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  1. Article: Mutagenní vliv vyššího věku otců u neurokardiofaciokutánního syndromu.

    Seemanová, Eva / Zenker, Martin

    Casopis lekaru ceskych

    2014  Volume 153, Issue 5, Page(s) 242–245

    Abstract: Background: Increased frequency of chromosomal aberration in children of mothers aged 35 years and older is very well known and since 1973 it is an indication to investigate the foetal karyotype in cells obtained by invasive method (amniocentesis), ... ...

    Title translation Mutagenic effect of advanced paternal age in neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome.
    Abstract Background: Increased frequency of chromosomal aberration in children of mothers aged 35 years and older is very well known and since 1973 it is an indication to investigate the foetal karyotype in cells obtained by invasive method (amniocentesis), because the genetic risk of severe affection is higher than the risk of necessary invasive method. Mutagenic effect of advanced paternal age is known only among geneticists (1-4). The reason is not only low absolute risk of new mutation but particularly a high number of involved genes and last not least the limited spectrum of autosomal dominant disorders without abiotrofic character. Therefore the preventive methods for elimination of this risk are very limited. Only a few of them could be recognized prenatally by noninvasive methods of prenatal diagnostics.
    Methods: Genealogical, anamnestic and clinical data of 83 patients were studied with clinical suspection on neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (NCFCs) (5-7). The diagnosis has not been confirmed in 29 patients, no mutation was detected in 8 investigated genes (PTPN11, SOS1, HRAS, BRAF, RAF1, MEK1, KRAS, NRAS). In 54 patients with autosomal dominant inherited Noonan syndrome, Costello syndrome and cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome the diagnosis was confirmed on DNA level and the biological fitness was estimated for each disorder. Paternal age at conception was compared in the group of patients with familial and sporadic occurrence of Noonan and NCFC syndromes. The clinical prognosis of this disorder is represented by biological fitness of patients. Coefficient of selection is 0,6 in Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes (29 from 48). All 6 patients with Costello and cardiofaciocutaneous syndromes developed due to a new mutation.
    Conclusion: Paternal age at birth was studied in 83 children patients with autosomal dominant Neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (Noonan, LEOPARD, Costello, CFC) with a high population incidence and decreased biological fitness. Due to severe congenital heart defects, failure to thrive in infancy, increased risk for malignancy and further health problems the clinical prognosis of patients in the past was not good. Therefore high mutation rate is expected until now. Identification of genes responsible for manifestation of this disorder, enables to confirm the diagnosis and to recognize inherited and de novo mutations. Genealogy and DNA analysis of PTPN11, SOS1, HRAS, BRAF, RAF1, MEK1, KRAS and NRAS were obtained in cohort of 54 patients with NCFC syndromes and their parents. There were 48 patients with Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes, in 29 cases due to mutation de novo, 19 patients inherited the mutation from one of parents. All 6 patients with Costello syndrome and CFC syndrome were affected due to new mutation. DNA analysis revealed 32 mutations in PTPN11 gene, mutation in SOS1 gene was found in 10 patients, RAF1 mutation was present in 3 patients; mutation in MEK1, KRAS and NRAS genes was present in one patient each. In Costello syndrome and CFC syndrome mutations in HRAS (4 patients) and BRAF (2 patients) genes were detected. Genealogic data allow analysing parental age in the group of patients with new mutation and inherited mutation. Paternal age at conception of patients with Noonan syndrome due to new mutation was significantly increased in comparison to the group of fathers of Noonan patients with inherited mutation - 38,4 years and 29,6 years, resp., range 28 to 55 years and 25 to 35 years, resp. Maternal age was slightly increased too, -30,9 and 27,7, resp. and range 24 to 42 years and 21 to 36 years, resp. but not significantly. The results support the mutagenic effect of paternal age, espec. autosomal dominant mutations.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Age Factors ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosome Aberrations ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Ectodermal Dysplasia/diagnosis ; Ectodermal Dysplasia/genetics ; Facies ; Failure to Thrive/diagnosis ; Failure to Thrive/genetics ; Female ; Genes, Dominant/genetics ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics ; Heart Defects, Congenital/diagnosis ; Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Paternal Age ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis
    Language Czech
    Publishing date 2014
    Publishing country Czech Republic
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 413441-2
    ISSN 1805-4420 ; 0008-7335
    ISSN (online) 1805-4420
    ISSN 0008-7335
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  2. Article ; Online: The NBN founder mutation-Evidence for a country specific difference in age at cancer manifestation.

    Chrzanowska, Krystyna H / Seemanova, Eva / Varon, Raymonda / Digweed, Martin / Piekutowska-Abramczuk, Dorota / Sperling, Karl / Seeman, Pavel

    Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.)

    2022  Volume 6, Issue 2, Page(s) e1700

    Abstract: Background: Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is an autosomal-recessive chromosome instability disorder characterized by, among others, hypersensitivity to X-irradiation and an exceptionally high risk for lymphoid malignancy. The vast majority of NBS ... ...

    Abstract Background: Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is an autosomal-recessive chromosome instability disorder characterized by, among others, hypersensitivity to X-irradiation and an exceptionally high risk for lymphoid malignancy. The vast majority of NBS patients is homozygous for a common Slavic founder mutation, c.657del5, of the NBN gene, which is involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). The founder mutation also predisposes heterozygous carriers to cancer, apparently however, with a higher risk in the Czech Republic/Slovakia (CS) than in Poland.
    Aim: To examine whether the age of cancer manifestation and cancer death of NBN homozygotes is different between probands from CS and Poland.
    Methods: The study is restricted to probands born until 1989, before replacement of the communist regime by a democratic system in CS and Poland, and a substantial transition of the health care systems. Moreover, all patients were recruited without knowledge of their genetic status since the NBN gene was not identified until 1998.
    Results: Here, we show that cancer manifestation of NBN homozygotes is at a significantly earlier age in probands from CS than from Poland. This is explained by the difference in natural and medical radiation exposure, though within the permissible dosage.
    Conclusion: It is reasonable to assume that this finding also sheds light on the higher cancer risk of NBN heterozygotes in CS than in Poland. This has implications for genetic counseling and individualized medicine also of probands with other DNA repair defects.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Neoplasms ; Heterozygote ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/genetics ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/pathology ; Mutation
    Chemical Substances Nuclear Proteins ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; NBN protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2573-8348
    ISSN (online) 2573-8348
    DOI 10.1002/cnr2.1700
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  3. Article: Heterozygotie slovanské mutace 657del5 NBN genu u pacientů s kolorektálním karcinomem.

    Seemanová, Eva / Hoch, Jirí / Seeman, Pavel

    Casopis lekaru ceskych

    2011  Volume 150, Issue 2, Page(s) 97–99

    Abstract: Background: Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is one of the chromosomal instability syndromes due to DNA repair disorder. The syndrome is autosomal recessive determined, in homozygotes is characterized by many disorders including high predisposition to ... ...

    Title translation Heterozygous carriers of Slavic mutation 657del5 of NBN gene in patients with colorectal cancer.
    Abstract Background: Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is one of the chromosomal instability syndromes due to DNA repair disorder. The syndrome is autosomal recessive determined, in homozygotes is characterized by many disorders including high predisposition to lymphoreticular malignancy in childhood and adolescence.
    Methods: Laboratory findings represent low level of immunoglobulins, B and T lymphocytes, increased sensitivity to the mutagens, especially hyperradiosensitivity and increased chromosomal instability. Heterozygotes show also elevated radiosensitivity and have an increased cancer risk in adult age. There is no predilection of the malignancy. Colorectal cancer was found often among the relatives of patients with NBS. Majority of the NBS patients are of the Central and Eastern European origin and carry the common founder mutation 657del5 in the NBN gene. The formation of second malignancy both in homozygotes and heterozygotes can be prevented by excluding any radiation. The aim of study is estimation of frequency of 657del5 heterozygotes among patients with colorectal cancer.
    Results and conclusions: Within a group of 161 patients with colorectal cancer 5 heterozygotes with 657del5 mutation were registered, e.g. 5-times higher incidence than expected. The elemental prevention in patients with proved positivity of Slavic mutation in NBN gene is to exclude any radiation.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Colorectal Neoplasms/etiology ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics ; Female ; Heterozygote ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mutation ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/complications ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/genetics ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Slovakia
    Chemical Substances Cell Cycle Proteins ; NBN protein, human ; Nuclear Proteins
    Language Czech
    Publishing date 2011
    Publishing country Czech Republic
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 413441-2
    ISSN 1805-4420 ; 0008-7335
    ISSN (online) 1805-4420
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  4. Article ; Online: Polycystic kidney and hepatic disease with mental retardation and hand anomalies in three siblings.

    Seeman, Tomás / Malíková, Marcela / Bláhová, Kveta / Seemanová, Eva

    Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

    2008  Volume 24, Issue 7, Page(s) 1409–1412

    Abstract: A family with three children affected with congenital polycystic kidneys, hepatic fibrosis, mental retardation, minor anomalies of the hands, and dysmorphic facial features is reported. All children progressed to chronic renal failure. Linkage to the ... ...

    Abstract A family with three children affected with congenital polycystic kidneys, hepatic fibrosis, mental retardation, minor anomalies of the hands, and dysmorphic facial features is reported. All children progressed to chronic renal failure. Linkage to the locus for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease was excluded by haplotype analysis. The family is endogamic, and the affected siblings are of both sexes, which is in agreement with an autosomal recessive determination of this syndrome. A similar syndrome was reported in 1990 by Labrune et al. [J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (1990) 10:540-543]. Our report provides further evidence for the etiological heterogeneity of polycystic kidney with hepatic fibrosis. The syndrome reported here should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the early manifestation of polycystic kidneys. Mental retardation and hand anomalies are the hallmarks for the differential diagnosis of this syndrome.
    MeSH term(s) Abnormalities, Multiple/physiopathology ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Hand Deformities, Congenital/physiopathology ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Intellectual Disability/physiopathology ; Liver Diseases/physiopathology ; Male ; Pedigree ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases/physiopathology ; Siblings ; Twins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-11-15
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 631932-4
    ISSN 1432-198X ; 0931-041X
    ISSN (online) 1432-198X
    ISSN 0931-041X
    DOI 10.1007/s00467-008-1049-x
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  5. Article ; Online: Telomere attrition and dysfunction: a potential trigger of the progeroid phenotype in nijmegen breakage syndrome.

    Habib, Raneem / Kim, Ryong / Neitzel, Heidemarie / Demuth, Ilja / Chrzanowska, Krystyna / Seemanova, Eva / Faber, Renaldo / Digweed, Martin / Voss, Reinhard / Jäger, Kathrin / Sperling, Karl / Walter, Michael

    Aging

    2020  Volume 12, Issue 12, Page(s) 12342–12375

    Abstract: Background: Nibrin, as part of the NBN/MRE11/RAD50 complex, is mutated in Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), which leads to impaired DNA damage response and lymphoid malignancy.: Results: Telomere length (TL) was markedly reduced in homozygous ... ...

    Abstract Background: Nibrin, as part of the NBN/MRE11/RAD50 complex, is mutated in Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), which leads to impaired DNA damage response and lymphoid malignancy.
    Results: Telomere length (TL) was markedly reduced in homozygous patients (and comparably so in all chromosomes) by ~40% (qPCR) and was slightly reduced in NBS heterozygotes older than 30 years (~25% in qPCR), in accordance with the respective cancer rates. Humanized cancer-free NBS mice had normal TL. Telomere elongation was inducible by telomerase and/or alternative telomere lengthening but was associated with abnormal expression of telomeric genes involved in aging and/or cell growth. Lymphoblastoid cells from NBS patients with long survival times (>12 years) displayed the shortest telomeres and low caspase 7 activity.
    Conclusions: NBS is a secondary telomeropathy. The two-edged sword of telomere attrition enhances the cancer-prone situation in NBS but can also lead to a relatively stable cellular phenotype in tumor survivors. Results suggest a modular model for progeroid syndromes with abnormal expression of telomeric genes as a molecular basis.
    Methods: We studied TL and function in 38 homozygous individuals, 27 heterozygotes, one homozygous fetus, six NBS lymphoblastoid cell lines, and humanized NBS mice, all with the same founder
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Animals ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Disease Models, Animal ; Female ; Heterozygote ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Infant ; Karyotyping ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/complications ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/genetics ; Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome/pathology ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Progeria/genetics ; Progeria/pathology ; Telomerase/metabolism ; Telomere/pathology ; Telomere Homeostasis/genetics ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Cell Cycle Proteins ; NBN protein, human ; Nuclear Proteins ; Telomerase (EC 2.7.7.49)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1945-4589
    ISSN (online) 1945-4589
    DOI 10.18632/aging.103453
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  6. Article ; Online: Characterisation of ATM mutations in Slavic Ataxia telangiectasia patients.

    Soukupova, Jana / Pohlreich, Petr / Seemanova, Eva

    Neuromolecular medicine

    2011  Volume 13, Issue 3, Page(s) 204–211

    Abstract: Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a genomic instability syndrome characterised, among others, by progressive cerebellar degeneration, oculocutaneous telangiectases, immunodeficiency, elevated serum alpha-phetoprotein level, chromosomal breakage, ... ...

    Abstract Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a genomic instability syndrome characterised, among others, by progressive cerebellar degeneration, oculocutaneous telangiectases, immunodeficiency, elevated serum alpha-phetoprotein level, chromosomal breakage, hypersensitivity to ionising radiation and increased cancer risk. This autosomal recessive disorder is caused by mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene coding for serine/threonine protein kinase with a crucial role in response to DNA double-strand breaks. We characterised genotype and phenotype of 12 Slavic AT patients from 11 families. Mutation analysis included sequencing of the entire coding sequence, adjacent intron regions, 3'UTR and 5'UTR of the ATM gene and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) for the detection of large deletions/duplications at the ATM locus. The high incidence of new and individual mutations demonstrates a marked mutational heterogeneity of AT in the Czech Republic. Our data indicate that sequence analysis of the entire coding region of ATM is sufficient for a high detection rate of mutations in ATM and that MLPA analysis for the detection of deletions/duplications seems to be redundant in the Slavic population.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Ataxia Telangiectasia/genetics ; Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Czech Republic ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mutation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances Cell Cycle Proteins ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; ATM protein, human (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-08-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2077809-0
    ISSN 1559-1174 ; 1535-1084
    ISSN (online) 1559-1174
    ISSN 1535-1084
    DOI 10.1007/s12017-011-8152-z
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  7. Article ; Online: Polycystic kidney and hepatic disease with mental retardation is nephronophthisis 11 caused by MKS3/TMEM67 mutations.

    Seeman, Tomás / Seemanová, Eva / Nuernberg, Gudrun / Nuernberg, Peter / Janssen, Sabine / Otto, Edgar A

    Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

    2010  Volume 25, Issue 11, Page(s) 2375–2376

    MeSH term(s) Case-Control Studies ; Child, Preschool ; Diseases in Twins/genetics ; Diseases in Twins/physiopathology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Intellectual Disability/genetics ; Intellectual Disability/physiopathology ; Liver Diseases/genetics ; Liver Diseases/physiopathology ; Male ; Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Mutation, Missense ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases/genetics ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases/physiopathology ; Twins, Monozygotic
    Chemical Substances Membrane Proteins ; TMEM67 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-07-06
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Comment ; Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 631932-4
    ISSN 1432-198X ; 0931-041X
    ISSN (online) 1432-198X
    ISSN 0931-041X
    DOI 10.1007/s00467-010-1591-1
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  8. Article ; Online: Novel BRAF mutation in a patient with LEOPARD syndrome and normal intelligence.

    Koudova, Monika / Seemanova, Eva / Zenker, Martin

    European journal of medical genetics

    2009  Volume 52, Issue 5, Page(s) 337–340

    Abstract: Noonan syndrome (NS) and related disorders are caused by mutations in various genes encoding molecules involved in the RAS-MAPK signalling cascade. There are strong genotype-phenotype correlations. BRAF is the major gene for cardio-facio-cutaneous ... ...

    Abstract Noonan syndrome (NS) and related disorders are caused by mutations in various genes encoding molecules involved in the RAS-MAPK signalling cascade. There are strong genotype-phenotype correlations. BRAF is the major gene for cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome (CFCS), and usually patients with a BRAF mutation have significant cognitive impairment. We report on a patient with LEOPARD syndrome and normal intelligence who was found to carry a novel sequence change in BRAF. The mutation p.L245F was demonstrated to be de novo with no evidence of somatic mosaicism. This observation illustrates that the phenotypic spectrum caused by BRAF mutations is broader than previously assumed and that mental retardation is not necessarily associated. We speculate that the impact of p.L245F on BRAF protein function differs either qualitatively or quantitatively from those mutations associated with CFCS.
    MeSH term(s) Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics ; Adolescent ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Conserved Sequence ; DNA/genetics ; DNA/isolation & purification ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Facies ; Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics ; Humans ; LEOPARD Syndrome/genetics ; Leucine/metabolism ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Noonan Syndrome/genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
    Chemical Substances DNA (9007-49-2) ; BRAF protein, human (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Leucine (GMW67QNF9C)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2184135-4
    ISSN 1878-0849 ; 1769-7212
    ISSN (online) 1878-0849
    ISSN 1769-7212
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.04.006
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  9. Article ; Online: Long term follow-up in a patient with a de novo microdeletion of 14q11.2 involving CHD8.

    Drabova, Jana / Seemanova, Eva / Hancarova, Miroslava / Pourova, Radka / Horacek, Martin / Jancuskova, Tereza / Pekova, Sona / Novotna, Drahuse / Sedlacek, Zdenek

    American journal of medical genetics. Part A

    2015  Volume 167A, Issue 4, Page(s) 837–841

    Abstract: We identified a de novo deletion of 14q11.2 in a Czech patient with developmental delay, mild autistic features, macrosomy, macrocephaly, orthognathic deformities, and dysmorphic facial features. The clinical follow-up of the patient lasting 14 years ... ...

    Abstract We identified a de novo deletion of 14q11.2 in a Czech patient with developmental delay, mild autistic features, macrosomy, macrocephaly, orthognathic deformities, and dysmorphic facial features. The clinical follow-up of the patient lasting 14 years documented changes in the facial dysmorphism from infancy to adolescence. The deletion affects approximately 200 kb of DNA with five protein-coding genes and two snoRNA genes. Two of the protein-coding genes, SUPT16H and CHD8, have been proposed as candidate genes for a new microdeletion syndrome. Our patient further supports the existence of this syndrome and extends its phenotypic spectrum, especially points to the possibility that orthognathic deformities may be associated with microdeletions of 14q11.2. CHD8 mutations have been found in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders and macrocephaly. The HNRNPC gene, repeatedly deleted in patients with developmental delay, is another candidate as its 5́ end is adjacent to the deletion, and the expression of this gene may be affected by position effect.
    MeSH term(s) Abnormalities, Multiple/diagnosis ; Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics ; Adolescent ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis ; Developmental Disabilities/genetics ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability/diagnosis ; Intellectual Disability/genetics ; Male ; Megalencephaly/diagnosis ; Megalencephaly/genetics ; Transcription Factors/genetics
    Chemical Substances CHD8 protein, human ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1493479-6
    ISSN 1552-4833 ; 1552-4825
    ISSN (online) 1552-4833
    ISSN 1552-4825
    DOI 10.1002/ajmg.a.36957
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  10. Article: Nijmegen breakage syndrome in 13% of age-matched Czech children with primary microcephaly.

    Seeman, Pavel / Gebertová, Katerina / Paderová, Katerina / Sperling, Karl / Seemanová, Eva

    Pediatric neurology

    2004  Volume 30, Issue 3, Page(s) 195–200

    Abstract: The Nijmegen breakage syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive chromosomal instability disorder characterized by early growth retardation, congenital microcephaly, immunodeficiency, borderline mental development, and a high tendency to lymphoreticular ... ...

    Abstract The Nijmegen breakage syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive chromosomal instability disorder characterized by early growth retardation, congenital microcephaly, immunodeficiency, borderline mental development, and a high tendency to lymphoreticular malignancies. Most Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients are of Slavonic origin, and all of them known so far carry a founder homozygous 5 nucleotide deletion in the NBS1 gene. Microcephaly was present in 100% of Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients in a recent large international cooperative study. The frequency of Nijmegen breakage syndrome among children with primary microcephaly was not known. Early correct diagnosis of the syndrome is crucial for appropriate preventive care and therapy. We tested 67 Czech patients of different ages with simple microcephaly for the presence of the most common mutation in the NBS1 gene. Three new Nijmegen breakage syndrome cases were detected in this cohort, representing 4.5% of the cohort. All these newly diagnosed Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients were younger than 10 months at the time of diagnosis. They were all born within a 2.5-year period. Twenty-three of the 67 children in the cohort were born within this 2.5-year period, representing a 13% incidence of Nijmegen breakage syndrome. Frequency of Nijmegen breakage syndrome heterozygotes among infants in the Czech Republic is 1: 130-158 and the birth rate is 90,000 per year, therefore in the time span of 2.5 years, three new Nijmegen breakage syndrome homozygotes are expected to be born. Therefore we assume that by DNA testing of Czech primary microcephalic children it is possible to detect all Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients to be expected. The age at correct diagnosis was lowered from 7.1 years at the time before DNA testing, to well under 1 year of age. All new Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients could receive appropriate preventive care, which should significantly improve their life expectancy and prognosis.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosomal Instability/genetics ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Chromosome Deletion ; Cohort Studies ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Czech Republic/epidemiology ; Female ; Fetal Growth Retardation/diagnosis ; Fetal Growth Retardation/epidemiology ; Fetal Growth Retardation/genetics ; Gene Frequency/genetics ; Genes, Recessive/genetics ; Genetic Testing ; Genetics, Population ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/diagnosis ; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/epidemiology ; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics ; Infant ; Intellectual Disability/diagnosis ; Intellectual Disability/epidemiology ; Intellectual Disability/genetics ; Male ; Microcephaly/diagnosis ; Microcephaly/epidemiology ; Microcephaly/genetics ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances Cell Cycle Proteins ; NBN protein, human ; Nuclear Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2004-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 639164-3
    ISSN 1873-5150 ; 0887-8994
    ISSN (online) 1873-5150
    ISSN 0887-8994
    DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.07.003
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