Increased diagnosis of enlarged vestibular aqueduct by multiplex PCR enrichment and next‐generation sequencing of the SLC26A4 gene

Y Tian, H Xu, D Liu, J Zhang, Z Yang… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) is the commonest malformation of
inner ear accompanied by sensorineural hearing loss in children. Three genes SLC26A4 …

Mapping pathogenic mutations suggests an innovative structural model for the pendrin (SLC26A4) transmembrane domain

C Bassot, G Minervini, E Leonardi, SCE Tosatto - Biochimie, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Human pendrin (SLC26A4) is an anion transporter mostly expressed in the inner
ear, thyroid and kidney. SLC26A4 gene mutations are associated with a broad phenotypic …

[HTML][HTML] The extracellular loop of pendrin and prestin modulates their voltage-sensing property

MF Kuwabara, K Wasano, S Takahashi… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Pendrin and prestin belong to the solute carrier 26 (SLC26) family of anion transporters.
Prestin is unique among the SLC26 family members in that it displays voltage-driven motor …

[HTML][HTML] A reverse dot blot assay for the screening of twenty mutations in four genes associated with NSHL in a Chinese population

S Li, Q Peng, S Liao, W Li, Q Ma, X Lu - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Congenital deafness is one of the most distressing disorders affecting humanity
and exhibits a high incidence worldwide. Most cases of congenital deafness in the Chinese …

A novel intronic variant causing aberrant splicing identified in two deaf Chinese siblings with enlarged vestibular aqueducts

S Wang, YM Zhu, CY Xu, W Ding, H Jia… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to evaluate the genotype–phenotype relationship in two Chinese family
members with enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA). Methods We collected blood samples …

[HTML][HTML] Powerful use of automated prioritization of candidate variants in genetic hearing loss with extreme etiologic heterogeneity

SY Kim, S Lee, GH Seo, BJ Kim, DY Oh, JH Han… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Variant prioritization of exome sequencing (ES) data for molecular diagnosis of
sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with extreme etiologic heterogeneity poses a significant …

Genotyping and audiological characteristics of infants with a single-allele SLC26A4 mutation

X Zhao, L Huang, X Wang, X Wang, L Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify second-allele variant in infants with a known single-allele mutation of
the SLC26A4 gene and to determine the frequency of their occurrence; and to investigate …

河南省100 例非综合征型聋患者聋基因突变分析

杨爱利, 耿曼英, 张慧, 郭小艳, 汤建芬… - 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科 …, 2015 - cqvip.com
目的: 通过对河南地区非综合征型聋患者耳聋相关基因突变的分析, 初步了解河南地区耳聋患者
基因的突变频率和突变热点. 方法: 询问病史及临床检查后, 收集河南地区100 …

In silico analysis of membrane transport/permeability mechanisms

C Bassot - 2017 - research.unipd.it
Lipid membranes are a fundamental component of living cells, mediating the physical
separation of intracellular components from the external environment, as well as the different …