Adult onset neurodegenerative disorder
Gene: EIF2B2

EIF2B2 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit beta)
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh38): ENSG00000119718
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh37): ENSG00000119718
OMIM: 606454, Gene2Phenotype
EIF2B2 is in 12 panels

4 reviews

Tracy Lester (Genetics laboratory, Oxford UK)

Green List (high evidence)

Vanishing white matter leukodystrophy is an autosomal recessive neurologic disorder characterized by variable neurologic features, including progressive cerebellar ataxia, spasticity, and cognitive impairment associated with white matter lesions on brain imaging. Adult onset, >3 cases - green
Created: 2 Sep 2019, 4:06 p.m. | Last Modified: 2 Sep 2019, 4:06 p.m.

Panel Version: 1.99

Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Phenotypes
Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination/vanishing white matter disease; Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, 603896

Created: 2 Sep 2019, 4:06 p.m.
Last Modified: 2 Sep 2019, 4:06 p.m.
Panel version: 1.99

Nick Beauchamp (Sheffield Diagnostic Genetics Service)

Green List (high evidence)

Onset from infancy to adulthood
Created: 23 Jul 2019, 3:35 p.m. | Last Modified: 23 Jul 2019, 3:35 p.m.

Panel Version: 1.72

Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Phenotypes
Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination/vanishing white matter disease; Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, 603896

Publications

Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice

Created: 23 Jul 2019, 3:35 p.m.
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2019, 3:35 p.m.
Panel version: 1.72

Louise Daugherty (Genomics England Curator)

I don't know

Review and rating from Tracy Lester (Oxford Medical Genetics Laboratories Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) on behalf of Wessex and West Midlands GLH for GMS Neurology specialist test group. All the green and amber, except for the genes with triplet repeats, were reviewed.
Created: 2 Sep 2019, 4:46 p.m. | Last Modified: 2 Sep 2019, 4:46 p.m.

Panel Version: 1.101

Review and rating submitted by Nick Beauchamp (Sheffield Diagnostic genetics Service), on behalf of Yorkshire and North East GLH for GMS Neurology specialist test group.
Created: 23 Jul 2019, 3:51 p.m. | Last Modified: 23 Jul 2019, 3:51 p.m.

Panel Version: 1.74

Review and rating submitted byJames Polke (North Bristol NHS Trust), unless specified in the review comment, on behalf of London North GLH for GMS Neurology specialist test group.
Created: 23 Apr 2019, 5:35 p.m.

Created: 23 Apr 2019, 5:35 p.m.

Panel version: 1.101

James Polke (Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, London)

Green List (high evidence)

Created: 23 Apr 2019, 5:31 p.m.

Panel version: 1.10

Details

Mode of Inheritance

BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Sources

Wessex and West Midlands GLH
Yorkshire and North East GLH
NHS GMS
London North GLH
Expert Review Green

Phenotypes

Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, OMIM:603896

OMIM

606454

Clinvar variants

Variants in EIF2B2

Penetrance

None

Publications

Panels with this gene

History Filter Activity

29 Mar 2021, Gel status: 3

Set Phenotypes

Ivone Leong (Genomics England Curator)

Phenotypes for gene: EIF2B2 were changed from Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination/vanishing white matter disease; Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, 603896 to Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, OMIM:603896

2 Sep 2019, Gel status: 3