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A Novel Deleterious Variant and a Founder Effect in Four New Families of MBD4-Associated Neoplasia Syndrome Recruited Over a Period of 20 Years.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2026
Querido Inês, Pinto Carla, Arinto Patrícia, Brandão Andreia, Santos Catarina, Pinheiro Manuela, Guerra Joana, Silva João, Peixoto Ana, Teixeira Manuel R
Abstract excerpt
DNA glycosylases play a crucial role in DNA repair mediated by the base excision repair (BER) pathway, and alterations in these enzymes have been associated with hereditary cancer predisposition. Recently, germline biallelic loss-of-function variants in MBD4 were shown to be responsible for a novel autosomal recessive multi-tumor predisposition syndrome, provisionally denominated as MBD4-associated neoplasia...
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