Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
NKX6-2
NK6 Homeobox 2
Disorder
Spastic Ataxia 8, Autosomal Recessive, With Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy
First reported 2017
Supporting publications 3
Key publication · gene–disorder Mutations in NKX6-2 Cause Progressive Spastic Ataxia and Hypomyelination.American journal of human genetics · 2017
Key publication · disorder CNS myelin paranodes require Nkx6-2 homeoprotein transcriptional activity for normal structure.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2004
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between NKX6-2 (NK6 Homeobox 2) and Spastic Ataxia 8, Autosomal Recessive, With Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy is well established and manually curated, with its 4 contributing sources — 3 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants, and a causative germline mutation.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 26
Symptoms 60
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 3
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

4 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
NKX6-2

The gene

1 source summary

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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Spastic Ataxia 8, Autosomal Recessive, With Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy

The disorder

9 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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Phenotype

Clinical features

50 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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06
ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

26 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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07
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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08
Literature

Reading

3 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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Provenance

References & sources

10 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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