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Balla C, Margutti A, De Carolis B, Canovi L, Di Domenico A, Vivaldi I, Vitali F, De Raffele M, Malagù M, Sassone B, Biffi M, Selvatici R, Ferlini A, Gualandi F, Bertini M. Cardiac conduction disorders in young adults: Clinical characteristics and genetic background of an underestimated population. Heart Rhythm 2024; 21:1363-1369. [PMID: 38467355 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac conduction disorder (CCD) in patients <50 years old is a rare and mostly unknown condition. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess clinical characteristics and genetic background of patients <50 years old with CCD of unknown origin. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of patients with a diagnosis of CCD before the age of 50 years referred to our center between January 2019 and December 2021. Patients underwent complete clinical examination and genetic evaluation. RESULTS We enrolled 39 patients with a median age of 40 years (28-47 years) at the onset of symptoms. A cardiac implantable electronic device was implanted in 69% of the patients. In 15 of 39 CCD index patients (38%), we found a total of 13 different gene variations (3 pathogenic, 6 likely pathogenic, and 4 variants of uncertain significance), mostly in 3 genes (SCN5A, TRPM4, and LMNA). In our cohort, genetic testing led to the decision to implant an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in 2 patients for the increased risk of sudden cardiac death. CONCLUSION Patients with the occurrence of CCD before the age of 50 years present with a high rate of pathologic gene variations, mostly in 3 genes (SCN5A, TRPM4, and LMNA). The presence of pathogenic variations may add information about the prognosis and lead to an individualized therapeutic approach.
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- Cristina Balla
- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, SS.ma Annunziata Hospital, Department of Emergency, AUSL Ferrara, Cento (Ferrara), Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona (Ferrara), Italy
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Cazzato F, Coll M, Grassi S, Fernàndez-Falgueras A, Nogué-Navarro L, Iglesias A, Castellà J, Oliva A, Brugada R. Investigating cardiac genetic background in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Int J Legal Med 2024:10.1007/s00414-024-03264-6. [PMID: 38849547 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-024-03264-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is still the leading cause of death for newborns in developed countries. The pathophysiological mechanisms have not been fully clarified, but in some of SIDS cases variants of genes associated with inherited cardiac conditions are found. In this study, an analysis of SCD-related genes was performed to determine the prevalence of rare pathogenic (P) or likely pathogenic (LP) variants that could provide an unambiguous explanation for the fatal event. A cohort of 76 SIDS cases underwent Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis with a custom panel of SCD-related genes. Rare variants were classified according to the guidelines provided by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and the specifications of the ClinGen association. Post-mortem genetic testing identified 50 (65.8%) carriers of at least one variant in SCD genes. 104 rare genetic variants were found, 65.4% in genes encoding structural proteins. Only 4 out of 76 cases (5.3%) hosted at least a P or LP variant found in genes with structural or structural/arrhythmogenic functions (SLC22A5, SCN5A, MYL3and TTN). 99 variants were classified as of uncertain significance (VUS). The difference in the distribution of variants between gene groups by function was not statistically significant (chi square, p = 0,219). Despite this, most of the variants concerned structural genes that were supposed to have a close interaction with ion channels, thus providing an explanation for the arrhythmic event. Segregation analysis, reclassification of VUS variants and identification of new associated genes could clarify the implications of the current findings.
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- Francesca Cazzato
- Department of Health Surveillance and Bioethics, Section of Legal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190, Salt, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences, Section of Forensic Medical Sciences, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Vic 08500, Can Baumann, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190, Salt, Spain
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- Forensic Pathology Service, Institut Medicina Legal Ciències Mèdiques Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health Surveillance and Bioethics, Section of Legal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190, Salt, Spain
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Doctor Josep Trueta, 17003, Girona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003, Girona, Spain
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Procopio N, Bonicelli A. From flesh to bones: Multi-omics approaches in forensic science. Proteomics 2024; 24:e2200335. [PMID: 38683823 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202200335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Recent advancements in omics techniques have revolutionised the study of biological systems, enabling the generation of high-throughput biomolecular data. These innovations have found diverse applications, ranging from personalised medicine to forensic sciences. While the investigation of multiple aspects of cells, tissues or entire organisms through the integration of various omics approaches (such as genomics, epigenomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) has already been established in fields like biomedicine and cancer biology, its full potential in forensic sciences remains only partially explored. In this review, we have presented a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art analytical platforms employed in omics research, with specific emphasis on their application in the forensic field for the identification of the cadaver and the cause of death. Moreover, we have conducted a critical analysis of the computational integration of omics approaches, and highlighted the latest advancements in employing multi-omics techniques for forensic investigations.
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- Noemi Procopio
- Research Centre for Field Archaeology and Experimental Taphonomy, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- Research Centre for Field Archaeology and Experimental Taphonomy, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Hung LY, Mak CM, Foo KC, Chan CHT, Tong HF, Wong TK, Leung HS, Cheung KC, Lee HCH, Ching CK. Dried Blood Spot Postmortem Metabolic Autopsy With Genotype Validation for Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Childhood in Hong Kong. Cureus 2024; 16:e62347. [PMID: 38882225 PMCID: PMC11176880 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Background Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are collectively rare but potentially preventable causes of sudden unexpected death (SUD) in infancy or childhood, and metabolic autopsy serves as the final tool for establishing the diagnosis. We conducted a retrospective review of the metabolic and molecular autopsy on SUD and characterized the biochemical and genetic findings. Methodology A retrospective review of postmortem metabolic investigations (dried blood spot acylcarnitines and amino acid analysis, urine metabolic profiling where available, and next-generation sequencing on a panel of 75 IEM genes) performed for infants and children who presented with SUD between October 2016 and December 2021 with inconclusive autopsy findings or autopsy features suspicious of underlying IEM in our locality was conducted. Clinical and autopsy findings were reviewed for each case. Results A total of 43 infants and children aged between zero days to 10 years at the time of death were referred to the authors' laboratories throughout the study period. One positive case of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency was diagnosed. Postmortem reference intervals for dried blood spot amino acids and acylcarnitines profile were established based on the results from the remaining patients. Conclusions Our study confirmed the importance of metabolic autopsy and the advantages of incorporating biochemical and genetic testing in this setting.
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- Ling Yin Hung
- Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Forensic Pathology Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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- Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, CHN
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Badura K, Buławska D, Dąbek B, Witkowska A, Lisińska W, Radzioch E, Skwira S, Młynarska E, Rysz J, Franczyk B. Primary Electrical Heart Disease-Principles of Pathophysiology and Genetics. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1826. [PMID: 38339103 PMCID: PMC10855675 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Primary electrical heart diseases, often considered channelopathies, are inherited genetic abnormalities of cardiomyocyte electrical behavior carrying the risk of malignant arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Approximately 54% of sudden, unexpected deaths in individuals under the age of 35 do not exhibit signs of structural heart disease during autopsy, suggesting the potential significance of channelopathies in this group of age. Channelopathies constitute a highly heterogenous group comprising various diseases such as long QT syndrome (LQTS), short QT syndrome (SQTS), idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF), Brugada syndrome (BrS), catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), and early repolarization syndromes (ERS). Although new advances in the diagnostic process of channelopathies have been made, the link between a disease and sudden cardiac death remains not fully explained. Evolving data in electrophysiology and genetic testing suggest previously described diseases as complex with multiple underlying genes and a high variety of factors associated with SCD in channelopathies. This review summarizes available, well-established information about channelopathy pathogenesis, genetic basics, and molecular aspects relative to principles of the pathophysiology of arrhythmia. In addition, general information about diagnostic approaches and management is presented. Analyzing principles of channelopathies and their underlying causes improves the understanding of genetic and molecular basics that may assist general research and improve SCD prevention.
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- Krzysztof Badura
- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Nephrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Ul. Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland (S.S.)
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Miura A, Yamamoto T, Funayama K, Koyama A, Takatsuka H, Sato T, Nishio H. Postmortem Identification of Genetic Variations Associated with Sudden Unexpected Death in Young People. Int Heart J 2024; 65:55-62. [PMID: 38296580 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.23-252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Sudden unexpected death in the young (SUDY) is a traumatic occurrence for their family; however, information on the genetic variations associated with the condition is currently lacking. It is important to carry out postmortem genetic analyses in cases of sudden death to provide information for relatives and to allow appropriate genetic counselling and clinical follow-up. This study aimed to investigate the genetic variations associated with the occurrence of SUDY in Japan, using next-generation sequencing (NGS). The study included 18 cases of SUDY (16 males, 2 females; age 15-47 years) who underwent autopsy, including NGS DNA sequencing for molecular analysis. A total of 168 genes were selected from the sequencing panel and filtered, resulting in the identification of 60 variants in cardiac disease-related genes. Many of the cases had several of these genetic variants and some cases had a cardiac phenotype. The identification of genetic variants using NGS provides important information regarding the pathogenicity of sudden death.
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- Aya Miura
- Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo Medical University
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- Division of Legal Medicine, Department of Community Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences
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- Division of Legal Medicine, Department of Community Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences
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- Division of Legal Medicine, Department of Community Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo Medical University
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Buerki SE, Haas C, Neubauer J. Exome analysis focusing on epilepsy-related genes in children and adults with sudden unexplained death. Seizure 2023; 113:66-75. [PMID: 37995443 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Genetic studies in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexplained death (SUD) cohorts have indicated that cardiovascular diseases might have contributed to sudden unexpected death in 20-35 % of autopsy-negative cases. Sudden unexpected death can also occur in people with epilepsy, termed as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The pathophysiological mechanisms of SUDEP are not well understood, but are likely multifactorial, including seizure-induced hypoventilation and arrhythmias as well as genetic risk factors. The sudden death of some of the SIDS/SUD victims might also be explained by genetic epilepsy, therefore this study aimed to expand the post-mortem genetic analysis of SIDS/SUD cases to epilepsy-related genes. METHODS Existing whole-exome sequencing data from our 155 SIDS and 45 SUD cases were analyzed, with a focus on 365 epilepsy-related genes. Nine of the SUD victims had a known medical history of epilepsy, seizures or other underlying neurological conditions and were therefore classified as SUDEP cases. RESULTS In our SIDS and SUD cohorts, we found epilepsy-related pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in the genes OPA1, RAI1, SCN3A, SCN5A and TSC2. CONCLUSION Post-mortem analysis of epilepsy-related genes identified potentially disease-causing variants that might have contributed to the sudden death events in our SIDS/SUD cases. However, the interpretation of identified variants remains challenging and often changes over time as more data is gathered. Overall, this study contributes insight in potentially pathophysiological epilepsy-related mechanisms in SIDS, SUD and SUDEP victims and underlines the importance of sensible counselling on the risk and preventive measures in genetic epilepsy.
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- Sarah E Buerki
- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Wojcik MH, Poduri AH, Holm IA, MacRae CA, Goldstein RD. The fundamental need for unifying phenotypes in sudden unexpected pediatric deaths. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1166188. [PMID: 37332751 PMCID: PMC10273404 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1166188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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A definitive, authoritative approach to evaluate the causes of unexpected, and ultimately unexplained, pediatric deaths remains elusive, relegating final conclusions to diagnoses of exclusion in the vast majority of cases. Research into unexplained pediatric deaths has focused primarily on sudden infant deaths (under 1 year of age) and led to the identification of several potential, albeit incompletely understood, contributory factors: nonspecific pathology findings, associations with sleep position and environment that may not be uniformly relevant, and the elucidation of a role for serotonin that is practically difficult to estimate in any individual case. Any assessment of progress in this field must also acknowledge the failure of current approaches to substantially decrease mortality rates in decades. Furthermore, potential commonalities with pediatric deaths across a broader age spectrum have not been widely considered. Recent epilepsy-related observations and genetic findings, identified post-mortem in both infants and children who died suddenly and unexpectedly, suggest a role for more intense and specific phenotyping efforts as well as an expanded role for genetic and genomic evaluation. We therefore present a new approach to reframe the phenotype in sudden unexplained deaths in the pediatric age range, collapsing many distinctions based on arbitrary factors (such as age) that have previously guided research in this area, and discuss its implications for the future of postmortem investigation.
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- Monica H. Wojcik
- Robert’s Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Robert’s Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Robert’s Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Robert’s Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Vincent A, Chu NT, Shah A, Avanthika C, Jhaveri S, Singh K, Limaye OM, Boddu H. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Risk Factors and Newer Risk Reduction Strategies. Cureus 2023; 15:e40572. [PMID: 37465778 PMCID: PMC10351748 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.40572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) continues to be one of the top causes of infant death in the U.S. Despite significant public health initiatives focused on high-risk populations to enhance sleep environments and techniques. The SIDS rate has remained stable in recent years. Risk factors and newer risk reduction strategies for SIDS are the focus of this review article. We conducted a comprehensive literature search on Medline, Cochrane, Embase, and Google Scholar until July 2022. The following search strings and Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms were used: "SIDS," "Sudden Infant Death" and "SUID". We explored the literature on SIDS for its epidemiology, pathophysiology, the role of various etiologies and their influence, associated complications leading to SIDS, and preventive and treatment modalities. Despite a more than 50% drop-in rates since the start of the "Back to Sleep" campaign in 1994, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) continues to be the top cause of post-neonatal mortality in the United States, despite continued educational initiatives that support safe sleep and other risk reduction strategies. The new American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for lowering the risk of SIDS include a lot of emphasis on sleeping habits, bedding, and environment but also include elements that are frequently ignored (i.e., prenatal care, smoking, alcohol and drug use, and childhood vaccinations). This study highlights these less-frequently discussed aspects and identifies treatments that have produced beneficial behavioral shifts that benefit newborns as well as their mothers' health and wellbeing.
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- Anita Vincent
- Medicine and Surgery, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, IND
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- Paediatrics, City Children's Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city, VNM
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- Paediatrics and Child Health, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, IND
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- Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York City, USA
- Medicine and Surgery, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, IND
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- Medicine and Surgery, Smt. Nathiba Hargovandas Lakhmichand Municipal Medical College (NHLMMC), Ahmedabad, IND
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- Paediatrics, Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, CHN
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- Paediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Sion Hospital, Mumbai, IND
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- Paediatrics, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Krishna, IND
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Wallace MJ, Malhotra N, Mariángelo JIE, Stevens TL, Young LJ, Antwi-Boasiako S, Abdallah D, Takenaka SS, Cavus O, Murphy NP, Han M, Xu X, Mangoni ME, Hund TJ, Roberts JD, Györke S, Mohler PJ, El Refaey M. Impact of stress on cardiac phenotypes in mice harboring an ankyrin-B disease variant. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104818. [PMID: 37182735 PMCID: PMC10318515 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Encoded by ANK2, ankyrin-B (AnkB) is a multifunctional adapter protein critical for the expression and targeting of key cardiac ion channels, transporters, cytoskeletal-associated proteins, and signaling molecules. Mice deficient for AnkB expression are neonatal lethal, and mice heterozygous for AnkB expression display cardiac structural and electrical phenotypes. Human ANK2 loss-of-function variants are associated with diverse cardiac manifestations; however, human clinical 'AnkB syndrome' displays incomplete penetrance. To date, animal models for human arrhythmias have generally been knock-out or transgenic overexpression models and thus the direct impact of ANK2 variants on cardiac structure and function in vivo is not clearly defined. Here, we directly tested the relationship of a single human ANK2 disease-associated variant with cardiac phenotypes utilizing a novel in vivo animal model. At baseline, young AnkBp.E1458G+/+ mice lacked significant structural or electrical abnormalities. However, aged AnkBp.E1458G+/+ mice displayed both electrical and structural phenotypes at baseline including bradycardia and aberrant heart rate variability, structural remodeling, and fibrosis. Young and old AnkBp.E1458G+/+ mice displayed ventricular arrhythmias following acute (adrenergic) stress. In addition, young AnkBp.E1458G+/+ mice displayed structural remodeling following chronic (transverse aortic constriction) stress. Finally, AnkBp.E1458G+/+ myocytes harbored alterations in expression and/or localization of key AnkB-associated partners, consistent with the underlying disease mechanism. In summary, our findings illustrate the critical role of AnkB in in vivo cardiac function as well as the impact of single AnkB loss-of-function variants in vivo. However, our findings illustrate the contribution and in fact necessity of secondary factors (aging, adrenergic challenge, pressure-overload) to phenotype penetrance and severity.
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- Michael J Wallace
- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Surgery/Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Surgery/Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Almomani R, Sopacua M, Marchi M, Ślęczkowska M, Lindsey P, de Greef BTA, Hoeijmakers JGJ, Salvi E, Merkies ISJ, Ferdousi M, Malik RA, Ziegler D, Derks KWJ, Boenhof G, Martinelli-Boneschi F, Cazzato D, Lombardi R, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG, Smeets HJM, Gerrits MM, Faber CG, Lauria G. Genetic Profiling of Sodium Channels in Diabetic Painful and Painless and Idiopathic Painful and Painless Neuropathies. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24098278. [PMID: 37175987 PMCID: PMC10179245 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Neuropathic pain is a frequent feature of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and small fiber neuropathy (SFN). Resolving the genetic architecture of these painful neuropathies will lead to better disease management strategies, counselling and intervention. Our aims were to profile ten sodium channel genes (SCG) expressed in a nociceptive pathway in painful and painless DPN and painful and painless SFN patients, and to provide a perspective for clinicians who assess patients with painful peripheral neuropathy. Between June 2014 and September 2016, 1125 patients with painful-DPN (n = 237), painless-DPN (n = 309), painful-SFN (n = 547) and painless-SFN (n = 32), recruited in four different centers, were analyzed for SCN3A, SCN7A-SCN11A and SCN1B-SCN4B variants by single molecule Molecular inversion probes-Next Generation Sequence. Patients were grouped based on phenotype and the presence of SCG variants. Screening of SCN3A, SCN7A-SCN11A, and SCN1B-SCN4B revealed 125 different (potential) pathogenic variants in 194 patients (17.2%, n = 194/1125). A potential pathogenic variant was present in 18.1% (n = 142/784) of painful neuropathy patients vs. 15.2% (n = 52/341) of painless neuropathy patients (17.3% (n = 41/237) for painful-DPN patients, 14.9% (n = 46/309) for painless-DPN patients, 18.5% (n = 101/547) for painful-SFN patients, and 18.8% (n = 6/32) for painless-SFN patients). Of the variants detected, 70% were in SCN7A, SCN9A, SCN10A and SCN11A. The frequency of SCN9A and SCN11A variants was the highest in painful-SFN patients, SCN7A variants in painful-DPN patients, and SCN10A variants in painless-DPN patients. Our findings suggest that rare SCG genetic variants may contribute to the development of painful neuropathy. Genetic profiling and SCG variant identification should aid in a better understanding of the genetic variability in patients with painful and painless neuropathy, and may lead to better risk stratification and the development of more targeted and personalized pain treatments.
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- Rowida Almomani
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan
- Clinical Genomics Unit, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Neuroalgology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Genomics Unit, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Genomics Unit, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Neuroalgology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Curaçao Medical Center, 4365+37Q, J. H. J. Hamelbergweg, Willemstad, Curacao
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9P, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9P, UK
- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha P.O. Box 24144, Qatar
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- German Diabetes Centre, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Neurological Disorders, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Neuroalgology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Neuroalgology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Clinical Genomics Unit, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Neuroalgology Unit, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Owen MJ, Wright MS, Batalov S, Kwon Y, Ding Y, Chau KK, Chowdhury S, Sweeney NM, Kiernan E, Richardson A, Batton E, Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Gleeson JG, Bainbridge M, Chambers CD, Kingsmore SF. Reclassification of the Etiology of Infant Mortality With Whole-Genome Sequencing. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2254069. [PMID: 36757698 PMCID: PMC9912130 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.54069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Importance Understanding the causes of infant mortality shapes public health, surveillance, and research investments. However, the association of single-locus (mendelian) genetic diseases with infant mortality is poorly understood. Objective To determine the association of genetic diseases with infant mortality. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study was conducted at a large pediatric hospital system in San Diego County (California) and included 546 infants (112 infant deaths [20.5%] and 434 infants [79.5%] with acute illness who survived; age, 0 to 1 year) who underwent diagnostic whole-genome sequencing (WGS) between January 2015 and December 2020. Data analysis was conducted between 2015 and 2022. Exposure Infants underwent WGS either premortem or postmortem with semiautomated phenotyping and diagnostic interpretation. Main Outcomes and Measures Proportion of infant deaths associated with single-locus genetic diseases. Results Among 112 infant deaths (54 girls [48.2%]; 8 [7.1%] African American or Black, 1 [0.9%] American Indian or Alaska Native, 8 [7.1%] Asian, 48 [42.9%] Hispanic, 1 [0.9%] Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 34 [30.4%] White infants) in San Diego County between 2015 and 2020, single-locus genetic diseases were the most common identifiable cause of infant mortality, with 47 genetic diseases identified in 46 infants (41%). Thirty-nine (83%) of these diseases had been previously reported to be associated with childhood mortality. Twenty-eight death certificates (62%) for 45 of the 46 infants did not mention a genetic etiology. Treatments that can improve outcomes were available for 14 (30%) of the genetic diseases. In 5 of 7 infants in whom genetic diseases were identified postmortem, death might have been avoided had rapid, diagnostic WGS been performed at time of symptom onset or regional intensive care unit admission. Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study of 112 infant deaths, the association of genetic diseases with infant mortality was higher than previously recognized. Strategies to increase neonatal diagnosis of genetic diseases and immediately implement treatment may decrease infant mortality. Additional study is required to explore the generalizability of these findings and measure reduction in infant mortality.
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- Mallory J. Owen
- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
- California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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- Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
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Asatryan B, Barth AS. Sex-related differences in incidence, phenotype and risk of sudden cardiac death in inherited arrhythmia syndromes. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 9:1010748. [PMID: 36684594 PMCID: PMC9845907 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1010748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes (IAS) including long QT and Brugada Syndrome, are characterized by life-threatening arrhythmias in the absence of apparent structural heart disease and are caused by pathogenic variants in genes encoding cardiac ion channels or associated proteins. Studies of large pedigrees of families affected by IAS have demonstrated incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. Biological sex is one of several factors that have been recognized to modulate disease severity in IAS. There is a growing body of evidence linking sex hormones to the susceptibility to arrhythmias, yet, many sex-specific disease aspects remain underrecognized as female sex and women with IAS are underinvestigated and findings from male-predominant cohorts are often generalized to both sexes with minimal to no consideration of relevant sex-associated differences in prevalence, disease manifestations and outcome. In this review, we highlight current knowledge of sex-related biological differences in normal cardiac electrophysiology and sex-associated factors that influence IAS phenotypes.
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- Babken Asatryan
- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States,*Correspondence: Andreas S. Barth ✉
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Glinge C, Rossetti S, Oestergaard LB, Stampe NK, Lynge TH, Skals R, Winkel BG, Lodder EM, Bezzina CR, Gislason G, Banner J, Behr ER, Torp-Pedersen C, Jabbari R, Tfelt-Hansen J. Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Among Siblings of Children Who Died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Denmark. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2252724. [PMID: 36696110 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains a leading cause of death during the first year of life. The etiology of SIDS is complex and remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether siblings of children who died of SIDS have a higher risk of SIDS compared with the general pediatric population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This register-based cohort study used Danish nationwide registers. Participants were all infants (<1 year) in Denmark between January 1, 1978, and December 31, 2016, including siblings of children who died of SIDS. Siblings were followed up from the index cases' date of SIDS, date of birth, or immigration, whichever came first, and until age 1 year, emigration, developing SIDS, death, or study end. The median (IQR) follow-up was 1 (1-1) year. Data analysis was conducted from January 2017 to October 2022. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) of SIDS were calculated with Poisson regression models relative to the general population. RESULTS In a population of 2 666 834 consecutive births (1 395 199 [52%] male), 1540 infants died of SIDS (median [IQR] age at SIDS, 3 [2-4] months) during a 39-year study period. A total of 2384 younger siblings (cases) to index cases (first sibling with SIDS) were identified. A higher rate of SIDS was observed among siblings compared with the general population, with SIRs of 4.27 (95% CI, 2.13-8.53) after adjustment for sex, age, and calendar year and of 3.50 (95% CI, 1.75-7.01) after further adjustment for mother's age (<29 years vs ≥29 years) and education (high school vs after high school). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this nationwide study, having a sibling who died of SIDS was associated with a 4-fold higher risk of SIDS compared with the general population. Shared genetic and/or environmental factors may contribute to the observed clustering of SIDS. The family history of SIDS should be considered when assessing SIDS risk in clinical settings. A multidisciplinary genetic evaluation of families with SIDS could provide additional evidence.
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- Charlotte Glinge
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Centre, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Centre, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Centre, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Cardiology Section, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Mayo Clinic Healthcare, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, North Zealand University Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Holm IA, Poduri A, Goldstein RD. Re: Technical Report for Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment. Pediatrics 2022; 150:190123. [PMID: 36443235 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-059737a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Bryson LJ, Joss S. How to use genetic testing after sudden infant death syndrome. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2022; 107:383-385. [PMID: 33436404 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- West of Scotland Genetics Service, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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Moon RY, Carlin RF, Hand I. Evidence Base for 2022 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Deaths. Pediatrics 2022; 150:188305. [PMID: 35921639 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-057991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Every year in the United States, approximately 3500 infants die of sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision [ICD-10] R95), ill-defined deaths (ICD-10 R99), and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ICD-10 W75). After a substantial decline in sleep-related deaths in the 1990s, the overall death rate attributable to sleep-related infant deaths have remained stagnant since 2000, and disparities persist. The triple risk model proposes that SIDS occurs when an infant with intrinsic vulnerability (often manifested by impaired arousal, cardiorespiratory, and/or autonomic responses) undergoes an exogenous trigger event (eg, exposure to an unsafe sleeping environment) during a critical developmental period. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of all sleep-related deaths. This includes supine positioning; use of a firm, noninclined sleep surface; room sharing without bed sharing; and avoidance of soft bedding and overheating. Additional recommendations for SIDS risk reduction include human milk feeding; avoidance of exposure to nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, opioids, and illicit drugs; routine immunization; and use of a pacifier. New recommendations are presented regarding noninclined sleep surfaces, short-term emergency sleep locations, use of cardboard boxes as a sleep location, bed sharing, substance use, home cardiorespiratory monitors, and tummy time. In addition, additional information to assist parents, physicians, and nonphysician clinicians in assessing the risk of specific bed-sharing situations is included. The recommendations and strength of evidence for each recommendation are published in the accompanying policy statement, which is included in this issue.
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- Rachel Y Moon
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, SUNY-Downstate College of Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York
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Koh HY, Haghighi A, Keywan C, Alexandrescu S, Plews-Ogan E, Haas EA, Brownstein CA, Vargas SO, Haynes RL, Berry GT, Holm IA, Poduri AH, Goldstein RD. Genetic Determinants of Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics. Genet Med 2022; 24:839-850. [PMID: 35027292 PMCID: PMC9164313 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate genetic contributions to sudden unexpected death in pediatrics (SUDP). METHODS We phenotyped and performed exome sequencing for 352 SUDP cases. We analyzed variants in 294 "SUDP genes" with mechanisms plausibly related to sudden death. In a subset of 73 cases with parental data (trios), we performed exome-wide analyses and conducted cohort-wide burden analyses. RESULTS In total, we identified likely contributory variants in 37 of 352 probands (11%). Analysis of SUDP genes identified pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in 12 of 352 cases (SCN1A, DEPDC5 [2], GABRG2, SCN5A [2], TTN [2], MYBPC3, PLN, TNNI3, and PDHA1) and variants of unknown significance-favor-pathogenic in 17 of 352 cases. Exome-wide analyses of the 73 cases with family data additionally identified 4 de novo pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (SCN1A [2], ANKRD1, and BRPF1) and 4 de novo variants of unknown significance-favor-pathogenic. Comparing cases with controls, we demonstrated an excess burden of rare damaging SUDP gene variants (odds ratio, 2.94; 95% confidence interval, 2.37-4.21) and of exome-wide de novo variants in the subset of 73 with trio data (odds ratio, 3.13; 95% confidence interval, 1.91-5.16). CONCLUSION We provide strong evidence for a role of genetic factors in SUDP, involving both candidate genes and novel genes for SUDP and expanding phenotypes of disease genes not previously associated with sudden death.
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- Hyun Yong Koh
- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics and Manton Center for Orphan Diseases Research, Boston Children's Hospital, MA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Departments of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Research, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics and Manton Center for Orphan Diseases Research, Boston Children's Hospital, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Departments of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics and Manton Center for Orphan Diseases Research, Boston Children's Hospital, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics and Manton Center for Orphan Diseases Research, Boston Children's Hospital, MA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
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Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy [SUDI]: What the clinician, pathologist, coroner and researchers want to know. Paediatr Respir Rev 2022; 41:14-20. [PMID: 34998675 DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2021.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The loss of an apparently healthy infant is confronting for any family, puzzling for a clinician and challenging for the pathologist charged with the task of demonstrating a cause for death. The term "cot death" evolved to "sudden infant death syndrome" [SIDS] and now "sudden unexpected death in infancy [SUDI]" as the epidemiology and pathology of infant death changed. Community interventions were successful in changing sleep practices for young babies. The current research focus is on understanding genetic predispositions to unexpected death in early childhood. Whilst much has been achieved in reducing the infant mortality rate from SUDI by between 50%, and 80% in some countries, over the last 30 years, there remain challenges for improving rates of accurate diagnosis and reaching out to more vulnerable families with clearly modifiable risk factors for SUDI. These challenges directly involve the clinician through taking a systematic and detailed history and better standardised death scene evaluations with specifically accredited assessors. Better knowledge regarding circumstances of SUDI cases will help Coroners and researchers provide answers for grieving families now, and in the future contribute to further reductions in the rate of SUDI in communities across the world.
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Ding J, Li X, Tian H, Wang L, Guo B, Wang Y, Li W, Wang F, Sun T. SCN1A Mutation-Beyond Dravet Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Front Neurol 2022; 12:743726. [PMID: 35002916 PMCID: PMC8739186 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.743726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background:SCN1A is one of the most common epilepsy genes. About 80% of SCN1A gene mutations cause Dravet syndrome (DS), which is a severe and catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy. More than 1,800 mutations have been identified in SCN1A. Although it is known that SCN1A is the main cause of DS and genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+), there is a dearth of information on the other related diseases caused by mutations of SCN1A. Objective: The aim of this study is to systematically review the literature associated with SCN1A and other non-DS-related disorders. Methods: We searched PubMed and SCOPUS for all the published cases related to gene mutations of SCN1A until October 20, 2021. The results reported by each study were summarized narratively. Results: The PubMed and SCOPUS search yielded 2,889 items. A total of 453 studies published between 2005 and 2020 met the final inclusion criteria. Overall, 303 studies on DS, 93 on GEFS+, three on Doose syndrome, nine on the epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS), six on the West syndrome, two on the Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS), one on the Rett syndrome, seven on the nonsyndromic epileptic encephalopathy (NEE), 19 on hemiplegia migraine, six on autism spectrum disorder (ASD), two on nonepileptic SCN1A-related sudden deaths, and two on the arthrogryposis multiplex congenital were included. Conclusion: Aside from DS, SCN1A also causes other epileptic encephalopathies, such as GEFS+, Doose syndrome, EIMFS, West syndrome, LGS, Rett syndrome, and NEE. In addition to epilepsy, hemiplegic migraine, ASD, sudden death, and arthrogryposis multiplex congenital can also be caused by mutations of SCN1A.
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- Jiangwei Ding
- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Ningxia Key Laboratory of Cerebrocranial Disease, The Incubation Base of National Key Laboratory, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Ningxia Key Laboratory of Cerebrocranial Disease, The Incubation Base of National Key Laboratory, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.,Ningxia Key Laboratory of Cerebrocranial Disease, The Incubation Base of National Key Laboratory, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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Osei-Poku GK, Thomas S, Mwananyanda L, Lapidot R, Elliott PA, Macleod WB, Somwe SW, Gill CJ. A systematic review of the burden and risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Africa. J Glob Health 2022; 11:04075. [PMID: 35003713 PMCID: PMC8719309 DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.04075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background While sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has long been recognized as a leading preventable cause of infant mortality in high-income countries, little is known about the burden of SIDS in Africa. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted the first systematic review of SIDS-related publications in Africa. Our objective was to assess the prevalence of SIDS and its risk factors in Africa. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Google Scholar to identify studies published until December 26, 2020. Review authors screened titles and abstracts, and selected articles independently for full-text review. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) or a modification. Data on the proportion of infants who died of SIDS and reported prevalence of any risk factors were extracted using customized data extraction forms in Covidence. Results Our analysis rested on 32 peer-reviewed articles. Nine studies presented prevalence estimates on bedsharing and prone sleeping, suggesting near-universal bedsharing of infants with parents (range, 60 to 91.8%) and frequent use of the prone sleeping position (range, 26.7 to 63.8%). Eleven studies reported on the prevalence of SIDS, suggesting high rates of SIDS in Africa. The prevalence of SIDS ranged from 3.7 per 1000 live births in South Africa, 2.5 per 1000 live births in Niger, and 0.2 per 1000 live births in Zimbabwe. SIDS and other sudden infant deaths accounted for between 2.5 to 21% of infant deaths in South Africa and 11.3% in Zambia. Conclusions Africa may have the highest global rate of SIDS with a high burden of associated risk factors. However, majority of the studies were from South Africa which limits generalizability of our findings to the entire continent. There is an urgent need for higher quality studies outside of South Africa to fill this knowledge gap. Protocol registration Prospero Registration Number: CRD42021257261
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- Godwin K Osei-Poku
- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Right to Care - Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Boston Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Szczepański M, Skowronek R, Sarecka-Hujar B, Kopyta I. Medico-legal analysis of cases of children who died suddenly due to pneumonia undiagnosed in their lifetime. ARCHIVES OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND CRIMINOLOGY 2022; 72:165-182. [PMID: 37405838 DOI: 10.4467/16891716amsik.22.020.17620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of children's hospitalization and death. The aim of the study was a medico-legal analysis of children who died suddenly due to pneumonia undiagnosed in their lifetime. The research was of a retrospective character and consisted in an analysis of prosecution files. The study included 47 children who died between 2011-2018 in whom pneumonia after post-mortem examination was indicated as the cause of death, as well as children in whom the cause of death, despite additional post-mortem examinations, including histopathological tests, was not established. In some cases, under additional post-mortem examinations, additional targeted immunohistochemical staining of selected lung sections was performed to establish the diagnosis. In children with prodromal symptoms, histopathological examination showed significantly more frequent atelectasis than in children without prodromal symptoms. Pneumonia is a significant clinical problem. Especially in young children, it may proceed with- out any symptoms that would cause such a diagnosis to be made. A properly conducted post-mortem diagnosis supplemented by immunohistochemical examinations allows to reduce the number of unexplained deaths in children.
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- Michał Szczepański
- Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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Martínez-Valdez L, Richardson V, Bautista-Márquez A, Hernández-Ávila M. Epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Mexico, 2005-2020. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:1001089. [PMID: 36568434 PMCID: PMC9773828 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1001089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) constitutes one of the main causes of mortality in children under one year of age in developed countries; it's frequency to varies geographically. In Mexico the real incidence of SIDS is not known. METHODS National databases of deaths in children under one year of age, from 2005 to 2020, were analyzed, due to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) [SIDS (R95), accidental suffocation in a sleeping environment (W75), and other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality (R99), according to the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision (ICD 10)]. Mortality rates per year of occurrence due to SUID and their subcategories were calculated. Simple frequencies of SIDS were obtained per year and month of occurrence, state of residence, age, place of death, and access to social security services. RESULTS In the study period 473,545 infant deaths occurred; 7,714 (1.62%) deaths were due to SUID; of these, 6,489 (84%) were due to SIDS, which is among the 10 leading causes of infant death in Mexico. The average mortality rate for SUID was 22.4/100,000 live births, for SIDS was 18.8/100,000 live births. Mortality rates within the states were variable, ranging from 2.4/100,000 to 105.1/100,000 live births. In 81% of SIDS records there was no autopsy; 38% of deaths due to SIDS occurred in infants under one month of age, up to 87% of deaths occurred in families without social security services or it was unknown, and 76.2% of deaths occurred at home. Deaths were more frequent during the last months of autumn and during winter. CONCLUSION In Mexico there is an underregistry of SIDS as cause of death, along with other SUID categories. Health workers need to be trained to improve diagnosis and data registration, including the practice of autopsies; additionally, it is necessary to implement a public health campaign.
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- Libny Martínez-Valdez
- Dirección de Prestaciones Económicas y Sociales, El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dirección de Prestaciones Económicas y Sociales, El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dirección de Prestaciones Económicas y Sociales, El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dirección de Prestaciones Económicas y Sociales, El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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Neubauer J, Forst AL, Warth R, Both CP, Haas C, Thomas J. Genetic variants in eleven central and peripheral chemoreceptor genes in sudden infant death syndrome. Pediatr Res 2022; 92:1026-1033. [PMID: 35102300 PMCID: PMC9586864 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01899-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is still one of the leading causes of postnatal infant death in developed countries. The occurrence of SIDS is described by a multifactorial etiology that involves the respiratory control system including chemoreception. It is still unclear whether genetic variants in genes involved in respiratory chemoreception might play a role in SIDS. METHODS The exome data of 155 SIDS cases were screened for variants within 11 genes described in chemoreception. Pathogenicity of variants was assigned based on the assessment of variant types and in silico protein predictions according to the current recommendations of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. RESULTS Potential pathogenic variants in genes encoding proteins involved in respiratory chemoreception could be identified in 5 (3%) SIDS cases. Two of the variants (R137S/A188S) were found in the KNCJ16 gene, which encodes for the potassium channel Kir5.1, presumably involved in central chemoreception. Electrophysiologic analysis of these KCNJ16 variants revealed a loss-of-function for the R137S variant but no obvious impairment for the A188S variant. CONCLUSIONS Genetic variants in genes involved in respiratory chemoreception may be a risk factor in a fraction of SIDS cases and may thereby contribute to the multifactorial etiology of SIDS. IMPACT What is the key message of your article? Gene variants encoding proteins involved in respiratory chemoreception may play a role in a minority of SIDS cases. What does it add to the existing literature? Although impaired respiratory chemoreception has been suggested as an important risk factor for SIDS, genetic variants in single genes seem to play a minor role. What is the impact? This study supports previous findings, which indicate that genetic variants in single genes involved in respiratory control do not have a dominant role in SIDS.
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- Jacqueline Neubauer
- grid.7400.30000 0004 1937 0650Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.412341.10000 0001 0726 4330Department of Anesthesiology, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- grid.7400.30000 0004 1937 0650Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Lindholm ME, Jimenez-Morales D, Zhu H, Seo K, Amar D, Zhao C, Raja A, Madhvani R, Abramowitz S, Espenel C, Sutton S, Caleshu C, Berry GJ, Motonaga KS, Dunn K, Platt J, Ashley EA, Wheeler MT. Mono- and Biallelic Protein-Truncating Variants in Alpha-Actinin 2 Cause Cardiomyopathy Through Distinct Mechanisms. CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2021; 14:e003419. [PMID: 34802252 PMCID: PMC8692448 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND ACTN2 (alpha-actinin 2) anchors actin within cardiac sarcomeres. The mechanisms linking ACTN2 mutations to myocardial disease phenotypes are unknown. Here, we characterize patients with novel ACTN2 mutations to reveal insights into the physiological function of ACTN2. METHODS Patients harboring ACTN2 protein-truncating variants were identified using a custom mutation pipeline. In patient-derived iPSC-cardiomyocytes, we investigated transcriptional profiles using RNA sequencing, contractile properties using video-based edge detection, and cellular hypertrophy using immunohistochemistry. Structural changes were analyzed through electron microscopy. For mechanistic studies, we used co-immunoprecipitation for ACTN2, followed by mass-spectrometry to investigate protein-protein interaction, and protein tagging followed by confocal microscopy to investigate introduction of truncated ACTN2 into the sarcomeres. RESULTS Patient-derived iPSC-cardiomyocytes were hypertrophic, displayed sarcomeric structural disarray, impaired contractility, and aberrant Ca2+-signaling. In heterozygous indel cells, the truncated protein incorporates into cardiac sarcomeres, leading to aberrant Z-disc ultrastructure. In homozygous stop-gain cells, affinity-purification mass-spectrometry reveals an intricate ACTN2 interactome with sarcomere and sarcolemma-associated proteins. Loss of the C-terminus of ACTN2 disrupts interaction with ACTN1 (alpha-actinin 1) and GJA1 (gap junction protein alpha 1), 2 sarcolemma-associated proteins, which may contribute to the clinical arrhythmic and relaxation defects. The causality of the stop-gain mutation was verified using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. CONCLUSIONS Together, these data advance our understanding of the role of ACTN2 in the human heart and establish recessive inheritance of ACTN2 truncation as causative of disease.
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- Malene E. Lindholm
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Cell Sciences Imaging Facility, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- GeneMatters, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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Accurate interpretation of genetic variants in sudden unexpected death in infancy by trio-targeted gene-sequencing panel analysis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21532. [PMID: 34728707 PMCID: PMC8563990 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00962-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In sudden unexpected death in infancy cases, postmortem genetic analysis with next-generation sequencing potentially can extract candidate genes associated with sudden death. However, it is difficult to accurately interpret the clinically significant genetic variants. The study aim was to conduct trio analysis of cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy and their parents to more accurately interpret the clinically significant disease-associated gene variants associated with cause of death. From the TruSight One panel targeting 4813 genes we extracted candidate genetic variants of 66 arrhythmia-, 63 inherited metabolic disease-, 81 mitochondrial disease-, and 6 salt-losing tubulopathy-related genes in 7 cases and determined if they were de novo or parental-derived variants. Thirty-four parental-derived variants and no de novo variants were found, but none appeared to be related to the cause of death. Using trio analysis and an in silico algorithm to analyze all 4813 genes, we identified OBSCN of compound heterozygous and HCCS of hemizygous variants as new candidate genetic variants related to cause of death. Genetic analysis of these deceased infants and their living parents can provide more accurate interpretation of the clinically significant genetic variants than previously possible and help confirm the cause of death.
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H1153Y- KCNH2 Mutation Identified in a Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Case Alters Channel Gating. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179235. [PMID: 34502138 PMCID: PMC8431075 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Long QT syndrome is one of the most common hereditary channelopathies inducing fatal arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. We identified in a sudden arrhythmic death syndrome case a C-term KCNH2 mutation (c.3457C > T; p.His1153Tyr) classified as variant of unknown significance and functional impact. Heterologous expression in HEK293 cells combined with western-blot, flow-cytometry, immunocytochemical and microscope analyses shows no modification of channel trafficking to the cell membrane. Electrophysiological studies reveal that the mutation causes a loss of HERG channel function through an alteration of channel biophysical properties that reduces the current density leading to LQT2. These results provide the first functional evidence for H1153Y-KCNH2 mutation-induced abnormal channel properties. They concur with previous biophysical and clinical presentations of a survived patient with another variant that is G1036D. Therefore, the present report importantly highlights the potential severity of variants that may have useful implications for treatment, surveillance, and follow-up of LQT2 patients.
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Massey CA, Thompson SJ, Ostrom RW, Drabek J, Sveinsson OA, Tomson T, Haas EA, Mena OJ, Goldman AM, Noebels JL. X-linked serotonin 2C receptor is associated with a non-canonical pathway for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Brain Commun 2021; 3:fcab149. [PMID: 34396109 PMCID: PMC8361391 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy is a leading cause of epilepsy-related mortality, and the analysis of mouse Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy models is steadily revealing a spectrum of inherited risk phenotypes based on distinct genetic mechanisms. Serotonin (5-HT) signalling enhances post-ictal cardiorespiratory drive and, when elevated in the brain, reduces death following evoked audiogenic brainstem seizures in inbred mouse models. However, no gene in this pathway has yet been linked to a spontaneous epilepsy phenotype, the defining criterion of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Most monogenic models of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy invoke a failure of inhibitory synaptic drive as a critical pathogenic step. Accordingly, the G protein-coupled, membrane serotonin receptor 5-HT2C inhibits forebrain and brainstem networks by exciting GABAergic interneurons, and deletion of this gene lowers the threshold for lethal evoked audiogenic seizures. Here, we characterize epileptogenesis throughout the lifespan of mice lacking X-linked, 5-HT2C receptors (loxTB Htr2c). We find that loss of Htr2c generates a complex, adult-onset spontaneous epileptic phenotype with a novel progressive hyperexcitability pattern of absences, non-convulsive, and convulsive behavioural seizures culminating in late onset sudden mortality predominantly in male mice. RNAscope localized Htr2c mRNA in subsets of Gad2+ GABAergic neurons in forebrain and brainstem regions. To evaluate the contribution of 5-HT2C receptor-mediated inhibitory drive, we selectively spared their deletion in GAD2+ GABAergic neurons of pan-deleted loxTB Htr2c mice, yet unexpectedly found no amelioration of survival or epileptic phenotype, indicating that expression of 5-HT2C receptors in GAD2+ inhibitory neurons was not sufficient to prevent hyperexcitability and lethal seizures. Analysis of human Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and epilepsy genetic databases identified an enrichment of HTR2C non-synonymous variants in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy cases. Interestingly, while early lethality is not reflected in the mouse model, we also identified variants mainly among male Sudden Infant Death Syndrome patients. Our findings validate HTR2C as a novel, sex-linked candidate gene modifying Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy risk, and demonstrate that the complex epilepsy phenotype does not arise solely from 5-HT2C-mediated synaptic disinhibition. These results strengthen the evidence for the serotonin hypothesis of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy risk in humans, and advance current efforts to develop gene-guided interventions to mitigate premature mortality in epilepsy.
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- Cory A Massey
- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, National University Hospital of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Medical Examiner Office, Ventura County Health Care Agency, Ventura, CA 93003, USA
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- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Jakoby M, Jaju A, Marsh A, Wilber A. Maternal Primary Carnitine Deficiency and a Novel Solute Carrier Family 22 Member 5 (SLC22A5) Mutation. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2021; 9:23247096211019543. [PMID: 34032155 PMCID: PMC8155745 DOI: 10.1177/23247096211019543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused
by loss of function mutations in the solute carrier family 22 member 5
(SLC22A5) gene that encodes a high-affinity
sodium-ion–dependent organic cation transporter protein (OCTN2). Reduced
carnitine transport results in diminished fatty acid oxidation in heart and
skeletal muscle and carnitine wasting in urine. We present a case of PCD
diagnosed in an adult female after a positive newborn screen (NBS) for PCD that
was not confirmed on follow-up testing. The mother was referred for evaluation
of persistent fatigue and possible hypothyroidism even though all measurements
of thyroid-stimulating hormone were well within the range of 0.4 to 2.5 mIU/L
expected for reproductive-age women. She was found to have unequivocally low
levels of both total carnitine and carnitine esters, and genetic testing
revealed compound heterozygosity for 2 SLC22A5 mutations. One mutation
(c.34G>A [p.Gly12Ser]) is a known missense mutation with partial OCTN2
activity, but the other mutation (c.41G>A [p.Trp14Ter]) is previously
unreported and results in a premature stop codon and truncated OCTN2. This case
illustrates that some maternal inborn errors of metabolism can be identified by
NBS and that maternal carnitine levels should be checked after a positive NBS
test for PCD.
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- Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA
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Parks SE, Erck Lambert AB, Hauck FR, Cottengim CR, Faulkner M, Shapiro-Mendoza CK. Explaining Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths, 2011-2017. Pediatrics 2021; 147:e2020035873. [PMID: 33906930 PMCID: PMC8132195 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-035873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) represents a broad group of explained and unexplained infant deaths (<1 year old). Explaining why SUID occurs is critical to understanding etiology and prevention. Death certificate data cannot differentiate explained from unexplained SUID cases nor describe the surrounding circumstances. We report SUID rates by explained and unexplained categories and describe demographics and history of recent injury or illness using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SUID Case Registry. METHODS The registry is a population-based surveillance system built on Child Death Review programs. Data are derived from multiple sources, including death certificates, scene investigations, and autopsy reports. Cases included SUIDs reported by states or jurisdictions participating in the registry during 2011-2017. Cases were classified into explained and unexplained categories by using the registry's classification system. Frequencies, percentages, and mortality rates per 100 000 live births were calculated. RESULTS Of the 4929 SUID cases, 82% were categorized as unexplained. Among all cases, 73% had complete case information. Most SUIDs (72%) occurred in an unsafe sleep environment. The SUID mortality rate was 97.3 per 100 000 live births. Among explained and possible suffocation deaths, ∼75% resulted from airway obstruction attributed to soft bedding. CONCLUSIONS Unsafe sleep factors were common in explained and unexplained SUID cases, but deaths could only be classified as explained suffocation for ∼20% of cases. Further analysis of unexplained deaths, including continued improvements to death scene investigation and documentation, may generate hypotheses for physiologic and genetic research, advance our understanding of gaps in SUID investigation, and enhance our understanding of infants at highest risk.
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- Sharyn E Parks
- Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and
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- Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Center for National Prevention Initiatives, Michigan Public Health Institute, Okemos, Michigan
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Schön U, Holzer A, Laner A, Kleinle S, Scharf F, Benet-Pagès A, Peschel O, Holinski-Feder E, Diebold I. HPO-driven virtual gene panel: a new efficient approach in molecular autopsy of sudden unexplained death. BMC Med Genomics 2021; 14:94. [PMID: 33789662 PMCID: PMC8011092 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-021-00946-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Molecular autopsy represents an efficient tool to save the diagnosis in up to one-third of sudden unexplained death (SUD). A defined gene panel is usually used for the examination. Alternatively, it is possible to carry out a comprehensive genetic assessment (whole exome sequencing, WES), which also identifies rare, previously unknown variants. The disadvantage is that a dramatic number of variants must be assessed to identify the causal variant. To improve the evaluation of WES, the human phenotype ontology (HPO) annotation is used internationally for deep phenotyping in the field of rare disease. However, a HPO-based evaluation of WES in SUD has not been described before. METHODS We performed WES in tissue samples from 16 people after SUD. Instead of a fixed gene panel, we defined a set of HPO terms and thus created a flexible "virtual gene panel", with the advantage, that recently identified genes are automatically associated by HPO terms in the HPO database. RESULTS We obtained a mean value of 68,947 variants per sample. Stringent filtering ended up in a mean value of 276 variants per sample. Using the HPO-driven virtual gene panel we developed an algorithm that prioritized 1.4% of the variants. Variant interpretation resulted in eleven potentially causative variants in 16 individuals. CONCLUSION Our data introduce an effective diagnostic procedure in molecular autopsy of SUD with a non-specific clinical phenotype.
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- Ulrike Schön
- MGZ - Medical Genetics Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- MGZ - Medical Genetics Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- MGZ - Medical Genetics Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
- Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.
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Schulze-Bahr E, Dettmeyer RB, Klingel K, Kauferstein S, Wolf C, Baba HA, Bohle RM, Gebauer R, Milting H, Schmidt U, Meder B, Rieß O, Paul T, Bajanowski T, Schunkert H. Postmortale molekulargenetische Untersuchungen (molekulare Autopsie) bei kardiovaskulären und bei ungeklärten Todesfällen. KARDIOLOGE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12181-020-00438-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Asatryan B, Yee L, Ben-Haim Y, Dobner S, Servatius H, Roten L, Tanner H, Crotti L, Skinner JR, Remme CA, Chevalier P, Medeiros-Domingo A, Behr ER, Reichlin T, Odening KE, Krahn AD. Sex-Related Differences in Cardiac Channelopathies: Implications for Clinical Practice. Circulation 2021; 143:739-752. [PMID: 33587657 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.048250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Sex-related differences in prevalence, clinical presentation, and outcome of cardiac channelopathies are increasingly recognized, despite their autosomal transmission and hence equal genetic predisposition among sexes. In congenital long-QT syndrome, adult women carry a greater risk for Torsades de pointes and sudden cardiac death than do men. In contrast, Brugada syndrome is observed predominantly in adult men, with a considerably higher risk of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death in adult men than in women. In both conditions, the risk for arrhythmias varies with age. Sex-associated differences appear less evident in other cardiac channelopathies, likely a reflection of their rare(r) occurrence and our limited knowledge. In several cardiac channelopathies, sex-specific predictors of outcome have been identified. Together with genetic and environmental factors, sex hormones contribute to the sex-related disparities in cardiac channelopathies through modulation of the expression and function of cardiac ion channels. Despite these insights, essential knowledge gaps exist in the mechanistic understanding of these differences, warranting further investigation. Precise application of the available knowledge may improve the individualized care of patients with cardiac channelopathies. Promoting the reporting of sex-related phenotype and outcome parameters in clinical and experimental studies and advancing research on cardiac channelopathy animal models should translate into improved patient outcomes. This review provides a critical digest of the current evidence for sex-related differences in cardiac channelopathies and emphasizes their clinical implications and remaining gaps requiring further research.
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- Babken Asatryan
- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (L.Y., A.D.K.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George's University of London, United Kingdom (Y.B.-H., E.R.B.).,European Reference Network for Rare and Low Prevalence Complex Diseases of the Heart: ERN GUARD-Heart (Y.B.-H., L.C., P.C., E.R.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- European Reference Network for Rare and Low Prevalence Complex Diseases of the Heart: ERN GUARD-Heart (Y.B.-H., L.C., P.C., E.R.B.).,Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin and Laboratory of Cardiovascular Genetics, Milan, Italy (L.C.).,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (L.C.).,Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy (L.C.)
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- The Cardiac Inherited Disease Group, Auckland, New Zealand (J.R.S.).,Greenlane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (J.R.S.).,Department of Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand (J.R.S.)
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- Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (C.A.R.)
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- Department of Rhythmology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Louis Pradel Cardiovascular Hospital, France (P.C.).,Lyon Reference Center for Inherited Arrhythmias, Louis Pradel Cardiovascular Hospital, Bron, France (P.C.).,Université de Lyon, France (P.C.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George's University of London, United Kingdom (Y.B.-H., E.R.B.).,European Reference Network for Rare and Low Prevalence Complex Diseases of the Heart: ERN GUARD-Heart (Y.B.-H., L.C., P.C., E.R.B.).,Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (E.R.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (B.A., S.D., H.S., L.R., H.T., T.R., K.E.O.)
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- Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (L.Y., A.D.K.)
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Keywan C, Poduri AH, Goldstein RD, Holm IA. Genetic Factors Underlying Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. APPLICATION OF CLINICAL GENETICS 2021; 14:61-76. [PMID: 33623412 PMCID: PMC7894824 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s239478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) is a diagnosis of exclusion. Decades of research have made steady gains in understanding plausible mechanisms of terminal events. Current evidence suggests SIDS includes heterogeneous biological conditions, such as metabolic, cardiac, neurologic, respiratory, and infectious conditions. Here we review genetic studies that address each of these areas in SIDS cases and cohorts, providing a broad view of the genetic underpinnings of this devastating phenomenon. The current literature has established a role for monogenic genetic causes of SIDS mortality in a subset of cases. To expand upon our current knowledge of disease-causing genetic variants in SIDS cohorts and their mechanisms, future genetic studies may employ functional assessments of implicated variants, broader genetic tests, and the inclusion of parental genetic data and family history information.
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- Christine Keywan
- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Robert's Program for Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, and Manton Center for Orphan Diseases Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Harowitz J, Crandall L, McGuone D, Devinsky O. Seizure-related deaths in children: The expanding spectrum. Epilepsia 2021; 62:570-582. [PMID: 33586153 PMCID: PMC7986159 DOI: 10.1111/epi.16833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although seizures are common in children, they are often overlooked as a potential cause of death. Febrile and nonfebrile seizures can be fatal in children with or without an epilepsy diagnosis and may go unrecognized by parents or physicians. Sudden unexpected infant deaths, sudden unexplained death in childhood, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy share clinical, neuropathological, and genetic features, including male predominance, unwitnessed deaths, death during sleep, discovery in the prone position, hippocampal abnormalities, and variants in genes regulating cardiac and neuronal excitability. Additionally, epidemiological studies reveal that miscarriages are more common among individuals with a personal or family history of epilepsy, suggesting that some fetal losses may result from epileptic factors. The spectrum of seizure-related deaths in pediatrics is wide and underappreciated; accurately estimating this mortality and understanding its mechanism in children is critical to developing effective education and interventions to prevent these tragedies.
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- Jenna Harowitz
- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.,SUDC Foundation, Herndon, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Johannsen EB, Baughn LB, Sharma N, Zjacic N, Pirooznia M, Elhaik E. The Genetics of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome-Towards a Gene Reference Resource. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:216. [PMID: 33540853 PMCID: PMC7913088 DOI: 10.3390/genes12020216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of an infant under one year of age that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation. Despite SIDS remaining a diagnosis of exclusion with an unexplained etiology, it is widely accepted that SIDS can be caused by environmental and/or biological factors, with multiple underlying candidate genes. However, the lack of biomarkers raises questions as to why genetic studies on SIDS to date are unable to provide a clearer understanding of the disease etiology. We sought to improve the identification of SIDS-associated genes by reviewing the SIDS genetic literature and objectively categorizing and scoring the reported genes based on the strength of evidence (from C1 (high) to C5 (low)). This was followed by analyses of function, associations between genes, the enrichment of gene ontology (GO) terms, and pathways and gender difference in tissue gene expression. We constructed a curated database for SIDS gene candidates consisting of 109 genes, 14 of which received a category 4 (C4) and 95 genes received the lowest category of C5. That none of the genes was classified into the higher categories indicates the low level of supporting evidence. We found that genes of both scoring categories show distinct networks and are highly diverse in function and involved in many GO terms and pathways, in agreement with the perception of SIDS as a heterogeneous syndrome. Genes of both scoring categories are part of the cardiac system, muscle, and ion channels, whereas immune-related functions showed enrichment for C4 genes. A limited association was found with neural development. Overall, inconsistent reports and missing metadata contribute to the ambiguity of genetic studies. Considering those parameters could help improve the identification of at-risk SIDS genes. However, the field is still far from offering a full-pledged genetic test to identify at-risk infants and is still hampered with methodological challenges and misunderstandings of the vulnerabilities of vital biological mechanisms.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (L.B.B.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (L.B.B.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK;
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 22362 Lund, Sweden;
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Gene expression profile in cases of infectious death in infancy. Pediatr Res 2021; 89:483-487. [PMID: 32299088 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-0896-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic predispositions in cases suffering sudden unexpected infant death have been a research focus worldwide during the past decade. Despite large efforts, there is still uncertainty concerning the molecular pathogenesis of these deaths. With genetic technology in constant development, the possibility of an alternative approach into this research field has become available, like mRNA expression studies. METHODS In this study, we investigated mRNA gene expression in 14 cases who died suddenly and unexpectedly from infection without a history of severe illness prior to death. The control group included eight accidents, two cases of natural death, one undetermined, one case of medical malpractice, and two homicides. The study included tissue from liver, heart, and brain using Illumina whole-genome gene expression assay. RESULTS From the array, 19 genes showed altered expression in the infectious deaths compared to controls. Tissue from the heart showed 15 genes with altered mRNA expression compared to the control group. CONCLUSIONS Downregulation of KCNE5 in heart tissue from cases of infectious death was of particular interest. Variants of KCNE5 are associated with Brugada syndrome and sudden death and could be responsible for the fatal outcome in the group of infectious death. IMPACT KCNE5 is downregulated in tissue from the heart in cases of infectious death in infancy. This study provides knowledge about the gene expression profile in cases of infectious death. Variants of a gene known to give increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia is downregulated in cases of infectious death in infancy. The results could give us better knowledge as to why some infants do not survive an infection. This study provides a candidate gene for future studies.
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Mehboob R, Kurdi M, Ahmad M, Gilani SA, Khalid S, Nasief H, Mirdad A, Malibary H, Hakamy S, Hassan A, Alaifan M, Bamaga A, Shahzad SA. Comprehensive Analysis of Genes Associated With Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:742225. [PMID: 34722422 PMCID: PMC8555024 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.742225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a tragic incident which remains a mystery even after post-mortem investigation and thorough researches. Methods: This comprehensive review is based on the genes reported in the molecular autopsy studies conducted on SIDS so far. A total of 20 original studies and 7 case reports were identified and included in this analysis. The genes identified in children or adults were not included. Most of the genes reported in these studies belonged to cardiac channel and cardiomyopathy. Cardiac channel genes in SIDS were scrutinized for further analysis. Results: After screening and removing the duplicates, 42 unique genes were extracted. When the location of these genes was assessed, it was observed that most of these belonged to Chromosomes 11, 1 and 3 in sequential manner. The pathway analysis shows that these genes are involved in the regulation of heart rate, action potential, cardiac muscle cell contraction and heart contraction. The protein-protein interaction network was also very big and highly interactive. SCN5A, CAV3, ALG10B, AKAP9 and many more were mainly found in these cases and were regulated by many transcription factors such as MYOG C2C1 and CBX3 HCT11. Micro RNA, "hsa-miR-133a-3p" was found to be prevalent in the targeted genes. Conclusions: Molecular and computational approaches are a step forward toward exploration of these sad demises. It is so far a new arena but seems promising to dig out the genetic cause of SIDS in the years to come.
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- Riffat Mehboob
- Research Unit, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.,Lahore Medical Research Center, LLP, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, Pakistan
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- Research Unit, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Lahore Medical Research Center, LLP, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University and Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Department, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Excellence in Genomic Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Unit, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Paediatric Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Neurology and Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Roston TM, Hylind RJ, Abrams DJ. Causal Genetic Variants in Stillbirth. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2687. [PMID: 33382937 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2032136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ferrante L, Opdal SH, Nygaard V. No association to sudden infant death syndrome detected by targeted amplicon sequencing of 24 genes. Acta Paediatr 2020; 109:2636-2640. [PMID: 32271962 DOI: 10.1111/apa.15295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM The aim was to identify genetic variants associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) that can cause disease or introduce vulnerability. Genes reported in a previous SIDS study to have altered messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression in SIDS were investigated. METHODS Samples from 81 SIDS (56 male/28 female) with a median age of 4 months (range 0.75-9 months) were analysed using Illumina TruSeq custom amplicon for 24 selected genes. Samples were collected from autopsy at Oslo university hospital from children whom died suddenly and unexpectedly from 1988 to 2006. The controls were the germline variation database, Norgene (no description of cases available). RESULTS After filtering for rare variants, there were a total of 38 variants in the 81 SIDS cases and 462 variants in the 789 controls. After the filtration and curation steps, we found 36 rare variants. The overall occurrence of rare variants for all the SIDS samples was lower than for the Norgene population. CONCLUSION There was no association between rare variants in the included genes and SIDS. Although not statistically significant, two of the SIDS cases had a rare variant in the MyD88 gene: rs746651350, rs200424253.
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- Linda Ferrante
- Department of Forensic Sciences Section of Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine Oslo of University Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Department of Forensic Sciences Section of Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine Oslo of University Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Department of Core Facilities Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway
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National Variations in Recent Trends of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Rate in Western Europe. J Pediatr 2020; 226:179-185.e4. [PMID: 32585240 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study recent epidemiologic trends of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in Western Europe. STUDY DESIGN Annual national statistics of death causes for 14 Western European countries from 2005 to 2015 were analyzed. SUDI cases were defined as infants younger than 1 year with the underlying cause of death classified as "sudden infant death syndrome," "unknown/unattended/unspecified cause," or "accidental threats to breathing." Poisson regression models were used to study temporal trends of SUDI rates and source of variation. RESULTS From 2005 to 2015, SUDI accounted for 15 617 deaths, for an SUDI rate of 34.9 per 100 000 live births. SUDI was the second most common cause of death after the neonatal period (22.2%) except in Belgium, Finland, France, and the UK, where it ranked first. The overall SUDI rate significantly decreased from 40.2 to 29.9 per 100 000, with a significant rate reduction experienced for 6 countries, no significant evolution for 7 countries, and a significant increase for Denmark. The sudden infant death syndrome/SUDI ratio was 56.7%, with a significant decrease from 64.9% to 49.7% during the study period, and ranged from 6.1% in Portugal to 97.8% in Ireland. We observed between-country variations in SUDI and sudden infant death syndrome sex ratios. CONCLUSIONS In studied countries, SUDI decreased during the study period but remained a major cause of infant deaths, with marked between-country variations in rates, trends, and components. Standardization is needed to allow for comparing data to improve the implementation of risk-reduction strategies.
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Wang Q, Paskevicius T, Filbert A, Qin W, Kim HJ, Chen XZ, Tang J, Dacks JB, Agellon LB, Michalak M. Phylogenetic and biochemical analysis of calsequestrin structure and association of its variants with cardiac disorders. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18115. [PMID: 33093545 PMCID: PMC7582152 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75097-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Calsequestrin is among the most abundant proteins in muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum and displays a high capacity but a low affinity for Ca2+ binding. In mammals, calsequestrin is encoded by two genes, CASQ1 and CASQ2, which are expressed almost exclusively in skeletal and cardiac muscles, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that calsequestrin is an ancient gene in metazoans, and that the duplication of the ancestral calsequestrin gene took place after the emergence of the lancelet. CASQ2 gene variants associated with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) in humans are positively correlated with a high degree of evolutionary conservation across all calsequestrin homologues. The mutations are distributed in diverse locations of the calsequestrin protein and impart functional diversity but remarkably manifest in a similar phenotype in humans.
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- Qian Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.,Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
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- School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada. .,Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Stanley KE, Giordano J, Thorsten V, Buchovecky C, Thomas A, Ganapathi M, Liao J, Dharmadhikari AV, Revah-Politi A, Ernst M, Lippa N, Holmes H, Povysil G, Hostyk J, Parker CB, Goldenberg R, Saade GR, Dudley DJ, Pinar H, Hogue C, Reddy UM, Silver RM, Aggarwal V, Allen AS, Wapner RJ, Goldstein DB. Causal Genetic Variants in Stillbirth. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:1107-1116. [PMID: 32786180 PMCID: PMC7604888 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1908753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the majority of cases, the cause of stillbirth remains unknown despite detailed clinical and laboratory evaluation. Approximately 10 to 20% of stillbirths are attributed to chromosomal abnormalities. However, the causal nature of single-nucleotide variants and small insertions and deletions in exomes has been understudied. METHODS We generated exome sequencing data for 246 stillborn cases and followed established guidelines to identify causal variants in disease-associated genes. These genes included those that have been associated with stillbirth and strong candidate genes. We also evaluated the contribution of 18,653 genes in case-control analyses stratified according to the degree of depletion of functional variation (described here as "intolerance" to variation). RESULTS We identified molecular diagnoses in 15 of 246 cases of stillbirth (6.1%) involving seven genes that have been implicated in stillbirth and six disease genes that are good candidates for phenotypic expansion. Among the cases we evaluated, we also found an enrichment of loss-of-function variants in genes that are intolerant to such variation in the human population (odds ratio, 2.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46 to 3.06). Loss-of-function variants in intolerant genes were concentrated in genes that have not been associated with human disease (odds ratio, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.41 to 3.34), findings that differ from those in two postnatal clinical populations that were also evaluated in this study. CONCLUSIONS Our findings establish the diagnostic utility of clinical exome sequencing to evaluate the role of small genomic changes in stillbirth. The strength of the novel risk signal (as generated through the stratified analysis) was similar to that in known disease genes, which indicates that the genetic cause of stillbirth remains largely unknown. (Funded by the Institute for Genomic Medicine.).
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- Kate E Stanley
- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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- From the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.E.S., J.G., A.R.-P., M.E., N.L., H.H., G.P., J.H., V.A., R.J.W., D.B.G.), and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.G., R.G., R.J.W.) and Pathology and Cell Biology (C.B., A.T., M.G., J.L., A.V.D., V.A.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York; RTI International, Research Triangle Park (V.T., C.B.P.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham (A.S.A.) - both in North Carolina; the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (G.R.S.); the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (D.J.D.); the Division of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI (H.P.); Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (C.H.); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Bethesda, MD (U.M.R.); and the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City (R.M.S.)
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Post-mortem genetic investigation of cardiac disease-associated genes in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases. Int J Legal Med 2020; 135:207-212. [PMID: 32789579 PMCID: PMC7782403 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-020-02394-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is one of the leading causes of postneonatal infant death. It has been shown that there exists a complex relationship between SIDS and inherited cardiac disease. Next-generation sequencing and surveillance of cardiac channelopathy and cardiomyopathy genes represent an important tool for investigating the cause of death in SIDS cases. In the present study, targeted sequencing of 80 genes associated with genetic heart diseases in a cohort of 31 SIDS cases was performed. To determine the spectrum and prevalence of genetic heart disease associated mutations as a potential monogenic basis for SIDS, a stringent variant classification was applied and the percentage of rare (minor allele frequency ≤ 0.2%) and ultra-rare variants (minor allele frequency ≤ 0.005%) in these genes was assessed. With a minor allele frequency of ≤ 0.005%, about 20% of the SIDS cases exhibited a variant of uncertain significance (VUS), but in only 6% of these cases, gene variants proved to be “potentially informative.” The present study shows the importance of careful variant interpretation. Applying stringent criteria misinterpretations are avoided, as the results of genetic analyses may have an important impact of the family members involved.
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Rochtus AM, Goldstein RD, Holm IA, Brownstein CA, Pérez‐Palma E, Haynes R, Lal D, Poduri AH. The role of sodium channels in sudden unexpected death in pediatrics. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2020; 8:e1309. [PMID: 32449611 PMCID: PMC7434613 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics (SUDP) is a tragic event, likely caused by the complex interaction of multiple factors. The presence of hippocampal abnormalities in many children with SUDP suggests that epilepsy-related mechanisms may contribute to death, similar to Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy. Because of known associations between the genes SCN1A and SCN5A and sudden death, and shared mechanisms and patterns of expression in genes encoding many voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs), we hypothesized that individuals dying from SUDP have pathogenic variants across the entire family of cardiac arrhythmia- and epilepsy-associated VGSC genes. METHODS To address this hypothesis, we evaluated whole-exome sequencing data from infants and children with SUDP for variants in VGSC genes, reviewed the literature for all SUDP-associated variants in VGSCs, applied a novel paralog analysis to all variants, and evaluated all variants according to American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines. RESULTS In our cohort of 73 cases of SUDP, we assessed 11 variants as pathogenic in SCN1A, SCN1B, and SCN10A, genes with long-standing disease associations, and in SCN3A, SCN4A, and SCN9A, VGSC gene paralogs with more recent disease associations. From the literature, we identified 82 VGSC variants in SUDP cases. Pathogenic variants clustered at conserved amino acid sites intolerant to variation across the VGSC genes, which is unlikely to occur in the general population (p < .0001). For 54% of variants previously reported in literature, we identified conflicting evidence regarding pathogenicity when applying ACMG criteria and modern population data. CONCLUSION We report variants in several VGSC genes in cases with SUDP, involving both arrhythmia- and epilepsy-associated genes. Accurate variant assessment as well as future studies are essential for an improved understanding of the contribution of sodium channel-related variants to SUDP.
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- Anne M. Rochtus
- Department of NeurologyBoston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Department of PediatricsUniversity of LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Department of PediatricsBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Department of PediatricsBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Department of MedicineDivision of Genetics and Genomics and the Manton Center for Orphan Disease ResearchBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Department of PediatricsBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Department of MedicineDivision of Genetics and Genomics and the Manton Center for Orphan Disease ResearchBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Genomic Medicine InstituteLerner Research InstituteCleveland ClinicClevelandOHUSA
- Cologne Center for GenomicsUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Department of PathologyBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- Genomic Medicine InstituteLerner Research InstituteCleveland ClinicClevelandOHUSA
- Cologne Center for GenomicsUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric ResearchBroad Institute of Harvard and MITCambridgeMAUSA
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- Department of NeurologyBoston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Robert’s Program on Sudden Death in PediatricsBoston Children’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric ResearchBroad Institute of Harvard and MITCambridgeMAUSA
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Wang Q, Michalak M. Calsequestrin. Structure, function, and evolution. Cell Calcium 2020; 90:102242. [PMID: 32574906 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2020.102242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Calsequestrin is the major Ca2+ binding protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), serves as the main Ca2+ storage and buffering protein and is an important regulator of Ca2+ release channels in both skeletal and cardiac muscle. It is anchored at the junctional SR membrane through interactions with membrane proteins and undergoes reversible polymerization with increasing Ca2+ concentration. Calsequestrin provides high local Ca2+ at the junctional SR and communicates changes in luminal Ca2+ concentration to Ca2+ release channels, thus it is an essential component of excitation-contraction coupling. Recent studies reveal new insights on calsequestrin trafficking, Ca2+ binding, protein evolution, protein-protein interactions, stress responses and the molecular basis of related human muscle disease, including catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). Here we provide a comprehensive overview of calsequestrin, with recent advances in structure, diverse functions, phylogenetic analysis, and its role in muscle physiology, stress responses and human pathology.
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- Qian Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6H 2S7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6H 2S7, Canada.
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Campuzano O, Sarquella-Brugada G, Arbelo E, Cesar S, Jordà P, Pérez-Serra A, Toro R, Brugada J, Brugada R. Genetic Variants as Sudden-Death Risk Markers in Inherited Arrhythmogenic Syndromes: Personalized Genetic Interpretation. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9061866. [PMID: 32549272 PMCID: PMC7356862 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Inherited arrhythmogenic syndromes are the primary cause of unexpected lethal cardiac episodes in young people. It is possible that the first sign of the condition may be sudden death. Inherited arrhythmogenic syndromes are caused by genetic defects that may be analyzed using different technical approaches. A genetic alteration may be used as a marker of risk for families who carry the genetic alterations. Therefore, the early identification of the responsible genetic defect may help the adoption of preventive therapeutic measures focused on reducing the risk of lethal arrhythmias. Here, we describe the use of massive sequencing technologies and the interpretation of genetic analyses in inherited arrhythmogenic syndromes.
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- Oscar Campuzano
- Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190 Girona, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain; (E.A.); (J.B.)
- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
- Correspondence: (O.C.); (R.B.)
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- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, 08950 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain; (E.A.); (J.B.)
- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona-IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, 08950 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona-IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190 Girona, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain; (E.A.); (J.B.)
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- Medicine Department, School of Medicine, 11003 Cadiz, Spain;
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain; (E.A.); (J.B.)
- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, 08950 Barcelona, Spain;
- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona-IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona-IDIBGI, 17190 Girona, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), 28029 Madrid, Spain; (E.A.); (J.B.)
- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
- Cardiology Service, Hospital Josep Trueta, University of Girona, 17007 Girona, Spain
- Correspondence: (O.C.); (R.B.)
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Pensel MC, Nass RD, Taubøll E, Aurlien D, Surges R. Prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: current status and future perspectives. Expert Rev Neurother 2020; 20:497-508. [PMID: 32270723 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1754195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Introduction: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) affects about 1 in 1000 people with epilepsy, and even more in medically refractory epilepsy. As most people are between 20 and 40 years when dying suddenly, SUDEP leads to a considerable loss of potential life years. The most important risk factors are nocturnal and tonic-clonic seizures, underscoring that supervision and effective seizure control are key elements for SUDEP prevention. The question of whether specific antiepileptic drugs are linked to SUDEP is still controversially discussed. Knowledge and education about SUDEP among health-care professionals, patients, and relatives are of outstanding importance for preventive measures to be taken, but still poor and widely neglected.Areas covered: This article reviews epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, assessment of individual SUDEP risk and available measures for SUDEP prevention. Literature search was done using Medline and Pubmed in October 2019.Expert opinion: Significant advances in the understanding of SUDEP were made in the last decade which allow testing of novel strategies to prevent SUDEP. Promising current strategies target neuronal mechanisms of brain stem dysfunction, cardiac susceptibility for fatal arrhythmias, and reliable detection of tonic-clonic seizures using mobile health technologies.Abbreviations: AED, antiepileptic drug; CBZ, carbamazepine; cLQTS, congenital long QT syndrome; EMU, epilepsy monitoring unit; FBTCS, focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures; GTCS, generalized tonic-clonic seizures; ICA, ictal central apnea; LTG, lamotrigine; PCCA, postconvulsive central apnea; PGES, postictal generalized EEG suppression; SRI, serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SUDEP, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; TCS, tonic-clonic seizures.
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- Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Nydalen, Norway.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Neuroscience Research Group and Department of Neurology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Manzano-Cabada J, Reyes-Quintero ÁE, Chávez-Gutiérrez CA, Gómez-Flores J, Colín-Lizalde L, Morales JL, Nava S, Iturralde P, Márquez MF. Diagnostic challenges of Brugada Syndrome in pediatric patients. J Electrocardiol 2020; 60:72-76. [PMID: 32304903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although most cases of Brugada syndrome have been described in adults, pediatric patients with the disease have been reported since the original article from Josep and Pedro Brugada. Herein is presented the case series of Brugada syndrome in pediatric population of the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez. One boy and two adolescent males had palpitations as clinical presentation of the disease. Atrial arrhythmias were documented in two, in the third case there was a high clinical suspicion and quinidine abolished symptoms. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of performing a detailed clinical history as well as the usefulness of high precordial leads for the diagnosis of this entity.
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- Janneth Manzano-Cabada
- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Liebrechts-Akkerman G, Liu F, van Marion R, Dinjens WNM, Kayser M. Explaining sudden infant death with cardiac arrhythmias: Complete exon sequencing of nine cardiac arrhythmia genes in Dutch SIDS cases highlights new and known DNA variants. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2020; 46:102266. [PMID: 32145446 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Previous studies suggested that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) can partially be genetically explained by cardiac arrhythmias; however, the number of individuals and populations investigated remain limited. We report the first SIDS study on cardiac arrhythmias genes from the Netherlands, a country with the lowest SIDS incidence likely due to parent education on awareness of environmental risk factors. By using targeted massively parallel sequencing (MPS) in 142 Dutch SIDS cases, we performed a complete exon screening of all 173 exons from 9 cardiac arrhythmias genes SCN5A, KCNQ1, KCNH2, KCNE1, KCNE2, CACNA1C, CAV3, ANK2 and KCNJ2 (∼34,000 base pairs), that were selected to harbour previously established SIDS-associated DNA variants. Motivated by the poor DNA quality from the paraffin embedded material used, the application of a conservative sequencing quality control protocol resulted in 102 SIDS cases surviving quality control. Amongst the 102 SIDS cases, we identified a total of 40 DNA variants in 8 cardiac arrhythmia genes found in 60 (58.8 %) cases. Statistical analyses using ancestry-adjusted reference population data and multiple test correction revealed that 13 (32.5 %) of the identified DNA variants in 6 cardiac arrhythmia genes were significantly associated with SIDS, which were observed in 15 (14.7 %) SIDS cases. These 13, and another three, DNA variants were classified as likely pathogenic for cardiac arrhythmias using the American College of Medical Genetics guidelines for interpretation of sequence variants. The 16 likely pathogenic DNA variants were found in 16 (15.7 %) SIDS cases, including i) 3 novel DNA variants not recorded in public databases ii) 7 known DNA variants for which significant SIDS association established here was previously unknown, and iii) 6 known DNA variants for which LQTS association was reported previously. By having replicated previously reported SIDS-associated DNA variants located in cardiac arrhythmia genes and by having highlighting novel SIDS-associated DNA variants in such genes, our findings provide additional empirical evidence for the partial genetic explanation of SIDS by cardiac arrhythmias. On a wider note, our study outcome stresses the need for routine post-mortem genetic screening of assumed SIDS cases, particularly for cardiac arrhythmia genes. When put in practise, it will allow preventing further sudden deaths (not only in infants) in the affected families, thereby allowing forensic molecular autopsy not only to provide answers on the cause of death, but moreover to save lives.
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- Germaine Liebrechts-Akkerman
- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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