Phenotypes

Also known as Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome

Sartelet et al. (2012) identified the causative mutation as a "c124-­2A>G splice variant in intron 1 of the RNF11 gene". This gene encodes RING finger protein 11, which is a key regulator in the A20 complex of the inflammatory response.

Bourneuf et al. (2017): a de novo likely causal variant is the frameshift variant p.K594AfsX29

Recognising the close resemblance of this disorder in Chianina cattle to Brody disease in humans, Drögemüller et al. (2008) illustrated the power of the candidate-gene approach by showing that this disorder in Chianina cattle is due to a missense mutation in the bovine version of the "Brody gene" - ATP2A1. Interestingly, another mutation in this same gene causes a far more severe set of clinical signs: congenital muscular dystonia 1 (OMIA 0014...

By sequencing a strong positional candidate gene, namely TWIST1, Capitan et al. (2011) identified a small duplication (c.148_157dup (p.A56RfsX87)) that inactivates the gene. This frameshift mutation segregates perfectly with type 2 scurs.