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ArticleHuman mutation2018

A comprehensive approach to identification of pathogenic FANCA variants in Fanconi anemia patients and their families.

Danielle C Kimble, Francis P Lach, Siobhan Q Gregg, Frank X Donovan, Elizabeth K Flynn, Aparna Kamat, Alice Young, Meghana Vemulapalli, James W Thomas, James C Mullikin and 3 more

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Article in Human mutation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle C KimbleCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Francis P LachLaboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
Siobhan Q GreggLaboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
Frank X DonovanCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Elizabeth K FlynnCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Aparna KamatCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Alice YoungNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Meghana VemulapalliNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
James W ThomasNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
James C MullikinNIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Arleen D AuerbachHuman Genetics and Hematology Program, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
Agata SmogorzewskaLaboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
Settara C ChandrasekharappaCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-8084-0530
National Human Genome Research Institute · USRockefeller University · US

Funding

Inter- and Intra-Species Comparative SequencingZIBHG000196 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI THOMAS, JAMES · 2009 to 2025
$177.6M
Developing, Demonstrating, and Disseminating Innovative Programs to Achieve Translational SuccessUL1TR001866 · NCATS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI COLLER, BARRY, KRUEGER, JAMES G · 2016 to 2025
$40.6M
NHGRI/DIR Genomics CoreZICHG200346 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHANDRASEKHARAPPA, SETTARA · 2010 to 2025
$14.5M
POSITIONAL CLONING OF THE MEN1 GENEZIAHG000029 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHANDRASEKHARAPPA, SETTARA · 2009 to 2025
$13.3M
POSITIONAL CLONING OF THE MEN1 GENEZ01HG000029 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHANDRASEKHARAPPA, SETTARA · 1995 to 2008
$2.9M
The role of nucleases in interstrand crosslink repairR01HL120922 · NHLBI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI SMOGORZEWSKA, AGATA · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteIntramural NIH HHS Z01 HG000029NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001866NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL120922
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare recessive DNA repair deficiency resulting from mutations in one of at least 22 genes. Two-thirds of FA families harbor mutations in FANCA. To genotype patients in the International Fanconi Anemia Registry (IFAR) we employed multiple methodologies, screening 216 families for FANCA mutations. We describe identification of 57 large deletions and 261 sequence variants, in 159 families. All but seven families harbored distinct combinations of two mutations demonstrating high heterogeneity. Pathogenicity of the 18 novel missense variants was analyzed functionally by determining the ability of the mutant cDNA to improve the survival of a FANCA-null cell line when treated with MMC. Overexpressed pathogenic missense variants were found to reside in the cytoplasm, and nonpathogenic in the nucleus. RNA analysis demonstrated that two variants (c.522G > C and c.1565A > G), predicted to encode missense variants, which were determined to be nonpathogenic by a functional assay, caused skipping of exons 5 and 16, respectively, and are most likely pathogenic. We report 48 novel FANCA sequence variants. Defining both variants in a large patient cohort is a major step toward cataloging all FANCA variants, and permitting studies of genotype-phenotype correlations.

Indexed as

Cell LineFanconi AnemiaFanconi Anemia Complementation Group A ProteinFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansMutation, MissenseFanconi Anemia Complementation Group A ProteinFANCAFanconi anemiafunctional assaypathogenic mutationsrecessive disorder

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PMID29098742
PMCPMC5762269
OpenAlexW2765381928

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