Identification of a novel nonsense variant c.1332dup, p.(D445*) in the LDLR gene that causes familial hypercholesterolemia

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disease predominantly caused by a mutation in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. Here, we describe two severely affected FH patients who were resistant to statin therapy and were managed on an apheresis program. We identified...

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Autores principales: Al-Allaf, Faisal A, Athar, Mohammad, Abduljaleel, Zainularifeen, Bouazzaoui, Abdellatif, Taher, Mohiuddin M, Own, Rakan, Al-Allaf, Ahmad F, AbuMansour, Iman, Azhar, Zohor, Ba-hammam, Faisal A, Abalkhail, Hala, Alashwal, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hgv.2014.21
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Sumario:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disease predominantly caused by a mutation in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. Here, we describe two severely affected FH patients who were resistant to statin therapy and were managed on an apheresis program. We identified a novel duplication variant c.1332dup, p.(D445*) at exon 9 and a known silent variant c.1413A>G, p.(=), rs5930, NM_001195798.1 at exon 10 of the LDLR gene in both patients.

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