Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) describes a group of clinical entities in which the connective tissue, primarily that of the skin, joint and vessels, is abnormal, although the resulting clinical ...manifestations can vary widely between the different historical subtypes. Many cases of hereditary disorders of connective tissue that do not seem to fit these historical subtypes exist. The aim of this study is to describe a large series of patients with inherited connective tissue disorders evaluated by our clinical genetics service and for whom a likely causal variant was identified. In addition to clinical phenotyping, patients underwent various genetic tests including molecular karyotyping, candidate gene analysis, autozygome analysis, and whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing as appropriate. We describe a cohort of 69 individuals representing 40 families, all referred because of suspicion of an inherited connective tissue disorder by their primary physician. Molecular lesions included variants in the previously published disease genes
B3GALT6
,
GORAB
,
ZNF469
,
B3GAT3
,
ALDH18A1
,
FKBP14
,
PYCR1
,
CHST14
and
SPARC
with interesting variations on the published clinical phenotypes. We also describe the first recessive EDS-like condition to be caused by a recessive
COL1A1
variant. In addition, exome capture in a familial case identified a homozygous truncating variant in a novel and compelling candidate gene,
AEBP1
. Finally, we also describe a distinct novel clinical syndrome of cutis laxa and marked facial features and propose
ATP6V1E1
and
ATP6V0D2
(two subunits of vacuolar ATPase) as likely candidate genes based on whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing of the two families with this new clinical entity. Our study expands the clinical spectrum of hereditary disorders of connective tissue and adds three novel candidate genes including two that are associated with a highly distinct syndrome.
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EMUNI, FIS, FZAB, GEOZS, GIS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, MFDPS, NLZOH, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, SBMB, SBNM, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK, VKSCE, ZAGLJ
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