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ArticleGenes, chromosomes & cancer2022

Recurrent NF1 gene variants and their genotype/phenotype correlations in patients with Neurofibromatosis type I.

Matteo Riva, Davide Martorana, Vera Uliana, Edoardo Caleffi, Elena Boschi, Livia Garavelli, Giovanni Ponti, Luca Sangiorgi, Claudio Graziano, Stefania Bigoni and 8 more

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Article in Genes, chromosomes & cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Selumetinib Treatment in a Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Child With Second Hit Mutation on the NF1 Gene.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo RivaMedical Genetics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Davide MartoranaUniversity Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Vera UlianaUniversity Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Edoardo CaleffiPlastic Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Elena BoschiPlastic Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Livia GaravelliMedical Genetics Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Giovanni PontiDivision of Clinical Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Luca SangiorgiMedical Genetics and Skeletal Rare Diseases, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Claudio GrazianoMedical Genetics, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Stefania BigoniMedical Genetics, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
Luca Maria RocchettiMedical Genetics, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Simona MadeoPediatrics, University Hospital of Modena, Italy.
Fiorenza SoliMedical Genetics, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Enrico GrossoMedical Genetics, Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital, Torino, Italy.
Diana CarliDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Matteo GoldoniStatistics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Francesco PisaniChildren's Neuropsycological Services, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Antonio PercesepeMedical Genetics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3268-6786
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino · ITAzienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · ITOspedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena · ITOspedale Santa Chiara · ITUniversity of Ferrara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type I, a genetic condition due to pathogenic variants in the NF1 gene, is burdened by a high rate of complications, including neoplasms, which increase morbidity and mortality for the disease. We retrospectively re-evaluated the NF1 gene variants found in the period 2000-2019 and we studied for genotype/phenotype correlations of disease complications and neoplasms 34 variants, which were shared by at least two unrelated families (range 2-11) for a total 141 of probands and 21 relatives affected by Neurofibromatosis type I. Recurrent variants could be ascribed to the most common mutational mechanisms (C to T transition, microsatellite slippage, non-homologous recombination). In genotype/phenotype correlations, the variants p.Arg440*, p.Tyr489Cys, and p.Arg1947*, together with the gross gene deletions, displayed the highest rates of complications. When considering neoplasms, carriers of variants falling in the extradomain region at the 5' end of NF1 had a lower age-related cancer frequency than the rest of the gene sequence, showing a borderline significance (p = 0.045), which was not conserved after correction with covariates. We conclude that (1) hotspots in NF1 occur via different mutational mechanisms, (2) several variants are associated with high rates of complications and cancers, and (3) there is an initial evidence toward a lower cancer risk for carriers of variants in the 5' end of the NF1 gene although not significant at the multivariate analysis.

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Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1FemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenotypeHumansMaleMutationNeoplasmsNeurofibromatosis 1Neurofibromin 1PhenotypeRetrospective StudiesNeurofibromin 1NF1 protein, humangenotype/phenotypeNeurofibromatosis type INF1 gene pathogenic variants

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PMID34427956
PMCPMC9291954
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