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Cumulus cells damage can help to indirectly predict oocyte quality in infertile...

Rodrigues, Bárbara; Sousa, Vanessa; Esteves, Filipa; Pires, Joana; Sousa, Daniela; Brandão, Raquel; Leal, Carla; Santos, Rosário; Vale-Fernandes, Emídio

Introduction: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is currently used in clinical practice for couples with fertility issues. Some studies have shown an association between male reproductive ability and sperm DNA damage levels, assessed by comet assay. However, little is known regarding this endpoint and female fertility, mostly due to tissue accessibility. To overcome this, we used cumulus cells (CC) to anal...


Can the Synergic Contribution of Multigenic Variants Explain the Clinical and C...

Maia, N; Nabais Sá, Maria João; Oliveira, Cláudia; Santos, Flávia; Soares, Celia A; Prior, Catarina; Tkachenko, Nataliya; Santos, Rosário

We describe an infant female with a syndromic neurodevelopmental clinical phenotype and increased chromosome instability as cellular phenotype. Genotype characterization revealed heterozygous variants in genes directly or indirectly linked to DNA repair: a de novo X-linked HDAC8 pathogenic variant, a paternally inherited FANCG pathogenic variant and a maternally inherited BRCA2 variant of uncertain significance...


Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model to Predict the Complexity of...

Rodrigues, Bárbara; Vale-Fernandes, Emídio; Maia, N; Santos, Flávia; Marques, Isabel; Santos, Rosário; Nogueira, António J. A.; Jorge, Paula

The polymorphic trinucleotide repetitive region in the FMR1 gene 5'UTR contains AGG interspersions, particularly in normal-sized alleles (CGG < 45). In this range repetitive stretches are typically interrupted once or twice, although alleles without or with three or more AGG interspersions can also be observed. AGG interspersions together with the total length of the repetitive region confer stability and hinde...


αIIbβ3 variants in ten families with autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia: ...

Morais, Sara; Oliveira, Jorge; Lau, Catarina; Pereira, Mónica; Gonçalves, Marta; Monteiro, Catarina; Gonçalves, Ana; Matos, Rui; Sampaio, Marco

Background: Rare pathogenic variants in either the ITGA2B or ITGB3 genes have been linked to autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia associated with abnormal platelet production and function, deserving the designation of Glanzmann Thrombasthenia-Like Syndrome (GTLS) or ITGA2B/ITGB3-related thrombocytopenia. Objectives: To describe a series of patients with familial macrothrombocytopenia and decreased expressio...


EMQN best practice guidelines for genetic testing in dystrophinopathies

Fratter, Carl; Dalgleish, Raymond; Allen, Stephanie K.; Santos, Rosário; Abbs, Stephen; Tuffery-Giraud, Sylvie; Ferlini, Alessandra

Dystrophinopathies are X-linked diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy, due to DMD gene variants. In recent years, the application of new genetic technologies and the availability of new personalised drugs have influenced diagnostic genetic testing for dystrophinopathies. Therefore, these European best practice guidelines for genetic testing in dystrophinopathies have been...


Usher syndrome and Nebulin‐associated myopathy in a single patient due to varia...

Maia, N; Soares, Ana Rita; Fortuna, Ana; Marques, Isabel; Gonçalves, Ana; Santos, Rosário; Pires, Manuel; De Brouwer, Arjan; Jorge, Paula

In a patient with Usher syndrome and atypical muscle complaints, we have identified two separate variants in MYO7A andNEB genes by exome sequencing. The homozygous variants in these two recessive genes could explain the full phenotype of our patient.


Two Compound Heterozygous Variants in SNX14 Cause Stereotypies and Dystonia in ...

Maia, N; Soares, Gabriela; Silva, Cecília; Marques, Isabel; Rodrigues, Bárbara; Santos, Rosário; Melo-Pires, Manuel; de Brouwer, Arjan PM

Autosomal Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia 20, SCAR20, is a rare condition characterized by intellectual disability, lack of speech, ataxia, coarse facies and macrocephaly, caused by SNX14 variants. While all cases described are due to homozygous variants that generally result in loss of protein, so far there are no other cases of reported compound heterozygous variants. Here we describe the first non-consangui...


Evidence for an ancient origin of the FGA p.Glu545Val (E526V) amyloidosis-causi...

Costa, P.P.; Lacerda, P.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Maia, N.; Lobato, Luísa; Santos, Rosário; Tavares, Isabel

Fibrinogen alpha chain amyloidosis is widely spread throughout the world, and is most frequently associated with the FGA p.Glu545Val (E526V) mutation, particularly in European countries, with endemic foci of the disease identified in the UK and in northern Portugal. All identified Portuguese patients are from the same region, and a preliminary attempt to characterize the disease-associated haplotype hinted at a...


Development and validation of a mathematical model to predict the complexity of...

Rodrigues, Bárbara; Vale-Fernandes, Emídio; Maia, Nuno; Santos, Flávia; Marques, Isabel; Santos, Rosário; Nogueira, António J. A.; Jorge, Paula

The polymorphic trinucleotide repetitive region in the FMR1 gene 5'UTR contains AGG interspersions, particularly in normal-sized alleles (CGG < 45). In this range repetitive stretches are typically interrupted once or twice, although alleles without or with three or more AGG interspersions can also be observed. AGG interspersions together with the total length of the repetitive region confer stability and hinde...


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