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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Pitt-Hopkins syndrome is a severe congenital encephalopathy recently ascribed to de novo heterozygous TCF4 gene mutations. We report a series of 13 novel PHS cases with a TCF4 mutation and show that EEG, brain magnetic resonance imagain (MRI), and immunological investigations provide valuable additional clues to the diagnosis. We confirm a mutational hot spot in the basic domain of the E-protein. Functional studies illustrate that heterodimerisation of mutant TCF4 proteins with a tissue-specific transcription factor is less effective than that homodimerisation in a luciferase reporter assay. We also show that the TCF4 expression pattern in human embryonic development is widespread but not ubiquitous. In summary, we further delineate an underdiagnosed mental retardation syndrome, highlighting TCF4 function during development and facilitating diagnosis within the first year of life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1098-1004
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
669-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Hyperventilation, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19235238-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutational, functional, and expression studies of the TCF4 gene in Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité INSERM U-781, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't