Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A number of different eye disorders with the presence of early-onset glaucoma as a component of the phenotype have been mapped to human chromosome 6p25. These disorders have been postulated to be either allelic to each other or associated with a cluster of tightly linked genes. We have identified two primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) patients with chromosomal anomalies involving 6p25. In order to identify a gene involved in PCG, the chromosomal breakpoints in a patient with a balanced translocation between 6p25 and 13q22 were cloned. Cloning of the 6p25 breakpoint led to the identification of two candidate genes based on proximity to the breakpoint. One of these, FKHL7, encoding a forkhead transcription factor, is in close proximity to the breakpoint in the balanced translocation patient and is deleted in a second PCG patient with partial 6p monosomy. Furthermore, FKHL7 was found to harbour mutations in patients diagnosed with Rieger anomaly (RA), Axenfeld anomaly (AA) and iris hypoplasia (IH). This study demonstrates that mutations in FKHL7 cause a spectrum of glaucoma phenotypes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
140-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Glaucoma, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Hydro-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9620769-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The forkhead transcription factor gene FKHL7 is responsible for glaucoma phenotypes which map to 6p25.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't