Next-generation sequencing applications for inherited retinal diseases

A Dockery, L Whelan, P Humphries… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) represent a collection of phenotypically and genetically
diverse conditions. IRDs phenotype (s) can be isolated to the eye or can involve multiple …

Genetic dissection of non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa

A Bhardwaj, A Yadav, M Yadav… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) belongs to a group of pigmentary retinopathies. It is the most
common form of inherited retinal dystrophy, characterized by progressive degradation of …

Genetic epidemiology of inherited retinal diseases in a large patient cohort followed at a single center in Italy

M Karali, F Testa, V Di Iorio, A Torella, R Zeuli… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are the leading cause of vision loss in the working-age
population. We performed a retrospective epidemiological study to determine the genetic …

Clinical and molecular characterization of achromatopsia patients: a longitudinal study

R Brunetti-Pierri, M Karali, P Melillo, V Di Iorio… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Achromatopsia (ACHM) is a rare genetic disorder of infantile onset affecting cone
photoreceptors. To determine the extent of progressive retinal changes in achromatopsia …

[HTML][HTML] AAV-RPGR Gene Therapy Rescues Opsin Mislocalisation in a Human Retinal Organoid Model of RPGR-Associated X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa

PE Sladen, A Naeem, T Adefila-Ideozu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Variants within the Retinitis Pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene are the
predominant cause of X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa (XLRP), a common and severe form of …

Validation of Nanopore long-read sequencing to resolve RPGR ORF15 genotypes in individuals with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa

C Vaché, V Faugère, D Baux, L Mansard… - European Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) is characterized by progressive vision loss leading to
legal blindness in males and a broad severity spectrum in carrier females. Pathogenic …

Novel TTLL5 Variants Associated with Cone-Rod Dystrophy and Early-Onset Severe Retinal Dystrophy

V Smirnov, O Grunewald, J Muller, C Zeitz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Variants of the TTLL5 gene, which encodes tubulin tyrosine ligase-like family member five,
are a rare cause of cone dystrophy (COD) or cone-rod dystrophy (CORD). To date, only a …

Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator-related retinopathy and gene therapy

N Wongchaisuwat, A Amato, AE Lamborn… - Saudi Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR)-related retinopathy is a retinal dystrophy
inherited in a X-linked recessive manner that typically causes progressive visual loss …

Importance of adopting standardized MANE transcripts in clinical reporting

CF Wright, DR FitzPatrick, JS Ware, HL Rehm… - Genetics in …, 2023 - gimjournal.org
In April 2022, the first iteration of the MANE transcripts data set was published, 1 which
provides a single default transcript per gene to facilitate clinical reporting. This publication …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted long-read sequencing enriches disease-relevant genomic regions of interest to provide complete Mendelian disease diagnostics

K Nakamichi, J Huey, R Sangermano, EM Place… - JCI …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite advances in sequencing technologies, a molecular diagnosis remains elusive in
many patients with Mendelian disease. Current short-read clinical sequencing approaches …