Evaluation of loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 22q11.21 region in patients with congenital heart diseases
The Egyptian Heart Journal • 2018
Publication Information
Authors
Eman G. Behiry , Azza A. Abo Senna , Amr E. Elnagar , Magda A. Eshiesh
Keywords
22q11.21 Microdeletion
Congenital heart defects
STR markers
Journal
The Egyptian Heart Journal
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
70
Issue
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Pages
267=270
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Abstract
The 22q11.21 region is prone to low-copy repeats events that lead to congenital anomaly disorders. We tested genomic DNA of 20 families with non-syndromic CHD patients using a set of three known consecutive high polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) markers along the 22q11.21 region; D22S941, D22S944 and D22S264 loci. We found loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in D22S941 locus in 2 out of 20 families (10%) with 2 offspring affected by ASD combined with PS and TOF respectively. No LOH found in D22S944 and D22S264 loci either in affected cases or control group and no LOH found in D22S941 in the control group. Also we observed that D22S944 locus prone to be less allele diversity than D22S941 and D22S264 loci.
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