A complementary study approach unravels novel players in the pathoetiology of Hirschsprung disease.

Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623) involves congenital intestinal obstruction caused by dysfunction of neural crest cells and their progeny during enteric nervous system (ENS) development. HSCR is a multifactorial disorder; pathogenetic variants accounting for disease phenotype are identified...

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Main Authors: Tanja Mederer, Stefanie Schmitteckert, Julia Volz, Cristina Martínez, Ralph Röth, Thomas Thumberger, Volker Eckstein, Jutta Scheuerer, Cornelia Thöni, Felix Lasitschka, Leonie Carstensen, Patrick Günther, Stefan Holland-Cunz, Robert Hofstra, Erwin Brosens, Jill A Rosenfeld, Christian P Schaaf, Duco Schriemer, Isabella Ceccherini, Marta Rusmini, Joseph Tilghman, Berta Luzón-Toro, Ana Torroglosa, Salud Borrego, Clara Sze-Man Tang, Mercè Garcia-Barceló, Paul Tam, Nagarajan Paramasivam, Melanie Bewerunge-Hudler, Carolina De La Torre, Norbert Gretz, Gudrun A Rappold, Philipp Romero, Beate Niesler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009106