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The history of hemophilia diagnosis and therapy has been a turbulent one. We are coming full circle, back to the use of genetics as the main diagnostic tool for this disease. Therapeutically, the retroviruses that ravaged one generation of hemophiliac patients now may participate in the cure for the next generation. The hemophilia community hopes that the future of hemophilia care will follow a course guided by this modified quote from James Russell Lowell: "New times demand new measures, and men [and women]. As the world advances and in time outgrows the laws that in our fathers' [and mothers'] days were the best, doubtless after us some purer scheme will be shaped out by wiser man [and women] than we, made wiser by the steady growth of truth."
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Affiliation(s)
- D DiMichele
- Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Hospital--Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Abstract
The history of hemophilia diagnosis and therapy has been a turbulent one. We are coming full circle, back to the use of genetics as the main diagnostic tool for this disease. Therapeutically, the retroviruses that ravaged one generation of hemophiliac patients now may participate in the cure for the next generation. The hemophilia community hopes that the future of hemophilia care will follow a course guided by this modified quote from James Russell Lowell: "New times demand new measures, and men [and women]. As the world advances and in time outgrows the laws that in our fathers' [and mothers'] days were the best, doubtless after us some purer scheme will be shaped out by wiser men [and women] than we, made wiser by the steady growth of truth."
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- D DiMichele
- Regional Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Center, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York
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Bouloux PM, Kirk J, Munroe P, Duke V, Meindl A, Hilson A, Grant D, Carter N, Betts D, Meitinger T. Deletion analysis maps ocular albinism proximal to the steroid sulphatase locus. Clin Genet 1993; 43:169-73. [PMID: 8330450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1993.tb04442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We describe a pedigree in which four male members are affected by a contiguous gene abnormality involving the short arm of the X chromosome (Xp22.32). Bivariate flow cytometry of lymphoblastoid cell lines from two of these individuals and a normal male showed a 6-7 megabase deletion in affected males, and high resolution chromosomal G-banding of an obligate heterozygote showed the deletion to reside in the Xp22.32 region. Affected members had X-linked ichthyosis due to steroid sulphatase deficiency, Kallmann's syndrome, but no ocular albinism. In two out of four affected individuals studied, there was unilateral renal agenesis. Deletion analysis using the Xp22.32 markers MIC2, DXS31, DXS 89, GMGX9, DXS278, DXS143, and DXS9 showed that the deletion extended from DXS31 to DXS143 (inclusive). The absence of ocular albinism in this pedigree shows conclusively that the X-linked ocular albinism gene resides proximal to the DXS143 locus. Further, the inconstant association of unilateral renal agenesis with X-linked Kallmann's syndrome, even when the latter is caused by a complete deletion of the gene, suggests that the absence of the X-linked Kallmann gene can be compensated in renal development.
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- P M Bouloux
- Academic Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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Glass IA, Del Mastro RG, Lanyon WG, Raeburn JA, Kilpatrick MW, Webb TP, Connor JM. Tightly linked polymorphic markers for fragile X syndrome and prenatal cytogenetic diagnostic experience. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1992; 43:1050-6. [PMID: 1415337 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320430632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Linkage analysis using the polymorphic loci DXS369, DXS296, DXS297 and DXS306 was carried out on a cohort of 17 families segregating for fragile X syndrome. The observed recombination fractions at: DXS369 (Zmax = 3.02; theta = 0.06), DXS297 (Zmax = 2.92; theta = 0.0), DXS296 (Zmax = 3.82; theta = 0.0), DXA306 (Zmax = 4.55; theta = 0.05) confirm that these loci are tightly linked to FRAXA. Our experience in the cytogenetic analysis of 58 at risk pregnancies by chorionic villus or fetal blood sample examination documents a false negative rate in obligate carrier male pregnancies for CVS of 11% and for FBS of 3%.
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Affiliation(s)
- I A Glass
- Dept of Clinical Genetics, University of Birmingham
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Bridge PJ, MacLeod PM, Lillicrap DP. Carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease using a combination of anonymous DNA polymorphisms and the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene cDNA. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1991; 38:616-21. [PMID: 1676565 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320380423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We report carrier identification and a prenatal diagnosis using DNA polymorphisms in 2 families with X-linked Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). In both families, the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene in the single affected male could be traced back to his unaffected maternal grandfather. Therefore, each family contains a new mutation. In the case of the prenatal diagnosis, the fetus was shown by cytogenetic analysis to be a female, who we predict will be a noncarrier of PMD based on her genotype with the PLP intragenic polymorphism.
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- P J Bridge
- DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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Spano LM, Opitz JM. Bibliography on X-linked mental retardation, the fragile X, and related subjects V (1991). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1991; 38:173-85. [PMID: 2018055 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320380203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- L M Spano
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shodair Children's Hospital, Helena, Montana 59604
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Murphy PD, Watson MS, Shapiro LR, Wilmot PL, Breg WR. DNA-based genetic testing in fifty fragile X families. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1991; 38:305-10. [PMID: 1673302 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320380228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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During the past 4 years (1985-1989), we have analyzed 171 cases in 50 fragile X [fra(X)] families by DNA linkage methods. Most (140 cases; 81%) were for carrier detection, both female (98 cases; 57%) and male (41 cases; 24%). Women who were obligate carriers of the fra(X) mutation accounted for an additional 6 "prior-to-pregnancy" cases. Four pregnancies have subsequently occurred with 3 having been successfully monitored (one male, 2 females). One pregnancy miscarried early prior to testing. Prenatal diagnoses (26 cases; 15%) accounted for the remainder of cases (15 males, 11 females). These will be discussed in the companion paper by Shapiro et al. (Am J Med Genet, 1991). A diagnosis in the cytogenetically uninformative carrier cases was reached in greater than 75% of analyses with a panel of 5 probes: 3 proximal (F9, DXS105, DXS98) and 2 distal (F8, DSX52). Five additional probes, 3 proximal (DXS10, DSX51, DSX102) and 2 distal (DSX15, DXS33), were used in cases that were resistant to analysis with the standard panel. In 60% of cases, flanking markers were identified (proximal and distal). Given this panel, only 5% of cases did not have any informative markers identified. Thus, molecular methods can provide a useful adjunct to cytogenetic analysis in most situations. An unusual association between the rare allele (A1) of DXS10 with the X chromosome carrying the fra(X) mutation was observed. This occurred in both male and female carriers in the uppermost generation tested. The basis for this association is uncertain at the present time.
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- P D Murphy
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509
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Glass IA, Pirrit LA, White EM, Bell MV, Davies KE, Cockburn F, Connor JM. Linkage analysis in the fragile X syndrome using multiple distal Xq polymorphic DNA markers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1991; 38:298-304. [PMID: 1673301 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320380227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Linkage data using the polymorphic loci F9, DXS105, DXS98, DXS52, DXS15, and F8 and the DNA probe 1A1 are presented from 14 families segregating for fragile X [fra(X)] syndrome. Recombination fractions corresponding to the maximum LOD scores obtained by two-point linkage analysis suggest that DXS98 (Zmax = 3.23, theta = 0.0) and DXS105 (Zmax = 2.09, theta = 0.0) are the closest markers proximal to FRAXA and that DXS52 is the closest distal marker (Zmax = 3.55, theta = 0.16). FRAXA is located within a 25 cM interval between F9 and DXS52, coincident with DXS98, on multipoint linkage analysis. Phase-known three way crossover information places F8 outside the cluster (DXS52, DXS15, 1A1). Confidence limits for the markers DXS98 and DXS52 are relatively wide (0.0-0.15 and 0.06-0.31, respectively), but when used in combination with cytogenetic examination offer improved carrier detection in comparison with cytogenetic analysis alone.
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Affiliation(s)
- I A Glass
- University Department of Medical Genetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Scotland
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van Osch L, van Schooneveld M, Bleekerwagemakers EM. Golden tapetal reflex in male patients with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. Case report and practical implications. OPHTHALMIC PAEDIATRICS AND GENETICS 1990; 11:287-91. [PMID: 2096357 DOI: 10.3109/13816819009015715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The golden tapetal reflex in the ocular fundus is considered pathognomonic of the carrier state in some families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XRP). Reports concerning affected males with this characteristic reflex are scarce. A six-year-old boy with XRP having a tapetal reflex is described. Recently the tapetal reflex has drawn attention in linkage studies. XRP is probably genetically heterogeneous and has at least two genetic forms. The finding of a tapetal reflex in one or more female carriers in a family with XRP may be helpful in differentiating between these two genetic forms.
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- L van Osch
- The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam
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Petit C, Melki J, Levilliers J, Serville F, Weissenbach J, Maroteaux P. An interstitial deletion in Xp22.3 in a family with X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata and short stature. Hum Genet 1990; 85:247-50. [PMID: 2370057 DOI: 10.1007/bf00193206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In a four-generation family, chondrodysplasia punctata was found in a boy and one of his maternal uncles. These two patients also have short stature, as do all female members of the family, DNA molecular analysis of the pseudoautosomal and Xp22.3-specific loci revealed the presence of an interstitial deletion that cosegregates with the phenotypic abnormalities. The proximal breakpoint of this deletion was located distal to the DXS31 locus and the distal breakpoint in the pseudoautosomal region between DXYS59 and DXYS17. This maps the recessive X-linked form of chondrodysplasia punctata between the proximal boundary of the pseudoautosomal region and DXS31, and an Xp gene controlling growth between DXYS59 and DXS31.
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- C Petit
- INSERM U-163, CNRS UA-271, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Van Roy BC, Willems PJ, Vits LJ, Ceulemans BP, Coucke PJ, Van der Auwera BJ, Lormans JA, Dumon JE. Two brothers with mental retardation discordant for the fragile-X syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1990; 36:122-5. [PMID: 2333901 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320360124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We describe two male sibs with mental retardation discordant for the fragile-X syndrome. In the younger sib, chromosome analysis under folate deprivation showed a fragile site at Xq27.3 in 12-46% of mitoses. In the older sib, however, repeated chromosome analyses (six different cultures with analysis of 50 mitoses each) under identical conditions could not detect any fragile-X site. Using DNA probes linked to the fragile-X gene, we found evidence that the two sibs inherited a different maternal X chromosome at Xq27.3. This excluded the presence of the fragile-X syndrome in the older sib with a probability of greater than 99%.
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- B C Van Roy
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp-UIA, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Lyon MF, Peters J, Glenister PH, Ball S, Wright E. The scurfy mouse mutant has previously unrecognized hematological abnormalities and resembles Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:2433-7. [PMID: 2320565 PMCID: PMC53703 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.7.2433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The X chromosome-linked scurfy (sf) mutant of the mouse is recognized by the scaliness of the skin from which the name is derived and results in death of affected males at about 3-4 weeks of age. Consideration of known man-mouse homologies of the X chromosome prompted hematological studies, which have shown that the blood is highly abnormal. The platelet and erythrocyte counts are both reduced and become progressively lower relative to normal as the disease progresses. There is gastrointestinal bleeding, and most animals appear to die of severe anemia. By contrast, the leukocyte count is consistently raised. Some animals showed signs of infection but it is not yet clear whether there is immunodeficiency. Other features include the scaly skin and apparently reduced lateral growth of the skin, conjunctivitis, and diarrhea in some animals. The mutant resembles Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in man, which is characterized by thrombocytopenia, eczema, diarrhea, and immunodeficiency. The loci of the human and mouse genes lie in homologous segments of the X chromosome, although apparently in somewhat different positions relative to other gene loci. Scurfy differs from Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in that scurfy males are consistently hypogonadal.
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- M F Lyon
- Medical Research Council Radiobiology Unit, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
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Diergaarde PJ, Wieringa B, Bleeker-Wagemakers EM, Sims KB, Breakefield XO, Ropers HH. Physical fine-mapping of a deletion spanning the Norrie gene. Hum Genet 1989; 84:22-6. [PMID: 2606473 DOI: 10.1007/bf00210665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Norrie disease (ND), atrophia bulborum hereditaria, is caused by a gene defect on the proximal short arm of the X-chromosome. As shown by us and others, microdeletions spanning the DXS7 locus are not uncommon in this disorder, and there is recent evidence that, at least in some of the Norrie deletion patients, the monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B genes are deleted as well. Molecular hybridization experiments with 19 cloned DNA fragments have enabled us to construct a preliminary long-range restriction map around DXS77, DXS7, MAO-A and MAO-B, and to localize the distal end point of an ND deletion between DXS77 and DXS7.
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- P J Diergaarde
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Vincent A, Dahl N, Oberlé I, Hanauer A, Mandel JL, Malmgren H, Pettersson U. The polymorphic marker DXS304 is within 5 centimorgans of the fragile X locus. Genomics 1989; 5:797-801. [PMID: 2574147 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(89)90121-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The fragile X syndrome, which is the most common cause of inherited mental retardation, poses important diagnostic problems for genetic counseling. The development of diagnostic strategies based on DNA analysis has been impaired by the lack of polymorphic markers very close to the disease locus. Here we report that the polymorphic probe U6.2 (locus DXS304) is much closer to the fragile X locus than all the previously reported markers. A recombination fraction of 0.02 between DXS304 and the fragile X locus was estimated by multipoint linkage analysis (confidence interval 0.002 to 0.05). Our data suggest that DXS304 is distal to the fragile X locus. This marker thus represents a major improvement for carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis in fragile X families.
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- A Vincent
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Unité 184 de Biologie Moléculaire et de Génie Génétique de l'INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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