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- Title
Cardiac Defects and Genetic Syndromes: Old Uncertainties and New Insights.
- Authors
Calcagni, Giulio; Pugnaloni, Flaminia; Digilio, Maria Cristina; Unolt, Marta; Putotto, Carolina; Niceta, Marcello; Baban, Anwar; Piceci Sparascio, Francesca; Drago, Fabrizio; De Luca, Alessandro; Tartaglia, Marco; Marino, Bruno; Versacci, Paolo
- Abstract
Recent advances in understanding the genetic causes and anatomic subtypes of cardiac defects have revealed new links between genetic etiology, pathogenetic mechanisms and cardiac phenotypes. Although the same genetic background can result in different cardiac phenotypes, and similar phenotypes can be caused by different genetic causes, researchers' effort to identify specific genotype–phenotype correlations remains crucial. In this review, we report on recent advances in the cardiac pathogenesis of three genetic diseases: Down syndrome, del22q11.2 deletion syndrome and Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome. In these conditions, the frequent and specific association with congenital heart defects and the recent characterization of the underlying molecular events contributing to pathogenesis provide significant examples of genotype–phenotype correlations. Defining these correlations is expected to improve diagnosis and patient stratification, and it has relevant implications for patient management and potential therapeutic options.
- Subjects
CONGENITAL heart disease; GENETIC disorders; SYNDROMES; PHENOTYPES; DOWN syndrome; UNCERTAINTY
- Publication
Genes, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1047
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes12071047