scholarly journals Next-Generation Sequencing and Novel Variant Determination in a Cohort of 92 Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 1937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Salvo ◽  
Vera Lyubasyuk ◽  
Mingchu Xu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. S298
Author(s):  
W. Zhu ◽  
S. Mitsuhashi ◽  
W. Liang ◽  
T. Ito ◽  
I. Nishino

2015 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. E52-E54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Zebisch ◽  
Eduard Schulz ◽  
Michela Grosso ◽  
Barbara Lombardo ◽  
Giovanni Acierno ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. mcs.a006149
Author(s):  
Kristen Lee Buehne ◽  
Sarah Hart ◽  
Bradley Williams ◽  
Jennifer L Cohen

Variants in the PAX6 gene have been associated with ophthalmologic, neurologic, and pancreatic differences. We report on a proband, mother, and affected brother who presented with congenital cataracts and glaucoma at a young age. Non-ocular findings are also reported among these family members. After a congenital cataracts next generation sequencing (NGS) gene panel was found to be non-diagnostic in 2016, a more expanded panel in 2020 revealed a novel variant: c.178T>A; p.Tyr60Asn in exon 6 of the PAX6 gene in the proband. The variant is also present in the affected mother and affected brother; it is absent in an unaffected brother. The clinical findings of these three relatives, in conjunction with their genetic testing and the associated PAX6 features reported in the literature, suggest that this novel familial variant may be an underlying etiology for these individuals' ophthalmologic, pancreatic, and olfactory symptoms.


2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Nikopoulos ◽  
Christian Gilissen ◽  
Alexander Hoischen ◽  
C. Erik van Nouhuys ◽  
F. Nienke Boonstra ◽  
...  

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Selma Demir ◽  
Hümeyra Yaşar Köstek ◽  
Aslıhan Sanrı ◽  
Ruken Yıldırım ◽  
Fatma Özgüç Çömlek ◽  
...  

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Germline pathogenic variations of the genes encoding the components of the Ras-MAPK pathway are found to be responsible for RASopathies, a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases. In this study, we aimed to present the results of patients genetically investigated for RASopathy-related mutations in our Genetic Diagnosis Center. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> The results of 51 unrelated probands with RASopathy and 4 affected relatives (31 male, 24 female; mean age: 9.327 ± 8.214) were included in this study. Mutation screening was performed on DNA samples from peripheral blood of the patients either by Sanger sequencing of <i>PTPN11</i> hotspot regions (10/51 probands), or by a targeted amplicon next-generation sequencing panel (41/51 probands) covering the exonic regions of <i>BRAF</i>, <i>CBL</i>, <i>HRAS</i>, <i>KRAS</i>, <i>LZTR1</i>, <i>MAP2K1</i>, <i>MAP2K2</i>, <i>NF1</i>, <i>NRAS</i>, <i>PTPN11</i>, <i>RAF1</i>, <i>RASA2</i>, <i>RIT1</i>, <i>SHOC2</i>, <i>SOS1</i>, <i>SOS2</i>, <i>SPRED1</i>, and <i>KAT6B</i> genes. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Pathogenic/likely pathogenic variations found in 22 out of 51 probands (43.13%) and their 4 affected family members were located in <i>PTPN11</i>, <i>BRAF</i>, <i>KRAS</i>, <i>NF1</i>, <i>RAF1</i>, <i>SOS1</i>, and <i>SHOC2</i> genes. The c.148A&#x3e;C (p.Thr50Pro) variation in the <i>KRAS</i> gene was a novel variant detected in a sibling in our patient cohort. We found supportive evidence for the pathogenicity of the <i>NF1</i> gene c.5606G&#x3e;T (p.Gly1869Val) variation which we defined in an affected boy who inherited the mutation from his affected father. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Although <i>PTPN11</i> is the most frequently mutated gene in our patient cohort, as in most previous reports, different mutation distribution among the other genes studied motivates the use of a next-generation sequencing gene panel including the possible responsible genes.


Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Rafael Hencke Tresbach ◽  
Fernanda Sperb-Ludwig ◽  
Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun ◽  
Tássia Tonon ◽  
Maria Teresinha de Oliveira Cardoso ◽  
...  

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a common inborn error of amino acid metabolism in which the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine, is functionally impaired due to pathogenic variants in the PAH gene. Thirty-four Brazilian patients with a biochemical diagnosis of PKU, from 33 unrelated families, were analyzed through next-generation sequencing in the Ion Torrent PGM™ platform. Phenotype–genotype correlations were made based on the BioPKU database. Three patients required additional Sanger sequencing analyses. Twenty-six different pathogenic variants were identified. The most frequent variants were c.1315+1G>A (n = 8/66), c.473G>A (n = 6/66), and c.1162G>A (n = 6/66). One novel variant, c.524C>G (p.Pro175Arg), was found in one allele and was predicted as likely pathogenic by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) criteria. The molecular modeling of p.Pro175Arg indicated that this substitution can affect monomers binding in the PAH tetramer, which could lead to a change in the stability and activity of this enzyme. Next-generation sequencing was a fast and effective method for diagnosing PKU and is useful for patient phenotype prediction and genetic counseling.


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