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- Title
Whole-exome sequencing identifies two novel ALMS1 mutations in Indian patients with Leber congenital amaurosis.
- Authors
Srikrupa, Natarajan N.; Sripriya, Sarangapani; Pavithra, Suriyanarayanan; Sen, Parveen; Gupta, Ravi; Mathavan, Sinnakaruppan
- Abstract
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a severe autosomal recessive retinal degenerative disease. The current study describes exome sequencing results for two unrelated Indian LCA patients carrying novel nonsense p.(Glu636*) and frameshift p.(Pro2281Leufs*63) mutations in the ALMS1 gene. Although ALMS1 gene mutations are associated with Alstrom syndrome (AS), the current patients did not exhibit typical syndromic features of AS. These data suggest that ALMS1 should be included in the candidate gene panel for LCA to improve diagnostic efficiency.
- Subjects
GENETICS of retinal degeneration; EXOMES; FRAMESHIFT mutation; NONSENSE mutation; DATA analysis
- Publication
Human Genome Variation, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2054-345X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41439-021-00143-z