2017-12-01
High proportion of genetic cases in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy including a novel homozygous Plakophilin 2-gene mutation
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PLoS ONE , Volume 12 - Issue 12
Cardiomyopathies might lead to end-stage heart disease with the requirement of drastic treatments like bridging up to transplant or heart transplantation. A not precisely known proportion of these diseases are genetically determined. We genotyped 43 index-patients (30 DCM, 10 ARVC, 3 RCM) with advanced or end stage cardiomyopathy using a gene panel which covered 46 known cardiomyopathy disease genes. Fifty-three variants with possible impact on disease in 33 patients were identified. Of these 27 (51%) were classified as likely pathogenic or pathogenic in the MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, NEXN, TNNC1, TNNI3, DES, LMNA, PKP2, PLN, RBM20, TTN, and CRYAB genes. Fifty-six percent (n = 24) of index-patients carried a likely pathogenic or pathogenic mutation. Of these 75% (n = 18) were familial and 25% (n = 6) sporadic cases. However, severe cardiomyopathy seemed to be not characterized by a specific mutation profile. Remarkably, we identified a novel homozygous PKP2-missense variant in a large consanguineous family with sudden death in early childhood and several members with heart transplantation in adolescent age.
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doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189489, hdl.handle.net/1765/103668 | |
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Organisation | Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
Klauke, B. (Baerbel), Gaertner-Rommel, A. (Anna), Schulz, U. (Uwe), Kassner, A. (Astrid), Knyphausen, E.Z. (Edzard zu), Laser, T. (Thorsten), … Milting, H. (Hendrik). (2017). High proportion of genetic cases in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy including a novel homozygous Plakophilin 2-gene mutation. PLoS ONE, 12(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189489 |