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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2018

GJB3/GJB6 screening in GJB2 carriers with idiopathic hearing loss: Is it necessary?

Kaitian Chen, Xuan Wu, Ling Zong, Hongyan Jiang

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Kaitian ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xuan WuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ling ZongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hongyan JiangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-5042
Sun Yat-sen University · CNHainan General Hospital · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81500802National Natural Science Foundation of China 81700912Natural Science Fund of Guangdong Province 2015A030310072Natural Science Fund of Guangdong Province 2016A030310286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGenetic analysis detected excessive mono-allelic recessive GJB2 mutations in individuals with idiopathic deafness; the remaining alleles in trans/cis are underdetermined. The aim of this study was to assess the contributions of variants in GJB3 or GJB6 to non-syndromic sensorineural hearing impairment (NSHI) in Chinese patients with mono-allelic GJB2 mutations.

methodsThe entire coding sequences of GJB3/GJB6, as well as deletions in GJB6, in a cohort of NSHI patients (n = 100) carrying likely pathogenic heterozygous GJB2 mutations, were tested. Targeted next generation sequencing was further performed in a multiplex family GDHY with moderate to profound NSHI.

resultsPutatively causative GJB3 variant underlied 1% (1/100) in this cohort. In family GDHY, we identified a rare GJB3 c.250G>A mutation, as double heterozygotes with GJB2 c.109G>A and/or a novel GJB2 mutation c.638T>C predicted to be damaging in a digenic inheritance after precluding other attributable mutations from 127 deafness genes. No GJB6 mutation was found.

conclusionsGJB3/GJB6 variants account for a low proportion in autosomal recessive GJB2 mutation carriers in our cohort. Environmental causes, or other NSHI relevant genes, revealed by targeted next generation sequencing or whole exome sequencing, may play major roles in triggering deafness in these patients.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesComputer SimulationConnexin 26Connexin 30ConnexinsFamily HealthFemaleGenetic TestingHearing LossHeterozygoteHumansMaleModels, MolecularConnexin 26Connexin 30ConnexinsGJB2 protein, humanGJB3 protein, humanGJB6 protein, humanGJB2GJB3GJB6hearing impairmenttargeted next generation sequencing

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PMID29926981
PMCPMC6817113
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