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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Mutations in the TMCO3 Gene are Associated with Cornea Guttata and Anterior Polar Cataract.

Peng Chen, Xiaodan Hao, Wenfeng Li, Xiaowen Zhao, Yusen Huang

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Candidate Genes for Non-Syndromic Pediatric Cataracts.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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  3. Structure and mechanism of the KNature communications · 2024
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  6. Exome sequencing analysis identifies novel homozygous mutation inInternational journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peng ChenState Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, China.
Xiaodan HaoState Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, China.
Wenfeng LiDepartment of Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, China.
Xiaowen ZhaoState Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, China.
Yusen HuangState Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, China.
Shandong Eye Hospital · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CNShandong First Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular basis for cornea guttata and anterior polar cataract remains idiopathic in most cases. In this study, our aim was to identify the disease-associated gene in Chinese patients with these conditions. Patients with the conditions from two Chinese families, and ten sporadic patients, were investigated. Genome-wide linkage and exome sequencing analyses showed transmembrane and coiled-coil domain 3 (TMCO3) as the disease candidate gene for a coding heterozygous mutation c.41C > T, resulting in a P14L amino acid change that co-segregated with the disease phenotype as discovered in Family A. TMCO3 belongs to the monovalent cation: protein antiporter 2 transporter family, a moderately large group whose members all share a very similar function under normal physiological conditions. The gene is expressed in the human cornea, lens capsule, and choroid-retinal pigment epithelium. This study reveals, for the first time, that mutations in TMCO3 are associated with cornea guttata and anterior polar cataract, warranting further investigation into the pathogenesis of this disorder.

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AntiportersCataractEye ProteinsFemaleFuchs' Endothelial DystrophyGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleAntiportersEye Proteins

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