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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Genet. 2019 Jul 6;35(9):658–671. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2019.06.003

Key Table.

Currently known SOXopathies and types of mutations involved

Group Gene Disease Type of mutations
T Del Dup Inv Ms Ns/Fs
HMG Other
SOXA SRY Disorder of sex development (DSD) ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓
SOXB1 SOX1 - - - - - - - -
SOX2 Anophthalmia/microphthalmia syndrome - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓
SOX3 Mental retardation with panhypopituitarism, X-linked - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ -
Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) syndrome - - ✓ - - ✓ -
XX male sex reversal ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - -
SOXB2 SOX14 - - - - - - - -
SOX21 - - - - - - - -
SOXC SOX4 Neurodevelopmental syndrome with mild dysmorphism - - - - ✓ - -
SOX11 Coffin-Siris syndrome-like syndrome (CSSLS) - ✓ - - ✓ - ✓
SOX12 - - - - - - - -
SOXD SOX5 Lamb-Shaffer syndrome ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓
SOX6 [Craniosynostosis and craniofacial dysostosis] ✓ - - - - ✓ -
SOX13 - - - - - - - -
SOXE SOX8 [Alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome (ATR-16)] - ✓ - - - - -
Disorder of sex development (DSD) - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SOX9 Campomelic dysplasia (CD) ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Acampomelic dysplasia (ACD) ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ -
Disorder of sex development (DSD) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Isolated Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS) ✓ ✓ - - - - -
SOX10 Waardenburg-Hirschsprung syndrome - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓
Peripheral demyelinating neuropathy, central dysmyelination, Waardenburg syndrome, and Hirschsprung disease (PCWH) - ✓ - - ✓ - ✓
Kallmann syndrome - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓
SOXF SOX7 - - - - - - - -
SOX17 [Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT)] - - - - - ✓ -
Pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital heart failure (PAH-CHD) - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓
SOX18 hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia-renal defect syndrome (HLTRS) - - - - ✓ - ✓
SOXG SOX15 - - - - - - - -
SOXH SOX30 - - - - - - - -

Del, deletion; Dup, duplication; Fs, frameshift mutation; Inv, inversion; Ms, missense mutation within (HMG) or outside (Other) the HMG domain; Ns; nonsense mutation; T, translocation. Unconfirmed diseases are listed in square brackets.