TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hauer, Nadine N.
A1  - Popp, Bernt
A1  - Taher, Leila
A1  - Vogl, Carina
A1  - Dhandapany, Perundurai S.
A1  - Büttner, Christian
A1  - Uebe, Steffen
A1  - Sticht, Heinrich
A1  - Ferrazzi, Fulvia
A1  - Ekici, Arif B.
A1  - De Luca, Alessandro
A1  - Klinger, Patrizia
A1  - Kraus, Cornelia
A1  - Zweier, Christiane
A1  - Wiesener, Antje
A1  - Abou Jamra, Rami
A1  - Kunstmann, Erdmute
A1  - Rauch, Anita
A1  - Wieczorek, Dagmar
A1  - Jung, Anna-Marie
A1  - Rohrer, Tilman R.
A1  - Zenker, Martin
A1  - Doerr, Helmuth-Guenther
A1  - Reis, André
A1  - Thiel, Christian T.
T1  - Evolutionary conserved networks of human height identify multiple Mendelian causes of short stature
T2  - European Journal of Human Genetics
N2  - Height is a heritable and highly heterogeneous trait. Short stature affects 3% of the population and in most cases is genetic in origin. After excluding known causes, 67% of affected individuals remain without diagnosis. To identify novel candidate genes for short stature, we performed exome sequencing in 254 unrelated families with short stature of unknown cause and identified variants in 63 candidate genes in 92 (36%) independent families. Based on systematic characterization of variants and functional analysis including expression in chondrocytes, we classified 13 genes as strong candidates. Whereas variants in at least two families were detected for all 13 candidates, two genes had variants in 6 (UBR4) and 8 (LAMA5) families, respectively. To facilitate their characterization, we established a clustered network of 1025 known growth and short stature genes, which yielded 29 significantly enriched clusters, including skeletal system development, appendage development, metabolic processes, and ciliopathy. Eleven of the candidate genes mapped to 21 of these clusters, including CPZ, EDEM3, FBRS, IFT81, KCND1, PLXNA3, RASA3, SLC7A8, UBR4, USP45, and ZFHX3. Fifty additional growth-related candidates we identified await confirmation in other affected families. Our study identifies Mendelian forms of growth retardation as an important component of idiopathic short stature.
KW  - disease genetics
KW  - DNA sequencing
KW  - genetic counselling
Y1  - 2019
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/opus4-wuerzburg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/22789
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227899
VL  - 27
ER  -