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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common developmental anomaly, affecting approximately 1% of all newborns. Genetic factors play an important role in CHD's development. Germline mutations in NK2 transcription factor related, locus 5 (NKX2.5) have been identified as the factors responsible for various forms of CHD. In this study, we investigated mutations of the NKX2.5 gene's coding region in 230 nonsyndromic CHD patients belonging to the Chinese Han nationality by PCR, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, and sequencing. Pathogenic mutations were not found among the patients. Two known single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs2277923 and rs3729753) were detected, but the differences in the allele and genotype frequencies were insignificant between CHD and the controls (p > 0.05). The data we gathered suggest that NKX2.5 mutations are highly rare in CHD patients of the Chinese Han nationality. Therefore, NKX2.5 mutation investigation should be limited within a number of familial and special phenotype of CHD in Chinese patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1945-0257
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-China, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Genetic Testing, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Heart Defects, Congenital, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:19371212-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Screening NKX2.5 mutation in a sample of 230 Han Chinese children with congenital heart diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiac Center, Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't