Clinical exome sequencing uncovers a high frequency of Mendelian disorders in infants with stroke: A retrospective analysis

Autor: Runjun D. Kumar, Linyan Meng, Pengfei Liu, Christina Y. Miyake, Kim C. Worley, Weimin Bi, Seema R. Lalani
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Am J Med Genet A
ISSN: 1552-4833
1552-4825
Popis: BACKGROUND: Stroke causes significant disability and is a common cause of death worldwide. Previous studies have estimated that 1-5% of stroke is attributable to monogenic etiologies. We set out to assess the utility of clinical exome sequencing (ES) in the evaluation of stroke. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 124 individuals who received ES at the Baylor Genetics reference lab between 2012 and 2021 who had stroke as a major part of their reported phenotype. RESULTS: Ages ranged from 10 days to 69 years. 8.9% of the cohort received a diagnosis, including 25% of infants less than 1 year old; an additional 10.5% of the cohort received a probable diagnosis. We identified several syndromes that predispose to stroke such as COL4A1-related brain small vessel disease, CBS-related homocystinuria, POLG-related disorders, TTC19-related mitochondrial disease, and RNASEH2A associated Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. We also observed pathogenic variants in NSD1, PKHD1, HRAS and ATP13A2, which are genes rarely associated with stroke. CONCLUSIONS: Although stroke is a complex phenotype with varying pathologies and risk factors, these results show that use of exome sequencing can be highly relevant in stroke, especially for those presenting
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