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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 19, 期 14, 页码 2747-2753出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq164
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- Academy of Finland [2006-2011]
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
Right atrial isomerism (RAI) is a heterotaxy syndrome with disturbances in the left-right axis development, resulting in complex heart malformations and abnormal lateralization of other thoracic and abdominal organs. Although autosomal-recessive inheritance of heterotaxy syndrome is seen in multiple families, underlying gene defects have remained unknown. Here we identify the molecular genetic basis of a kindred with five siblings with RAI. Linkage analysis and positional candidate gene approach showed that the affected children were compound heterozygotes for truncating mutations in the growth/differentiation factor 1 (GDF1) gene. Individuals heterozygous for the mutations were clinically healthy. This finding, supported by the similar phenotype in Gdf1 knockout mouse, provides firm evidence that RAI can occur as a recessively inherited condition, with GDF1 as the culprit gene. The results will shed light on the biological basis of human laterality defects and facilitate molecular diagnosis of RAI.
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