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Novel variants in the stem cell niche factor WNT2B define the disease phenotype as a congenital enteropathy with ocular dysgenesis.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jun 2021
Zhang Yanjia Jason, Jimenez Lissette, Azova Svetlana, Kremen Jessica, Chan Yee-Ming, Elhusseiny Abdelrahman M, Saeed Hajirah, Goldsmith Jeffrey, Al-Ibraheemi Alyaa, O'Connell Amy E, Kovbasnjuk Olga, Rodan Lance, Agrawal Pankaj B, Thiagarajah Jay R
Abstract excerpt
WNT2B is a member of the Wnt family, a group of signal transduction proteins involved in embryologic development and stem cell renewal and maintenance. We recently reported homozygous nonsense variants in WNT2B in three individuals with severe, neonatal-onset diarrhea, and intestinal failure. Here we present a fourth case, from a separate family, with neonatal diarrhea associated with novel compound heterozygous...
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