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To date, only three patients have been reported.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, we reported the clinical and molecular features of a Chinese boy who was diagnosed with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. The effects of variants on mRNA splicing were analyzed through transcript analysis <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> and minigene splice assay <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proband mainly showed short stature, special facial features, cataract, hernias, and serious sleep apnea syndrome. Growth hormone stimulation tests suggested the boy had growth hormone deficiency. Imaging examinations suggested abnormal thoracolumbar vertebrae and severely decreased bone mineral density. Genetic analysis of <jats:italic>MBTPS1<\/jats:italic> gene revealed two novel heterozygous variants, a nonsense mutation c.2656C\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009T (p.Q886*, 167) in exon 20 and a synonymous variant c.774C\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009T (p.A258=) in exon 6. The transcript analysis <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> exhibited that the synonymous variant c.774C\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009T caused exon 6 skipping. The minigene splice assay <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> confirmed the alteration of <jats:italic>MBTPS1<\/jats:italic> mRNA splicing and the exon skipping was partially restored by an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Notably, we report a Chinese rare case of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and validate its pathogenic synonymous variant in the <jats:italic>MBTPS1<\/jats:italic> gene.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2022.1056141","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,11]],"date-time":"2023-01-11T06:17:45Z","timestamp":1673417865000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Clinical and molecular characterization of a patient with MBTPS1 related spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia: Evidence of pathogenicity for a synonymous 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