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ArticleMolecular vision2019

Mutation screening of crystallin genes in Chinese families with congenital cataracts.

Jianfu Zhuang, Zongfu Cao, Yihua Zhu, Lijuan Liu, Yi Tong, Xiaole Chen, Yaduan Wang, Cailing Lu, Xu Ma, Juhua Yang

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Article in Molecular vision, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianfu ZhuangXiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Zongfu CaoGraduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yihua ZhuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Lijuan LiuFuzhou Southeast Eye Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yi TongDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xiaole ChenBiomedical Engineering Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yaduan WangBiomedical Engineering Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Cailing LuGraduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Xu MaGraduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Juhua YangBiomedical Engineering Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Fujian Medical University · CNTianjin Municipal Research Institute for Family Planning · CNCenter for Human Genetics · USXiamen University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To identify mutations in crystallin genes in Chinese families with congenital cataracts. Methods: Forty-two unrelated families with non-syndromic congenital cataracts were enrolled in this study. The coding exons and adjacent intronic regions of crystallin genes, including Results: Seven previously reported mutations in crystallin genes identified in ten unrelated families were associated with the congenital nuclear cataracts. Four novel mutations in crystallin genes, including c.35G>T (p.R12L) in Conclusions: In this study, we identified four novel mutations in crystallin genes in Chinese families with congenital cataracts. The results expand the mutational spectrum of crystallin genes, which may be helpful for the molecular diagnosis of congenital cataracts in the era of precision medicine.

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Genetic TestingAsian PeopleBase SequenceCataractCrystallinsDNA Mutational AnalysisFamilyHaplotypesHumansModels, MolecularMutationCrystallins

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PMCPMC6707615
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