De novo variants in TAOK1 cause neurodevelopmental disorders

Many of the as yet undescribed genetic disorders are ultra-rare. Identification of novel gene-disease associations thus relies on well-curated clinical-genetic data such as contained in CENTOGENE’s proprietary database CentoMD®. In a pertinent recent research project, CentoMD® was used to unravel a…

Mutations in PIGB Cause an Inherited GPI Biosynthesis Defect with an Axonal Neuropathy and Metabolic Abnormality in Severe Cases

The discovery of novel genetic disorders increasingly relies on large databases and on collaborative international efforts. CENTOGENE is proud to be part of numerous pertinent research endeavors. A recently accomplished corresponding project identified mutations in the PIGB gene as underlying a…

Novel pathogenic variants and multiple molecular diagnoses in neurodevelopmental disorders

The genetic knowledge around rare hereditary diseases is rapidly increasing. Patients having received a negative diagnostic report may thus gain from a re-analysis of their exomes or genomes. A recent CENTOGENE-initiated study provided impressive evidence for this hypothesis. In a set of patients…

A Variant in NUDT2 Causes a Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder

A recent study on 337 patients with various forms of intellectual disability proposed the homozygous nonsense variant c.34C>T (p.Arg12*) in NUDT2 to underlie global developmental delay in 2 affected sisters.

Fragile X Syndrome Genetic Testing

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and one of the leading causes of monogenic forms of autism. FXS is a repeat disorder caused by the expansion and methylation of CGG trinucleotide repeats in the FMR1 gene to over 200 repeats (Normal allele = 44…

The First Missense Pathogenic Variant in the KAT6A Gene

CENTOGENE published results of another successful collaborative study in the highly ranked Journal of Human Genetics titled: “A KAT6A variant in a family with autosomal dominantly inherited microcephaly and developmental delay.”

Mental Retardation X-linked

Intellectual disability (ID), also referred to as mental retardation (MR), is a lifelong disability that presents in infancy/early childhood and it is characterized by below-average intelligence and a lack of skills essential for every-day life. People with intellectual disabilities can learn new…

Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy

Epileptic encephalopathies represent a group of severe epileptic diseases with an early onset, characterized by severe electroencephalographic abnormalities and resistance to standard anti-epileptic treatment. According to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) epileptic encephalopathies…

AMPA-Receptor Specific Biogenesis Complexes Control Synaptic Transmission and Intellectual Ability

AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs), key elements in excitatory neurotransmission in the brain, are macromolecular complexes whose properties and cellular functions are determined by the co-assembled constituents of their proteome. Here we identify AMPAR complexes that transiently form in the…

Novel GNB1 Mutations Disrupt Assembly and Function of G Protein Heterotrimers and Cause Global Developmental Delay in Humans

Global developmental delay (GDD), often accompanied by intellectual disability, seizures and other features is a severe, clinically and genetically highly heterogeneous childhood-onset disorder. In cases where genetic causes have been identified, de-novo mutations in neuronally expressed genes are…

BioCDS – Biomarker for Creatine Deficiency Syndromes

Novel GNB1 Missense Mutation in a Patient with Generalized Dystonia, Hypotonia, and Intellectual Disability

Recently, exome sequencing has extended our knowledge of genetic causes of developmental delay through identification of de novo, germline mutations in the guanine nucleotide-binding protein, beta 1 (GNB1) in 13 patients with neurodevelopmental disability and a wide range of additional symptoms and…

Broadening the Phenotypic Spectrum of Pathogenic LARP7 Variants: Two Cases with Intellectual Disability, Variable Growth Retardation and Distinct Facial Features

In 2012 Alazami et al. described a novel syndromic cause of primordial dwarfism with distinct facial features and severe intellectual disability. Our cases broaden the associated clinical features of the syndrome and contribute to the delineation of the phenotypic spectrum of LARP7 mutations.

A Novel PORCN Mutation in a Severe Case of Focal Dermal Hypoplasia

Focal dermal hypoplasia is an unusual genetic disease that affects ectodermal and mesodermal derivatives. This is the case of an eight year old female from Colombia with multiple congenital malformations.