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ArticleScientific reports2021

A case of retinitis pigmentosa homozygous for a rare CNGA1 causal variant.

Kohei Saito, Norimoto Gotoh, Inyeop Kang, Toshio Shimada, Takeshi Usui, Chikashi Terao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Genetic dissection of non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kohei SaitoClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Norimoto GotohClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Inyeop KangClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Toshio ShimadaClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Takeshi UsuiClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Chikashi TeraoClinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. chikashi.terao@riken.jp.
Shizuoka General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a heterogenous hereditary disorder leading to blindness. Despite using next-generation sequencing technologies, causal variants in about 60% of RP cases remain unknown. The heterogeneous genetic inheritance pattern makes it difficult to pinpoint causal variants. Besides, rare penetrating variants are hardly observed in general case-control studies. Thus, a family-based analysis, specifically in a consanguineous family, is a clinically and genetically valuable approach for RP. We analyzed a Japanese consanguineous family with a member suffering from RP with a typical autosomal recessive pattern. We sequenced five direct descendants and spouse using Whole-exome sequencing (WES) and Whole-genome sequencing (WGS). We identified a homozygous pathogenic missense variant in CNGA1 (NM_000087.3, c.839G > A, p.Arg280His) in the proband, while we found no homozygous genotypes in the other family members. CNGA1 was previously reported to be associated with RP. We confirmed the genotypes by the Sanger sequencing. Additionally, we assessed the homozygous genotype in the proband for the possibility of a founder mutation using homozygosity analysis. Our results suggested the two copies of the variant derived from a founder mutation. In conclusion, we found the homozygotes for c.839G > A in CNGA1 as causal for RP.

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HomozygoteConsanguinityCyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation ChannelsFemaleHumansJapanMaleMutation, MissensePedigreeRetinitis PigmentosaWhole Genome SequencingCNGA1 protein, humanCyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels

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PMID33633220
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