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Kleefstra syndrome

MedGen UID:
1684615
Concept ID:
C4551771
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: 9Q subtelomeric deletion syndrome; 9Q- syndrome; 9q-syndrome; 9q34 deletion syndrome; 9q34.3 microdeletion syndrome; chromosome 9q deletion syndrome; chromosome 9Q34.3 deletion syndrome
SNOMED CT: Kleefstra syndrome (724207001)
Modes of inheritance:
Autosomal dominant inheritance
MedGen UID:
141047
Concept ID:
C0443147
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in heterozygotes. In the context of medical genetics, an autosomal dominant disorder is caused when a single copy of the mutant allele is present. Males and females are affected equally, and can both transmit the disorder with a risk of 50% for each child of inheriting the mutant allele.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0012455
OMIM® Phenotypic series: PS610253
Orphanet: ORPHA261494

Disease characteristics

Excerpted from the GeneReview: Kleefstra Syndrome
Kleefstra syndrome is characterized by intellectual disability, autistic-like features, childhood hypotonia, and distinctive facial features. The majority of individuals function in the moderate-to-severe spectrum of intellectual disability although a few individuals have mild delay and total IQ within low-normal range. While most have severe expressive speech delay with little speech development, general language development is usually at a higher level, making nonverbal communication possible. A complex pattern of other findings can also be observed; these include heart defects, renal/urologic defects, genital defects in males, severe respiratory infections, epilepsy / febrile seizures, psychiatric disorders, and extreme apathy or catatonic-like features after puberty. [from GeneReviews]
Authors:
Tjitske Kleefstra  |  Nicole de Leeuw   view full author information

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Rots D, Bouman A, Yamada A, Levy M, Dingemans AJM, de Vries BBA, Ruiterkamp-Versteeg M, de Leeuw N, Ockeloen CW, Pfundt R, de Boer E, Kummeling J, van Bon B, van Bokhoven H, Kasri NN, Venselaar H, Alders M, Kerkhof J, McConkey H, Kuechler A, Elffers B, van Beeck Calkoen R, Hofman S, Smith A, Valenzuela MI, Srivastava S, Frazier Z, Maystadt I, Piscopo C, Merla G, Balasubramanian M, Santen GWE, Metcalfe K, Park SM, Pasquier L, Banka S, Donnai D, Weisberg D, Strobl-Wildemann G, Wagemans A, Vreeburg M, Baralle D, Foulds N, Scurr I, Brunetti-Pierri N, van Hagen JM, Bijlsma EK, Hakonen AH, Courage C, Genevieve D, Pinson L, Forzano F, Deshpande C, Kluskens ML, Welling L, Plomp AS, Vanhoutte EK, Kalsner L, Hol JA, Putoux A, Lazier J, Vasudevan P, Ames E, O'Shea J, Lederer D, Fleischer J, O'Connor M, Pauly M, Vasileiou G, Reis A, Kiraly-Borri C, Bouman A, Barnett C, Nezarati M, Borch L, Beunders G, Özcan K, Miot S, Volker-Touw CML, van Gassen KLI, Cappuccio G, Janssens K, Mor N, Shomer I, Dominissini D, Tedder ML, Muir AM, Sadikovic B, Brunner HG, Vissers LELM, Shinkai Y, Kleefstra T
Am J Hum Genet 2024 Aug 8;111(8):1605-1625. Epub 2024 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.06.008. PMID: 39013458Free PMC Article
Bouman A, Geelen JM, Kummeling J, Schenck A, van der Zwan YG, Klein WM, Kleefstra T
Am J Med Genet A 2024 May;194(5):e63472. Epub 2023 Dec 29 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63472. PMID: 38155610
Barili V, Ambrosini E, Uliana V, Bellini M, Vitetta G, Martorana D, Cannizzaro IR, Taiani A, De Sensi E, Caggiati P, Hilton S, Banka S, Percesepe A
Genes (Basel) 2023 Jun 10;14(6) doi: 10.3390/genes14061241. PMID: 37372421Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bloemendaal M, Vlaming P, de Boer A, Vermeulen-Kalk K, Bouman A, Kleefstra T, Arias Vasquez A
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2023 Oct-Dec;192(7-8):124-138. Epub 2023 Jan 11 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32926. PMID: 36630271
Huang YC, Chao YC, Lee IC
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022;13:998675. Epub 2022 Nov 10 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.998675. PMID: 36440223Free PMC Article
Haseley A, Wallis K, DeBrosse S
Disabil Health J 2021 Apr;14(2):101018. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101018. PMID: 33189624
Koemans TS, Kleefstra T, Chubak MC, Stone MH, Reijnders MRF, de Munnik S, Willemsen MH, Fenckova M, Stumpel CTRM, Bok LA, Sifuentes Saenz M, Byerly KA, Baughn LB, Stegmann APA, Pfundt R, Zhou H, van Bokhoven H, Schenck A, Kramer JM
PLoS Genet 2017 Oct;13(10):e1006864. Epub 2017 Oct 25 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006864. PMID: 29069077Free PMC Article
Kleefstra T, Schenck A, Kramer JM, van Bokhoven H
Neuropharmacology 2014 May;80:83-94. Epub 2014 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.12.025. PMID: 24434855

Diagnosis

Vasireddi SK, Draksler TZ, Bouman A, Kummeling J, Wheeler M, Reuter C, Srivastava S, Harris J, Fisher PG, Narayan SM, Wang PJ, Badhwar N, Kleefstra T, Perez MV
Europace 2023 Dec 28;26(1) doi: 10.1093/europace/euae003. PMID: 38195854Free PMC Article
Aydin H, Bucak IH, Bagis H
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2022 Apr;32(4):S76-S78. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2022.Supp1.S76. PMID: 35633020
Haseley A, Wallis K, DeBrosse S
Disabil Health J 2021 Apr;14(2):101018. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101018. PMID: 33189624
Lavery WJ, Barski A, Wiley S, Schorry EK, Lindsley AW
Clin Epigenetics 2020 Jan 10;12(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0802-2. PMID: 31924266Free PMC Article
Tan WH, Bird LM, Thibert RL, Williams CA
Am J Med Genet A 2014 Apr;164A(4):975-92. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36416. PMID: 24779060

Therapy

Arora V, Joshi A, Lall M, Agarwal S, Bijarnia Mahay S, Dua Puri R, Chander Verma I
Birth Defects Res 2018 Sep 1;110(15):1205-1209. Epub 2018 Aug 27 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1379. PMID: 30151876
Nagy J, Kobolák J, Berzsenyi S, Ábrahám Z, Avci HX, Bock I, Bekes Z, Hodoscsek B, Chandrasekaran A, Téglási A, Dezső P, Koványi B, Vörös ET, Fodor L, Szél T, Németh K, Balázs A, Dinnyés A, Lendvai B, Lévay G, Román V
Transl Psychiatry 2017 Jul 25;7(7):e1179. doi: 10.1038/tp.2017.144. PMID: 28742076Free PMC Article
Vermeulen K, Staal WG, Janzing JG, van Bokhoven H, Egger JIM, Kleefstra T
Clin Neuropharmacol 2017 Jul/Aug;40(4):185-188. doi: 10.1097/WNF.0000000000000226. PMID: 28622207

Prognosis

Whitford W, Taylor J, Hayes I, Smith W, Snell RG, Lehnert K, Jacobsen JC
Mol Genet Genomic Med 2024 Jan;12(1):e2350. Epub 2023 Dec 26 doi: 10.1002/mgg3.2350. PMID: 38146907Free PMC Article
Chater-Diehl E, Goodman SJ, Cytrynbaum C, Turinsky AL, Choufani S, Weksberg R
Am J Hum Genet 2021 Aug 5;108(8):1359-1366. Epub 2021 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.06.015. PMID: 34297908Free PMC Article
Haseley A, Wallis K, DeBrosse S
Disabil Health J 2021 Apr;14(2):101018. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101018. PMID: 33189624
Yamada A, Shimura C, Shinkai Y
J Hum Genet 2018 May;63(5):555-562. Epub 2018 Feb 19 doi: 10.1038/s10038-018-0413-3. PMID: 29459631
Koemans TS, Kleefstra T, Chubak MC, Stone MH, Reijnders MRF, de Munnik S, Willemsen MH, Fenckova M, Stumpel CTRM, Bok LA, Sifuentes Saenz M, Byerly KA, Baughn LB, Stegmann APA, Pfundt R, Zhou H, van Bokhoven H, Schenck A, Kramer JM
PLoS Genet 2017 Oct;13(10):e1006864. Epub 2017 Oct 25 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006864. PMID: 29069077Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Perrot A, Rickert-Sperling S
Adv Exp Med Biol 2024;1441:505-534. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44087-8_27. PMID: 38884729
Whitford W, Taylor J, Hayes I, Smith W, Snell RG, Lehnert K, Jacobsen JC
Mol Genet Genomic Med 2024 Jan;12(1):e2350. Epub 2023 Dec 26 doi: 10.1002/mgg3.2350. PMID: 38146907Free PMC Article
Giacomini T, Cordani R, Bagnasco I, Vercellino F, Giordano L, Milito G, Ferrero GB, Mandrile G, Scala M, Meli M, Falsaperla R, Luria G, De Grandis E, Canale E, Amadori E, Striano P, Nobili L, Siri L
Neuropediatrics 2023 Dec;54(6):433-438. Epub 2023 Oct 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1775977. PMID: 37802085
Haseley A, Wallis K, DeBrosse S
Disabil Health J 2021 Apr;14(2):101018. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101018. PMID: 33189624
Koemans TS, Kleefstra T, Chubak MC, Stone MH, Reijnders MRF, de Munnik S, Willemsen MH, Fenckova M, Stumpel CTRM, Bok LA, Sifuentes Saenz M, Byerly KA, Baughn LB, Stegmann APA, Pfundt R, Zhou H, van Bokhoven H, Schenck A, Kramer JM
PLoS Genet 2017 Oct;13(10):e1006864. Epub 2017 Oct 25 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006864. PMID: 29069077Free PMC Article

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