Literature Search Results for Gene PTER

PTER
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Am. J. Med. Genet. 2002 Jul 114: 497-508
PMID12116183
TitleGenome-wide scan for linkage to schizophrenia in a Spanish-origin cohort from Costa Rica.
AbstractGenetic isolates have been useful cohorts in which to search for genes underlying disorders of unknown pathology. One such cohort is thought to exist in the Central Valley of Costa Rica surrounding the city of San Jose. Previous investigators identified a rare dominant gene for hereditary deafness in this population, and a suggestive linkage of severe bipolar psychosis has been reported in another study. Ninety-nine families with at least one pair of siblings affected with schizophrenia or a schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis had clinical evaluations and DNA collected for genotyping. The Marshfield Medical Research Foundation (NHLBI) Mammalian Genotyping Service performed all genotyping using 404 short-tandem repeat polymorphic markers (STRPs) spaced on average 10 cM apart. Data were analyzed using the nonparametric program, GeneHunterPlus. The population structure was investigated using the STRUCT program. No region was found with genome-wide significance for linkage. Using a phenotype of schizophrenia plus schizoaffective disorder, the highest maximum likelihood score (MLS) observed was 1.78 (P < 0.004) at 176.6 cM from pter on chromosome 5q, an area previously implicated by some other groups. In addition, five regions on chromosomes 1p, 2p, 2q, 14p, and 8p had MLSs above 1.0. All other regions produced scores below 1.0. Population genetic analysis reveals no evidence for population substructure, for admixture with other populations, such as Amerindians, or for inbreeding in the parental generation. The latter casts some doubt on this population being an isolate, although there was evidence of inbreeding among the offspring.
SCZ Keywordsschizophrenia
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Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2005 Jun 13: 763-71
PMID15812564
TitleFine mapping of a schizophrenia susceptibility locus at chromosome 6q23: increased evidence for linkage and reduced linkage interval.
AbstractWe previously reported an autosomal scan for schizophrenia susceptibility loci in a systematically recruited sample of Arab Israeli families. The scan detected significant evidence for linkage at chromosome 6q23 with a nonparametric LOD score (NPL) of 4.60 (P=0.000004) and a multipoint parametric LOD score of 4.16. In order to refine this finding we typed 42 additional microsatellite markers on chromosome 6q between D6S1570 (99.01 cM from the pter) and D6S281 (190.14 from the pter) in the same sample (average intermarker distance approximately 1.7 cM). In the 23 cM region between D6S1715 and D6S311, markers were more closely spaced ( approximately 1.1 cM). Multipoint nonparametric and parametric and single point linkage analyses were performed. The peak NPL rose to 4.98 (P=0.00000058) at D6S1626 (136.97 cM), immediately adjacent to D6S292 (NPL 4.98, P=0.00000068), the marker that gave the highest NPL in the original genome scan, under the broad diagnostic category. The putative susceptibility region (NPL-1) was reduced from 12.0 to 4.96 cM. The peak multipoint parametric LOD score was 4.63 at D6S1626 under a dominant genetic model, core diagnostic category and the LOD-1 interval was 2.10 cM. The maximum single point LOD score (3.55, theta=0.01) was also at D6S1626 (dominant model, core diagnostic category). Increased evidence for linkage in the same sample as in the original genome scan and consistent localization of the linkage peak add further support for the presence of a schizophrenia susceptibility locus at chromosome 6q23. Moreover, the markedly reduced linkage interval greatly improves prospects for identifying a schizophrenia susceptibility gene within the implicated region.
SCZ Keywordsschizophrenia
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Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2006 Jun 140: 1208-13
PMID16642507
TitleSchizophrenia in an adult with 6p25 deletion syndrome.
AbstractChromosomal deletions at 6p25-p24 are rare findings in patients with developmental delay. There is limited information about the adult phenotype. We present a 36-year-old patient with schizophrenia, mild mental retardation, progressive hearing deficits, and characteristic facial features. Ocular (Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly) abnormalities were diagnosed in infancy; vision, however, has remained unimpaired. There were no other major congenital anomalies. Brain imaging showed only minor changes. There was no family history of intellectual deficits or psychosis. Karyotyping revealed a 6p25 deletion, and detailed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses using 23 probes confirmed a 6.7 Mb 6p25-pter deletion. The breakpoint is near a possible 6p25-p24 locus for schizophrenia. Psychotic illness may be part of the neurodevelopmental abnormalities and long-term outcome of patients with 6p terminal deletions. Other similarly affected patients likely remain to be diagnosed in adult populations of schizophrenia and/or mental retardation.
SCZ Keywordsschizophrenia
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Pathol. Biol. 2007 Feb 55: 29-36
PMID16690229
TitlePhenotype in X chromosome rearrangements: pitfalls of X inactivation study.
AbstractX inactivation pattern in X chromosome rearrangements usually favor the less unbalanced cells. It is correlated to a normal phenotype, small size or infertility. We studied the correlation between phenotype and X inactivation ratio in patients with X structural anomalies.
During the 1999-2005 period, 12 X chromosome rearrangements, including three prenatal cases, were diagnosed in the Laboratoire de Cytogénétique of Strasbourg. In seven cases, X inactivation ratio could be assessed by late replication or methylation assay.
In three of seven cases (del Xp, dup Xp, t(X;A)), X inactivation ratio and phenotype were consistent. The four other cases showed discrepancies between phenotype and X inactivation pattern: mental retardation and dysmorphism in a case of balanced X-autosome translocation, schizophrenia and autism in two cases of XX maleness and MLS syndrome (microphthalmia with linear skin defects) in a case of Xp(21.3-pter) deletion.
Discrepancies between X inactivation ratio and phenotype are not rare and can be due to gene disruption, position effect, complex microrearrangements, variable pattern of X inactivation in different tissues or fortuitous association. In this context, the prognostic value of X inactivation study in prenatal diagnosis will be discussed.
SCZ Keywordsschizophrenia
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Eur J Med Genet 2015 May 58: 310-8
PMID25817395
TitleSubtelomeric 6p25 deletion/duplication: Report of a patient with new clinical findings and genotype-phenotype correlations.
AbstractThe 6p terminal deletions are rare and present variability of clinical features, which increases the importance of reporting additional cases in order to better characterize genotype-phenotype correlations. We report a 12-year-old girl with a de novo deletion in 6p25.1-pter characterized by high-resolution karyotyping and FISH. Further analysis using oligonucleotide array-CGH revealed a 5.06 Mb 6p25.1-pter deletion associated with a contiguous 1 Mb 6p25.1 duplication. The patient presented normal growth, developmental delay, frontal bossing, severe hypertelorism, corectopia, wide and depressed nasal bridge, mild learning disability, hearing loss and diffuse leukopathy. Additionaly, she presented peculiar phenotypic features reported herein for the first time in 6p25 deletion syndrome: cerebrospinal fluid fistula and bones resembling those seen in 3-M syndrome. The distinctive phenotype of the 6p25 deletion syndrome has been mainly correlated with the FOXC1 and FOXF2 genes deletions, both related mainly to eye development. We also consider the SERPINB6 as a candidate for sensorineural hearing loss and TUBB2A as a candidate for our patient's skeletal features. In addition, as our patient had a duplication including NRN1, a gene related with neurodevelopment, synaptic plasticity and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, we suggest that this gene could be associated with her white matter abnormalities and neurocognitive phenotype.
SCZ Keywordsschizophrenia


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