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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Ectodermal dysplasias (EDs) are developmental disorders affecting tissues of ectodermal origin including hair, nails, teeth and sweat glands. Ectodermal dysplasia of hair, nails and teeth is a rare type of congenital disorder characterized by sparse and thin hair, dystrophic finger-and toenails and missing and abnormal teeth. In an effort to understand the molecular basis of this form of ED a family of Pakistani origin with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance was ascertained from a remote region in Pakistan. The clinical features of the affected individuals included thin and fine hair on the scalp, dystrophic and flat nails, absent or sparse eyebrows and eyelashes, missing and abnormal teeth, and thin body hair. A human genome scan carried out using microsatellite markers mapped the disease locus in this family to chromosome 18q22.1-18q22.3. A maximum two-point LOD score of 2.73 (theta= 0.0) was obtained at marker D18S541. Multipoint linkage analysis resulted in a maximum LOD score of 3.42 obtained with several markers, including D18S1125, ATA82B02, D18S848, D18S488, D18S1091, and D18S485, which supported the linkage. The linkage interval is flanked by markers D18S857 and D18S815, which corresponds to a region of 17.32 cM according to Rutgers combined linkage and physical map (build 36). This region covers 8.63 Mb according to the sequence-based physical map. Three candidate genes, CDH7, CDH19 and ZNF407, from the linkage interval were sequenced and found to be negative for functional sequence variants. This study is the first step towards the identification of a gene involved in hair, nails and teeth type ED.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-4800
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel locus for ectodermal dysplasia of hairs, nails and teeth type maps to chromosome 18q22.1-22.3.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't