signal abnormalities (68%). Iron deposition and polymicrogyria were found in a subset of patients. AP4B1-associated SPG47 and AP4M1-associated SPG50 accounted for the majority of cases. About two-thirds of patients were born to consanguineous parents, and 82% carried homozygous variants. Over 70 unique variants were present, the majority of which are frameshift or nonsense mutations. To track disease progression across the age spectrum, we defined the relationship between disease severity as measured by several rating scales and disease duration. We found that the presence of epilepsy, which manifested before the age of 3 years in the majority of patients, was associated with worse motor outcomes. Exploring genotype-phenotype correlations, we found that disease severity and major phenotypes were equally distributed among the four subtypes, establishing that SPG47, SPG50, SPG51 and SPG52 share a common phenotype, an 'AP-4 deficiency syndrome'. By delineating the core clinical, imaging, and molecular features of AP-4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia across the age spectrum our results will facilitate early diagnosis, enable counselling and anticipatory guidance of affected families and help define endpoints for future interventional trials.

  • 41.
    Eeg-Olofsson, Orvar
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
    Kalimo, Hannu
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Eeg-Olofsson, Karin Edebol
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience.
    Jagell, Sten
    Marklund, Lena
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Simonsson, Linda
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Duchenne muscular dystrophy and idiopathic hyperCKemia in the same family2008In: European journal of paediatric neurology, ISSN 1090-3798, E-ISSN 1532-2130, Vol. 12, no 5, p. 404-7Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Familial hyperCKemia is a rare condition, and a combination with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is extremely rare. A boy showed muscle weakness from the age of 10 months and presented typical signs of DMD at the age of 18 months. The diagnosis was supported by markedly elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) value as well as by neurophysiological and muscle biopsy findings at the age of 23 months. The diagnosis was confirmed by identification of a stop codon in exon 43 (p.2095Arg>X) of the dystrophin gene. Interestingly, the father and his near relatives had increased serum CK values without any clinical symptoms or signs, nor a defect in caveolin-3 gene. We suggest that the occurrence of familial hyperCKemia may have triggered the early onset of symptoms in our patient.

  • 42.
    Entesarian, Miriam
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Carlsson, Birgit
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Mansouri, Mahmoud Reza
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Stattin, Eva-Lena
    Holmberg, Eva
    Golovleva, Irina
    Stefansson, Hreinn
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    A chromosome 10 variant with a 12 Mb inversion [inv(10)(q11.22q21.1)] identical by descent in the Swedish population2009In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0148-7299, E-ISSN 1096-8628, Vol. 149A, no 3, p. 380-386Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We identified a paracentric inversion of chromosome 10 [inv(10)(q11.22q21.1)] in 0.20% of Swedish individuals (15/7,439) referred for cytogenetic analysis. A retrospective analysis of 8,896 karyotypes from amniocenteses in Sweden revealed a carrier frequency of 0.079% (7/8,896) for the inversion. Cloning and detailed analysis of the inversion breakpoint regions show enrichment for interspersed repeat elements and AT-stretches. The centromeric breakpoint coincides with that of a predicted inversion from HapMap data, which suggests that this region is involved in several chromosome 10 variants. No known gene or predicted transcript are disrupted by the inversion which spans approximately 12 Mb. Carriers from four non-related Swedish families have identical inversion breakpoints and haplotype analysis confirmed that the rearrangement is identical by descent. Diagnosis was retrieved in 6 out of the 15 carriers referred for cytogenetic analysis. No consistent phenotype was found to be associated with the inversion. Our study demonstrates that the inv(10)(q11.22q21.1) is a rare and inherited chromosome variant with a broad geographical distribution in Sweden.

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  • 43.
    Entesarian, Miriam
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Carlsson, Birgit
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Mansouri, Mahmoud Reza
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Stattin, Eva-Lena
    Holmberg, Eva
    Golovleva, Irina
    Stefansson, Hreinn
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    A chromosome 10 variant with a 12 Mb inversion [inv(10)(q11.22q21.1)] identical by descent in the Swedish population2009In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, ISSN 0148-7299, E-ISSN 1096-8628, Vol. 149A, no 3, p. 380-386Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    We identified a paracentric inversion of chromosome 10 [inv(10)(q11.22q21.1)] in 0.20% of Swedish individuals (15/7,439) referred for cytogenetic analysis. A retrospective analysis of 8,896 karyotypes from amniocenteses in Sweden revealed a carrier frequency of 0.079% (7/8,896) for the inversion. Cloning and detailed analysis of the inversion breakpoint regions show enrichment for interspersed repeat elements and AT-stretches. The centromeric breakpoint coincides with that of a predicted inversion from HapMap data, which suggests that this region is involved in several chromosome 10 variants. No known gene or predicted transcript are disrupted by the inversion which spans approximately 12 Mb. Carriers from four non-related Swedish families have identical inversion breakpoints and haplotype analysis confirmed that the rearrangement is identical by descent. Diagnosis was retrieved in 6 out of the 15 carriers referred for cytogenetic analysis. No consistent phenotype was found to be associated with the inversion. Our study demonstrates that the inv(10)(q11.22q21.1) is a rare and inherited chromosome variant with a broad geographical distribution in Sweden.

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  • 44.
    Entesarian, Miriam
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahlqvist, Johanna
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Shashi, Vandana
    Stanley, Christy S.
    Falahat, Babak
    Reardon, William
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    FGF10 missense mutations in aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands (ALSG)2007In: European Journal of Human Genetics, ISSN 1018-4813, E-ISSN 1476-5438, Vol. 15, no 3, p. 379-382Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands (ALSG) is an autosomal dominant congenital anomaly characterized by aplasia, atresia or hypoplasia of the lacrimal and salivary systems. Affected individuals present with irritable eyes and dryness of the mouth with variable expressivity. Mutations in FGF10 were recently described in ALSG and in lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital (LADD) syndrome which are overlapping clinical entities. We present here two families with ALSG associated with missense mutations (R80S and G138E, respectively) affecting highly conserved residues in FGF10. The clinical features of these patients further broaden the knowledge of FGF10-related phenotypes.

  • 45.
    Entesarian, Miriam
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Matsson, Hans
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Bergendal, Birgitta
    Olson, Lena
    Arakaki, Rieko
    Hayashi, Yoshio
    Ohuchi, Hideyo
    Falahat, Babak
    Bolstad, Anne Isine
    Jonsson, Roland
    Wahren-Herlenius, Marie
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology.
    Mutations in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor 10 are associated with2005In: Nat Genet, ISSN 1061-4036, Vol. 37, no 2, p. 125-7Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Autosomal dominant aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands (ALSG; OMIM 180920 and OMIM 103420) is a rare condition characterized by irritable eyes and dryness of the mouth. We mapped ALSG to 5p13.2-5q13.1, which coincides with the gene fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10). In two extended pedigrees, we identified heterozygous mutations in FGF10 in all individuals with ALSG. Fgf10(+/-) mice have a phenotype similar to ALSG, providing a model for this disorder. We suggest that haploinsufficiency for FGF10 during a crucial stage of development results in ALSG.

  • 46.
    Fagius, Jan
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Neurology.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Early-onset hereditary isolated non-neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a Swedish family2023In: Clinical Autonomic Research, ISSN 0959-9851, E-ISSN 1619-1560, Vol. 33, no 4, p. 421-432Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Methods One severely affected individual underwent thorough investigation with neurophysiological and blood pressure (BP) measurements, including direct recording of baroreflex-governed sympathetic nerve signalling and induction of BP rise with phenylephrine. Family members underwent parts of the examination. Genetic analysis using exome sequencing was performed.

    Results Marked postural hypotension with greatly reduced cardiac preload was observed, but without signs of autonomic nervous system dysfunction: sympathetic nerve signalling was normal, as were catecholamine levels, and phenylephrine stimulation revealed a normal increase in BP. The results of the genetic analysis using exome sequencing comprising all known genes associated with the regulation of BP and catecholamine metabolism were normal.

    Conclusion The combined findings suggest an autosomal dominant form of early-onset orthostatic hypotension with variable clinical expression and without any additional autonomic dysfunction. It is possible that further investigation will reveal an as yet undescribed entity of orthostatic hypotension transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.

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  • 47.
    Fatima, Ambrin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Aga Khan Univ, Dept Biol & Biomed Sci, Karachi 74000, Pakistan..
    Hoeber, Jan
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Schuster, Jens
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Koshimizu, Eriko
    Yokohama City Univ, Dept Human Genet, Grad Sch Med, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan..
    Gonzalez, Carolina Maya
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Keren, Boris
    Sorbonne Univ, Pitie Salpetriere Hosp, AP HP, Ctr Mol & Chromosomal Genet, 47-83 Blvd Hop, F-75013 Paris, France..
    Mignot, Cyril
    Sorbonne Univ, Pitie Salpetriere Hosp, AP HP, Ctr Mol & Chromosomal Genet, 47-83 Blvd Hop, F-75013 Paris, France..
    Akram, Talia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Natl Inst Biotechnol & Genet Engn, Human Mol Genet Lab, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan..
    Ali, Zafar
    Natl Inst Biotechnol & Genet Engn, Human Mol Genet Lab, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan..
    Miyatake, Satoko
    Yokohama City Univ, Dept Human Genet, Grad Sch Med, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan.;Yokohama City Univ Med, Clin Genet Dept, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan..
    Tanigawa, Junpei
    Osaka Univ, Dept Pediat, Grad Sch Med, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan..
    Koike, Takayoshi
    NHO Shizuoka Inst Epilepsy & Neurol Disorders, Natl Epilepsy Ctr, Shizuoka 4208688, Japan..
    Kato, Mitsuhiro
    Showa Univ, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Tokyo 1428666, Japan..
    Murakami, Yoshiko
    Osaka Univ, Res Inst Microbial Dis, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan..
    Abdullah, Uzma
    PMAS Arid Agr Univ, Univ Inst Biochem & Biotechnol, Rawalpindi 46301, Pakistan..
    Ali, Muhammad Akhtar
    Univ Punjab, Sch Biol Sci, Lahore 54590, Pakistan..
    Fadoul, Rein
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Laan, Loora
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology.
    Castillejo-Lopez, Casimiro
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Liik, Maarika
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Rostedt Punga: Clinical Neurophysiology.
    Jin, Zhe
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology.
    Birnir, Bryndis
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology.
    Matsumoto, Naomichi
    Yokohama City Univ, Dept Human Genet, Grad Sch Med, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan..
    Baig, Shahid M.
    Natl Inst Biotechnol & Genet Engn, Human Mol Genet Lab, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.;Aga Khan Univ, Dept Biol & Biomed Sci, Karachi 74000, Pakistan..
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Monoallelic and bi-allelic variants in NCDN cause neurodevelopmental delay, intellectual disability, and epilepsy2021In: American Journal of Human Genetics, ISSN 0002-9297, E-ISSN 1537-6605, Vol. 108, no 4, p. 739-748Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Neurochondrin (NCDN) is a cytoplasmatic neural protein of importance for neural growth, glutamate receptor (mGluR) signaling, and synaptic plasticity. Conditional loss of Ncdn in mice neural tissue causes depressive-like behaviors, impaired spatial learning, and epileptic seizures. We report on NCDN missense variants in six affected individuals with variable degrees of developmental delay, intellectual disability (ID), and seizures. Three siblings were found homozygous for a NCDN missense variant, whereas another three unrelated individuals carried different de novo missense variants in NCDN. We assayed the missense variants for their capability to rescue impaired neurite formation in human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells depleted of NCDN. Overexpression of wild-type NCDN rescued the neurite-phenotype in contrast to expression of NCDN containing the variants of affected individuals. Two missense variants, associated with severe neurodevelopmental features and epilepsy, were unable to restore mGluR5-induced ERK phosphorylation. Electrophysiological analysis of SH-SY5Y cells depleted of NCDN exhibited altered membrane potential and impaired action potentials at repolarization, suggesting NCDN to be required for normal biophysical properties. Using available transcriptome data from human fetal cortex, we show that NCDN is highly expressed in maturing excitatory neurons. In combination, our data provide evidence that bi-allelic and de novo variants in NCDN cause a clinically variable form of neurodevelopmental delay and epilepsy, highlighting a critical role for NCDN in human brain development.

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  • 48.
    Fatima, Ambrin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Schuster, Jens
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Akram, Talia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. NIBGE, Human Mol Genet Lab, Faisalabad, Pakistan..
    Gonzalez, Carolina Maya
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Sobol, Maria
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Hoeber, Jan
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Incontinentia pigmenti: Generation of an IKBKG deficient human iPSC line (KICRi002-A-1) on a 46,XY background using CRISPR/Cas92020In: Stem Cell Research, ISSN 1873-5061, E-ISSN 1876-7753, Vol. 44, article id 101739Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-linked dominant neuroectodermal dysplasia caused by loss-of-function mutations in the IKBKG gene. Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, we generated an IKBKG knock-out iPSC line (KICRi002-A-1) on a 46,XY background. The iPSC line showed a normal karyotype, expressed pluripotency markers and exhibited capability to differentiate into the three germ layers in vitro. Off-target editing was excluded and no IKBKG mRNA expression could be detected. Our line offers a useful resource to elucidate mechanisms caused by IKBKG deficiency that leads to disrupted male fetal development and for drug screening to improve treatment of female patients with IP.

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  • 49.
    Fatima, Ambrin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
    Schuster, Jens
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Akram, Talia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. NIBGE, Human Mol Genet Lab, Faisalabad, Pakistan..
    Sobol, Maria
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Hoeber, Jan
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Generation of a human Neurochondrin deficient iPSC line KICRi002-A-3 using CRISPR/Cas92020In: Stem Cell Research, ISSN 1873-5061, E-ISSN 1876-7753, Vol. 44, article id 101758Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The role of Neurochondrin (NCDN) in humans is not well understood. Mice with a conditional Ncdn knock-out show epileptic seizures, depressive-like behaviours and impaired spatial learning. Using CRISPR/Cas9, we generated a Neurochondrin deficient human iPSC line KICRi002-A-3 carrying a homozygous 752 bp deletion / 2 bp insertion in the NCDN gene. The iPSC line maintained a normal 46,XY karyotype, expressed pluripotency markers and exhibited capability to differentiate into the three germ layers in vitro. Off-target editing was excluded and Neurochondrin expression was not detectable. The iPSC line offers a valuable resource to study the role of Neurochondrin during human neurogenesis.

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  • 50.
    Fineschi, Serena
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine. Östhammar Health Care Centre, Östhammar, Sweden.
    Klar, Joakim
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Gustafsson, Kristin Ayoola
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Jonsson, Kent
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, research centers etc., Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland. Department of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine, Nyköping Hospital, Nyköping, Sweden.
    Karlsson, Bo
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine.
    Dahl, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Medicinsk genetik och genomik.
    Inflammation and Interferon Signatures in Peripheral B-Lymphocytes and Sera of Individuals With Fibromyalgia2022In: Frontiers in Immunology, E-ISSN 1664-3224, Vol. 13, article id 874490Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Fibromyalgia (FM) is an idiopathic chronic disease characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia, often accompanied by fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and other symptoms. Autoimmunity and neuroinflammatory mechanisms have been suggested to play important roles in the pathophysiology of FM supported by recently identified interferon signatures in affected individuals. However, the contribution of different components in the immune system, such as the B-lymphocytes, in the progression to FM are yet unknown. Furthermore, there is a great need for biomarkers that may improve diagnostics of FM. Herein, we investigated the gene expression profile in peripheral B-cells, as well as a panel of inflammatory serum proteins, in 30 FM patients and 23 healthy matched control individuals. RNA sequence analysis revealed 60 differentially expressed genes when comparing the two groups. The group of FM patients showed increased expression of twenty-five interferon-regulated genes, such as S100A8 and S100A9, VCAM, CD163, SERPINA1, ANXA1, and an increased interferon score. Furthermore, FM was associated with elevated levels of 19 inflammatory serum proteins, such as IL8, AXIN1, SIRT2 and STAMBP, that correlated with the FM severity score. Together, the results shows that FM is associated with an interferon signature in B-cells and increased levels of a set of inflammatory serum proteins. Our findings bring further support for immune activation in the pathogenesis of FM and highlight candidate biomarkers for diagnosis and intervention in the management of FM. 

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