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ArticleJournal of medical genetics2010

FSH dystrophy and a subtelomeric 4q haplotype: a new assay and associations with disease.

K Tsumagari, D Chen, J R Hackman, A D Bossler, M Ehrlich

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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K TsumagariBiochemistry Department, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
D Chen
J R Hackman
A D Bossler
M Ehrlich
Tulane Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Therapeutic Potential of ESC-Derived Myogenic PrecursorsU54NS053672 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI CAMPBELL, KEVIN P. · 2005 to 2019
$22.0M
Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center: Project 2P50NS053672 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI KEVIN P. CAMPBELL · 2020 to 2026
$11.9M
FSHD: Chromatin Structure, Looping, &ExpressionR01NS048859 · NINDS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI EHRLICH, MELANIE E · 2004 to 2009
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS NS04885NINDS NIH HHS NS053672NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS053672NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048859NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS053672
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Abstract

backgroundFacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant disease associated with contraction of arrays of tandem 3.3-kb units (D4Z4) on subtelomeric 4q. Disease-linked arrays usually have fewer than 11 repeat units. Equally short D4Z4 arrays at subtelomeric 10q are not linked to FSHD. The newly described 4qA161 haplotype, which is more prevalent in pathogenic 4q alleles, involves sequences in and near D4Z4.

methodsWe developed two new assays for 4qA161, which are based upon direct sequencing of PCR products or detecting restriction fragment length polymorphisms. They were used to analyse single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) indicative of 4q161 alleles.

resultsAll (35/35) FSHD patients had one or two 4qA161 alleles (60% or 40%, respectively). In contrast, 46% (21/46) of control individuals had no 4qA161 allele (p<10(-4)), and 26% had homozygous 4qB163 alleles.

conclusionsOur results from a heterogeneous population are consistent with the previously described association of the 4qA161 haplotype with FSHD, but a causal association with pathogenesis is uncertain. In addition, we found that haplotype analysis is complicated by the presence of minor 10q alleles. Nonetheless, our sequencing assay for the 4qA161allele can enhance molecular diagnosis of FSHD, including prenatal diagnosis, and is simpler to perform than the previously described assay.

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Base SequenceChromosomes, Human, Pair 4HaplotypesHumansMolecular Sequence DataMuscular Dystrophy, FacioscapulohumeralPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTandem Repeat SequencesTelomere

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PMID20710047
PMCPMC3043595
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