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Fraczek A, Potulska-Chromik A, Bednarska-Makaruk M, Sulek A, Obersztyn E, Braun-Walicka N, Ryniewicz B, Kostera-Pruszczyk A. E-POSTERS – NEUROPATHIES / ALS – CASE REPORTS. Neuromuscul Disord 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.06.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Charzewska A, Maiwald R, Kahrizi K, Oehl-Jaschkowitz B, Dufke A, Lemke J, Enders H, Najmabadi H, Tzschach A, Hachmann W, Jensen C, Bienek M, Poznański J, Nawara M, Chilarska T, Obersztyn E, Hoffman-Zacharska D, Gos M, Bal J, Kalscheuer V. The power of the Mediator complex-Expanding the genetic architecture and phenotypic spectrum of MED12
-related disorders. Clin Genet 2018; 94:450-456. [DOI: 10.1111/cge.13412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Charzewska
- Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw Poland
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- MVZ für Medizinische Genetik und Molekulare Medizin; Cologne Germany
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- Genetics Research Center; University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences; Tehran Iran
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- Gemeinschaftspraxis für Humangenetik, Biomedizinisches Zentrum; Homburg Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Angewandte Genomik; Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Angewandte Genomik; Tübingen Germany
- Institut für Humangenetik am Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR; Leipzig Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Angewandte Genomik; Tübingen Germany
- MVZ Humangenetik Ulm; Ulm Germany
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- Genetics Research Center; University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences; Tehran Iran
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- Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Angewandte Genomik; Tübingen Germany
- Institut für Klinische Genetik, Medizinische Fakultät CGC; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
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- Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Rheydt, Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche; Mönchengladbach Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics; Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics; Berlin Germany
- Abteilung Funktionelle Genomforschung, Universitätsmedizin; Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics; Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Biophysics; Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Genetics; Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute; Łódź Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw Poland
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Research Group Development and Disease; Berlin Germany
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Mierzewska H, Rydzanicz M, Biegański T, Kosinska J, Mierzewska-Schmidt M, Ługowska A, Pollak A, Stawiński P, Walczak A, Kędra A, Obersztyn E, Szczepanik E, Płoski R. Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with neurodegeneration associated with AIFM1 mutation - a novel phenotype of the mitochondrial disease. Clin Genet 2016; 91:30-37. [PMID: 27102849 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
In 1999, based on a single family, spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (SEMD) with mental retardation (MR) was described as a novel syndrome with probably X-linked recessive inheritance and unknown molecular defect (MIM 300232). Our purpose was to search for the causative defect in the originally described family and in an independently ascertained second family. All patients had slowly progressive neurodegeneration with central and peripheral involvement and identical skeletal dysplasia. Whole exome sequencing performed in two subjects showed a single plausible candidate - the p.Asp237Gly variant in AIFM1 (chr. Xq26.1). The p.Asp237Gly segregated with disease as indicated by linkage analysis [maximum logarithm of odds score (LOD) score at theta 0 for the two families was 3.359]. This variant had not been previously reported and it was predicted to be pathogenic by Polyphen2, SIFT, MutationTaster and Mutation Assessor. AIFM1 encodes mitochondria associated apoptosis-inducing factor. The AIFM1 gene has been linked with COXPD6 encephalomyopathy (MIM 300816), Cowchock syndrome (MIM 310490) and X-linked deafness with neuropathy (DFNX5, MIM 300614), none of which are similar to SEMD-MR. Our results place SEMD as the third instance of a skeletal phenotype associated with a mitochondrial disease (the others being EVEN-PLUS syndrome caused by mutations of HSPA9 and CODAS syndrome due to LONP1 mutations).
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- H Mierzewska
- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Genetics, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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Szczaluba K, Szymanska K, Bekiesinska-Figatowska M, Jurkiewicz E, Madzik J, Obersztyn E, Mazurczak T. Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia: a hindbrain malformation caused by defective neuronal migration. Neurology 2010; 74:1835. [PMID: 20513821 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181e0f7f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- K Szczaluba
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Kasprzaka 17A St, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland.
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Nowakowska B, Stankiewicz P, Obersztyn E, Ou Z, Li J, Chinault AC, Smyk M, Borg K, Mazurczak T, Cheung SW, Bocian E. Application of metaphase HR-CGH and targeted Chromosomal Microarray Analyses to genomic characterization of 116 patients with mental retardation and dysmorphic features. Am J Med Genet A 2008; 146A:2361-9. [PMID: 18698622 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Recent advances in molecular cytogenetics enable identification of small chromosomal aberrations that are undetectable by routine chromosome banding in 5-20% of patients with mental retardation/developmental delay (MR/DD) and dysmorphism. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical usefulness of two molecular cytogenetic techniques, metaphase high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH) and targeted array CGH, also known as Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA). A total of 116 patients with unexplained mild to severe MR and other features suggestive of a chromosomal abnormality with apparently normal or balanced karyotypes were analyzed using HR-CGH (43 patients) and/or CMA (91 patients). Metaphase HR-CGH detected seven interstitial deletions (16.3%). Rare deletions of chromosomes 16 (16p11.2p12.1) and 8 (8q21.11q21.2) were identified. Targeted CMA revealed copy-number changes in 19 of 91 patients (20.8%), among which 11 (11.8%) were clinically relevant, 6 (6.5%) were interpreted as polymorphic variants and 2 (2.1%) were of uncertain significance. The changes varied in size from 0.5 to 12.9 Mb. In summary, our results show that metaphase HR-CGH and array CGH techniques have become important components in cytogenetic diagnostics, particularly for detecting cryptic constitutional chromosome imbalances in patients with MR, in whom the underlying genetic defect is unknown. Additionally, application of both methods together increased the detection rates of genomic imbalances in the tested groups.
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- B Nowakowska
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
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Smyk M, Obersztyn E, Nowakowska B, Nawara M, Cheung SW, Mazurczak T, Stankiewicz P, Bocian E. Different-sized duplications of Xq28, including MECP2, in three males with mental retardation, absent or delayed speech, and recurrent infections. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008; 147B:799-806. [PMID: 18165974 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In XY males, duplication of any part of the X chromosome except the pseudoautosomal region leads to functional disomy of the corresponding genes. We describe three unrelated male patients with mental retardation (MR), absent or delayed speech, and recurrent infections. Using high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH), whole genome array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA), we have identified and characterized two different unbalanced Xq27.3-qter translocations on the Y chromosome (approx. 9 and 12 Mb in size) and one submicroscopic interstitial duplication (approx. 0.3-1.3 Mb) involving the MECP2 gene. Despite the differences in size of the duplicated segments, the patients share a clinical phenotype that overlaps with the features described in patients with MECP2 duplication. Our data confirm previous observations that MECP2 is the most important dosage-sensitive gene responsible for neurologic development in patients with duplications on the distal part of chromosome Xq.
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- M Smyk
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Smyk M, Obersztyn E, Nowakowska B, Bocian E, Cheung SW, Mazurczak T, Stankiewicz P. RecurrentSOX9 deletion campomelic dysplasia due to somatic mosaicism in the father. Am J Med Genet A 2007; 143A:866-70. [PMID: 17352389 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Haploinsufficiency of SOX9, a master gene in chondrogenesis and testis development, leads to the semi-lethal skeletal malformation syndrome campomelic dysplasia (CD), with or without XY sex reversal. We report on two children with CD and a phenotypically normal father, a carrier of a somatic mosaic SOX9 deletion. This is the first report of a mosaic deletion of SOX9; few familial CD cases with germline and somatic mutation mosaicism have been described. Our findings confirm the utility of aCGH and indicate that for a more accurate estimate of the recurrence risk for a completely penetrant autosomal dominant disorder, parental somatic mosaicism should be considered in healthy parents.
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- M Smyk
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Szczaluba K, Hilbert K, Obersztyn E, Zabel B, Mazurczak T, Kozlowski K. Du Pan syndrome phenotype caused by heterozygous pathogenic mutations in CDMP1 gene. Am J Med Genet A 2006; 138:379-83. [PMID: 16222676 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Du Pan syndrome is a rare acromesomelic dysplasia with characteristic clinical and radiographic findings. It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Almost all the patients reported have been from Muslim countries. We report on a female and her child with Du Pan syndrome from a Caucasian, Polish family. Three new heterozygous mutations clustered on one allele of the CDMP1 gene were identified in the affected individuals resulting in the first familial case with dominant Du Pan syndrome. A possible synergistic effect of the cis-acting mutations located in the active domain of the mature CDMP1 protein is likely to be responsible for the clinical expression of the disorder.
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- K Szczaluba
- The National Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Hélias-Rodzewicz Z, Bocian E, Stankiewicz P, Obersztyn E, Kostyk E, Jakubów-Durska K, Kutkowska-Kaźmierczak A, Mazurczak T. Subtelomeric rearrangements detected by FISH in three of 33 families with idiopathic mental retardation and minor physical anomalies. J Med Genet 2002; 39:e53. [PMID: 12205123 PMCID: PMC1735238 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.39.9.e53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Congenital Abnormalities/pathology
- Family Health
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods
- Intellectual Disability/genetics
- Intellectual Disability/pathology
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Pedigree
- Telomere/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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Wiszniewski W, Sobieszczanska-Radoszewska L, Nowakowska-Szyrwinska E, Obersztyn E, Bal J. High frequency of GJB2 gene mutations in Polish patients with prelingual nonsyndromic deafness. Genet Test 2002; 5:147-8. [PMID: 11551103 DOI: 10.1089/109065701753145637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We report an analysis of 102 unrelated Polish patients with profound prelingual deafness for mutations in the GJB2 gene (OMIM #220290). Mutations were found in 41/102 (40%) subjects. Among mutated alleles, 35delG was prevalent and present in 88%. In nine alleles, different mutations were found: M34T, Q47X, R184P, and 313del14 (found in 6 patients). The results prove mutations in the GJB2 gene are responsible for much hereditary nonsyndromic deafness in Poland, with a strong prevalence of the 35delG mutation. We have also found a high carrier frequency (1/50) for the 35delG mutation in the Polish population.
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- W Wiszniewski
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
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Stankiewicz P, Hélias-Rodzewicz Z, Jakubów-Durska K, Bocian E, Obersztyn E, Rappold GA, Mazurczak T. Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of two isodicentric Y chromosomes. Am J Med Genet 2001; 101:20-5. [PMID: 11343332 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We report the results of detailed molecular-cytogenetic studies of two isodicentric Y [idic(Y)] chromosomes identified in patients with complex mosaic karyotypes. We used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine the structure and genetic content of the abnormal chromosomes. In the first patient, classical cytogenetics and FISH analysis with Y chromosome-specific probes showed in peripheral blood lymphocytes a karyotype with 4 cell lines: 45,X[128]/46,X,+idic(Y)(p11.32)[65]/47,XY,+idic(Y)(p11.32)[2]/47,X,+2idic(Y)(p11.32)[1]. No Y chromosome material was found in the removed gonads. For precise characterization of the Yp breakpoint, FISH and fiberFISH analysis, using a telomeric probe and a panel of cosmid probes from the pseudoautosomal region PAR1, was performed. The results showed that the breakpoint maps approximately 1,000 Kb from Ypter. The second idic(Y) chromosome was found in a boy with mild mental retardation, craniofacial anomalies, and the karyotype in lymphocytes 47,X,+idic(Y)(q11.23),+i(Y)(p10)[77]/46,X,+i(Y)(p10)[23]. To our knowledge, such an association has not been previously described. FISH and PCR analysis indicated the presence of at least two copies of the SRY gene in all analyzed cells. Using 17 PCR primers, the Yq breakpoint was shown to map between sY123 (DYS214) and sY121 (DYS212) loci in interval 5O in AZFb region. Possible mechanisms of formation of abnormal Y chromosomes and karyotype-phenotype correlations are discussed.
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- P Stankiewicz
- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
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Nowakowska-Szyrwinska E, Sobieszczanska-Radoszewska L, Matejuk-Studzinska E, Wiszniewski W, Obersztyn E, Bal J. [Analysis of hearing impairment causes in molecular diagnosis of deafness]. Med Wieku Rozwoj 2001; 5:135-40. [PMID: 11679677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Deafness is one of the most frequent congenital hearing impairments. Knowledge of its causes will result in elimination of risk factors and applying prophylactic activities. It is recognized that about 40% of hearing impairments have genetic origin and 80% of these are autosomal recessive. Introducing molecular diagnosis to medical practice makes precise identification of hearing impairment and genetic counseling possible. The authors present results of DNA examination in patients with hereditary deafness, performed at the National Research Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw. Genetic cause of deafness was confirmed in 60% cases.
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Stankiewicz P, Bocian E, Jakubów-Durska K, Obersztyn E, Lato E, Starke H, Mroczek K, Mazurczak T. Identification of supernumerary marker chromosomes derived from chromosomes 5, 6, 19, and 20 using FISH. J Med Genet 2000; 37:114-20. [PMID: 10662811 PMCID: PMC1734527 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.37.2.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A large number of cases with supernumerary marker chromosomes (SMCs) should be compared to achieve a better delineation of karyotype-phenotype correlations. Here we present four phenotypically abnormal patients with autosomal marker chromosomes analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridisation using centromeric, telomeric, and unique sequence probes, as well as forward and reverse painting. We also report the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of an SMC derived from chromosome 5. Furthermore, a marker chromosome 20 in a patient with sex differentiation abnormalities, a double mar(6) in a boy with psychomotor retardation, and the association of r(19) with dup(21q21.2q22.12) are described. Although the mar(6) was very small, the presence of euchromatin was shown, suggesting that the partial trisomy of pericentric region derived sequences is implicated in the aetiology of the abnormal phenotypes.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amenorrhea/genetics
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations/genetics
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Developmental Disabilities/genetics
- Edema/genetics
- Facies
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Intellectual Disability/genetics
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
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- P Stankiewicz
- Department of Genetics, National Research Institute of Mother and Child, Kasprzaka 17A, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland
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Baxova A, Kozlowski K, Obersztyn E, Zeman J. GAPO syndrome (Radiographic clues to early diagnosis). Radiol Med 1997; 93:289-91. [PMID: 9180938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- A Baxova
- Department of Medical Genetics, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
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Mazurczak T, Bocian E, Milewski M, Obersztyn E, Stańczak H, Bal J, Szamotulska K, Karwacki MW. Frequency of Fra X syndrome among institutionalized mentally retarded males in Poland. Am J Med Genet 1996; 64:184-6. [PMID: 8826472 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<184::aid-ajmg32>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Results of cytogenetic studies, performed in a group of 201 institutionalized mentally retarded males, are presented. At least two cytogenetic methods for eliciting the Xq27.3 fragile site, recommended by the Fourth International Workshop on the Fra X Syndrome were used. A subgroup of 67 out of 201 studied males was also examined using molecular methods. In 6 (2.9%) males fra X syndrome was diagnosed. All cytogenetic positive results were confirmed by molecular analysis. Five patients had full expansion CGG repeats and one had both premutation and full mutation. Postulated frequency of fra X syndrome in Polish population being 0.2-0.4/1,000 males seems to be lower than it could be expected on the basis of previous literature data.
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- T Mazurczak
- Departments of Genetics, National Research Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Milewski M, Zygulska M, Bal J, Deelen WH, Obersztyn E, Bocian E, Halley DJ, Horst J, Mazurczak T. Analysis of unstable DNA sequence in FMR1 gene in Polish families with fragile X syndrome. Acta Biochim Pol 1996. [DOI: 10.18388/abp.1996_4508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The unstable DNA sequence in the FMR1 gene was analyzed in 85 individuals from Polish families with fragile X syndrome in order to characterize mutations responsible for the disease in Poland. In all affected individuals classified on the basis of clinical features and expression of the fragile site at X(q27.3) a large expansion of the unstable sequence (full mutation) was detected. About 5% (2 of 43) of individuals with full mutation did not express the fragile site. Among normal alleles, ranging in size from 20 to 41 CGG repeats, allele with 29 repeats was the most frequent (37%). Transmission of premutated and fully mutated alleles to the offspring was always associated with size increase. No change in repeat number was found when normal alleles were transmitted.
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Szpecht-Potocka A, Obersztyn E, Karwacki M, Bocian E, Bal J, Mazurczak T. Molecular and clinical studies of Polish patients with Prader-Willi syndrome. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 1996; 45:273-6. [PMID: 8872045 DOI: 10.1017/s0001566000001446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A group of 30 patients clinically described as having the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) were studied using microsatellites from 15q11-13 and methylation analysis with probe PW71B (D15S63). The patients were categorized according to clinical symptoms. 80% of all patients were informative using molecular and cytogenetic methods. Among 8 patients with an atypical PWS phenotype, 2 showed uniparental disomy, and 2 had a mosaic deletion for 15q. The last 4 atypical and 2 typical patients had neither molecular defects confirmed by microsatellite analysis nor a parent-of-origin-specific methylation pattern for PWS. Our results confirm that methylation pattern analysis provides an additional and alternative microsatellite analysis to diagnose PWS.
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- A Szpecht-Potocka
- Department of Genetics, National Research Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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Obersztyn E, Stankiewicz P, Bocian E, Stańczak H, Mazurczak T. [Partial trisomy of chromosome 13--diagnosis confirmed with the FISH in situ hybridization technique]. Pediatr Pol 1996; 71:247-252. [PMID: 8966097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The case of a 1.5 year old girl with clinical traits of craniofacial dysmorphy, hypotonia, polydactyly and moderate mental retardation is presented. Routine cytogenetic study revealed the presence of a large additional chromosomal fragment associated with the nucleolus organizing region on one of chromosomes 13. The banding pattern suggested the additional fragment was a part of the long arm of this chromosome. The set of clinical symptoms was only partly consistent with those characteristic for trisomy 13q2 and 3. Application of the FISH technique with a chromosome 13 specific library enabled final confirmation of the origin of the extra chromosome fragment from the long arm of chromosome 13. The presented case proves the usefulness of the FISH technique for the diagnosis of chromosomal aberrations and for adequate clinical interpretation of cytogenetic results.
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- E Obersztyn
- Zakład Genetyki Instytutu Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie
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Szpecht-Potocka A, Obersztyn E. [Report on the II International Conference on the Prader-Willi syndrome. June 15-17 1995, Oslo (Norway)]. Pediatr Pol 1996; 71:72-3. [PMID: 8966073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tassabehji M, Newton VE, Liu XZ, Brady A, Donnai D, Krajewska-Walasek M, Murday V, Norman A, Obersztyn E, Reardon W. The mutational spectrum in Waardenburg syndrome. Hum Mol Genet 1995; 4:2131-7. [PMID: 8589691 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/4.11.2131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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One hundred and thirty-four families or individuals with auditory-pigmentary syndromes such as Waardenburg syndrome (WS) or probable neurocristopathies were screened for mutations in the PAX3 and MITF genes. PAX3 mutations were found in 20/25 families with definite Type 1 WS and 1/2 with Type 3 WS, but in none of 23 with definite Type 2 WS or 36 with other neurocristopathies. The PAX3 mutations included substitutions of conserved amino acids in the paired domain or the homeodomain, splice-site mutations, nonsense mutations and frame-shifting insertions or deletions. No phenotype-genotype correlations were noted within WS1 families. With MITF, mutations likely to affect protein function were found in seven families, five of which had definite Type 2 WS. We conclude that Type 1 and Type 3 WS are allelic and are normally caused by loss of function mutations in PAX3; that Type 2 WS is heterogeneous, with about 20% of cases caused by mutations in MITF, and that individuals with auditory, pigmentary or neural crest syndromes which do not fit stringent definitions of Waardenburg syndrome are unlikely to have mutations in either the PAX3 or MITF genes. The molecular pathology of MITF/microphthalmia mutations appears to be different in humans and mice, with gene dosage having more significant effects in humans than in the mouse.
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- M Tassabehji
- Department of Medical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Nowakowska A, Bal J, Obersztyn E, Sands D, Maciejko D, Mazurczak T. [A study evaluating the correlation between the phenotype and genotype among 65 cystic fibrosis patients]. Pediatr Pol 1995; 70:633-8. [PMID: 8668363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Among 65 CF diagnosed patients with both CFTR gene mutations known genotype-phenotype studies were performed. Correlation between pancreatic insufficiency and so called "severe mutations" was found. Respiratory tract symptoms do not seem to depend on one specific mutation as well as meconium ileus is not only limited to the group of patients with delta F508/delta F508 genotype. Some other genotype - clinical features correlation in CF patients are discussed.
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- A Nowakowska
- Klinika Pediatrii Instytutu Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie
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Mazurczak T, Mikiel-Kostyra K, Obersztyn E. [Prenatal diagnosis in genetic counseling in the light of our experience]. Pediatr Pol 1984; 59:925-9. [PMID: 6535962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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