Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Variations in the poly-histidine repeat motif of HOXA1 contribute to bicuspid aortic valve in mouse and zebrafish

  • Gaëlle Odelin,
  • Adèle Faucherre,
  • Damien Marchese,
  • Amélie Pinard,
  • Hager Jaouadi,
  • Solena Le Scouarnec,
  • FranceGenRef Consortium,
  • Raphaël Chiarelli,
  • Younes Achouri,
  • Emilie Faure,
  • Marine Herbane,
  • Alexis Théron,
  • Jean-François Avierinos,
  • Chris Jopling,
  • Gwenaëlle Collod-Béroud,
  • René Rezsohazy,
  • Stéphane Zaffran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37110-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common cardiac defect and although highly heritable, few causal mutations have been identified. Here, the authors identify variants in the poly-histidine repeat motif of HOXA1 and show that its disruption leads to BAV in mice.