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Genetic Diagnosis of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Four Novel Pathogenic Variations in Turkish Patients
Genetic Diagnosis of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Four Novel Pathogenic Variations in Turkish Patients
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Balkan medical journal [Balkan Med J] 2019 Dec 20; Vol. 37 (1), pp. 43-46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 09. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Aims: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by telangiectasia, epistaxis, and vascular malformations. Pathogenic mutations were found in ENG, AVCRL1, SMAD4 , and GDF genes. In this study, we present our database of patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia regarding the phenotype-genotype relations and discuss two novel ENG gene pathogenic variations in two unrelated families.<br />Methods: Next Generation Sequencing analysis was performed on the peripheral blood of nine patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in four unrelated families. All patients were diagnosed with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia according to the Curaçao criteria. Data on treatment and screenings of visceral involvement were recorded from files.<br />Results: We have found a pathogenic variation in either the ENG or ACVRL1 gene in each family. Two novel pathogenic variations in the ENG gene, including NM&#95;000118.3 (ENG): c.416delC (p.P139fs*24) and NM&#95;000118.3(ENG): c.1139dupT (p.Leu380PhefsTer16), were found in the same family. The NM&#95;000020.2(ACVRL1): c.1298C>T (p.Pro433Leu) pathogenic variation in the ACVRL1 gene in our first family and a novel heterozygous likely pathogenic NM&#95;000020.2(ACVRL1): c.95T>C (p.Val32Ala) variation was found in our second family. Seven of the nine patients were treated with thalidomide for controlling bleeding episodes. All patients responded to thalidomide. In one patient, the response to thalidomide was lost and switched to bevacizumab.<br />Conclusion: In HHT certain type of mutations correlates with disease phenotypes and with next generation sequencing method, new pathogenic variations can be revealed which might help managing HHT patients.
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- Activin Receptors, Type II analysis
Activin Receptors, Type II blood
Adult
Aged
Endoglin analysis
Endoglin blood
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Smad4 Protein analysis
Smad4 Protein blood
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic physiopathology
Turkey
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic blood
Virulence Factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2146-3131
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Balkan medical journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31594285
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2019.7.2