Biallelic variants in RNU2-2 cause a remarkably frequent developmental epileptic encephalopathy
Adam Jackson, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Bader Alhaddad, Olivia J. Henry, Angelica Maria Delgado-Vega, Elizabeth Wall, Ola Abdelhadi, Shakti Agrawal, Khadijah Bakur, Edward Blair, Angela F. Brady, Helen K. Brittain, Kate Chandler, Natasha Clarke, Miriana Danelli, , Siddharth Banka
The paper identifies biallelic variants in RNU2-2 as a frequent cause of a severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy, distinct from a dominant disorder, and links them to reduced U2-2 abundance.
Nature Genetics · Mar 30, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine