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Screening for MYO15A Gene Mutations in Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic, GJB2 Negative Iranian Deaf Population
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Screening for MYO15A Gene Mutations in Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic, GJB2 Negative Iranian Deaf Population

Zohreh Fattahi, A. Eliot Shearer, Mojgan Babanejad, Niloofar Bazazzadegan, Seyed Navid Almadani, Nooshin Nikzat, Khadijeh Jalalvand, Sanaz Arzhangi, Fatemehsadat Esteghamat, Rezvan Abtahi, …
American journal of medical genetics. Part A, Vol.158A(8), pp.1857-1864
08/2012
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34411
PMCID: PMC3757123
PMID: 22736430
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3757123View
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Abstract

MYO15A is located at the DFNB3 locus on chromosome 17p11.2, and encodes myosin-XV, an unconventional myosin critical for the formation of stereocilia in hair cells of cochlea. Recessive mutations in this gene lead to profound autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) in humans and the shaker2 ( sh2 ) phenotype in mice. Here, we performed a study on 140 Iranian families in order to determine mutations causing ARNSHL. The families, who were negative for mutations in GJB2 , were subjected to linkage analysis. Eight of these families showed linkage to the DFNB3 locus, suggesting a MYO15A mutation frequency of 5.71% in our cohort of Iranian population. Subsequent sequencing of the MYO15A gene led to identification of 7 previously unreported mutations, including 4 missense mutations, 1 nonsense mutation, and 2 deletions in different regions of the myosin-XV protein.
Iran DFNB3 Myo15A autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss

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