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High-Throughput Sequencing to Identify Mutations Associated with Retinal Dystrophies.

Fei Song, Marta Owczarek-Lipska, Tim Ahmels, Marius Book, Sabine Aisenbrey, Moreno Menghini, Daniel Barthelmes, Stefan Schrader, Georg Spital, John Neidhardt

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Article in Genes, 2021. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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.

Fei SongHuman Genetics Faculty VI-School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
Marta Owczarek-LipskaHuman Genetics Faculty VI-School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
Tim AhmelsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pius-Hospital, University of Oldenburg, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
Marius BookEye Centre at the St. Franziskus Hospital, 48145 Münster, Germany.
Sabine AisenbreyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Vivantes Health Network Ltd., Neukölln Hospital, 12351 Berlin, Germany.
Moreno MenghiniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Daniel BarthelmesDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefan SchraderDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pius-Hospital, University of Oldenburg, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
Georg SpitalEye Centre at the St. Franziskus Hospital, 48145 Münster, Germany.
John NeidhardtHuman Genetics Faculty VI-School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9205-8394
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DESt. Franziskus Hospital · DEUniversity of Zurich · CHVivantes Klinikum · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal dystrophies (RD) are clinically and genetically heterogenous disorders showing mutations in over 270 disease-associated genes. Several millions of people worldwide are affected with different types of RD. Studying the relevance of disease-associated sequence alterations will assist in understanding disorders and may lead to the development of therapeutic approaches. Here, we established a whole exome sequencing (WES) pipeline to rapidly identify disease-associated mutations in patients. Sanger sequencing was applied to identify deep-intronic variants and to verify the co-segregation of WES results within families. We analyzed 26 unrelated patients with different syndromic and non-syndromic clinical manifestations of RD. All patients underwent ophthalmic examinations. We identified nine novel disease-associated sequence variants among 37 variants identified in total. The sequence variants located to 17 different genes. Interestingly, two cases presenting with Stargardt disease carried deep-intronic variants in

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Genetic CounselingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseATP-Binding Cassette TransportersExomeExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPedigreePhenotypeRetinal DystrophiesABCA4 protein, humanATP-Binding Cassette Transportersdeep-intronic variantsmutationsnovel variantretinal dystrophySanger sequencingwhole exome sequencing

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PMID34440443
PMCPMC8391535
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