ORPHA:2084
Glaucoma-ectopia lentis-microspherophakia-stiff joints-short stature syndrome
Also known as: GEMSS syndrome
Publications
10,428
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
548
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
FBN1
Strong
Readiness
3/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare genetic, syndromic eye disorder characterized by joint stiffness, glaucoma, short stature and lens dislocation. This syndrome shows similarities to Moore-Federman syndrome.
How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0012013
- OMIM:608328
- UMLS:C1869115
Additional Mondo synonyms (7)
GEMSS · WMS2 · Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2 · Weill-Marchesani syndrome type 2 · Weill-Marchesani syndrome, autosomal dominant · glaucoma, ectopia, microspherophakia, Stiff joints and short stature syndrome · glaucoma-lens ectopia-microspherophakia-stiffness-shortness syndrome
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
3/6 stages with a signal
No matched interventional trial; the gene is known and literature exists — preclinical or natural-history work may still be the practical next step.
- Gene identifiedPresent
Strong — FBN1
- LiteraturePresent
10,428 matched papers (7,167 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedPresent
56 HPO annotations (e.g. Short stature; Short metacarpal; Iridodonesis) Source
- Animal modelNot found
No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Orphan designationNot found
No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (FBN1).
GenCC classification: Strong.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
56
Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0012013
- Short stature
- Short metacarpal
- Iridodonesis
- Short finger
- Lumbar hyperlordosis
Showing 5 of 56 — open Monarch for the full list.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
None returned for this Mondo ID. Empty here is not proof that no model organism work exists under another name or gene.
Monarch fetch 2026-07-29
Therapies
Designations, candidates, and chemicals
FDA OOPD and EMA orphan designations, Open Targets clinical candidates, and CTD chemical associations via MyDisease.info. These never change the interventional-trial headline.
Orphan designation (FDA · EMA)
No designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name on the FDA OOPD mirror or EMA orphan register. Absence here is not proof that none exists under another wording.
Open Targets candidates
No drugs or clinical candidates returned for this Mondo ID on Open Targets.
CTD chemicals (MyDisease.info)
No CTD chemical associations returned for this Mondo ID.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
10,428
10,428 papers — among the better-studied rare conditions, though still a fraction of common-disease literature (breast cancer: over 700,000). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=3967) is 59.
10,428 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 59 (publications denominator n=3967).
7,167 in the last 10 years · low confidence
Phrase hits: 95 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
548
Distinct author names in 95 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Choi J4 papers · 2025
Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea. imsono@jnu.ac.kr.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Yang X4 papers · 2026
Medical Research Center & Department of Central Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Yoon J4 papers · 2025
Laboratory of Veterinary Radiology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Chen Y3 papers · 2023
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Middleton SE3 papers · 2005
IT Innovation Centre, University of Southampton, 2 Venture Road, Chilworth Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NP, UK. sem@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Wang L3 papers · 2024
BGI-Wuhan Clinical Laboratory, BGI-Shenzhen, 430074, Wuhan, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Yang Y3 papers · 2023
Hubei Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, Hubei, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Chen Q2 papers · 2018
Department of Genetics of Dingli Clinical Medical School, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Garay-Sánchez P2 papers · 2017
Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Ghosh A2 papers · 2022
Molecular Signaling and Gene Therapy Unit, GROW Research Laboratory, Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, Narayana Nethralaya Eye Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 11 September 2026 · last trial check 11 September 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 77.2% of diseases in the trials denominator (5501 of 7126). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
low confidence · 38.6th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Other registries (secondary)
Broader net from EU CTIS, ISRCTN, and ICTRP when available — deduped against ClinicalTrials.gov IDs already counted above. Dual-model LLM relevance gates what we keep. These rows are not added to the interventional headline.
raw 0 · after dedupe 0 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 0 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-29
Source notes: ictrp: Error: ICTRP public search unavailable (WHO portal is SPA-only; SOAP needs partnership). Tried: https://apps.who.int/tri
No secondary-registry studies passed dual-model relevance for this condition name (after dedupe).
Where to find support
Condition-specific patient organisations, when Orphanet lists them, are on the disease’s Orphanet page. We also link umbrella groups that support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families.
Orphanet entry for Glaucoma-ectopia lentis-microspherophakia-stiff joints-short stature syndrome — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
("Glaucoma-ectopia lentis-microspherophakia-stiff joints-short stature syndrome" OR "GEMSS syndrome" OR "GEMSS" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome type 2" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome, autosomal dominant" OR "glaucoma, ectopia, microspherophakia, Stiff joints and short stature syndrome" OR "glaucoma-lens ectopia-microspherophakia-stiffness-shortness syndrome") OR ("FBN1" OR "FBN1 syndrome" OR "FBN1-related")ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Glaucoma-ectopia lentis-microspherophakia-stiff joints-short stature syndrome" OR "GEMSS syndrome" OR "GEMSS" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome type 2" OR "Weill-Marchesani syndrome, autosomal dominant" OR "glaucoma, ectopia, microspherophakia, Stiff joints and short stature syndrome" OR "glaucoma-lens ectopia-microspherophakia-stiffness-shortness syndrome"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Synonyms dropped by stoplist: WMS2
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- 1 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
- Publication count (10428) is implausibly high for prevalence class "<1 / 1 000 000" — treat as possible over-matching, not a measure of research intensity
Ingested 2026-07-26T19:03:52.466Z