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ArticleJournal of vitreoretinal diseases

New Noncoding Base Pair Mutation at the Identical Locus as the Original NCMD/MCDR1 in a Mexican Family, Suggesting a Mutational Hotspot.

Kent W Small, Stijn Van de Sompele, Jessica Avetisjan, Nitin Udar, Steven Agemy, Elfride De Baere, Fadi S Shaya

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Article in Journal of vitreoretinal diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. North Carolina Macular Dystrophy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  2. A novelMolecular vision · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kent W SmallMacula and Retina Institute, Glendale and Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-4959
Stijn Van de SompeleCenter for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Jessica AvetisjanMacula and Retina Institute, Glendale and Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Nitin UdarMacula and Retina Institute, Glendale and Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Steven AgemyNew York Retina Consultants PLLC, New York, NY, USA.
Elfride De BaereCenter for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Fadi S ShayaMacula and Retina Institute, Glendale and Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Macula and Retina Institute · USGhent University Hospital · BEVitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To clinically and molecularly study a newly found family with North Carolina macular dystrophy (NCMD/MCDR1) from Mexico. Methods: This retrospective study comprised 6 members of a 3-generation Mexican family with NCMD. Clinical ophthalmic examinations, including fundus imaging, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, electroretinography, and electrooculography, were performed. Genotyping with polymorphic markers in the MCDR1 region was performed to determine haplotypes. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed followed by variant filtering and copy number variant analysis. Results: Four subjects from 3 generations were found to have macular abnormalities. The proband presented with lifelong bilateral vision impairment with bilaterally symmetric vitelliform Best disease-like appearing macular lesions. Her 2 children had bilateral large macular coloboma-like malformations, consistent with autosomal dominant NCMD. The 80-year-old mother of the proband had drusen-like lesions consistent with grade 1 NCMD. WGS and subsequent Sanger sequencing found a point mutation at chr6:99593030G>C (hg38) in the noncoding region of the DNase I site thought to be a regulatory element of the retinal transcription factor gene Conclusions: We report a new noncoding mutation at the same locus (chr6:99593030G>C) involving the same DNase I site regulating the retinal transcription factor gene

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chromosome 6copy number variantDNase I siteinherited retinal diseasesMCDR1mutational hotspotNCMDNorth Carolina macular dystrophyPRDM13single nucleotide variantsSVwhole-genome sequencing

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PMID37008391
PMCPMC9954157
OpenAlexW4313403197

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