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Somatic mosaicism for a MECP2 mutation associated with classic Rett syndrome in a boy

  • Meral Topçu
  • , Cemaliye Akyerli
  • , Ayça Sayi
  • , Gökçe A. Törüner
  • , Süha R. Koçoğlu
  • , Mine Cimbiş
  • , Tayfun özçelik

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Özet

Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that arises from mutations in the X-linked MECP2 gene. It is almost exclusively seen in girls due to the predominant occurrence of the mutations on the paternal X-chromosome, and also the early postnatal lethal effect of the disease causing mutations in hemizygous boys. We identified a boy with features of classic Rett syndrome who is mosaic for the truncating MECP2 mutation R270X. Chromosome analysis showed normal karyotype. These results indicate that a MECP2 mutation associated with Rett syndrome in females could lead to a similar phenotype in males as a result of somatic mosaicism.

Orijinal dilİngilizce
Sayfa (başlangıç-bitiş)77-81
Sayfa sayısı5
DergiEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Hacim10
Basın numarası1
DOI'lar
Yayın durumuYayınlandı - 2002
Harici olarak yayınlandıEvet

Finansman

We would like to express our gratitude to the family for their help with this project. We thank Dr Uta Francke for critical reading of the manuscript, Drs Ergül TuncËbilek and Dilek AktasË for performing the cytogenetic analysis, Dr Göknur HalilogÆlu for help in obtaining patient samples, and Emre Sayan, Tolga CË agÆatay, Tülay Arayõcõ for dosage analysis experiments and DNA sequencing. This work was supported by Bilkent University, and TÜBIÇTAK.

Finansörler
TÜBIÇTAK
Bilkent Üniversitesi

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