TY - GEN AU - Pérez-Nanclares, Gustavo AU - Velayos, Teresa AU - Vela, Amaya AU - Muñoz Torres, Manuel Eduardo AU - Castaño, Luis PY - 2015 SN - 1932-6203 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/35155 AB - Context: Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1b (PHP-Ib) is characterized by renal resistance to PTH (and, sometimes, a mild resistance to TSH) and absence of any features of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. Patients with PHP-Ib suffer of defects in... AB - Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the molecular and imprinting defects in the GNAS locus in two unrelated patients with PHP-Ib. AB - Design: We have analyzed the GNAS locus by direct sequencing, Methylation-Specific Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification, microsatellites, Quantitative Multiplex PCR of Short Fluorescent fragments and array-Comparative Genomic... AB - Results: We identified two duplications in the GNAS region in two patients with PHP-Ib: one of them, comprising ~320 kb, occurred ‘de novo’ in the patient, whereas the other one, of ~179 kb in length, was inherited from the maternal allele. In both... AB - Conclusion: In this article, we describe the to-our-knowledge biggest duplications reported so far in the GNAS region. Both are associated to PHP-Ib, one of them occurring ‘de novo’ and the other one being maternally inherited. LA - eng PB - Public Library of Science (PLOS) KW - Genetic loci KW - Polymerase chain reaction KW - Methylation KW - Comparative genomics KW - Genome analysis KW - DNA methylation KW - Genomic imprinting KW - Thyroid-stimulating hormone TI - Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ib Associated with Novel Duplications in the GNAS Locus DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0117691 ER -