WDR26 Haploinsufficiency Causes a Recognizable Syndrome of Intellectual Disability, Seizures, Abnormal Gait, and Distinctive Facial Features

We report 15 individuals with de novo pathogenic variants in WDR26. Eleven of the individuals carry loss-of-function mutations, and four harbor missense substitutions. These 15 individuals comprise ten females and five males, and all have intellectual disability with delayed speech, a history of febrile and/or non-febrile seizures, and a wide-based, spastic, and/or stiff-legged gait. These subjects share a set of common facial features that include a prominent maxilla and upper lip that readily reveal the upper gingiva, widely spaced teeth, and a broad nasal tip.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - July 6, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Cara M. Skraban, Constance F. Wells, Preetha Markose, Megan T. Cho, Addie I. Nesbitt, P.Y. Billie Au, Amber Begtrup, John A. Bernat, Lynne M. Bird, Kajia Cao, Arjan P.M. de Brouwer, Elizabeth H. Denenberg, Ganka Douglas, Kristin M. Gibson, Katheryn Grand, Tags: Report Source Type: research