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ArticleMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2022

Diagnostic yield of candidate genes in an Australian corneal dystrophy cohort.

Emmanuelle Souzeau, Owen M Siggs, Sean Mullany, Joshua M Schmidt, Mark M Hassall, Andrew Dubowsky, Angela Chappell, James Breen, Haae Bae, Jillian Nicholl and 10 more

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Article in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Emmanuelle SouzeauDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2015-6577
Owen M SiggsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Sean MullanyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Joshua M SchmidtDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Mark M HassallDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Andrew DubowskySA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Angela ChappellDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
James BreenSouth Australian Genomics Centre (SAGC), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Haae BaeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jillian NichollSA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Johanna HadlerSA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Lisa S KearnsCentre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sandra E StaffieriCentre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alex W HewittMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
David A MackeyMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Aanchal GuptaSouth Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Kathryn P BurdonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8217-1249
Sonja KlebeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jamie E CraigDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Richard A MillsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Flinders University · AUSouth Australia Pathology · AULions Eye Institute · AUCentre for Eye Research Australia · AUGarvan Institute of Medical Research · AURoyal Children's Hospital · AUSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUUniversity of Tasmania · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal dystrophies describe a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders. The International Classification of Corneal Dystrophies (IC3D) lists 22 types of corneal dystrophy, 17 of which have been demonstrated to result from pathogenic variants in 19 identified genes. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic yield of genetic testing in a well-characterised cohort of 58 individuals from 44 families with different types of corneal dystrophy. Individuals diagnosed solely with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy were excluded. Clinical details were obtained from the treating ophthalmologist. Participants and their family members were tested using a gene candidate and exome sequencing approach. We identified a likely molecular diagnosis in 70.5% families (31/44). The detection rate was significantly higher among probands with a family history of corneal dystrophy (15/16, 93.8%) than those without (16/28, 57.1%, p = .015), and among those who had undergone corneal graft surgery (9/9, 100.0%) compared to those who had not (22/35, 62.9%, p = .041). We identified eight novel variants in five genes and identified five families with syndromes associated with corneal dystrophies. Our findings highlight the genetic heterogeneity of corneal dystrophies and the clinical utility of genetic testing in reaching an accurate clinical diagnosis.

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Corneal Dystrophies, HereditaryAustraliaCohort StudiesGenetic TestingHumanscorneal dystrophygenetic testingmolecular diagnosisTGFBI

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PMID35985662
PMCPMC9544209
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