Gang Hu1,2, Bei Liu1, Min Chen1, Yeqing Qian1, Minyue Dong1. 1. Department of Reproductive Genetics, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310006, China. 2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Huzhou Maternity&Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic causes of a family with lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome (LDS). METHODS: The whole exome sequencing was performed in a aborted fetus as the proband, and a candidate gene was identified. Peripheral blood of 8 family members were collected. Genotypic-phenotypic analysis were carried out through PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: The proband, and the mother, grandmother, uncle, granduncle of the proband all had distichiasis or varix of lower limb carried a FOXC2:c.595dupC frame shift mutation, and other subjects without any significant phenotypes did not present the mutation. CONCLUSIONS: The FOXC2:c.595dupC frame shift mutation is the genetic cause of this family, which can lead to autosomal dominantly LDS, presenting nuchal translucency thickening and hydrops fetal during pregnancy, and the prognosis is usually good.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic causes of a family with lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome (LDS). METHODS: The whole exome sequencing was performed in a aborted fetus as the proband, and a candidate gene was identified. Peripheral blood of 8 family members were collected. Genotypic-phenotypic analysis were carried out through PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: The proband, and the mother, grandmother, uncle, granduncle of the proband all had distichiasis or varix of lower limb carried a FOXC2:c.595dupC frame shift mutation, and other subjects without any significant phenotypes did not present the mutation. CONCLUSIONS: The FOXC2:c.595dupC frame shift mutation is the genetic cause of this family, which can lead to autosomal dominantly LDS, presenting nuchal translucency thickening and hydrops fetal during pregnancy, and the prognosis is usually good.
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