Mechanisms of disease-associated SINE-VNTR-Alus

SINE-VNTR-Alus (SVAs) are the youngest retrotransposon family in the human genome. Their ongoing mobilization has generated genetic variation within the human population. At least 24 insertions to date, detailed in this review, have been associated with disease. The predominant mechanisms through which this occurs are alterations to normal splicing patterns, exonic insertions causing loss-of-function mutations, and large genomic deletions. Dissecting the functional impact of these SVAs and the mechanism through which they cause disease provides insight into the consequences of their presence in the genome and how these elements could influence phenotypes. Many of these disease-associated SVAs have been difficult to characterize and would not have been identified through routine analyses. However, the number identified has increased in recent years as DNA and RNA sequencing data became more widely available. Therefore, as the search for complex structural variation in disease continues, it is likely to yield further disease-causing SVA insertions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:247

Enthalten in:

Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 247(2022), 9 vom: 06. Mai, Seite 756-764

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pfaff, Abigail L [VerfasserIn]
Singleton, Lewis M [VerfasserIn]
Kõks, Sulev [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Disease
Genetic variation
Journal Article
Mobile DNA
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retroelements
Retrotransposon
Review
SINE-VNTR-Alu
Splicing

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Date Completed 24.05.2022

Date Revised 02.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/15353702221082612

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33917272X