PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 28433712-0 2017 Common PHOX2B poly-alanine contractions impair RET gene transcription, predisposing to Hirschsprung disease. polyalanine 14-26 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 7-13 28433712-2 2017 Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is a rare neurocristopathy characterized by impaired response to hypercapnia and hypoxemia caused by heterozygous mutations of the PHOX2B gene, mostly polyalanine (polyA) expansions but also missense, nonsense, and frameshift mutations, while polyA contractions are common in the population and believed neutral. polyalanine 202-213 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 182-188 28433712-5 2017 Following the observation of HSCR patients carrying in frame trinucleotide deletions within the polyalanine stretch in exon 3 (polyA contractions), we have verified the hypothesis that these PHOX2B variants do reduce its transcriptional activity, likely resulting in a down-regulation of RET expression and, consequently, favouring the development of the HSCR phenotype. polyalanine 96-107 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 191-197