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Deletion of the Williams Beuren syndrome critical region unmasks facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.


ABSTRACT: Among 1339 unrelated cases accrued by the Italian National Registry for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), we found three unrelated cases who presented signs of Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) in early childhood and later developed FSHD. All three cases carry the molecular defects associated with the two disorders. The rarity of WBS and FSHD, 1 in 7500 and 1 in 20,000 respectively, makes a random association of the two diseases unlikely. These cases open novel and unexpected interpretation of genetic findings. The nonrandom association of both FSHD and WBS points at a gene co-expression network providing hints for the identification of modules and functionally enriched pathways in the two conditions.

SUBMITTER: Rodolico C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427329 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Deletion of the Williams Beuren syndrome critical region unmasks facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

Rodolico Carmelo C   Politano Luisa L   Portaro Simona S   Murru Stefania S   Boccone Loredana L   Sera Francesco F   Passamano Luigia L   Brizzi Teresa T   Tupler Rossella R  

European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society 20200522


Among 1339 unrelated cases accrued by the Italian National Registry for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), we found three unrelated cases who presented signs of Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) in early childhood and later developed FSHD. All three cases carry the molecular defects associated with the two disorders. The rarity of WBS and FSHD, 1 in 7500 and 1 in 20,000 respectively, makes a random association of the two diseases unlikely. These cases open novel and unexpected interpret  ...[more]

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