Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness locus DFNB63 at chromosome 11q13.2-q13.3

A genome wide linkage analysis of nonsyndromic deafness segregating in a consanguineous Pakistani family (PKDF537) was used to identify DFNB63, a new locus for congenital profound sensorineural hearing loss. A maximum two-point lod score of 6.98 at theta = 0 was obtained for marker D11S1337 (68.55 cM). Genotyping of 550 families revealed three additional families (PKDF295, PKDF702 and PKDF817) segregating hearing loss linked to chromosome 11q13.2-q13.3. Meiotic recombination events in these four families define a critical interval of 4.81 cM bounded by markers D11S4113 (68.01 cM) and D11S4162 (72.82 cM), and SHANK2, FGF-3, TPCN2 and CTTN are among the candidate genes in this interval. Positional identification of this deafness gene should reveal a protein necessary for normal development and/or function of the auditory system.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Human genetics - 120(2007), 6 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 789-93

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khan, Shahid Y [VerfasserIn]
Riazuddin, Saima [VerfasserIn]
Tariq, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Anwar, Saima [VerfasserIn]
Shabbir, Muhammad I [VerfasserIn]
Riazuddin, S Amer [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Shaheen N [VerfasserIn]
Husnain, Tayyab [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Zubair M [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Thomas B [VerfasserIn]
Riazuddin, Sheikh [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.05.2007

Date Revised 24.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM166224553