Abstract
Recently, pathogenic variants in the MLL2 gene were identified as the most common cause of Kabuki (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome (MIM#147920). To further elucidate the genotype-phenotype correlation, we studied a large cohort of 86 clinically defined patients with Kabuki syndrome (KS) for mutations in MLL2. All patients were assessed using a standardized phenotype list and all were scored using a newly developed clinical score list for KS (MLL2-Kabuki score 0-10). Sequencing of the full coding region and intron-exon boundaries of MLL2 identified a total of 45 likely pathogenic mutations (52%): 31 nonsense, 10 missense and four splice-site mutations, 34 of which were novel. In five additional patients, novel, i.e. non-dbSNP132 variants of clinically unknown relevance, were identified. Patients with likely pathogenic nonsense or missense MLL2 mutations were usually more severely affected (median 'MLL2-Kabuki score' of 6) as compared to the patients without MLL2 mutations (median 'MLL2-Kabuki score' of 5), a significant difference (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 539-545 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical Genetics |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Genotype-phenotype correlation
- Kabuki syndrome
- MLL2
- Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics(clinical)
- Genetics