在HUWE1中的新型遗传变异:产前和产后神经成像现象型
Mario Tortora1, Elisa Cattaneo1, Luigina Spaccini1
1From the Department of Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology (M.T., A.R., C.D.); Clinical Genetics Unit (E.C.), Department of Pediatrics; Clinical Genetics Unit (L.S.), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital - ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan; Medical Genetics Laboratory (M.I.), Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo; Pediatric Neurology Unit (B.S.), Department of Pediatrics, "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital - ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan; Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit (A.M., A.N.), IRCCS Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome; Fetal Therapy Unit "U. Nicolini" (M.L.), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buzzi Childrens' Hospital, Milan; and Pediatric Neurology Unit (P.V.), "Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Italy.
这项研究详细介绍了患有HUWE1基因的致病变体的患者的神经放射学发现,突出强调了庞丁和小脑低成形. 这些发现有助于诊断影响神经系统发育的罕见遗传疾病.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 医疗成像医学成像
背景情况:
- HUWE1基因编码了一种对神经系统发育至关重要的E3泛素联酶.
- HUWE1中的致病变体与神经系统疾病有关,但机制尚不清楚.
- 庞丁和小脑低成形是重要的神经辐射学发现.
研究的目的:
- 在患有可能致病性HUWE1变异的患者中全面描述神经放射学发现.
- 为了将这些发现与庞丁和小脑低成形相关联.
- 为了解与HUWE1相关的神经发育障碍作出贡献.
主要方法:
- 进行了产前和产后神经成像 (超声波和MRI).
- 神经放射学发现被分析和记录下来.
- 审查了HUWE1基因及其变体的功能.
主要成果:
- 产前超声检查显示了边界腹腔大脑病,旋转小脑虫,以及缺遗传性体.
- 核磁共振扫描显示了短而薄的体,鼻的持久性,小脑虫的减少,较宽的下静脉心室,以及减少的突凸.
- 这些发现与庞丁和小脑低成形相一致.
结论:
- 这一案例突出了与可能的致病性HUWE1变种相关的神经辐射学表型.
- 这些发现强调了HUWE1在大脑发育中的作用,特别是在小脑和小脑中.
- 这份报告帮助产前诊断专家考虑在庞丁和小脑低成形病例中的HUWE1变异.
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