Screening of single nucleotide polymorphisms among fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy subjects in Malaysia
Background The pathophysiology underlying Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), especially in older individuals, remains unclear, with a genetic predisposition being reported as the single best predictor of the disease. Genetic studies have shown that several genes in various loci such a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021-09, Vol.22 (1), p.73-11, Article 73 |
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The pathophysiology underlying Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), especially in older individuals, remains unclear, with a genetic predisposition being reported as the single best predictor of the disease. Genetic studies have shown that several genes in various loci such as
COL8A2, SLC4A11, TCF8/ZEB1
and
TCF4
are associated with FECD in different populations and ethnicities. A case–control study was conducted to determine the association between genetic variants and FECD in a tertiary care setting in Malaysia. A total number of 12 patients with clinically diagnosed FECD and 12 age, gender and race matched control subjects were recruited. Extracted genomic DNA were genotyped using Infinium Global Screening Array (GSA)-24 version 1.0 BeadChip with iScan high-throughput system. Illumina GenomeStudio 2.0 Data Analysis and PLINK version 1.9 software were used to perform association tests and determine the distribution of obtained variants among the cases and controls.
Results
A significant novel genetic variant,
rs11626651
, a variant of the
LOC105370676
gene or known as the
LINC02320
gene, located at chromosome 14, has been identified as a suggestive association with FECD (
p
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ISSN: | 2090-2441 1110-8630 2090-2441 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s43042-021-00193-6 |