Concurrent Sessions C18 - C24 - Tuesday, May 24 - 11.00 - 12.30 hrs

RoomPlenary HallRoom 112Room 117Room 113+114Room 115+116Room 111

C19 Big data Analyses of Intellectual Disability

C20 Gene Editing: To Fear or to Cheer? (joint with EMPAG)

C21 Disorders with skin abnormalities

C22 Cardiovascular disorders

C23 Functional Genomics

C24 Rare Disease Gene Discoveries

11.00

C19.1

The prevalence and architecture of dominant developmental disorders

Matthew E. Hurles, Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study;
Cambridge, United Kingdom

 

C20.1

Introduction by the Chair

 

C21.1

Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping as a potential systemic treatment for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

J. Bremer, O. Bornert, A. Nyström, A.H. Gostynski, M.F. Jonkman, A. Aartsma-Rus, A.M.G. Pasmooij, Peter C. Van den Akker*;
Groningen, Netherlands

 

C22.1

FOXF2, a novel risk locus for stroke and small artery disease: a genome-wide association study

Ganesh Chauhan*, C.R. Arnold, A.Y. Chu, M. Fornage, A. Reyahi, J.C. Bis, A.S. Havulinna, the Cervical Artery Dissection and Ischemic Stroke Patients (CADISP) study, the METASTROKE consortium, the Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN, the International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC), O.J. Lehmann, L.J. Launer, M. Ikram, P. Carlsson, D.I. Chasman, S.J. Childs, W.T. Longstreth, Jr, S. Seshadri, S. Debette, the Neurology Working Group of the CHARGE consortium;
Bordeaux, France

 

C23.1

Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in peripheral blood is associated with age, smoking, shorter survival and increased risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in men

J. Dumanski, J. Lambert, C. Rasi, V. Giedraitis, H. Davies, B. Grenier-Boley, C.M. Lindgren, D. Campion, C. Dufouil, C. Bellenguez, V. Chouraki, A. Brice, J. Epelbaum, C. Berr, J. Dartigues, D. Hannequin, A. Boland, M. Lathrop, D. Zelenika, F. Pasquier, P. Amouyel, L. Lannfelt, M. Ingelsson, L. Kilander, L. Lind, Lars A. Forsberg;
Uppsala, Sweden

 

C24.1

Studying the genetic basis of idiopathic short stature using whole exome sequencing

Christian T. Thiel, N.N. Hauer, E. Schöller, S. Schuhman, M.T. Wittmann, B. Popp, S. Uebe, C. Büttner, A.B. Ekici, K. Kutsche, D. Wieczorek, H. Sticht, H. Dörr, A. Reis;
Erlangen, Germany

 

11.15

C19.2

Meta-analysis of 2,104 trios provides support for 10 novel candidate genes for intellectual disability

Stefan H. Lelieveld*, M.R.F. Reijnders, R. Pfundt, H.G. Yntema, E. Kamsteeg, P. de Vries, B.B.A. de Vries, M.H. Willemsen, T. Kleefstra, K. Löhner, M. Vreeburg, S. Stevens, I. van der Burgt, E.M.H.F. Bongers, A.P.A. Stegmann, P. Rump, T. Rinne, M.R. Nelen, J.A. Veltman, L.E.L.M. Vissers, H.G. Brunner, C. Gilissen;
Nijmegen, Netherlands

C20.2

Regulating Genome Editing Technologies: Loopholes, rabbit wholes and the search for consistency

Rosario Isasi;
Miami, United States

This presentation had to be cancelled

C21.2

Osteoporosis in the segmental progeroid disorder gerodermia osteodysplastica is caused by defective decorin glycanation and TGF-? induced oxidative stress

Uwe Kornak, W. Chan, M. Steiner, J. Egerer, A.C. Ma, B. Busse, S. Mizumoto, J. Pestka, H. Zhang, I. Hausser, K. Sugahara, M. Amling, D. Chan, S. Mundlos;
Berlin, Germany

C22.2

Whole exome sequencing identifies ALPK3 as a new disease gene causing both severe paediatric and ‘milder’ adult-onset cardiomyopathies

Jan D.H. Jongbloed, J.M.A. Verhagen, R. Almomani, E. Brosens, K.Y. van Spaendonck-Zwarts, A. Asimaki, P.A. van der Zwaag, I.M.E. Frohn-Mulder, A.M. Bertoli-Avella, L.G. Boven, M.A. van Slegtenhorst, J.J. van der Smagt, W.F.J. van IJcken, B. Timmer, M. van Stuijvenberg, R.M. Verdijk, J.E. Saffitz, F.A. du Plessis, M. Michels, M.P. van den Berg, R.M.W. Hofstra, P. van der Harst, R.J. Sinke, P. van Tintelen, M.W. Wessels, J.C. Herkert, I.M.B.H. van de Laar;
Groningen, Netherlands

C23.2

Single cell allele specific expression (ASE) in T21 and common trisomies:Novel approach to understand gene dosage effects in Down syndrome and common aneuploidies

Georgios Stamoulis*, F. Santoni, P. Makrythanasis, A. Letourneau, M. Guipponi, M. Garieri, N. Panousis, E. Falconnet, P. Ribaux, C. Borel, S.E. Antonarakis;
Geneva, Switzerland

C24.2

Targeted Next Generation Sequencing in skeletal dysplasias: experience on 216 patients

Caroline Michot, S. Hanein, C. Haudry, G. Baujat, S. Monnot, A. Munnich, J. Bonnefont, V. Cormier-Daire;
Paris, France

11.30

C19.3

Whole exome sequencing in 150 consanguineous families with intellectual disability: high diagnostic yield and identification of novel candidate genes

M. Reuter, H. Tawamie, R. Buchert, T. Froukh, O. Hosny Gebril, T. Strom, S. Hoffjan, D. Wieczorek, H. Sticht, André Reis, R. Abou Jamra;
Erlangen, Germany

C20.3

Are biomedical research fundamental principles appropriate for using genome editing in humans?

Emmanuelle Rial-Sebbag, A. Cambon-Thomsen;
Toulouse, France

C21.3

Mutations in either TUBB or MAPRE2 cause circumferential skin creases Kunze type

M. Isrie, M. Breuss, G. Tian, A.H. Hansen, F. Cristofoli, J. Morandell, E. Porta Dapena, K. Leonard, F. Tinsa, S. Moortgat, H. Ulucan, E. Koparir, E. Karaca, N. Katsanis, V. Marton, J.R. Vermeesch, E. Davis, N. Cowan, D.A. Keys, Hilde Van Esch;
Leuven, Belgium

C22.3

Exome sequencing reveals distinct genetic architectures for syndromic and nonsyndromic congenital heart defects

Alejandro Sifrim*, M. Hitz, A. Wilsdon, J. Breckpot, S.H. Al Turki, B. Thienpont, J. McRae, T.W. Fitzgerald, T. Singh, G.J. Swaminathan, D. Rajan, E. Prigmore, The INTERVAL study, The UK10K Consortium, Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects, German Register for Congenital Heart Defects, S. Mital, P. Daubeney, B. Keavney, J. Goodship, R.M. Abu-Sulaiman, S. Klaassen, C.F. Wright, H.V. Firth, J.C. Barrett, K. Devriendt, D.R. Fitzpatrick, J.D. Brook, The Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study, M.E. Hurles;
Hinxton, United Kingdom

C23.3

The landscape of polymorphic inversions and their functional impact in the human genome

Jon Lerga-Jaso*, M. Oliva, S. Villatoro, D. Izquierdo, L. Pantano, S. Casillas, M. Cáceres;
Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

C24.3

NUP107 mutations cause autosomal recessive inherited early childhood-onset steroid resistant Nephrotic syndrome

Noriko Miyake, H. Tsukaguchi, E. Koshimizu, A. Shono, N. Matsumoto;
Yokohama, Japan

11.45

C19.4

Common morphological and transcriptome changes in Rett spectrum disorders justify a shared therapeutic approach

Anna Maria Pinto*, E. Landucci, L. Bianciardi, S. Daga, E. Frullanti, M. Brindisi, S. Butini, V. Imperatore, F. Ariani, S. Brogi, G. Campiani, A. Renieri, I. Meloni;
Siena, Italy

C20.4

One small edit for man, one large edit for mankind? Points to consider for a responsible way forward with gene editing

Heidi C. Howard, G. de Wert, C.G. van El, F. Forzano, D. Radojkovic, E. Rial-Sebbag, M.C. Cornel, on behalf of the Public and Professional Policy Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics;
Uppsala, Sweden

C21.4

Two new genetic disorders presenting with lymphatic-related hydrops fetalis

E. Fotiou, S. Martin-Almedina, I. Martinez-Corral, R. Holdhus, A. Vicente, M.A. Simpson, S. Lin, K. Petersen, A. Hoischen, C. Gilissen, H. Jeffery, G. Atton, J.W. Wiseman, M. Wedin, K. Gordon, G. Brice, I. Jeffery, D.C. Rees, C. Mignot, J. Vogt, T. Homfray, M.P. Snyder, S.G. Rockson, S. Jeffery, P.S. Mortimer, S. Berland, T. Makinen, S. Mansour, Pia Ostergaard;
London, United Kingdom

C22.4

Defective connective tissue remodeling in Smad3 mice leads to accelerated aneurysmal growth through disturbed downstream TGF-ß signaling

Ingrid van der Pluijm, N. van Vliet, J. von der Thusen, J. Robertus, Y. Ridwan, P. van Heijningen, B. van Thiel, M. Vermeij, R. Buijs-Offerman, R. Kanaar, A. Bertoli-Avella, J. Essers;
Rotterdam, Netherlands

C23.4

Assessment of the GENCODE annotation through experimental validation

Anne-Maud Ferreira*, B. Uszczynska, J. Lagarde, J. Chrast, A. Frankish, J. Harrow, R. Guigó, A. Reymond;
Lausanne, Switzerland

C24.4

Whole-exome sequencing identifies mutations of TBC1D1 encoding a Rab-GTPase-activating protein in patients with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT)

Anne Kosfeld, M. Kreuzer, C. Daniel, F. Brand, A. Schäfer, A. Chadt, A. Weiss, V. Riehmer, C. Jeanpierre, M. Klintschar, J. Bräsen, K. Amann, L. Pape, A. Kispert, H. Al-Hasani, D. Haffner, R.G. Weber;
Hannover, Germany

12.00

C19.5

Haploinsufficiency of MECP2-interacting transcriptional co-repressor SIN3A causes mild intellectual disability by affecting the development of cortical integrity

J. Witteveen, M.H. Willemsen, T.C.D. Dombroski, N.H. van Bakel, W.M. Nillessen, J.A. van Hulten, E.J.R. Jansen, I.E. Veenstra-Knol, C.M.A. van Ravenswaaij, J.S. Klein Wassink-Ruiter, P. Rump, M. Vincent, A. David, C. Le Gaignec, J. Schieving, C. Gilissen, N. Foulds, T. Strom, K. Cremer, A.M. Zink, H. Engels, S.A. de Munnik, J.E. Visser, H.G. Brunner, G.J.M. Martens, R. Pfundt, S.M. Kolk, Tjitske Kleefstra;
Nijmegen, Netherlands

C20.5

Ethical issues of gene editing: what does popular media report?

Emilia Niemiec*, B.M. Zimmermann, H.C. Howard;
Bologna, Italy

C21.5

Natural history of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) caused by CHST14/D4ST1 deficiency: from an international collaborative clinical study by the International Consortium for EDS

Tomoki Kosho, D. Syx, T. Van Damme, H. Morisaki, H. Kawame, T. Sonoda, Y. Hilhorst-Hofstee, N.C. Voermans, K.J. Wierenga, R. Mendoza-Londono, K. Ishikawa, T. Kobayashi, M. Kono, K. Mochida, K. Kikkawa, C. Giunta, A.R. Janecke, N. Miyake, F. Malfait;
Matsumoto, Japan

C22.5

Loss-of-function mutations in the X-linked gene BGN cause a severe syndromic form of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

Josephina A.N. Meester*, G. Vandeweyer, I. Pintelon, K. Waitzman, L. Young, L.W. Markham, J. Vogt, J. Richer, L.M. Beauchesne, S. Unger, A. Superti-Furga, E. Reyniers, A. Verstraeten, L. Van Laer, B.L. Loeys;
Antwerp, Belgium

C23.5

Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of human pancreatic islets

Marco Garieri*, C. Borel, T. Stoeger, F. Santoni, C. Howald, P. Ribaux, L. Pelkmans, P. Halban, S. Antonarakis, E. Dermitzakis;
Geneva, Switzerland

C24.5

Mutations in KLHL7, a Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa - Locus, Cause a Recessive Crisponi/CISS1-like phenotype

Laura Crisponi, A. Angius, P. Uva, I. Buers, M. Oppo, A. Puddu, S. Onano, I. Persico, A. Loi, L. Marcia, W. Höhne, G. Cuccuru, G. Fotia, M. Deiana, M. Marongiu, H. Atalay, S. Inan, O. El Assy, L. Smit, I. Okur, E. K?l?ç, G. Zampino, G. Crisponi, F. Rutsch;
Cagliari, Italy

12.15

C19.6

Genes controlling cell movement und migration are deregulated in ARID1B-associated ID

Georgia Vasileiou, M.V. Hadjihannas, A. Reis;
Erlangen, Germany

C20.6

Optimising CRISPR genome editing using machine learning

Riley Doyle;
London, United Kingdom

C21.6

Duplicated enhancer region upstream of the CTSB gene segregates with keratolytic winter erythema in South African and Norwegian families

Thandiswa Ngcungcu*, M. Oti, B.I. Haukanes, J.C. Sitek, F. Yang, R. Bruccoleri, T. Stokowy, E.J. Oakeley, B. Linghu, J. Zhu, M. Sultan, J. Schalkwijk, C. von der Lippe, H.G. Brunner, S. Buechmann-Moller, M.M. Thomas, N. Nirmala, H. van Bokhoven, V.M. Steen, P.R. Hull, J. Szustakowski, F. Staedtler, H. Zhou, T. Fiskerstrand, M. Ramsay;
Johannesburg, South Africa

C22.6

Identification of a Second Gene Mutated in Capillary Malformation-Arteriovenous Malformation (CM-AVM2)

A. Mustapha, N. Revencu, E. Pairet, R. Helaers, E. Baselga, M. Cordisco, W. Chung, J. Dubois, J. Lacour, L. Martorell, J. Mazereeuw-Hautier, R.E. Pyeritz, J.B. Mulliken, L.M. Boon, Miikka Vikkula;
Brussels, Belgium

This presentation had to be cancelled

C23.6

Identifying novel long non-coding RNAs in the Human genome

Matthew P. Hardy, J. Harrow, J. Loveland, A. Frankish, HAVANA Group;
Cambridge, United Kingdom

C24.6

Loss-of-function mutations in ELMO2 impeding RAC1 signaling and cell migration cause intraosseous vascular malformation

Arda Cetinkaya, J.R. Xiong, I. Vargel, K. Kosemehmetoglu, I. Canter, O.F. Gerdan, N. Longo, A. AlZahrani, E.Z. Taskiran, L.D. Botto, Z. Gormez, E. Uz, B. Yuksel, S. Ruacan, M.S. Sa??ro?lu, T. Takahashi, B. Reversade, N.A. Akarsu;
Ankara, Turkey

City & Country refer to presenting authors
* indicates Young Investigator Award Candidates