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TCF4

MIM.602272 18q21.1

Pathology

- haploinsufficiency of TCF4 causes syndromal mental retardation with intermittent hyperventilation (Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome) (#17436255#)

- mutations in TCF4 in Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (#17436254#)

See also

- TCFs
- Hirschsprung disease genes

RET GDNF NRTN SOX10 EDNRB EDN3 ECE1 ZFHX1B PHOX2B TCF4

References

- Zweier C, Peippo MM, Hoyer J, Sousa S, Bottani A, Clayton-Smith J, Reardon W, Saraiva J, Cabral A, Gohring I, Devriendt K, de Ravel T, Bijlsma EK, Hennekam RC, Orrico A, Cohen M, Dreweke A, Reis A, Nurnberg P, Rauch A. Haploinsufficiency of TCF4 Causes Syndromal Mental Retardation with Intermittent Hyperventilation (Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome). Am J Hum Genet. 2007 May;80(5):994-1001. PMID: #17436255#

- Amiel, J.; Rio, M.; de Pontual, L.; Redon, R.; Malan, V.; Boddaert, N.; Plouin, P.; Carter, N. P.; Lyonnet, S.; Munnich, A.; Colleaux, L. : Mutations in TCF4, encoding a class I basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, are responsible for Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a severe epileptic encephalopathy associated with autonomic dysfunction. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 80: 988-993, 2007. PubMed ID : #17436254#