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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is characterized by the association of pigmentation abnormalities, including depigmented patches of the skin and hair, vivid blue eyes or heterochromia irides, and sensorineural hearing loss. However, other features such as dystopia canthorum, musculoskeletal abnormalities of the limbs, Hirschsprung disease, or neurological defects are found in subsets of patients and used for the clinical classification of WS. Six genes are involved in this syndrome: PAX3 (encoding the paired box 3 transcription factor), MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor), EDN3 (endothelin 3), EDNRB (endothelin receptor type B), SOX10 (encoding the Sry bOX10 transcription factor), and SNAI2 (snail homolog 2), with different frequencies. In this review we provide an update on all WS genes and set up mutation databases, summarize molecular and functional data available for each of them, and discuss the applications in diagnostics and genetic counseling.
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) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
391-406
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Review and update of mutations causing Waardenburg syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM Unité U955, Département de Génétique, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. veronique.pingault@inserm.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't