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Loss-of-function mutations in TGFB2 cause a syndromic presentation of thoracic aortic aneurysm 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
ME Lindsay D Schepers NA Bolar JJ Doyle E Gallo J Fert-Bober MJ Kempers EK Fishman Y Chen L Myers D Bjeda G Oswald AF Elias HP Levy BM Anderlid MH Yang EM Bongers J Timmermans AC Braverman N Canham GR Mortier HG Brunner PH Byers J Van Eyk L Van Laer HC Dietz BL Loeys 《Nature genetics》2012,44(8):922-927
Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) associates with a tissue signature for high transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling but is often caused by heterozygous mutations in genes encoding positive effectors of TGF-β signaling, including either subunit of the TGF-β receptor or SMAD3, thereby engendering controversy regarding the mechanism of disease. Here, we report heterozygous mutations or deletions in the gene encoding the TGF-β2 ligand for a phenotype within the LDS spectrum and show upregulation of TGF-β signaling in aortic tissue from affected individuals. Furthermore, haploinsufficient Tgfb2(+/-) mice have aortic root aneurysm and biochemical evidence of increased canonical and noncanonical TGF-β signaling. Mice that harbor both a mutant Marfan syndrome (MFS) allele (Fbn1(C1039G/+)) and Tgfb2 haploinsufficiency show increased TGF-β signaling and phenotypic worsening in association with normalization of TGF-β2 expression and high expression of TGF-β1. Taken together, these data support the hypothesis that compensatory autocrine and/or paracrine events contribute to the pathogenesis of TGF-β-mediated vasculopathies. 相似文献
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Mutations in the chromatin modifier gene KANSL1 cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Koolen DA Kramer JM Neveling K Nillesen WM Moore-Barton HL Elmslie FV Toutain A Amiel J Malan V Tsai AC Cheung SW Gilissen C Verwiel ET Martens S Feuth T Bongers EM de Vries P Scheffer H Vissers LE de Brouwer AP Brunner HG Veltman JA Schenck A Yntema HG de Vries BB 《Nature genetics》2012,44(6):639-641
We show that haploinsufficiency of KANSL1 is sufficient to cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome, a multisystem disorder characterized by intellectual disability, hypotonia and distinctive facial features. The KANSL1 protein is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of the chromatin modifier KAT8, which influences gene expression through histone H4 lysine 16 (H4K16) acetylation. RNA sequencing studies in cell lines derived from affected individuals and the presence of learning deficits in Drosophila melanogaster mutants suggest a role for KANSL1 in neuronal processes. 相似文献
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The worldwide leaf economics spectrum 总被引:48,自引:0,他引:48
Wright IJ Reich PB Westoby M Ackerly DD Baruch Z Bongers F Cavender-Bares J Chapin T Cornelissen JH Diemer M Flexas J Garnier E Groom PK Gulias J Hikosaka K Lamont BB Lee T Lee W Lusk C Midgley JJ Navas ML Niinemets U Oleksyn J Osada N Poorter H Poot P Prior L Pyankov VI Roumet C Thomas SC Tjoelker MG Veneklaas EJ Villar R 《Nature》2004,428(6985):821-827
Bringing together leaf trait data spanning 2,548 species and 175 sites we describe, for the first time at global scale, a universal spectrum of leaf economics consisting of key chemical, structural and physiological properties. The spectrum runs from quick to slow return on investments of nutrients and dry mass in leaves, and operates largely independently of growth form, plant functional type or biome. Categories along the spectrum would, in general, describe leaf economic variation at the global scale better than plant functional types, because functional types overlap substantially in their leaf traits. Overall, modulation of leaf traits and trait relationships by climate is surprisingly modest, although some striking and significant patterns can be seen. Reliable quantification of the leaf economics spectrum and its interaction with climate will prove valuable for modelling nutrient fluxes and vegetation boundaries under changing land-use and climate. 相似文献
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van der Zanden LF van Rooij IA Feitz WF Knight J Donders AR Renkema KY Bongers EM Vermeulen SH Kiemeney LA Veltman JA Arias-Vásquez A Zhang X Markljung E Qiao L Baskin LS Nordenskjöld A Roeleveld N Franke B Knoers NV 《Nature genetics》2011,43(1):48-50
Hypospadias is a common congenital malformation of the male external genitalia. We performed a genome-wide association study using pooled DNA from 436 individuals with hypospadias (cases) and 494 controls of European descent and selected the highest ranked SNPs for individual genotyping in the discovery sample, an additional Dutch sample of 133 cases and their parents, and a Swedish series of 266 cases and 402 controls. Individual genotyping of two SNPs (rs1934179 and rs7063116) in DGKK, encoding diacylglycerol kinase κ, produced compelling evidence for association with hypospadias in the discovery sample (allele-specific odds ratio (OR) = 2.5, P = 2.5 × 10?11 and OR = 2.3, P = 2.9 × 10??, respectively) and in the Dutch (OR = 3.9, P = 2.4 × 10?? and OR = 3.8, P = 3.4 × 10??) and Swedish (OR = 2.5, P = 2.6 × 10?? and OR = 2.2, P = 2.7 × 10??) replication samples. Expression studies showed expression of DGKK in preputial tissue of cases and controls, which was lower in carriers of the risk allele of rs1934179 (P = 0.047). We propose DGKK as a major risk gene for hypospadias. 相似文献
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Bicknell LS Bongers EM Leitch A Brown S Schoots J Harley ME Aftimos S Al-Aama JY Bober M Brown PA van Bokhoven H Dean J Edrees AY Feingold M Fryer A Hoefsloot LH Kau N Knoers NV Mackenzie J Opitz JM Sarda P Ross A Temple IK Toutain A Wise CA Wright M Jackson AP 《Nature genetics》2011,43(4):356-359
Meier-Gorlin syndrome (ear, patella and short-stature syndrome) is an autosomal recessive primordial dwarfism syndrome characterized by absent or hypoplastic patellae and markedly small ears1?3. Both pre- and post-natal growth are impaired in this disorder, and although microcephaly is often evident, intellect is usually normal in this syndrome. We report here that individuals with this disorder show marked locus heterogeneity, and we identify mutations in five separate genes: ORC1, ORC4, ORC6, CDT1 and CDC6. All of these genes encode components of the pre-replication complex, implicating defects in replication licensing as the cause of a genetic syndrome with distinct developmental abnormalities. 相似文献
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