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ArticleMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2021

Deep analysis of the LRTOMTc.242G>A variant in non-syndromic hearing loss North African patients and the Berber population: Implications for genetic diagnosis and genealogical studies.

Mohamed Ali Mosrati, Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid, Amel Benammar-Elgaaied, Abdullah Ahmed Gibriel, Mariem Ben Said, Saber Masmoudi

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Article in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Mohamed Ali MosratiLaboratoire de Procédés de Criblages Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisie.ORCID 0000-0001-9663-9885
Karima Fadhlaoui-ZidLaboratory of Genetics, Immunology, and Human Pathologies, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-8980-9716
Amel Benammar-ElgaaiedLaboratory of Genetics, Immunology, and Human Pathologies, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-3008-0297
Abdullah Ahmed GibrielDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1318-4510
Mariem Ben SaidLaboratoire de Procédés de Criblages Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisie.ORCID 0000-0003-4098-4537
Saber MasmoudiLaboratoire de Procédés de Criblages Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisie.ORCID 0000-0002-1076-5256
University of Sfax · TNTunis University · TNBritish University in Egypt · EG

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Abstract

Autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) is the most common inherited sensory impairment. It is particularly frequent in North African populations who have a high rate of consanguineous marriage. The c.242G>A homozygous variant in LRTOMT gene was previously established as pathogenic and is associated with NSHL in both humans and mice. The aim of this study is to determine the carrier frequency for the LRTOMT c.242G>A variant and also to estimate its age in addition to evaluating its diagnostic potential as a deafness biomarker among various populations and ethnicities in Northern African countries. A total of 179 Tunisian and 34 Libyan unrelated deafness patients were screened for this variant. The homozygous c.242G>A variant was found in 5.02% and 2.94% in Tunisian and Libyan families, respectively. Subsequent screening for this variant in 263 healthy controls of various ethnicities (136 Tunisian Berbers, 32 Andalusian and 95 Tunisian from undefined ethnic origin) revealed higher frequency for the heterozygous state among Tunisians of Berber origin only (19.11%). Genotyping 7 microsatellite markers nearby the variant location in ARNSHL patients who had the homozygous variant revealed the same haplotype suggesting a common founder origin for this variant. The age of this variant was estimated to be between 2025 and 3425 years (this corresponds to 3400 years when the variant rate was set at 10

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AllelesGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseMutationAfrica, NorthernConsanguinityDeafnessGenetics, PopulationGenetic TestingGenotypeHumansMicrosatellite RepeatsPedigreeProteinsLRTOMT protein, humanProteinsArg81GlnBerber and BiomarkersDFNB63LRTOMT

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