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Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder

X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), a rare form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is predominantly caused by mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene. Affected males often present with severe phenotypes and early disease onset. In contrast, female carriers are usually asympto...

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Autores principales: Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai, Pawestri, Aulia Rahmi, Suvannaboon, Ragkit, Thongyou, Ketwarin, Trinavarat, Adisak, Atchaneeyasakul, La-Ongsri
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.728085
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author Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai
Pawestri, Aulia Rahmi
Suvannaboon, Ragkit
Thongyou, Ketwarin
Trinavarat, Adisak
Atchaneeyasakul, La-Ongsri
author_facet Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai
Pawestri, Aulia Rahmi
Suvannaboon, Ragkit
Thongyou, Ketwarin
Trinavarat, Adisak
Atchaneeyasakul, La-Ongsri
author_sort Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai
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description X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), a rare form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is predominantly caused by mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene. Affected males often present with severe phenotypes and early disease onset. In contrast, female carriers are usually asymptomatic or show stationary phenotypes. Herein, we reported an 8-year-old female carrier, a daughter of a confirmed RP father with RPGR mutation, with an early onset of progressive cone-rod pattern retinal dystrophy. Additionally, the carrier experienced visual snow-like symptom as long as she recalled. Ophthalmological examination showed the reduction of visual acuity and attenuation of photoreceptor functions since the age of 5 years. Further analysis revealed a heterozygous pathogenic variant of the RPGR gene and a random X-inactivation pattern. Although she harboured an identical RPGR variant as the father, there were phenotypic intrafamilial variations. The information on the variety of genotypic and phenotypic presentations in XLRP carriers is essential for further diagnosis, management, and monitoring of these cases, including the design of future gene therapy trials.
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spelling pubmed-85174442021-10-16 Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai Pawestri, Aulia Rahmi Suvannaboon, Ragkit Thongyou, Ketwarin Trinavarat, Adisak Atchaneeyasakul, La-Ongsri Front Genet Genetics X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), a rare form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is predominantly caused by mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene. Affected males often present with severe phenotypes and early disease onset. In contrast, female carriers are usually asymptomatic or show stationary phenotypes. Herein, we reported an 8-year-old female carrier, a daughter of a confirmed RP father with RPGR mutation, with an early onset of progressive cone-rod pattern retinal dystrophy. Additionally, the carrier experienced visual snow-like symptom as long as she recalled. Ophthalmological examination showed the reduction of visual acuity and attenuation of photoreceptor functions since the age of 5 years. Further analysis revealed a heterozygous pathogenic variant of the RPGR gene and a random X-inactivation pattern. Although she harboured an identical RPGR variant as the father, there were phenotypic intrafamilial variations. The information on the variety of genotypic and phenotypic presentations in XLRP carriers is essential for further diagnosis, management, and monitoring of these cases, including the design of future gene therapy trials. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8517444/ /pubmed/34659350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.728085 Text en Copyright © 2021 Tuekprakhon, Pawestri, Suvannaboon, Thongyou, Trinavarat and Atchaneeyasakul. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Genetics
Tuekprakhon, Aekkachai
Pawestri, Aulia Rahmi
Suvannaboon, Ragkit
Thongyou, Ketwarin
Trinavarat, Adisak
Atchaneeyasakul, La-Ongsri
Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title_full Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title_fullStr Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title_short Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR(ORF15)-Associated Retinal Disorder
title_sort rare co-occurrence of visual snow in a female carrier with rpgr(orf15)-associated retinal disorder
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.728085
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