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Analysis of the CFTR gene in Venezuelan cystic fibrosis patients, identification of six novel cystic fibrosis-causing genetic variants

Overview of attention for article published in The Application of Clinical Genetics, March 2016
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Analysis of the CFTR gene in Venezuelan cystic fibrosis patients, identification of six novel cystic fibrosis-causing genetic variants
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The Application of Clinical Genetics, March 2016
DOI 10.2147/tacg.s78241
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Karen Sánchez, Elizabeth de Mendonca, Xiorama Matute, Ismenia Chaustre, Marlene Villalón, Howard Takiff

Abstract

The mutations in the CFTR gene found in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have geographic differences, but there are scant data on their prevalence in Venezuelan patients. This study determined the frequency of common CFTR gene mutations in a group of Venezuelan patients with CF. The 27 exons of the CFTR gene from 110 Venezuelan patients in the National CF Program were amplified and sequenced. A total of 36 different mutations were identified, seven with frequencies greater than 1%: p.Phe508del (27.27%), p.Gly542* (3.18%), c.2988+1G>A (3.18%), p.Arg334Trp (1.36%), p.Arg1162* (1.36%), c.1-8G>C (1.36%), and p.[Gly628Arg;Ser1235Arg](1.36). In 40% of patients, all with a clinical diagnosis of CF, no mutations were found. This report represents the largest cohort of Venezuelan patients with CF ever examined, and includes a wider mutation panel than has been previously studied in this population. Mutations common in Southern European populations predominate, and several new mutations were discovered, but no mutations were found in 40% of the cohort.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 23%
Student > Bachelor 4 18%
Other 3 14%
Student > Master 3 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 9%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 2 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 36%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 27%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 4 18%
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