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Maillard A, Alby C, Gabison E, Doan S, Caux F, Bodemer C, Hadj‐Rabia S. P63‐related disorders: Dermatological characteristics in 22 patients. Exp Dermatol 2019; 28:1190-1195. [DOI: 10.1111/exd.14045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexia Maillard
- Department of Dermatology Reference Center for Genodermatoses and Rare Skin Diseases (MAGEC) Paris France
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- Institut Imagine UMR1163 Fédération de Génétique médicale Hôpital universitaire Necker‐Enfants Malades AP‐HP5 Université Paris Descartes‐Sorbonne Paris Cite Paris France
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- Cornea, External Disorders and Refractive Surgery Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild Paris France
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- Cornea, External Disorders and Refractive Surgery Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild Paris France
- Ophthalmology Hopital Bichat‐Claude‐Bernard Assistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de Paris Université, Paris VII Paris France
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- Dermatology Hopital Avicennes Assistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de Paris Université Paris XIII Bobigny France
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- Department of Dermatology Reference Center for Genodermatoses and Rare Skin Diseases (MAGEC) Paris France
- INSERM U1163&Institut Imagine Hôpital Universitaire Necker‐Enfants Malades APHP5 Université de Paris Paris France
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- Department of Dermatology Reference Center for Genodermatoses and Rare Skin Diseases (MAGEC) Paris France
- INSERM U1163&Institut Imagine Hôpital Universitaire Necker‐Enfants Malades APHP5 Université de Paris Paris France
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Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Systemic Associations of Congenital Lacrimal Drainage Anomalies: A Major Review. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2017; 33:399-407. [PMID: 28472008 DOI: 10.1097/iop.0000000000000923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE To review and summarize the syndromic, nonsyndromic, and systemic associations of congenital lacrimal drainage anomalies. METHODS The authors performed a PubMed search of all articles published in English on congenital lacrimal anomalies (1933-2016). Patients of these articles were reviewed along with the literature of direct references to syndromes and other systemic associations. Data reviewed included syndromic descriptions, systemic details, demographics, lacrimal presentations, management, and outcomes. RESULTS Syndromic and systemic associations with congenital lacrimal drainage disorders are not known to be common. Although familial presentations have been reported, the inheritance patterns are unclear for most anomalies. There is an increasingly growing evidence of a genetic basis to many lacrimal anomalies. However, few syndromes have either widespread or are frequently associated with lacrimal anomalies. Few sequences of distinct lacrimal presentations and intraoperative findings are seen. Surgical challenges in these patients are distinct and a thorough pre and intraoperative anatomical assessment, detailed imaging when indicated, and assessment and correction of associated periocular and facial abnormalities may facilitate good outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Lacrimal drainage anomalies associated with syndromic and nonsyndromic systemic conditions have certain unique features of their own and their surgical and anesthesia challenges are distinct. Diagnosis of congenital lacrimal drainage anomalies should prompt consideration of the possible presence of associated systemic abnormalities.
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The Molecular Revolution in Cutaneous Biology: Identification of Skin Disease Genes. J Invest Dermatol 2017; 137:e61-e65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chacon-Camacho OF, Fuerte-Flores BI, Zenteno JC. TP63 mutation in a patient with acro-dermo-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome: Additional evidence of molecular overlap of the ADULT and EEC syndromes. Am J Med Genet A 2016; 170:1635-8. [PMID: 27028492 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Department of Genetics, Research Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics, Research Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Mexico City, Mexico.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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Prontera P, Garelli E, Isidori I, Mencarelli A, Carando A, Silengo MC, Donti E. Cleft palate and ADULT phenotype in a patient with a novel TP63 mutation suggests lumping of EEC/LM/ADULT syndromes into a unique entity: ELA syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2011; 155A:2746-9. [PMID: 21990121 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome is a rare condition belonging to the group of ectodermal dysplasias caused by TP63 mutations. Its clinical phenotype is similar to ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip/palate (EEC) and limb-mammary syndrome (LMS), and differs from these disorders mainly by the absence of cleft lip and/or palate. We report on a 39-year-old patient who was found to be heterozygous for a c.401G > T (p.Gly134Val) de novo mutation of TP63. This patient had the ADULT phenotype associated with cleft palate. Our findings, rather than extend the clinical spectrum of ADULT syndrome, suggest that cleft palate can no longer be considered an element for differential diagnosis for ADULT, EEC, and LMS. Our data, added to other reports on overlapping phenotypes, support the combining of these three phenotypes into a unique entity that we propose to call "ELA syndrome," which is an acronym of ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip and palate, limb-mammary, and ADULT syndromes.
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- Paolo Prontera
- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Clements S, Techanukul T, Coman D, Mellerio J, McGrath J. Molecular basis of EEC (ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, clefting) syndrome: five new mutations in the DNA-binding domain of the TP63
gene and genotype-phenotype correlation. Br J Dermatol 2009; 162:201-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Papadimitriou A, Karapanou O, Papadopoulou A, Nicolaidou P, Fretzayas A. Congenital bilateral amazia associated with bilateral choanal atresia. Am J Med Genet A 2009; 149A:1529-31. [PMID: 19533792 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Congenital absence of breast development is a very rare abnormality. It may present as an isolated finding or it may be accompanied by other congenital anomalies. Here we report on a 13.5-year-old girl presented to our pediatric endocrinology clinic because of lack of breast development. She had pubarche since the age of 10 years and was regularly menstruating since the age of 12 years. The patient's medical history was positive for bilateral complete choanal atresia that was diagnosed and corrected soon after birth. Physical examination was unremarkable except for bilateral amazia, that is, absence of palpable breast tissue and hypoplastic areolae, whereas both nipples were formed. Renal ultrasonography and chest radiography were normal. The coexistence of congenital bilateral amazia and bilateral complete choanal atresia suggests that these rare disorders may be related etiologically. The patient is scheduled for breast augmentation.
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- Anastasios Papadimitriou
- Third Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Rinne T, Hamel B, van Bokhoven H, Brunner HG. Pattern of p63 mutations and their phenotypes--update. Am J Med Genet A 2006; 140:1396-406. [PMID: 16691622 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Heterozygous mutations in the transcription factor gene p63 cause at least six different syndromes with various combinations of ectodermal dysplasia, orofacial clefting and limb malformations. Here we will present an update of mutations in the p63 gene together with a comprehensive overview of the associated clinical features in 227 patients. These data confirm the previously recognized genotype-phenotype associations. Moreover, we report that there is a large degree of clinical variability in each of the p63-associated disorders. This is illustrated by the different phenotypes that are seen for the five-hotspot mutations that explain almost 90% of all EEC syndrome patients.
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- Tuula Rinne
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Rinne T, Spadoni E, Kjaer KW, Danesino C, Larizza D, Kock M, Huoponen K, Savontaus ML, Aaltonen M, Duijf P, Brunner HG, Penttinen M, van Bokhoven H. Delineation of the ADULT syndrome phenotype due to arginine 298 mutations of the p63 gene. Eur J Hum Genet 2006; 14:904-10. [PMID: 16724007 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The ADULT syndrome (Acro-Dermato-Ungual-Lacrimal-Tooth, OMIM 103285) is a rare ectodermal dysplasia associated with limb malformations and caused by heterozygous mutations in p63. ADULT syndrome has clinical overlap with other p63 mutation syndromes, such as EEC (OMIM 604292), LMS (OMIM 603543), AEC (106260), RHS (129400) and SHFM4 (605289). ADULT syndrome characteristics are ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, mammary gland hypoplasia and normal lip and palate. The latter findings allow differentiation from EEC syndrome. LMS differs by milder ectodermal involvement. Here, we report three new unrelated ADULT syndrome families, all with mutations of arginine 298. On basis of 16 patients in five families with R298 mutation, we delineate the ADULT syndrome phenotype. In addition, we have documented a gain-of-function effect on the dNp63gamma isoform caused by this mutation. We discuss the possible relevance of oral squamous cell carcinoma in one patient, who carries this p63 germline mutation.
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- Tuula Rinne
- 1Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kock M, Nolting D, Kjaer KW, Hansen BF, Kjaer I. Immunohistochemical expression of p63 in human prenatal tooth primordia. Acta Odontol Scand 2005; 63:253-7. [PMID: 16419429 DOI: 10.1080/00016350510019919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the p63 gene in normal human tooth buds at different gestational stages. This is the first detailed study of p63 expression in normal human prenatal tooth primordia. The material consisted of sections of the midaxial tissue block from the cranial base of three human fetuses of gestational ages (GA) 11, 15, and 21 weeks. The sections included tooth primordia representing cap stages and bell stages of human tooth morphogenesis. In the present study, immunostaining was carried out using the primary antibody, monoclonal mouse anti human p63 protein, clone 4A4. The sections were counterstained with hematoxylin Mayer. p63 immunoreactivity was identified by microscopy. The study showed a positive reaction of p63 in both the cap stage and the bell stage. In both stages, positivity was observed in the cells of the oral mucosa, the inner and outer enamel epithelium, and in the primary and secondary dental lamina. In the early cap stage, there is a strong positive reaction to p63 in the enamel knot, but not in the late cap stage. We suggest that p63 may have an important regulatory function in the enamel knot.
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- Marianne Kock
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Slavotinek AM, Tanaka J, Winder A, Vargervik K, Haggstrom A, Bamshad M. Acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome: Report of a child with phenotypic overlap with ulnar-mammary syndrome and a new mutation inTP63. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 138A:146-9. [PMID: 16114047 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report on a new patient with clinical findings consistent with acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome. The child had sparse hair, extensive freckling, lacrimal duct stenosis, oligodontia, dystrophic nails, reduced sweating, and bilateral athelia. Examination of his hands showed ulnar ray hypoplasia with bilateral fifth finger brachydactyly and camptodactyly. He also had surgical repair of an imperforate anus. Mutation analysis of TP63 showed a single nucleotide substitution, c.G518A, predicting a novel missense mutation, p.V114M in exon 4. This is the third mutation to be reported in TP63 in ADULT syndrome.
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- Anne M Slavotinek
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0748, USA.
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Berdón-Zapata V, Granillo-Alvarez M, Valdés-Flores M, García-Ortiz JE, Kofman-Alfaro S, Zenteno JC. p63 gene analysis in Mexican patients with syndromic and non-syndromic ectrodactyly. J Orthop Res 2004; 22:1-5. [PMID: 14656652 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-0266(03)00166-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Ectrodactyly is a congenital limb malformation that involves a central reduction defect of the hands and/or feet which is frequently associated with other phenotypic abnormalities. The condition appears to be genetically heterogeneous and recently it has been demonstrated that mutations in the p63 gene, a homologue of the tumor suppressor gene p53, are the cause of at least four autosomal dominant genetic syndromes which feature ectrodactyly: ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and facial clefting (EEC), split hand/split foot malformation (SHFM), limb-mammary syndrome (LMS), and acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome (ADULT). In this study, genetic analysis of the p63 gene in a group of 13 patients with ectrodactyly (syndromic and isolated) was performed. Four patients with syndromic ectrodactyly had p63 heterozygous point mutations that affect the DNA binding domain of the protein. One of these subjects exhibited the typical features of EEC syndrome as well as ankyloblepharon being, to our knowledge, the first case combining these traits. This finding supports the view of a clinical overlap in this group of autosomal dominant syndromes caused by p63 mutations and demonstrates that there are exceptions in the previously established p63 genotype-phenotype correlation.
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- V Berdón-Zapata
- Department of Genetics, Facultad de Medicina-UNAM, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, CP 06726, Mexico City, Mexico
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Brunner HG, Hamel BCJ, Bokhoven Hv HV. P63 gene mutations and human developmental syndromes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 112:284-90. [PMID: 12357472 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The P63 gene is a recently discovered member of the p53 family. While P53 is ubiquitously expressed, p63 is expressed specifically in embryonic ectoderm and in the basal regenerative layers of epithelial tissues in the adult. Complete abrogation of P63 gene function in an animal model points to the relevance of P63 for the proper development of ectodermally derived tissues. The p63 knockout mouse dies at birth and has truncation of the limbs, as well as absence of epidermis, prostate, breast, and urothelial tissues, apparently reflecting ectodermal stem cell loss. A number of dominant human syndromes have been mapped to chromosome 3q27 and ultimately to mutations in the p63 gene. These syndromes have abnormal limb development and/or ectodermal dysplasia and include ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, clefting syndrome; ankyloblepharon, ectodermal dysplasia, clefting syndrome; acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome; limb-mammary syndrome; as well as nonsyndromic split hand/foot malformation. The pattern of heterozygous mutations is distinct for each of these syndromes. Consistent with this syndrome-specific mutational pattern, the functional consequences of mutations on the p63 proteins also vary, invoking dominant-negative and gain-of-function mechanisms rather than a simple loss of function.
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- Han G Brunner
- Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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O'Brien KE, Shorrock J, Bianchi DW. Prenatal diagnosis of acro-dermatoungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome, a dominantly inherited ectrodactyly. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2002; 21:921-925. [PMID: 12164578 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.8.921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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As part of an assessment for preeclampsia, a prenatal sonogram performed on a pregnant woman at 33 weeks 4 days' gestation showed ectrodactyly in all 4 fetal extremities. The woman's husband had a history of hand abnormalities but was unaware that his condition was genetic. His examination was notable for ectrodactyly, small, peg-shaped teeth, microretrognathia, nail dysplasia, and a history of lacrimal duct blockage in infancy, consistent with a diagnosis of acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome. Acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome is inherited as an autosomal dominant condition. Many of the inherited ectrodactyly syndromes are now known to be due to mutations in the p63 gene. This case, in which a prenatal sonographic diagnosis of ADULT syndrome was made, illustrates the importance of following up on a history of paternal hand anomalies.
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- Karen E O'Brien
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence 02905, USA
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van Bokhoven H, Brunner HG. Splitting p63. Am J Hum Genet 2002; 71:1-13. [PMID: 12037717 PMCID: PMC384966 DOI: 10.1086/341450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2002] [Accepted: 04/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Causative TP63 mutations have been identified in five distinct human developmental disorders that are characterized by various degrees of limb abnormalities, ectodermal dysplasia, and facial clefts. The distribution of mutations over the various p63 protein domains and the structural and functional implications of these mutations establish a clear genotype-phenotype correlation.
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- Hans van Bokhoven
- Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Busch R, Kjaer K. Ectrodactyly and Germany's eugenics law of 14 July 1933. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 110:184-90. [PMID: 12116260 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The family reported herein serves as a genetically and historically important vignette on the issues of nonpenetrance (versus germinal mosaicism) in nonsyndromic autosomal dominant ectrodactyly and the Eugenics Law of Germany of 14 July 1933, which was used to coerce the sterilization of the propositus despite infertility in his first marriage. In a sibship of seven children (with normal parents), three boys were affected. The propositus (adoptive grandfather of the author) was the patient of Paul Leopold Friedrich and Georg Perthes, who published their observations on the propositus. Except for an adopted daughter, the propositus was childless. His two affected brothers each had an affected child, and the father- to son transmission confirmed the hypothesis of autosomal dominant inheritance. The issue of nonpenetrance versus germinal mosaicism in ectrodactyly was debated by Auerbach [1956:Ann Hum Genet 20:266-269] and Vogel [1958:Ann Hum Genet 22:132-137], and remains unresolved.
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van Bokhoven H, McKeon F. Mutations in the p53 homolog p63: allele-specific developmental syndromes in humans. Trends Mol Med 2002; 8:133-9. [PMID: 11879774 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4914(01)02260-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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p63 is the most recently discovered but most ancient member of the p53 family. In marked contrast to p53, p63 is highly expressed in embryonic ectoderm and in the basal, regenerative layers of many epithelial tissues in the adult. The p63-knockout mouse dies at birth and lacks limbs, epidermis, prostate, breast and urothelial tissues, apparently owing to the loss of stem cells required for these tissues. Significantly, several dominant human syndromes involving limb development and/or ectodermal dysplasia have been mapped to chromosome 3q27 and ultimately the gene encoding p63. The heterozygous p63mutations are distinct for each of the syndromes and are thought to act through both dominant-negative and gain-of-function mechanisms rather than a loss-of-function haploinsufficiency. The allele specificity of these syndromes offers unique molecular insights into the poorly understood actions of p63 in limb development, ectodermal-mesodermal interactions and stem cell maintenance.
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- Hans van Bokhoven
- Dept of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Amiel J, Bougeard G, Francannet C, Raclin V, Munnich A, Lyonnet S, Frebourg T. TP63 gene mutation in ADULT syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2001; 9:642-5. [PMID: 11528512 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2000] [Revised: 03/06/2001] [Accepted: 05/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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TP63 gene mutations have recently been shown to be disease causing in EEC and SHFM. Two other overlapping syndromes with ectrodactyly as a major feature, have been mapped to chromosome 3q27 close by the TP63 locus, namely the LMS and ADULT syndromes. Here, we report on a missense TP63 gene mutation in an isolated ADULT syndrome case. This finding widens the spectrum of abnormalities to be ascribed to TP63 gene in human and emphasise on the variable roles of the different Tp63 isotypes.
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- J Amiel
- Département de Génétique, et Unité INSERM U-393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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