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Alexander J. M. Blakes

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33Publications signalées
286Citations signalées
6Affiliations récentes

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Genomics and Rare DiseasesRNA Research and SplicingRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA regulation and diseaseGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Accès ouvert 2026 erratum OpenAlex

Author Correction: Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes

Rocío Rius, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Yuyang Chen, Joachim De Jonghe et autres

In the version of this article initially published, the last name of Christel Thauvin-Robinet was misspelled (Thauvin-Robinetvin) and is now amended in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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0 citations Nature Genetics
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Saturation editing of RNU4-2 reveals distinct dominant and recessive disorders

Joachim De Jonghe, Hyung Chul Kim, Ayanfeoluwa Adedeji, Elsa Leitão et autres

Abstract Recently, de novo variants in an 18-nucleotide region in the centre of RNU4-2 were shown to cause ReNU syndrome, a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder that is predicted to affect tens of thousands of individuals worldwide 1,2 . RNU4-2 is a non-protein-coding gene …

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4 citations Nature
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Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes

Rocío Rius, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Yuyang Chen, Joachim De Jonghe et autres

Genetic variants in RNU4-2, which is transcribed into the U4 small nuclear RNA component of the major spliceosome, were recently shown to cause ReNU syndrome, a prevalent dominant neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). These variants almost exclusively arise de novo and cluster within 18 …

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7 citations Nature Genetics
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Biallelic variants in RNU2-2 cause a remarkably frequent developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

A. H. JACKSON, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Bader Alhaddad, Olivia J. Henry et autres

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect 2-4% of the population, are predominantly genetic and remain unsolved in ~50% of individuals. We show that rare biallelic variants in RNU2-2 are enriched and over-transmitted in individuals with unresolved NDDs. We define a recessive RNU2-2 syndrome, delineate …

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1 citation Nature Genetics
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Regional nonsense constraint offers biological and clinical insights into genetic disease

Alexander J. M. Blakes, N Whiffin, Colin A. Johnson, Jamie M. Ellingford et autres

Reliably predicting the molecular impact of premature termination codons (PTCs) is essential for the clinical interpretation of "loss-of-function" variants in human disease. Measures of selective constraint can identify genes and genomic regions which are intolerant to deleterious genetic variation. However, existing loss-of-function …

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2 citations Nature Communications
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O1 Biallelic variants in the non-coding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes

Alexander J. M. Blakes, R Rius, Y Chen, Siddharth Banka et autres

Heterozygous variants in RNU4-2, a small nuclear RNA (snRNA) component of the major spliceosome, have recently been shown to cause ReNU syndrome, a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). Recessive spliceosomopathies have only been described in the minor spliceosome snRNAs RNU12 and RNU4ATAC. …

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Supplementary Tables

Alexander J. M. Blakes

Appendices for PhD thesis titled "Nonsense mediated decay, snRNAs, and developmental disorders."

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0 citations University of Manchester (Figshare)
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Supplementary Tables

Alexander J. M. Blakes

Appendices for PhD thesis titled "Nonsense mediated decay, snRNAs, and developmental disorders."

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0 citations University of Manchester (Figshare)
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Biallelic variants in RNU2-2 cause a remarkably frequent developmental epileptic encephalopathy

Adam Jackson, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Elizabeth Wall, Natasha Clarke et autres

ABSTRACT Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect 2-4% of the population, are predominantly genetic, and remain unsolved in ∼50% of individuals. We show that rare biallelic variants in RNU2-2 are enriched and over-transmitted in individuals with unresolved NDDs. We define a novel recessive RNU2-2 …

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7 citations medRxiv
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Biallelic variants in the non-coding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes

Rocío Rius, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Yuyang Chen, Joachim De Jonghe et autres

ABSTRACT Genetic variants in RNU4-2 , which encodes U4, a key non-coding small nuclear RNA (snRNA) component of the major spliceosome, were recently shown to cause a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) called ReNU syndrome. These variants, which almost exclusively arise de novo …

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5 citations medRxiv
Accès ouvert 2025 article OpenAlex

Acute-onset axonal neuropathy following infection in children with biallelic RCC1 variants: a case series

J. Robert Harkness, John McDermott, Shea Marsden, Peter Jamieson et autres

BACKGROUND: The reasons why some individuals have severe neuropathy following an infection are not known. Through the agnostic screening of children with acute axonal neuropathy after an infection, we identified several families with biallelic variants in RCC1. We aimed to describe the …

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1 citation The Lancet Neurology
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Publisher Correction: Analysis of R-loop forming regions identifies RNU2-2 and RNU5B-1 as neurodevelopmental disorder genes

Adam Jackson, Nishi Thaker, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Gillian Rice et autres

In the version of the article initially published online, there were typographical errors in the Fig. 1c y -axis label where “misc_RNA” appeared as “mise-RNA” and in the Fig. 2a y -axis label where “Microcephaly” appeared as “Macrocephaly.” The errors have been …

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0 citations Nature Genetics

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