DOI

  • Stacey D. Edwards
  • Katharina V. Schulze
  • Jill A. Rosenfeld
  • Lauren E. Westerfield
  • Amanda Gerard
  • Bo Yuan
  • Elena L. Grigorenko
  • Jennifer E. Posey
  • Weimin Bi
  • Pengfei Liu
Distal 1q21.1 microdeletions have shown highly variable clinical expressivity and incomplete penetrance, with affected individuals manifesting a broad spectrum of nonspecific features. The goals of this study were to better describe the phenotypic spectrum of patients with distal 1q21.1 microdeletions and to compare the clinical features among affected individuals. We performed a retrospective chart review of 47 individuals with distal 1q21.1 microdeletions tested at a large clinical genetic testing laboratory, with most patients being clinically evaluated in the same children's hospital. Health information such as growth charts, results of imaging studies, developmental history, and progress notes were collected. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher's exact test to compare clinical features among study subjects. Common features in our cohort include microcephaly (51.2%), seizures (29.8%), developmental delay (74.5%), failure to thrive (FTT) (68.1%), dysmorphic features (63.8%), and a variety of congenital anomalies such as cardiac abnormalities (23.4%) and genitourinary abnormalities (19.1%). Compared to prior literature, we found that seizures, brain anomalies, and FTT were more prevalent among our study cohort. Females were more likely than males to have microcephaly (p = 0.0199) and cardiac abnormalities (p = 0.0018). Based on existing genome-wide clinical testing results, at least a quarter of the cohort had additional genetic findings that may impact the phenotype of the individual. Our study represents the largest cohort of distal 1q21.1 microdeletion carriers available in the literature thus far, and it further illustrates the wide spectrum of clinical manifestations among symptomatic individuals. These results may allow for improved genetic counseling and management of affected individuals. Future studies may help to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms impacting the phenotypic variability observed with this microdeletion.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1388-1398
Number of pages11
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
Volume185
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2021

    Research areas

  • 1q21.1 deletion, chromosomal microarray, copy number variant, developmental delay, neuropsychiatric disorder, Humans, Child, Preschool, Infant, Male, Genetic Counseling, Young Adult, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics, Failure to Thrive/complications, Intellectual Disability/complications, Microcephaly/complications, Adult, Female, Child, Chromosome Deletion, Megalencephaly/complications, Seizures/complications, Developmental Disabilities/complications, Heart Defects, Congenital/complications, Genetic Testing/methods, Pedigree, Adolescent, DNA Copy Number Variations/genetics, Abnormalities, Multiple/diagnosis, 1q21, 1 deletion

    Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics(clinical)
  • Genetics

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