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- Title
Integrating molecular and structural findings: Wnt as a possible actor in shaping cognitive impairment in Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
- Authors
Avagliano, Laura; Grazioli, Paolo; Mariani, Milena; Bulfamante, Gaetano P.; Selicorni, Angelo; Massa, Valentina
- Abstract
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) is a choesinopathy: a severe genetic disorder caused by mutations in the cohesin complex genes. The phenotype is characterized by typical facial dysmorphism, growth impairment and multiorgan abnormalities including brain alterations. Wnt pathway is known to play a fundamental role in central nervous system development and it has been shown that Wnt pathway is disrupted in CdLS animal models and patients cells. In this review we investigate the possible link between Wnt pathway disruption and brain abnormalities in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome as such molecular impairment could lead to an abnormal embryonic development resulting in brain abnormalities (i.e. microcephaly, cerebellar hypoplasia, abnormal cortical development) in patients with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.
- Subjects
BRAIN abnormalities; DE Lange's syndrome; WNT signal transduction; CENTRAL nervous system; COGNITION disorders
- Publication
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2017, Vol 12, p1
- ISSN
1750-1172
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13023-017-0723-0