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SUBMITTER: Johansen A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5065650 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansen Anide A Rosti Rasim O RO Musaev Damir D Sticca Evan E Harripaul Ricardo R Zaki Maha M Çağlayan Ahmet Okay AO Azam Matloob M Sultan Tipu T Froukh Tawfiq T Reis André A Reis André A Popp Bernt B Ahmed Iltaf I John Peter P Ayub Muhammad M Ben-Omran Tawfeg T Vincent John B JB Gleeson Joseph G JG Abou Jamra Rami R
American journal of human genetics 20160908 4
The risk of epilepsy among individuals with intellectual disability (ID) is approximately ten times that of the general population. From a cohort of >5,000 families affected by neurodevelopmental disorders, we identified six consanguineous families harboring homozygous inactivating variants in MBOAT7, encoding lysophosphatidylinositol acyltransferase (LPIAT1). Subjects presented with ID frequently accompanied by epilepsy and autistic features. LPIAT1 is a membrane-bound phospholipid-remodeling e ...[more]