title: Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
abstract: Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) (OMIM # 122470, #300590 and #610759) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is classically characterized by typical facial features, growth and mental retardation, upper limb defects, hirsutism, gastrointestinal and other visceral system involvement. Heterozygous mutations in the cohesin regulator, NIPBL, or the cohesin structural components SMC1A and SMC3, have been identified in approximately 65% of individuals with CdLS. Cohesin regulates sister chromatid cohesion during the mitotis and meiosis. In addition, cohesin has been demonstrated to play a critical role in the regulation of gene expression. Furthermore, multiple proteins in the cohesin pathway are also involved in additional fundamental biological events such as double strand DNA break repair, chromatin remodeling and maintaining genomic stability. Here, we will discuss the biology ofcohesin and its associated factors, with emphasis on the clinical manifestations of CdLS and mechanistic studies of the CdLS related proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human and Molecular Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. liujin@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Jinglan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baynam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D049914:DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003635:De Lange Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D042822:Genomic Instability / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000097722:Cohesins; D000098550:Structural Maintenance of Chromosome Protein 1
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D011506:Proteins; D000097722:Cohesins; D000098550:Structural Maintenance of Chromosome Protein 1; C487465:NIPBL protein, human; C492318:SMC3 protein, human