Neurofibromatosis type 1 : Clinical characteristics and mutation spectrum in a North Indian cohort

© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd..

Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a unique, highly penetrant neuro-cutaneous disorder with a wide range of manifestations. Though the clinical diagnosis of NF1 is straight forward, there can be other disorders which mimic NF1, especially its cutaneous features. Here we describe the clinical and mutation spectrum of a series of individuals whose primary diagnosis was NF1 or NF1 related disorders.

Methods: We have screened 29 unrelated individuals who fulfilled the clinical criteria of NF1. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was done in all individuals except one with suspected microdeletion syndrome with NF1 in whom Cytogenetic microarray (CMA) was done.

Results: Out of 29 suspected patients, 25 had germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants involving NF1 gene. Five novel and 20 known variants in coding and non-coding regions were identified, among them 7 variants were deletions (28%), 7 nonsense (28%), 3 splice-site (12%), 4 missense (16%), 2 duplications (8%) and 2 (8%) were contiguous deletions. In those where NF1 variants were not detected, 3 had neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and 1 rare autosomal recessive form of Elher Danlos syndrome.

Conclusion: We hereby present the wide range of manifestations in different age groups and the mutation spectrum ranging from small scale variants to contiguous gene deletion syndromes involving NF1 gene. We highlight the usefulness of molecular testing and its importance in tumor surveillance and genetic counseling in this disorder.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Heliyon - 10(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite e23685

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srivastava, Priyanka [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Shifali [VerfasserIn]
Bamba, Chitra [VerfasserIn]
Daniel, Roshan [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Parminder [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Anupriya [VerfasserIn]
Panigrahi, Inusha [VerfasserIn]
Mandal, Kausik [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical manifestations
Journal Article
Mutation spectrum
NF1 gene
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Next generation sequencing

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Date Revised 17.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23685

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NLM367168367