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AUTHOR
Marc Delepine
Mutations activatrices de mTOR en mosaïque dans l’hypomélanose d’Ito avec mégalencéphalie
Introduction L’hypomelanose d’Ito (HI) est definie par une hypopigmentation suivant les lignes de Blaschko, isolee ou associee a des manifestations principalement neurologiques. Nous rapportons ici une anomalie genetique en mosaique commune chez des patients atteints d’HI avec megalencephalie. Materiel et methodes Cinq enfants (3 filles, 2 garcons), sans antecedents familiaux, ayant des troubles pigmentaires et une megalencephalie ont ete etudies. Quatre avaient une hypopigmentation blaschko-lineaire, et un avait une meche blanche avec hypochromie scapulaire en quadrant et heterochromie irienne. Tous avaient une macrocrânie precoce (PC > 3 DS) et un retard des acquisitions. La patiente prin…
Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome
Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (WRS) is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by the association of permanent neonatal or early-infancy insulin-dependent diabetes, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and growth retardation, and other variable multisystemic clinical manifestations. Based on genetic studies of two inbred families, we previously identified the gene responsible for this disorder as EIF2AK3, the pancreatic eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) kinase. Here, we have studied 12 families with WRS, totalling 18 cases. With the exception of one case, all patients carried EIF2AK3 mutations resulting in truncated or missense versions of the protein. Exclusion of EIF2AK3 mutations in…
CNTN6 mutations are risk factors for abnormal auditory sensory perception in autism spectrum disorders
International audience; Contactin genes CNTN5 and CNTN6 code for neuronal cell adhesion molecules that promote neurite outgrowth in sensory-motor neuronal pathways. Mutations of CNTN5 and CNTN6 have previously been reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but very little is known on their prevalence and clinical impact. In this study, we identified CNTN5 and CNTN6 deleterious variants in individuals with ASD. Among the carriers, a girl with ASD and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was carrying five copies of CNTN5. For CNTN6, both deletions (6/1534 ASD vs 1/8936 controls; P=0.00006) and private coding sequence variants (18/501 ASD vs 535/33480 controls; P=0.000…