Homozygous frameshift mutations in FAT1 cause a syndrome characterized by colobomatous-microphthalmia, ptosis, nephropathy and syndactyly

Autor: Najim Lahrouchi, Aman George, Ilham Ratbi, Ronen Schneider, Siham C. Elalaoui, Shahida Moosa, Sanita Bharti, Ruchi Sharma, Mones Abu-Asab, Felix Onojafe, Najlae Adadi, Elisabeth M. Lodder, Fatima-Zahra Laarabi, Yassine Lamsyah, Hamza Elorch, Imane Chebbar, Alex V. Postma, Vassilios Lougaris, Alessandro Plebani, Janine Altmueller, Henriette Kyrieleis, Vardiella Meiner, Helen McNeill, Kapil Bharti, Stanislas Lyonnet, Bernd Wollnik, Alexandra Henrion-Caude, Amina Berraho, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Connie R. Bezzina, Brian P. Brooks, Abdelaziz Sefiani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08547-w
Popis: Loss of the cadherin FAT1 has been associated with nephropathy and epithelial cell adhesion defects. Here, the authors report five families with a syndromic form of coloboma associated with homozygous frameshift variants in FAT1 and recapitulate the phenotype in mutant mice and zebrafish.
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