A defect in the NOG gene increases susceptibility to spontaneous superficial chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCED) in boxer dogs

Autor: Kathryn M. Meurs, Keith Montgomery, Steven G. Friedenberg, Brian Williams, Brian C. Gilger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMC Veterinary Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-021-02955-1
Popis: Abstract Background Superficial chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCEDs) are spontaneous corneal defects in dogs that share many clinical and pathologic characteristics to recurrent corneal erosions (RCE) in humans. Boxer dogs are predisposed to SCCEDs, therefore a search for a genetic defect was performed to explain this susceptibility. DNA was extracted from blood collected from Boxer dogs with and without SCCEDs followed by whole genome sequencing (WGS). RNA sequencing of corneal tissue and immunostaining of corneal sections from affected SCCED Boxer dogs with a deletion in the NOG gene and affected non-Boxer dogs without the deletion were performed. Results A 30 base pair deletion at a splice site in Noggin (NOG) (Chr 9:31453999) was identified by WGS and was significantly associated (P
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