학술논문

Mutations in SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex gene ARID1B cause Coffin-Siris syndrome.
Document Type
Article
Source
Nature Genetics. Apr2012, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p379-380. 2p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart.
Subject
*DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities
*SPEECH disorders
*DEVELOPMENTAL delay
*GENETIC mutation
*MOLECULAR structure of chromatin
*GENOMICS
*PHENOTYPES
*GENETICS
Language
ISSN
1061-4036
Abstract
We identified de novo truncating mutations in ARID1B in three individuals with Coffin-Siris syndrome (CSS) by exome sequencing. Array-based copy-number variation (CNV) analysis in 2,000 individuals with intellectual disability revealed deletions encompassing ARID1B in 3 subjects with phenotypes partially overlapping that of CSS. Taken together with published data, these results indicate that haploinsufficiency of the ARID1B gene, which encodes an epigenetic modifier of chromatin structure, is an important cause of CSS and is potentially a common cause of intellectual disability and speech impairment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]