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We identified only one rare variant, a missense in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SLC1A4<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> (c. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">766G<\/jats:styled-content>&gt;A [p. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E256K<\/jats:styled-content>]), that is homozygous in both siblings but not in any of their 11 unaffected siblings or their parents (Logarithm of odds,  <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LOD<\/jats:styled-content> score: 2.6). This variant is predicted damaging. We genotyped 450 controls of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and identified only 5 individuals who are heterozygous for this variant (minor allele frequency: 0.0056). <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SLC1A4<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ASCT1<\/jats:styled-content>) encodes a transporter for neutral aminoacids such as alanine, serine, cysteine and threonine. <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010Serine is essential for neuronal survival and differentiation. Indeed, <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010serine biosynthesis disorders affect brain development and cause severe <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ID<\/jats:styled-content>. In the brain, <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010serine is synthesized in astrocytes but not in neurons. It has been proposed that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ASCT1<\/jats:styled-content> mediates the uptake of <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010serine into neurons and the release of glia\u2010borne <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010serine to neighboring cells. <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SLC1A4<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> disruption may thus impair brain development and function by decreasing the levels of <jats:sc>l<\/jats:sc>\u2010serine in neurons. The identification of additional families with mutations in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SLC1A4<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> would be necessary to confirm its involvement in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ID<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/cge.12605","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,30]],"date-time":"2015-04-30T14:46:56Z","timestamp":1430405216000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["A homozygous mutation in <i><scp>SLC1A4<\/scp><\/i> in siblings with severe intellectual disability and microcephaly"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"88","author":[{"given":"M.","family":"Srour","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurology Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center  Montreal Canada"},{"name":"CHU Sainte\u2010Justine Research Center  Montreal Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"F. 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