SEMA3A deletion in a family with Kallmann syndrome validates the role of semaphorin 3A in human puberty and olfactory system development

J Young, C Metay, J Bouligand, B Tou… - Human …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder associating pubertal failure
with congenitally absent or impaired sense of smell. KS is related to defective neuronal …

Novel comprehensive diagnostic strategy in Pitt–Hopkins syndrome: Clinical score and further delineation of the TCF4 mutational spectrum

S Whalen, D Héron, T Gaillon, O Moldovan… - Human …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Pitt–Hopkins syndrome (PTHS), characterized by severe intellectual disability and
typical facial gestalt, is part of the clinical spectrum of Rett‐like syndromes. TCF4, encoding …

[HTML][HTML] Neurofibromatosis type 1 molecular diagnosis: what can NGS do for you when you have a large gene with loss of function mutations?

E Pasmant, B Parfait, A Luscan, P Goussard… - European Journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Molecular diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is challenging owing to the large size
of the tumour suppressor gene NF1, and the lack of mutation hotspots. A somatic alteration …

FSHD1 and FSHD2 form a disease continuum

S Sacconi, A Briand-Suleau, M Gros, C Baudoin… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To compare the clinical features of patients showing a classical phenotype of
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) with genetic and epigenetic characteristics …

SETD2 and DNMT3A screen in the Sotos-like syndrome French cohort

C Tlemsani, A Luscan, N Leulliot, E Bieth… - Journal of medical …, 2016 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Heterozygous NSD1 mutations were identified in 60%–90% of patients with
Sotos syndrome. Recently, mutations of the SETD2 and DNMT3A genes were identified in …

Confirmation of mutation landscape of NF1‐associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

P Sohier, A Luscan, A Lloyd, K Ashelford… - Genes …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The commonest tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are benign
peripheral nerve sheath tumors, called neurofibromas. Malignant transformation of …

Targeted next-generation sequencing for differential diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 2, schwannomatosis, and meningiomatosis

C Louvrier, E Pasmant, A Briand-Suleau… - Neuro …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Clinical overlap between neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), schwannomatosis,
and meningiomatosis can make clinical diagnosis difficult. Hence, molecular investigation of …

ZEB2 zinc-finger missense mutations lead to hypomorphic alleles and a mild Mowat–Wilson syndrome

J Ghoumid, L Drevillon, SM Alavi-Naini… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mowat–Wilson syndrome (MWS) is a severe intellectual disability (ID)-distinctive facial
gestalt-multiple congenital anomaly syndrome, commonly associating microcephaly …

[HTML][HTML] Severe Phenotype in Patients with Large Deletions of NF1

L Pacot, D Vidaud, A Sabbagh, I Laurendeau… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disorder caused by
pathogenic variants in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene. In 5–10% of NF1 patients, a large …

Molecular and cellular issues of KMT2A variants involved in Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome

N Lebrun, I Giurgea, A Goldenberg, A Dieux… - European Journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Variants in KMT2A, encoding the histone methyltransferase KMT2A, are a growing cause of
intellectual disability (ID). Up to now, the majority of KMT2A variants are non-sense and …