A novel variant in SMG9 causes intellectual disability, confirming a role for nonsense-mediated decay components in neurocognitive development.
Rahikkala E, Urpa L, Ghimire B, Topa H, Kurki MI, Koskela M, Airavaara M, Hämäläinen E, Pylkäs K, Körkkö J, Savolainen H, Suoranta A, Bertoli-Avella A, Rolfs A, Mattila P, Daly M, Palotie A, Pietiläinen O, Moilanen J, Kuismin O.
Rahikkala E, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 May;30(5):619-627. doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01046-5. Epub 2022 Jan 28.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2022.
PMID: 35087184
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Differential gene expression analysis identified prevalent upregulation of genes in patients, including the genes SMOX, OSBP2, GPX3, and ZNF155. These findings suggest that normal SMG9 function may be involved in transcriptional regulation without affecting nonsense mRNA-i …
Differential gene expression analysis identified prevalent upregulation of genes in patients, including the genes SMOX, OSBP2, GPX3, …