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A novel de novo Myocilin variant in a patient with sporadic juvenile open angle glaucoma

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Title
A novel de novo Myocilin variant in a patient with sporadic juvenile open angle glaucoma
Published in
BMC Medical Genomics, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12881-016-0291-5
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Authors

Emmanuelle Souzeau, Kathryn P. Burdon, Bronwyn Ridge, Andrew Dubowsky, Jonathan B. Ruddle, Jamie E. Craig

Abstract

Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. Pathogenic variants in the Myocilin gene (MYOC) cause juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG) in 8-36 % of cases, and display an autosomal dominant inheritance with high penetrance. Molecular diagnosis is important for early identification as therapies are effective in minimizing vision loss and MYOC variants can be associated to severe glaucoma. MYOC variants are usually inherited, however a fifth of carriers do not report a family history. The occurrence of de novo MYOC variants is currently unknown. In this study we investigated a 14 year old male Caucasian patient diagnosed with JOAG, and no family history of glaucoma. A novel probably deleterious MYOC:p.(Pro254Leu) variant was identified in the index case. This variant was not present in the parents or the siblings. This is the second report of a de novo MYOC variant in a sporadic case of JOAG and it is currently unknown if this mechanism occurs more frequently. This finding emphasizes the importance of screening individuals with JOAG for MYOC mutations irrespective of a negative family history.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 24 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 17%
Student > Master 3 13%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 4 17%
Unknown 7 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 21%
Sports and Recreations 1 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Unknown 9 38%
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