GDF11

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Changes in the GDF11 gene were identified in two UDN participants (Ravenscroft et al. 2021). One is a 33-year-old male with multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual disability (read full description). The other participant is a 13-year-old female with immune deficiency, joint pain (arthralgia), inflammation of the blood vessels in the eye (retinal vasculitis), and recurrent inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) (read full description)

Date of Report

Jun 14, 2021

Full Name

growth differentiation factor 11

Location

Chromosome 12 (12q13.2)

Function

The GDF11 gene codes for a protein involved in the regulation of skeletal development (McPherron et al., 1999).

Database Links

GeneCards: GDF11

NCBI Gene: 10220

OMIM: 603936

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: O95390

Clinical Significance

Changes in this gene were identified in two UDN participants (Ravenscroft et al. 2021):

Participant 056, a 33-year-old male with multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual disability was found to carry the following de novo genetic change in the GDF11 gene:

c.1008C>G/p.Tyr336Ter (inheritance pattern: autosomal dominant, position: chr12:g.56143450C>G, transcript: NM_005811.4)

Clinicians and researchers believe that these genetic changes are causing the participant’s symptoms.

Participant 183, a 13-year-old with immune deficiency, joint pain (arthralgia), inflammation of the blood vessels in the eye (retinal vasculitis), and recurrent inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) was found to carry the following de novo genetic change in the GDF11 gene:

c.916G>A/p.Glu306Lys (inheritance pattern: unknown, position: chr12:g.56143358G>A, transcript: NM_005811.3)

Clinicians and researchers believe that these genetic changes are causing the participant’s symptoms.

Gene GDF11

Inheritance Pattern Autosomal dominant

Position (hg19) see gene page

Transcript see gene page

DNA Change see gene page

Protein Change see gene page

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