Clinical and genetic analysis of a family with X-linked congenital nystagmus (NYS1).

abstract：:Introduction: Mutations in Kizuna (KIZ), a gene involved in ciliary function, have been previously associated with rod-cone dystrophy with relative macular sparing and a number of other systemic abnormalities.Purpose: We present a patient with a phenotype dominated by retinal dystrophy and macular cysts as a result of...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Zhao Y,Coussa RG,DeBenedictis MJM,Traboulsi EI

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several forms of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) are caused by mutations in genes encoding proteins that are ubiquitously expressed and involved in the pre-mRNA spliceosome such as PRPF31. This paper provides an overview of the molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and mechanism for incomplete penetrance...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Utz VM,Beight CD,Marino MJ,Hagstrom SA,Traboulsi EI

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microphthalmia, anophthalmia, coloboma (MAC) complex is a spectrum of ocular abnormalities that occur in isolation or as part of a syndrome. Genetic abnormalities have been shown to account for 80% of cases in bilateral anophthalmia or severe microphthalmia, where 25-30% were attributed to chromosomal defect...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Leung KCP,Ko TCS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Classical MMA, caused by methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency, may result in late-onset dysfunction in several organ systems. To date, 10 cases of optic neuropathy have been reported. The prevalence of optic neuropathy in visually asymptomatic patients has not been determined. This study sought to identify ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： AlOwain M,Khalifa OA,Al Sahlawi Z,Hussein MH,Sulaiman RA,Al-Sayed M,Rahbeeni Z,Al-Hassnan Z,Al-Zaidan H,Nezzar H,Al Homoud I,Eldali A,Altonen B,Handoom BS,Mbekeani JN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optic disc pit is a very rare clinical entity. The main complication of this condition is the maculopathy. Report of cases: A 40-year-old Caucasian man and his 6-year-old daughter underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. In both cases ophthalmoscopy examination showed a bilateral white-yellow oval ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Rossi S,De Rosa G,D'Alterio FM,Orrico A,Banfi S,Testa F,Simonelli F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-related cataract (ARC) is profoundly associated with oxidative stress. Iron plays a pivotal role in generating oxidative stress and promoting deleterious irreversible damage to the macromolecules. Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) mediates the uptake of iron into the cell. Aberrant transcript expressio...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sankaranarayanan R,Vidya NG,Vasavada AR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Congenital glaucoma (CG) results from poorly understood developmental abnormalities of the aqueous drainage structures and is clinically characterized by high intraocular pressure (IOP), epiphora, corneal oedema, photophobia, blepharospasm and ocular enlargement. To date, more than 50 pathogenic mutations in ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Giuffre' I

更新日期：2011-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The retinal features of Alport syndrome include a central and peripheral fleck retinopathy, temporal retinal thinning, and a macular hole. Here we describe further retinal abnormalities. METHODS:We identified a case of bull's eye maculopathy 20 years previously in a 68-year-old female, and re...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Savige J,Wang Y,Crawford A,Smith J,Symons A,Mack H,Nicholls K,Wilson D,Colville D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Early-onset retinal dystrophy is usually isolated but can also be the presenting manifestation of an undiagnosed systemic disease. The purpose of this report is to highlight the initial presentation of a girl with early-onset retinal dystrophy and chronic dermatitis who was found to have an undiagnosed congenit...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan AO

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:to report phenotypic and genotypic features in a group of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) patients associated with EYS mutations. METHODS:we retrospectively reviewed the clinical records and the molecular genetic data of arRP patients carrying mutations in the EYS gene. All the patients underwe...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Mucciolo DP,Sodi A,Passerini I,Murro V,Cipollini F,Borg I,Pelo E,Contini E,Virgili G,Rizzo S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is characterized by a spectrum of anterior segment dysgenesis involving neural-crest-derived tissues, most commonly secondary to mutations in the transcription factor genes PITX2 and FOXC1. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Single retrospective case report. RESULTS:A full-term infant presented...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Kletke SN,Vincent A,Maynes JT,Elbaz U,Mireskandari K,Lam WC,Ali A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a complex degenerative disease of the corneal endothelium with genetic predisposition. Pathogenic rare variants have been identified in SLC4A11, LOXHD1, ZEB1, and AGBL1. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and CTG trinucleotide repeat expansion...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Rao BS,Ansar S,Arokiasamy T,Sudhir RR,Umashankar V,Rajagopal R,Soumittra N

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We estimated the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed cataracts among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) versus the general population (GP). METHODS:Using a large US health insurance claims database, we identified a CF cohort and a GP cohort matched with respect to age, gender, and calendar year. The preva...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Everage NJ,Bai Y,Loop B,Volkova N,Liu N,Enger C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hexokinase 1 (HK1) gene encodes one of the four human hexokinases that play essential roles in glucose metabolism. Recently, several cases of E847K mutation in the HK1 gene were reported to cause inherited retinal dystrophy. The purpose of this study was to identify the phenotypical characteristics of patie...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Kubota D,Matsumoto K,Hayashi M,Oishi N,Gocho K,Yamaki K,Kobayakawa S,Igarashi T,Takahashi H,Kameya S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to detect mutations in the SLC7A14 cationic transporter gene, which has recently been reported as a causative gene for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), in Japanese patients with autosomal recessive (AR) or sporadic RP. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 146 unrelated Japanese patients with AR ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sugahara M,Oishi M,Oishi A,Ogino K,Morooka S,Gotoh N,Kang I,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) as the leading cause of central visual loss in the developed countries has extensive pathologic similarities with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Saitohin rs62063857 Q7 R polymorphism is associated with increased risk of AD though we decided to evaluate the possible association ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bonyadi M,Ahmadieh H,Jabbarpoor Bonyadi MH,Shahpasand K,Suri F,Nasrabadi N,Yaseri M,Kheiri B,Soheilian M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification by fundus examination of those females carrying an X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) gene can reportedly be as high as 87%. In genetic counselling sessions with young females with a 50% risk of being a carrier who wished to know their status, it has not been possible to achieve such a level of succ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bech-Hansen NT,Pearce WG

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated congenital lens coloboma is a sectoral indentation of the crystalline lens due to zonular weakness or absence. The purpose of this report is to describe the association of lens coloboma with an adjacent cyst in the ciliary body and to suggest that ciliary body cysts may be an under-recognized cause of congeni...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan AO,Al-Assiri A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The extensive phenotypic heterogeneity of monogenic diseases can be largely traced to intragenic variation; however, recent advances in clinical detection and gene sequencing have uncovered the emerging role of non-allelic variation (i.e. genetic trans-modifiers) in shaping disease phenotypes. Identifying ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Lee W,Paavo M,Zernant J,Stong N,Laurente Z,Bearelly S,Nagasaki T,Tsang SH,Goldstein DB,Allikmets R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The crystallin family of proteins comprise the main structural proteins of the vertebrate lens and have been classified into alpha-, beta-, and gamma- families. Several of the beta-crystallin proteins have been detected in the retina where they are each localized to different compartments of rod and cone photor...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sturgill GM,Bala E,Yaniglos SS,Peachey NS,Hagstrom SA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Genetic factors are shown to have a role in the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of genetic polymorphisms of Rho-kinase (ROCK) genes on the risk of POAG in a Turkish population. METHODS:Genomic DNA was extracted from leukocytes of the periphe...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Demiryürek S,Okumus S,Bozgeyik İ,Oztuzcu S,Coskun E,Mat E,Durucu E,Tatar MG,Erbagci İ,Gürler B,Demiryürek AT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Swedish family with choroideremia and a deletion of the CHM gene has been studied with ophthalmological examination, full-field electroretinography, and DNA analysis in order to characterize the phenotype of the disease. Although all four patients studied had a complete deletion of the gene, they showed a considerab...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Ponjavic V,Abrahamson M,Andréasson S,Van Bokhoven H,Cremers FP,Ehinger B,Fex G

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundal opacities have been reported in patients with Gaucher disease, a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease, prior to the advent of optical coherent tomography. This report provides a detailed analysis of the fundal opacities in a 14-year-old girl with genetically proven Gaucher disease using spectral d...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sheck LH,Wilson CJ,Vincent AL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome (BOFS) is a rare autosomal dominant congenital disorder defined by branchial defects, ocular anomalies and craniofacial malformations, including variable degrees of cleft lip with or without cleft palate. In addition, temporal bone anomalies, renal and ectodermal manifestatio...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Aliferis K,Stoetzel C,Pelletier V,Hellé S,Angioï-Duprez K,Vigneron J,Leheup B,Marion V,Dollfus H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe and compare ocular findings in patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) type 1 and 3. METHODS:This is a retrospective case series of 64 patients with HPS from 1999 to 2009 evaluated at an outpatient private ophthalmologic clinic. Patients underwent genetic analysis of selected albinism (Tyrosi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Jardón J,Izquierdo NJ,Renta JY,García-Rodríguez O,Cadilla CL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA samples are the fundamental research substrate in genetics. Although methodology and cost-effectiveness in molecular biology have improved dramatically, collecting biological samples and extracting DNA continue to be expensive and time-consuming steps of genetic research. This article reviews the issues surroundin...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Dickinson JL,Sale MM,Craig JE,Mackey DA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aarskog syndrome (faciogenital dysplasia) is an X-linked recessive genetic growth disorder characterized by short stature, dysmorphic facies, shawl scrotum, and digital anomalies. The condition was first described in 1970 and the gene responsible is FGD1 (MIM#305400). There are several reported ophthalmic findings ass...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Jogiya A,Sandy C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electro-oculogram (EOG) was studied in 156 normal patients, 103 patients with Best's disease, and 52 patients with dominant cystoid macular dystrophy (DCMD). Statistical analysis was performed by comparing the distribution of Lp/Dt ratios of the groups. Strength of association between Lp/Dt ratio and age was studi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Pinckers A,Cuypers MH,Aandekerk AL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a severe complication of diabetes and a common cause of visual loss in adults. We aimed to assess the correlation between IL gene-related SNPs and the incidence of DR and attempted to predict DR with combined mutation site detection. METHODS:A systematic search of databases was ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sun X,Guo S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the gene encoding rhodopsin, the visual pigment in rod photoreceptors, were shown to be the most common cause of autosomal retinitis pigmentosa (RP). In order to determine the prevalence of rhodopsin alterations in southern French populations, we examined 52 unrelated patients/families with autosom...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bareil C,Hamel C,Pallarès-Ruiz N,Arnaud B,Demaille J,Claustres M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00