MEFV公司
家族性地中海热
医学
疾病
基因
外显子
表型
候选基因
遗传学
基因突变
内科学
生物
突变
作者
Anastasios Karamanakos,Maria G Tektonidou,Olga Vougiouka,Charalampos Gerodimos,Christina G. Katsiari,Dimitrios Pikazis,Loukas Settas,Elena Tsitsami,Matthaios Speletas,Petros P. Sfikakis,Anastasios E. Germenis,Katerina Laskari
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152055
摘要
To assess the possible impact conferred by co-existing variants in MEditerranean FeVer (MEFV) and other genes on systemic autoinflammatory disease (SAID) phenotype.Consecutive patients (n = 42) who underwent screening for SAIDs by next generation sequencing (NGS) targeting 26 genes, and carried at least one MEFV gene variant, were retrospectively studied. A total of 63 MEFV gene variants mainly located in exon 10 (n = 29) and exon 2 (n = 19) were identified in 21 patients with juvenile- and 21 with adult-onset disease.The candidate clinical diagnosis was Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in 11, polygenic SAIDs (PFAPA, Still's disease, atypical SAPHO and inflammatory bowel disease) in 9, whereas the disease could not be clinically defined in 22 patients. Notably, 33 out of the 42 patients (79%) had at least one co-existing variants in 19 genes other than MEFV. NGS confirmed all clinical diagnoses and helped defining diagnosis in 59% of the remaining cases. Patients with undefined SAIDs (n = 9) or atypical FMF phenotype (n = 12) carried significantly more disease-causing variants in genes other than MEFV compared to patients with typical FMF (n = 9). More than one variants in these genes were significantly associated with adult-onset disease, while disease-causing variants in the same genes were also associated with an overall more severe SAID phenotype.Co-existing variants in SAID-related genes may explain the phenotypic variability of these diseases. Further studies should validate combined molecular and clinical data in order to better understand the cumulative gene dosage effect and improve the classification of these patients.
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