PORCN, porcupine O-acyltransferase, 64840

N. diseases: 162; N. variants: 9
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the PORCN gene located on the X chromosome. 30693654 2019
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE FDH is caused by heterozygous mutations in the PORCN gene located at Xp11.23, and 90% of individuals with FDH are females. 29525789 2018
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE Goltz syndrome and PORCN: A view from Europe. 26799923 2016
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) or Goltz Syndrome (OMIM# 305600) is an X-linked dominant ectodermal dysplasia caused by mutations in the PORCN gene. 26843121 2016
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the PORCN gene located on the X-chromosome. 27001925 2016
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Goltz syndrome, caused by mutations in PORCN, is an X-linked dominant ectodermal dysplasia which is also known as focal dermal hypoplasia. 26858134 2016
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Classic clinical features include patchy hypoplastic skin, split hand/foot deformities, and ocular manifestations.FDH is caused by PORCN gene mutations. 26834080 2016
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 Biomarker disease MGD Multiple requirements of the focal dermal hypoplasia gene porcupine during ocular morphogenesis. 25451153 2015
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This represents the first finding of a PORCN variant in non-mosaic males affected with Goltz-Gorlin syndrome. 25026905 2015
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We present a boy with a phenotype consistent with Goltz syndrome with low-level mosaicism for a novel mutation in PORCN from peripheral blood (c.956dupA; p.Asn320GlufsX99). 25040319 2014
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Fibroblasts from individuals with focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH), a rare genetic syndrome caused by mutations in the essential WNT processing enzyme PORCN, fail to reprogram with standard methods. 25464842 2014
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In humans, mutations in PORCN cause the X-linked dominant syndrome Focal Dermal Hypoplasia (FDH, OMIM#305600). 24223895 2013
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the PORCN gene were identified as the molecular basis of FDH. 23399492 2013
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz-Gorlin syndrome): a new case with a novel variant in the PORCN gene (c.1250T>C:p.F417S) and unusual spinal anomaly. 23696273 2013
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A novel mutation in the PORCN gene underlying a case of almost unilateral focal dermal hypoplasia. 22250236 2012
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Since features of FDH overlap with those seen in mouse Wnt pathway mutants, FDH likely results from defective Wnt signaling but molecular mechanisms by which inactivation of PORCN affects Wnt signaling and manifestations of FDH remain to be elucidated. 22412863 2012
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 Biomarker disease MGD Since features of FDH overlap with those seen in mouse Wnt pathway mutants, FDH likely results from defective Wnt signaling but molecular mechanisms by which inactivation of PORCN affects Wnt signaling and manifestations of FDH remain to be elucidated. 22412863 2012
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The clinical diagnosis Goltz-Gorlin syndrome was confirmed molecularly by a point mutation in PORCN (c.727C>T). 21484999 2011
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We sequenced the PORCN gene in different tissues from a boy with symptoms of FDH. 20626533 2011
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT At present, the database contains 106 variants, representing 68 different mutations, scattered along the whole coding sequence of the PORCN gene, and 12 large gene rearrangements, which brings up to 80 the number of unique mutations identified in Goltz-Gorlin syndrome patients. 21472892 2011
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The Drosophila porcupine gene is required for secretion of wingless and other Wnt proteins, and sporadic mutations in its unique human ortholog, PORCN, cause a pleiotropic X-linked dominant disorder, focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH, also known as Goltz syndrome). 21768372 2011
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 Biomarker disease BEFREE In 2007, we implemented a PORCN gene sequencing test for individuals with a clinical diagnosis of FDH. 20854095 2010
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In 2007, mutations in the PORCN gene were found to be causative in Goltz-Gorlin syndrome. 19586929 2009
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Molecular characterization of the PORCN mutations in cases diagnosed as Goltz syndrome is particularly relevant for genetic counseling of patients and their families since no functional diagnostic test is available and carriers of the mutation might otherwise be overlooked due to considerable phenotypic variability associated with the mosaic status. 19309688 2009
CUI: C0016395
Disease: Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
1.000 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT In 2007, mutations in the PORCN gene were found to be causative in Goltz-Gorlin syndrome. 19586929 2009