Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes

Rocio Rius, Alexander J. M. Blakes, Yuyang Chen, Joachim De Jonghe, François Lecoquierre, Ruebena Dawes, Benjamin Cogne, Hyung Chul Kim, Javeria R. Alvi, Florence Amblard, Morad Ansari, Annabelle Arlt, Christina Austin-Tse, Sarah Baer, Meena Balasubramanian, Elsa V. Balton, Giulia Barcia, Ana Beleza-Meireles, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Jasmin Beygo, Pierre Blanc, Nuria C. Bramswig, Frederik Braun, Daniel Buchzik, Daniel G. Calame, Jamie Campbell, Charles Coutton, Chloe A. Cunningham, Nitsuh Dargie, Christel Depienne, Katrina M. Dipple, Anne Dieux, Abhijit Dixit, Lauren Dreyer, Haowei Du, Salima El Chehadeh, Michael Field, Lisa J. Ewans, Vanessa Geiger, Richard A. Gibbs, Ian Glass, Olivier Grunewald, Paul Gueguen, Tobias B. Haack, Hamza Hadj Abdallah, Radu Harbuz, Ingo Helbig, Judit Horvath, Alexander Hustinx, Bertrand Isidor, Marie-Line Jacquemont, Fraser Jamie, Médéric Jeanne, Riley Kessler, Hannah Klinkhammer, G. Christoph Korenke, Urania Kotzaeridou, Peter Krawitz, Steven Laurie, Richard J. Leventer, Rebecca J. Levy, James R. Lupski, Pierre Marijon, Kaitlin E. McGinnis, Rodrigo Mendez, Olfa Messaoud, Caroline Nava, Mevyn Nizard, Anne O’Donnell-Luria, Melanie C. O’Leary, Simone Olivieri, Amitav Parida, Davut Pehlivan, Anna Jenne Prentice, Jennifer E. Posey, Chloe M. Reuter, Véronique Satre, Caroline Schluth-Bolard, Thomas Smol, Tipu Sultan, John Taylor, Christel Thauvin-Robinet, Julien Thevenon, Eloise Uebergang, Sandra Ueberberg, Catherine Vincent-Delorme, Evangeline Wassmer, Emma Westwood, Matthew T. Wheeler, Elif Yilmaz Gulec, Adeline Vanderver, Arastoo Vossough, Stephan J. Sanders, Siddharth Banka, Gregory M. Findlay, Daniel G. MacArthur, Cas Simons, Nicola Whiffin

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10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6
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2026-04
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6,
  title = {Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes},
  author = {Rocio Rius and Alexander J. M. Blakes and Yuyang Chen and Joachim De Jonghe and François Lecoquierre and Ruebena Dawes and Benjamin Cogne and Hyung Chul Kim and Javeria R. Alvi and Florence Amblard and Morad Ansari and Annabelle Arlt and Christina Austin-Tse and Sarah Baer and Meena Balasubramanian and Elsa V. Balton and Giulia Barcia and Ana Beleza-Meireles and Jonathan A. Bernstein and Jasmin Beygo and Pierre Blanc and Nuria C. Bramswig and Frederik Braun and Daniel Buchzik and Daniel G. Calame and Jamie Campbell and Charles Coutton and Chloe A. Cunningham and Nitsuh Dargie and Christel Depienne and Katrina M. Dipple and Anne Dieux and Abhijit Dixit and Lauren Dreyer and Haowei Du and Salima El Chehadeh and Michael Field and Lisa J. Ewans and Vanessa Geiger and Richard A. Gibbs and Ian Glass and Olivier Grunewald and Paul Gueguen and Tobias B. Haack and Hamza Hadj Abdallah and Radu Harbuz and Ingo Helbig and Judit Horvath and Alexander Hustinx and Bertrand Isidor and Marie-Line Jacquemont and Fraser Jamie and Médéric Jeanne and Riley Kessler and Hannah Klinkhammer and G. Christoph Korenke and Urania Kotzaeridou and Peter Krawitz and Steven Laurie and Richard J. Leventer and Rebecca J. Levy and James R. Lupski and Pierre Marijon and Kaitlin E. McGinnis and Rodrigo Mendez and Olfa Messaoud and Caroline Nava and Mevyn Nizard and Anne O’Donnell-Luria and Melanie C. O’Leary and Simone Olivieri and Amitav Parida and Davut Pehlivan and Anna Jenne Prentice and Jennifer E. Posey and Chloe M. Reuter and Véronique Satre and Caroline Schluth-Bolard and Thomas Smol and Tipu Sultan and John Taylor and Christel Thauvin-Robinet and Julien Thevenon and Eloise Uebergang and Sandra Ueberberg and Catherine Vincent-Delorme and Evangeline Wassmer and Emma Westwood and Matthew T. Wheeler and Elif Yilmaz Gulec and Adeline Vanderver and Arastoo Vossough and Stephan J. Sanders and Siddharth Banka and Gregory M. Findlay and Daniel G. MacArthur and Cas Simons and Nicola Whiffin},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Genetics},
  doi = {10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6}
}

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TY  - JOUR
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AU  - Hyung Chul Kim
AU  - Javeria R. Alvi
AU  - Florence Amblard
AU  - Morad Ansari
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AU  - Jonathan A. Bernstein
AU  - Jasmin Beygo
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AU  - Nuria C. Bramswig
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AU  - Charles Coutton
AU  - Chloe A. Cunningham
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AU  - Christel Depienne
AU  - Katrina M. Dipple
AU  - Anne Dieux
AU  - Abhijit Dixit
AU  - Lauren Dreyer
AU  - Haowei Du
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AU  - Marie-Line Jacquemont
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AU  - Richard J. Leventer
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AU  - James R. Lupski
AU  - Pierre Marijon
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AU  - Rodrigo Mendez
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AU  - Mevyn Nizard
AU  - Anne O’Donnell-Luria
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AU  - Amitav Parida
AU  - Davut Pehlivan
AU  - Anna Jenne Prentice
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AU  - Chloe M. Reuter
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AU  - Julien Thevenon
AU  - Eloise Uebergang
AU  - Sandra Ueberberg
AU  - Catherine Vincent-Delorme
AU  - Evangeline Wassmer
AU  - Emma Westwood
AU  - Matthew T. Wheeler
AU  - Elif Yilmaz Gulec
AU  - Adeline Vanderver
AU  - Arastoo Vossough
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Rius, R., Blakes, A. J. M., Chen, Y., Jonghe, J. D., Lecoquierre, F., Dawes, R., Cogne, B., Kim, H. C., Alvi, J. R., Amblard, F., Ansari, M., Arlt, A., Austin-Tse, C., Baer, S., Balasubramanian, M., Balton, E. V., Barcia, G., Beleza-Meireles, A., Bernstein, J. A., Beygo, J., Blanc, P., Bramswig, N. C., Braun, F., Buchzik, D., Calame, D. G., Campbell, J., Coutton, C., Cunningham, C. A., Dargie, N., Depienne, C., Dipple, K. M., Dieux, A., Dixit, A., Dreyer, L., Du, H., Chehadeh, S. E., Field, M., Ewans, L. J., Geiger, V., Gibbs, R. A., Glass, I., Grunewald, O., Gueguen, P., Haack, T. B., Abdallah, H. H., Harbuz, R., Helbig, I., Horvath, J., Hustinx, A., Isidor, B., Jacquemont, M., Jamie, F., Jeanne, M., Kessler, R., Klinkhammer, H., Korenke, G. C., Kotzaeridou, U., Krawitz, P., Laurie, S., Leventer, R. J., Levy, R. J., Lupski, J. R., Marijon, P., McGinnis, K. E., Mendez, R., Messaoud, O., Nava, C., Nizard, M., O’Donnell-Luria, A., O’Leary, M. C., Olivieri, S., Parida, A., Pehlivan, D., Prentice, A. J., Posey, J. E., Reuter, C. M., Satre, V., Schluth-Bolard, C., Smol, T., Sultan, T., Taylor, J., Thauvin-Robinet, C., Thevenon, J., Uebergang, E., Ueberberg, S., Vincent-Delorme, C., Wassmer, E., Westwood, E., Wheeler, M. T., Gulec, E. Y., Vanderver, A., Vossough, A., Sanders, S. J., Banka, S., Findlay, G. M., MacArthur, D. G., Simons, C., & Whiffin, N. (2026). Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6

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