| Literature DB >> 28794909 |
Rong Zhang1, Michael Knapp2, Franziska Kause1, Heiko Reutter1,3, Michael Ludwig4.
Abstract
A genome-wide association study and meta-analysis identified ISL1 as the first genome-wide significant susceptibility gene for classic bladder exstrophy (CBE). A short interspersed repetitive element (SINE), first detected in lobe-finned fishes (LF-SINE), was shown to drive Isl1 expression in embryonic mouse genital eminence. Hence, we assumed this enhancer a conclusive target for mutations associated with CBE formation and analyzed a cohort of 200 CBE patients. Although we identified two enhancer variants in five CBE patients, their clinical significance seems unlikely, implying that sequence variants in the ISL1 LF-SINE enhancer are not frequently associated with CBE.Entities:
Keywords: ISL1; LF-SINE; cis -regulatory element ; classic bladder exstrophy; enhancer
Year: 2017 PMID: 28794909 PMCID: PMC5548531 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602387
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Genet ISSN: 2146-460X