Clinical and experimental evidence suggest a link between KIF7 and C5orf42-related ciliopathies through Sonic Hedgehog signaling.
Asadollahi R, Strauss JE, Zenker M, Beuing O, Edvardson S, Elpeleg O, Strom TM, Joset P, Niedrist D, Otte C, Oneda B, Boonsawat P, Azzarello-Burri S, Bartholdi D, Papik M, Zweier M, Haas C, Ekici AB, Baumer A, Boltshauser E, Steindl K, Nothnagel M, Schinzel A, Stoeckli ET, Rauch A.
Asadollahi R, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2018 Feb;26(2):197-209. doi: 10.1038/s41431-017-0019-9. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2018.
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We found (likely) pathogenic variants of KIF7 in 5 out of 9 families, including the original ACLS patients, and delineated 1000 to 4000-year-old Swiss founder alleles. ...Nevertheless, long-term follow-up revealed that C5orf42-mutated patients showed catch-up development a …
We found (likely) pathogenic variants of KIF7 in 5 out of 9 families, including the original ACLS patients, and delineated 1000 to 40 …