Intellectual disability
Gene: YARS Amber List (moderate evidence)I don't know
As reviewed by Sarah Leigh, none of the previously reported cases presented with intellectual disability, although the family reported in PMID:30304524 had expressive language delay and the older brother reported in PMID:27633801 had mild delays.
As reviewed by Dmitrijs Rots, all 12 patients from six families identified with homozygous p.Arg367Trp variant had neurodevelopmental phenotype including intellectual disability. As all these families were identified with the same homozygous variant, the rating should remain amber.Created: 9 Jan 2024, 10:21 a.m. | Last Modified: 9 Jan 2024, 10:21 a.m.
Panel Version: 5.380
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Infantile-onset multisystem neurologic, endocrine, and pancreatic disease 2, OMIM:619418
12 patients with homozygous p.(Arg367Trp) have distinct NDD reported in PMID: 34536092.Created: 16 Oct 2022, 12:27 a.m. | Last Modified: 16 Oct 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Panel Version: 3.1746
Publications
Comment on phenotypes: Monoallelic variants are associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, dominant intermediate C 608323, while biallelic variants are associated with a complex phenotype that may include intellectual disability, hearing loss and liver damage.Created: 5 Aug 2020, 4:41 p.m. | Last Modified: 5 Aug 2020, 4:41 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.227
Comment on list classification: Biallelic variants in three families with complex clinical conditions including developmental delay. PMID 30304524 reports an extended family with microcephaly, expressive language delay, hearing loss, amongst other features. PMID 29232904 reports a proband whose phenotype included hearing loss, retnititis pigmentosa and hypotonia, but did not include intellectual disability. PMID 27633801 reports two sibblings with hypotionia, the older brother at 15 years of age has mild delays, he attends school on an individualized educational program and functions at a grade 3 level. He speaks and understands English and Polish.Created: 6 Jul 2020, 6:25 p.m. | Last Modified: 7 Jul 2020, 2:55 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.144
The new gene for YARS is YARS1Created: 6 Jul 2020, 5:43 p.m. | Last Modified: 6 Jul 2020, 5:43 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.143
Green List (high evidence)
Mono-allelic variants are associated with CMT. However, 10 individuals from three unrelated families reported with bi-allelic variants and a severe phenotype, comprising ID, nystagmus, deafness, liver dysfunction and a range of other features.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 23 Apr 2020, 3:39 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Intellectual disability; deafness; nystagmus; liver dysfunction
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Phenotypes for gene: YARS were changed from Intellectual disability; deafness; nystagmus; liver dysfunction to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, dominant intermediate C 608323; Intellectual disability; deafness; nystagmus; liver dysfunction
Tag watchlist tag was added to gene: YARS.
Gene: yars has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
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Tag for-review tag was added to gene: YARS.
gene: YARS was added gene: YARS was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: YARS was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: YARS were set to 30304524; 29232904; 27633801 Phenotypes for gene: YARS were set to Intellectual disability; deafness; nystagmus; liver dysfunction Review for gene: YARS was set to GREEN gene: YARS was marked as current diagnostic
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Genes included in a Genomics England gene panel for a rare disease category (green list) should fit the criteria A-E outlined below.
These guidelines were developed as a combination of the ClinGen DEFINITIVE evidence for a causal role of the gene in the disease(a), and the Developmental Disorder Genotype-Phenotype (DDG2P) CONFIRMED DD Gene evidence level(b) (please see the original references provided below for full details). These help provide a guideline for expert reviewers when assessing whether a gene should be on the green or the red list of a panel.
A. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing an interpretable functional region(ii) of this gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
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B. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing cis-regulatory elements convincingly affecting the expression of a single gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
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C. As definitions A or B but in 2 or 3 unrelated cases/families with the phenotype, with the addition of convincing bioinformatic or functional evidence of causation e.g. known inborn error of metabolism with mutation in orthologous gene which is known to have the relevant deficient enzymatic activity in other species; existence of an animal model which recapitulates the human phenotype.
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D. Evidence indicates that disease-causing mutations follow a Mendelian pattern of causation appropriate for reporting in a diagnostic setting(iv).
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E. No convincing evidence exists or has emerged that contradicts the role of the gene in the specified phenotype.
(i)Plausible disease-causing mutations: Recurrent de novo mutations convincingly affecting gene function. Rare, fully-penetrant mutations - relevant genotype never, or very rarely, seen in controls. (ii) Interpretable functional region: ORF in protein coding genes miRNA stem or loop. (iii) Phenotype: the rare disease category, as described in the eligibility statement. (iv) Intermediate penetrance genes should not be included.
It’s assumed that loss-of-function variants in this gene can cause the disease/phenotype unless an exception to this rule is known. We would like to collect information regarding exceptions. An example exception is the PCSK9 gene, where loss-of-function variants are not relevant for a hypercholesterolemia phenotype as they are associated with increased LDL-cholesterol uptake via LDLR (PMID: 25911073).
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Standardised terms were used to represent the gene-disease mode of inheritance, and were mapped to commonly used terms from the different sources. Below each of the terms is described, along with the equivalent commonly-used terms.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, and imprinting has not been implicated.
A variant on the paternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on the maternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease. This is the default used for autosomal dominant mode of inheritance where no knowledge of the imprinting status of the gene required to cause the disease is known. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal dominant, dominant, AD, DOMINANT.
A variant on both alleles of this gene is required to cause the disease. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive, recessive, AR, RECESSIVE.
The disease can be caused by a variant on one or both alleles of this gene. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant, recessive or dominant, AR/AD, AD/AR, DOMINANT/RECESSIVE, RECESSIVE/DOMINANT.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, however a variant on both alleles of this gene can result in a more severe form of the disease/phenotype.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele, whereas a variant on both X-chromosome alleles is required to cause the disease in females. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: X-linked recessive.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele. A variant on one allele of this gene may also cause the disease in females, though the disease/phenotype may be less severe and may have a later-onset than is seen in males. X-linked inactivation and mosaicism in different tissues complicate whether a female presents with the disease, and can change over their lifetime. This term is the default setting used for X-linked genes, where it is not known definitately whether females require a variant on each allele of this gene in order to be affected. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: X-linked dominant, x-linked, X-LINKED, X-linked.
The gene is in the mitochondrial genome and variants within this can cause this disease, maternally inherited. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: Mitochondrial.
Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: Unknown, NA, information not provided.
For example, if the mode of inheritance is digenic, please indicate this in the comments and which other gene is involved.