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ArticleNeurogenetics2025

First clinical diagnosis of FAME3 via commercial Long-Read sequencing reveals mosaic repeat expansion in MARCHF6 gene.

B Lakshitha A Perera, Russell Stewart, Yutaka Furuta, Kimberly M Ezell, Lynette Rives, Bethany Nunley, Ashley McMinn, Alyson Krokosky, Serena Neumann, Mary E Koziura and 7 more

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Article in Neurogenetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

B Lakshitha A PereraDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. blakshitha.perera@vumc.org.
Russell StewartVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Yutaka FurutaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Kimberly M EzellDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Lynette RivesDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Bethany NunleyDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ashley McMinnDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Alyson KrokoskyDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Serena NeumannDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Mary E KoziuraDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Rizwan HamidDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Joy D CoganDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Thomas A CassiniDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Eric R GamazonDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
John A Phillips IiiDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Rory J TinkerDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. rory.tinker@vumc.org.

Funding

Gene Expression Regulation in Brains of East Asian, African, and European Descent Explains Schizophrenia GWAS in Diverse Populations.R01MH126459 · NIMH · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI Chunyu Liu · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
Haplotype-aware models of gene and isoform expression with application to genetic studies of disease in diverse populationsR01GM140287 · NIGMS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAMAZON, ERIC R, MOHAMMADI, PEJMAN · 2021 to 2024
$2.8M
Advancing Multi-Omics and Electronic Health Records Computational MethodologiesR01HG011138 · NHGRI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI GAMAZON, ERIC R · 2020 to 2024
$1.6M
Genomic Basis of Telomere Length Regulation and Consequences for Complex TraitsR56AG089926 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI COGAN, JOY D, GAMAZON, ERIC R · 2024 to 2024
$430k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011138NIA NIH HHS R56 AG089926NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140287NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH126459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial Adult Myoclonic Epilepsy type 3 (FAME3) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cortical tremor and epilepsy, caused by a noncoding pentanucleotide repeat expansion (TTTTA/TTTCA)

Indexed as

DNA Repeat ExpansionEpilepsies, MyoclonicAllelesFemaleGenetic TestingHumansMiddle AgedMosaicismPedigreeWhole Genome SequencingFAME3Long-read sequencingMARCHF6Repeat expansion disordersSomatic mosaicism

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PMID40788430
PMCPMC12339610

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