Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome associated with a megabase-scale inversion separating PITX2 from a conserved enhancer locus
Lucas A. Mitchell, Joshua M. Schmidt, Emmanuelle Souzeau, Lachlan S.W. Knight, Giorgina Maxwell, Andrew Dubowsky, Ridia Lim, Edward Formaini, Matthew J. Welland, Cas Simons, Daniel G. MacArthur, Janey L. Wiggs, Jamie E. Craig, Owen M. Siggs
The paper identifies two non-coding structural variants associated with Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, showing how enhancer disruption can cause disease without affecting the PITX2 gene itself.
European Journal of Human Genetics · Mar 26, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine