التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Comprehensive Molecular Analysis of Disease-Related Genes as First-Tier Test for Early Diagnosis, Classification, and Management of Patients Affected by Nonsyndromic Ichthyosis. |
المؤلفون: |
Fioretti, Tiziana, Martora, Fabrizio, De Maggio, Ilaria, Ambrosio, Adelaide, Piscopo, Carmelo, Vallone, Sabrina, Amato, Felice, Passaro, Diego, Acquaviva, Fabio, Gaudiello, Francesca, Di Girolamo, Daniela, Maiolo, Valeria, Zarrilli, Federica, Esposito, Speranza, Vitiello, Giuseppina, Auricchio, Luigi, Sammarco, Elena, Brasi, Daniele De, Petillo, Roberta, Gambale, Antonella |
المصدر: |
Biomedicines; May2024, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p1112, 17p |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ICHTHYOSIS, RECESSIVE genes, EARLY diagnosis, GENES, CLASSIFICATION, KERATINIZATION, PHENOTYPES |
مستخلص: |
Inherited ichthyoses are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous rare disorders of skin keratinization with overlapping phenotypes. The clinical picture and family history are crucial to formulating the diagnostic hypothesis, but only the identification of the genetic defect allows the correct classification. In the attempt to molecularly classify 17 unrelated Italian patients referred with congenital nonsyndromic ichthyosis, we performed massively parallel sequencing of over 50 ichthyosis-related genes. Genetic data of 300 Italian unaffected subjects were also analyzed to evaluate frequencies of putative disease-causing alleles in our population. For all patients, we identified the molecular cause of the disease. Eight patients were affected by autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis associated with ALOX12B, NIPAL4, and TGM1 mutations. Three patients had biallelic loss-of-function variants in FLG, whereas 6/11 males were affected by X-linked ichthyosis. Among the 24 different disease-causing alleles we identified, 8 carried novel variants, including a synonymous TGM1 variant that resulted in a splicing defect. Moreover, we generated a priority list of the ichthyosis-related genes that showed a significant number of rare and novel variants in our population. In conclusion, our comprehensive molecular analysis resulted in an effective first-tier test for the early classification of ichthyosis patients. It also expands the genetic, mutational, and phenotypic spectra of inherited ichthyosis and provides new insight into the current understanding of etiologies and epidemiology of this group of rare disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |