hrp0095p1-532 | Growth and Syndromes | ESPE2022

Cerebral aneurysms and kidney disease in a child with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II: novel homozygous mutation in the PCNT gene.

Petraroli Maddalena , Percesepe Antonio , Piane Maria , Gnocchi Margherita , Messina Giulia , Lattanzi Claudia , D'alvano Tiziana , Dora Patianna Viviana , Ormitti Francesca , Maria Roberta Esposito Susanna , Elisabeth Street Maria

MOPD is known to be caused by homozygous loss-of-function mutations in a specific gene, PCNT. Both intra- and interfamilial clinical variability (even for the same variant) have been frequently observed, which makes it difficult to infer a genotype–phenotype correlation. Pericentrin (PCTN) is a structural protein expressed in the centrosome that plays a fundamental role in anchoring protein complexes, regulating mitotic cycle and thus cell proliferation. High levels of m...