孤立的横向过度生长 - 表型谱和分子变化
Sakshi Yadav1, R C Madhumita2, Neerja Gupta2
1Faith Diagnostic and Fetal Centre, Mohali, India.
Indian journal of pediatrics
|October 19, 2024
概括
孤立的横向过度生长 (ILO) 可能代表贝克威斯-维德曼谱的轻微形式. 分子分析显示大约三分之一的患者有甲基化异常或单亲异构,影响了随访策略.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
背景情况:
- 孤立横向过度生长 (ILO) 带来了诊断挑战,经常与贝克威斯-维德曼综合征 (BWS) 和银拉塞尔综合征 (SRS) 等疾病重叠.
- 了解ILO的分子基础对于准确的诊断和管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究ILO患者的11p15.5位点的分子异常.
- 为了将遗传发现与临床表现相关联.
主要方法:
- 对甲基化敏感的多重结合依赖探头放大 (MS-MLPA) 在32名ILO患者身上进行.
- 短串联重复 (STR) 标记分析用于检测单亲异构 (UPD).
- 当MS-MLPA结果正常时,进行了循环素依赖性激酶抑制剂1C (CDKN1C) 基因测序和全外体测序 (WES).
主要成果:
- 在28% (9/32) 的患者中,MS-MLPA发现了甲基化异常.
- 在9%的病例中发现了UPD. 异常包括印记中心 (IC) 的甲基化增加/损失.
- 在MS-MLPA结果正常的患者中,WES没有显示出致病变体. 临床特征有时不完全符合SRS标准,尽管分子发现.
结论:
- 国际劳工组织可以被认为是BWS频谱极端的轻微表现.
- 大约三分之一的ILO病例表现出甲基化异常或UPD,需要仔细跟踪.
- 在ILO中的分子发现可能并不总是完全符合BWS或SRS的确立诊断标准.
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