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Abstract #82003 Published in IGR 20-4

Analysis of MYOC gene variants among sporadic patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Zhang X; Zhang D; Huang L; Hao F; Lin Y; Gong B; Yang Z
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2019; 36: 662-665


OBJECTIVE: To screen for MYOC gene variants among sporadic patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS: For 398 patients with POAG, Sanger sequencing was applied to detect potential variants of the MYOC gene. RESULTS: Eight patients (2.0%) were found to harbor variations of the MYOC gene. These included five types of variants, among which c.667C>T (p.Pro223Ser) and c.1138G>T (p.Asp380Tyr) were novel. c.382C>T (p.Arg128Trp), c.1109C>T(p.Pro370Leu) and c.1130C>A (p.Thr377Lys) were previously associated with POAG. Alignment of amino acid sequences of MYOC proteins of various species revealed that the two novel variants have occurred at highly conserved positions. c.1138G>T was predicted to be possible pathogenic by Bioinformatic analysis. CONCLUSION: Two novel variants of the MYOC gene were detected among sporadic POAG patients, which enriched its variant spectrum.

School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China. zliny@yahoo.com.

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3.4.2 Gene studies (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods > 3.4 Molecular genetics)



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