Dual inheritance patterns: a spectrum of non-syndromic inherited retinal disease phenotypes with varying molecular mechanisms

LK Holtes, SE de Bruijn, FPM Cremers… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) encompass a variety of disease phenotypes and are known
to display both clinical and genetic heterogeneity. A further complexity is that for several IRD …

Genetic therapies and potential therapeutic applications of CRISPR activators in the eye

BWJ Ng, MK Kaukonen, ME McClements… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional gene therapy involving supplementation only treats loss-of-function diseases
and is limited by viral packaging sizes, precluding therapy of large genes. The discovery of …

Genetic analysis of ocular tumour-associated genes using large genomic datasets: insights into selection constraints and variant representation in the population

A Tanner, MS Sagoo, OA Mahroo… - BMJ Open …, 2024 - bmjophth.bmj.com
Background Large genomic databases enable genetic evaluation in terms of
haploinsufficiency and prevalence of missense and synonymous variants. We explored …

Initial Investigations of Intrinsically Disordered Regions in Inherited Retinal Diseases

KE Lee, R Procopio, JS Pulido, KB Gunton - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are protein regions that are unable to fold into stable
tertiary structures, enabling their involvement in key signaling and regulatory functions via …

Random Allelic Expression in Inherited Retinal Disease Genes

CJ Richards, JS Pulido - Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a significant contributor to visual loss in children and
young adults, falling second only to diabetic retinopathy. Understanding the pathogenic …

A Novel Copy Number Variation in PRPF31 Causes Dominant Rod-Cone Dystrophy By Haploinsufficiency

Z Mousawi, M Choukeir, L Jaffal, L Karam, A Assi… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Methods The study combined next-generation sequencing, real-time PCR (qPCR), and
chromosomal microarray to identify, validate, and delineate the causative copy number …