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Targeted MicroRNA Profiling in Gastric Cancer with Clinical Assessement. 胃癌靶向MicroRNA谱分析及临床评价

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-05 eCollection Date: 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0022

H Pehlevan Özel, T Dinç, R S Tiryaki, A G Keşküş, Ö Konu, S I Kayilioğlu, F Coşkun

{"title":"Targeted MicroRNA Profiling in Gastric Cancer with Clinical Assessement.","authors":"H Pehlevan Özel, T Dinç, R S Tiryaki, A G Keşküş, Ö Konu, S I Kayilioğlu, F Coşkun","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2021-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2021-0022","url":null,"abstract":"Although several microRNAs (miRNAs) have been associated with gastric cancer there is still the need for identification of stable and validated biomarkers. The purpose of this study was to determine the alterations of a specific set of miRNA levels in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues to identify and validate gastric cancer-specific miRNAs using paired normal and tumor samples in an independent patient cohort. Gastric adenocarcinoma and normal stomach tissue samples of 20 patients who underwent surgery for gastric cancer were studied. The miRNA expression profiling was performed for eight miRNAs in a total of 40 tissue samples using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Six out of these eight miRNAs, namely, miR-375-3p, hsamiR-129-5p, miR-196a-5p, miR-376c-3p, miR-34c-5p and miR-767-5p, were significantly underexpressed in malignant tissues of our cohort. Furthermore, the expression of miR-662 although not significantly different between normal and tumor tissues, was inversely associated with age (r = -0.440, p = 0.049). The levels of miR-129-3p and miR34c-5p were correlated with an increase in the number of metastatic lymph nodes (r = 0.470, p = 0.036; r = 0.510, p = 0.020), while and miR-376c-3p levels were negatively associated with smoking (p = 0.043). In addition, we found that the variability of miRNA expression in cancerous tissues was lower than that in normal tissues. Alterations in miRNA expression in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues in comparison to healthy tissues of each individual serves for identification of consistent biomarkers that can be used for development of diagnostic tools for gastric cancer.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ba/dd/bjmg-24-055.PMC9524170.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33518377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Frequencies of the MEFV Gene Mutations in Azerbaijan. 阿塞拜疆MEFV基因突变的频率。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-05 eCollection Date: 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0017

L S Huseynova, S N Mammadova, Kaa Aliyeva

{"title":"Frequencies of the MEFV Gene Mutations in Azerbaijan.","authors":"L S Huseynova, S N Mammadova, Kaa Aliyeva","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2021-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2021-0017","url":null,"abstract":"The MEFV (familial Mediterranean fever gene) researches were performed in the population of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2016-2021. Seven mutations of the MEFV gene were identified in heterozygous, homozygous and compound homozygous conditions: R761H, M694I, M694V, V726A, R202Q, M680I and E148Q. The E148Q and R202Q mutations were discovered in exon 2 and R761H M694I, M694V, V726A, M680I were found in exon 10 in the population of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest gene frequency of the MEFV gene examined in 42 patients was 42.85% in the M694V mutations. The second highest frequency was the R761H and the third most frequent mutation was V726A. According to world literature, five mutations, M694V, V726A, M694I, R202Q, M680I and E148Q, constitute 75.0% of all mutations found today. In our studies, these five mutations belong to the same group, and makes up 57.6% of the total mutations found. In order to prevent hereditary disease such as the familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in the population of the Republic of Azerbaijan, it is planned to carry out prenatal diagnosis (PND) of the at-risk families.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e6/40/bjmg-24-033.PMC9524174.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33518496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Determination of Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Frequency in Preterm and Term Neonates with Respiratory Tract Problems. 有呼吸道疾病的早产儿和足月新生儿囊性纤维化突变频率的测定。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-05 eCollection Date: 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2021-0023

S Tanriverdi, M Polat, H Onay

{"title":"Determination of Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Frequency in Preterm and Term Neonates with Respiratory Tract Problems.","authors":"S Tanriverdi, M Polat, H Onay","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2021-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2021-0023","url":null,"abstract":"Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease. The genetic transition occurs with CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutation. We aimed to determine the frequency of CF mutations and also new mutations in the CFTR gene in neonates with respiratory distress. Newborn babies hospitalized due to respiratory distress were included in the patient group. The control group consisted of infants who had no respiratory distress. The CFTR genes of both groups were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods. A total of 40 patients (20 in the patient group and 20 in the control group) were evaluated. The CFTR gene analysis was normal in 16 neonates in the patient group, whereas in others: A46D (c.137C>A) (n = 1), D1312G (c.3935A>G) (n = 1), R117H (c.350G>A) (n = 1), S1426P (c.4276T>C) (n = 1) heterozygotes were detected; CFTR gene analysis was normal at 14 neonates in the control group, whereas in others: E1228G (c.3683A>G) (n = 1), E217G (c.650A>G) (n = 1), E632TfsX9 (c1894_1895delAG) (n = 1), I807M (c.2421 A>G) (n = 2), S573F (c.1718C>T) (n = 1) heterozygotes were detected. There was no significant difference in the patient and control groups' CFTR gene analysis (p = 0.340). This study demonstrates the importance of CFTR gene analysis in asymptomatic newborn infants for follow-up and early diagnosis of CFTR-related disorders. In this study, a c.1894_1895delAG (E632TfsX9) heterozygous mutation detected in the CFTR gene in an asymptomatic newborn infant, was first encountered in the literature.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/af/db/bjmg-24-025.PMC9524182.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33518497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Novel Likely Pathogenic Variant in the RUNX1 Gene as the Cause of Congenital Thrombocytopenia. RUNX1基因的一种新的可能致病变异是先天性血小板减少症的原因。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0009

M Despotović, N Pereza, B Peterlin, S Ostojić, B Golob, A Maver, J Roganović

{"title":"A Novel Likely Pathogenic Variant in the RUNX1 Gene as the Cause of Congenital Thrombocytopenia.","authors":"M Despotović, N Pereza, B Peterlin, S Ostojić, B Golob, A Maver, J Roganović","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Heterozygous pathogenic and likely pathogenic sequence variants in the RUNX1 (Runt-related Transcription Factor 1) gene are a common genetic cause of decreased platelet count and/or platelet dysfunction and an increased risk of developing myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukemia. The majority of causative variants are substitutions, which rarely occur de novo. The aim of this case report is to present a patient with congenital thrombocytopenia caused by a deletion variant in exon 9 in the RUNX1 gene.Case report: A one-month-old male infant was admitted to the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka because of anemia and thrombocytopenia verified in the course of an acute viral infection. During follow-up, he occasionally had petechiae and ecchymoses on the lower extremities after mild trauma, with no other symptoms. The patient had persistent slightly decreased values of platelets with normal morphology, but with pathological aggregation with adrenaline and adenosine diphosphate. Due to the unclear etiology of persistent mild thrombocytopenia, he was referred for genetic testing at the age of five. Genomic DNA was isolated from the patient's peripheral blood and whole-exome sequencing was performed using the next-generation sequencing method. A heterozygous frameshift variant, c.1160delG (NM_001754.4), was identified in exon 9. The variant is classified as likely pathogenic.Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, the heterozygous variant c.1160delG in the RUNX1 gene was first described in our patient. Although pathogenic variants in the RUNX1 genes are very rare, persistently low platelet counts of unclear etiology should raise suspicion of an underlying genetic disorder.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7c/ed/bjmg-25-085.PMC9985359.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9112959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness Syndrome with Heterozygous p.D50N in the GJB2 Gene in Two Serbian Adult Patients. 两名塞尔维亚成年患者GJB2基因p.D50N杂合的角膜炎-鱼鳞病-耳聋综合征

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0014

T Kalezić, I Vuković, M Stojković, S Stanojlović, J Karanović, G Brajušković, D Savić-Pavićević

{"title":"Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness Syndrome with Heterozygous p.D50N in the GJB2 Gene in Two Serbian Adult Patients.","authors":"T Kalezić, I Vuković, M Stojković, S Stanojlović, J Karanović, G Brajušković, D Savić-Pavićević","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome is a rare congenital ectodermal dysplastic syndrome presenting with keratitis, ichthyosis and sensorineural hearing loss. The most common causes of KID syndrome are heterozygous missense mutations in the GJB2 gene that codes for connexin 26.Case report: During the ophthalmological examination, two adult females complained of recent worsening of visual acuity in both eyes. Anamnesis revealed that their eyes were red and irritated from early childhood onwards. Both of them had thickening and keratinisation of eyelid margins, lash loss, diffuse opacification of cornea and conjunctiva caused by keratinisation of eye surface, superficial and deep corneal vascularisation and corneal oedema. Partial sensorineural hearing loss and difficulties in speech were also noted along with typical ichthyosiform erythroderma. Genetic testing of the GJB2 gene revealed a heterozygous p.D50N mutation in both patients.Patients were treated with a combined topical corticosteroid and artificial tears therapy, with steroid therapy being intensified during the last month. The therapy increased the visual acuity by decreasing corneal oedema and by forming a more regular air-tear interface during the six months follow up. Subsequently, the disease progressed despite the continuation of the therapy.Conclusion: This is the first report of Serbian patients with KID syndrome. Despite the administration of the combined topical corticosteroid and artificial tears therapy the disease is relentlessly progressive and therapeutic success of ophthalmological signs with local therapeutic modalities used so far had been disappointing.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b6/43/bjmg-25-079.PMC9985354.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9112962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Novel Loss-of-function Mutation in MYBPC3 Causes Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Extreme Intrafamilial Phenotypic Heterogeneity. 一种新的MYBPC3功能缺失突变导致家族性肥厚性心肌病，并伴有家族内表型异质性。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0002

Y Peng, J Xu, Y Wang, J Zhao, L Zhang, Z Chen, Y Jiang, S Banerjee, Z Zhang, M Bai

{"title":"A Novel Loss-of-function Mutation in MYBPC3 Causes Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Extreme Intrafamilial Phenotypic Heterogeneity.","authors":"Y Peng, J Xu, Y Wang, J Zhao, L Zhang, Z Chen, Y Jiang, S Banerjee, Z Zhang, M Bai","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases predominantly affecting the heart muscle and often lead to progressive heart failure-related disability or cardiovascular death. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiac muscle disorder mostly caused by the mutations in genes encoding cardiac sarcomere. Germ-line mutations in MYBPC3 causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). However, most of the HCM associated MYBPC3 mutations were truncating mutations. Extreme phenotypic heterogeneity was observed among HCM patients with MYBPC3 mutations. In this study, we investigated a Chinese man who presented with HCM. Whole exome sequencing identified a novel heterozygous deletion (c.3781_3785delGAGGC) in exon 33 of the MYBPC3 in the proband. This heterozygous variant causes frameshift (p.Glu1261Thrfs*3), which predicted to form a truncated MYBPC3 protein. The proband's father also carries this variant in a heterozygous state while the proband's mother did not harbor this variant. Here, we report on a novel deletion in the MYBPC3 gene associated with HCM. We also highlight the importance of whole exome sequencing for molecular diagnosis for the patients with familial HCM.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f0/fa/bjmg-25-071.PMC9985356.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9408557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Case of Mody 2 - Associated Hyperglycemia Diagnosed as Gestational Diabetes. mody2相关高血糖诊断为妊娠糖尿病1例。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0008

N Chakarova, L Balabanski, R Dimova, P Tsarkova, T Tankova

{"title":"A Case of Mody 2 - Associated Hyperglycemia Diagnosed as Gestational Diabetes.","authors":"N Chakarova, L Balabanski, R Dimova, P Tsarkova, T Tankova","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is the most common monogenic form of diabetes, accounting for 1-2% of all diabetes cases. At least 14 different MODY subtypes have been identified the most common of which is MODY 2 caused by mutations in the glucokinase (GSK) gene. The mild hyperglycemia of MODY 2 is often first detected during pregnancy. Patients with MODY are usually misdiagnosed as either idiopathic type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The recognition of MODY 2 during pregnancy has important clinical implications as the management of hyperglycemia may differ from the established algorithm in gestational diabetes. Fetus development could be seriously affected in case it has inherited the GSK mutation and maternal hyperglycemia is insulin treated to the pregnancy adopted glycemic targets. The case report describes the stepwise diagnostic approach to a 43-year-old woman with a history of gestational diabetes and persistent prediabetes who was found to be a carrier of a heterozygous pathogenic variant in GSK (c.184G>A) and discusses the possible genotype of her two children according to their birth weight.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2d/f7/bjmg-25-089.PMC9985362.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9424497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Among the Turkish Population are Associated with Multiple Sclerosis. 土耳其人群中维生素D受体多态性与多发性硬化症相关

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0003

B Bulan, A Y Hoscan, S N Keskin, A Cavus, E A Culcu, N Isik, E O List, A Arman

{"title":"Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Among the Turkish Population are Associated with Multiple Sclerosis.","authors":"B Bulan, A Y Hoscan, S N Keskin, A Cavus, E A Culcu, N Isik, E O List, A Arman","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease characterized by demyelination and axonal degeneration affecting the central nervous system. Among the genetic factors suggested to be associated with this disease are polymorphisms to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene. We tested the hypothesis that polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene are associated with MS. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship of MS with the VDR gene Fok-I, Bsm-I and Taq-I polymorphisms among the Turkish population. This study contains 271 MS patients and 203 healthy controls. Genomic DNA was isolated from the samples and the VDR gene Fok-I, Bsm-I and Taq-I polymorphism regions were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR products were digested, and the genotypes were determined based on size of digested PCR products. Our results demonstrate associations between MS and the distribution of the VDR gene Fok-I T/T polymorphism genotype in a dominant model, VDR gene Fok-I T allele frequency, distribution of VDR gene Taq-I C/C polymorphism genotype in a dominant model and VDR gene Taq-I C allele frequency (Pearson test, p<0.05). However, there was no association between MS and the VDR gene Bsm-I polymorphisms for the genotype distribution (Pearson test, p>0.05) or allele frequency (Pearson test, p>0.05). Fok-I and Taq-I VDR gene polymorphisms are significantly associated with MS in dominant, homozygote and heterozygote inheritance models among the Turkish population.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/28/f7/bjmg-25-041.PMC9985364.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9408554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

"We've Opened Pandora's Box, Haven't We?" Clinical Geneticists' Views on Ethical Aspects of Genomic Testing in Neonatal Intensive Care. “我们打开了潘多拉的盒子，不是吗?”临床遗传学家对新生儿重症监护基因组检测伦理方面的看法。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0013

T Arsov

{"title":"\"We've Opened Pandora's Box, Haven't We?\" Clinical Geneticists' Views on Ethical Aspects of Genomic Testing in Neonatal Intensive Care.","authors":"T Arsov","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing use of genomic testing in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) gives rise to ethical issues. Yet little is known regarding what health professionals implementing the testing think about its ethical aspects. We therefore explored the views of Australian clinical geneticists towards ethical issues in the use of genomic testing in the Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU). Semi-structured interviews with 11 clinical geneticists were conducted, transcribed and analysed thematically. Four themes were identified: 1) Consent: the craft is in the conversation, which encapsulated the challenges in the consent process, and with pre-test counseling; 2) Whose autonomy and who decides? This illustrates the balancing of clinical utility and potentially harms the test, and how stakeholder interests are balanced; 3) The winds of change and ethical disruption, recognizing that while professional expertise is vital to clinical decision-making and oversight of mainstreaming, participants also expressed concern over the size of the genetics workforce and 4). Finding Solutions - the resources and mechanisms to prevent and resolve ethical dilemmas when they arise, such as quality genetic counseling, working as a team and drawing on external ethics and legal expertise. The findings highlight the ethical complexities associated with genomic testing in the NICU. They suggest the need for a workforce that has the necessary support and skills to navigate the ethical terrain, drawing on relevant ethical concepts and guidelines to balance the interests of neonates, their careers and health professionals.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/47/19/bjmg-25-005.PMC9985353.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9112963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comprehensive Genetic Evaluation of Bulgarian Children with Syndromic Craniosynostosis. 保加利亚综合征型颅缝闭闭儿童的综合遗传评价。

IF 0.6 4区医学

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2022-0004

T Delchev, S Hadjidekova, S Bichev, Ts Veleva, I Boneva, D Avdjieva-Tzavella

{"title":"Comprehensive Genetic Evaluation of Bulgarian Children with Syndromic Craniosynostosis.","authors":"T Delchev, S Hadjidekova, S Bichev, Ts Veleva, I Boneva, D Avdjieva-Tzavella","doi":"10.2478/bjmg-2022-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2022-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Syndromic craniosynostosis (SC) is a genetically determined premature closure of one or more of the cranial sutures, which may result in severe dysmorphism, increased intracranial pressure along with many other clinical manifestations. The considerable risk of complications along with their significant incidence makes these cranial deformations an important medical problem. Aiming to elucidate the complex genetic etiology of syndromic craniosynostosis, we investigated 39 children, screened systematically with a combination of conventional cytogenetic analysis, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and array-based comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH). Pathological findings were established in 15.3% (6/39) of the cases using aCGH, in 7.7% (3/39) using MLPA and 2.5% (1/39) using conventional karyotyping. About 12.8% (5/39) of the patients with normal karyotype carried submicroscopic chromosomal rearrangements. Duplications were found to be more common than deletions. Conclusion: The systematic genetic evaluation of children with SC revealed a high prevalence of submicrosopic chromosomal rearrangements (most commonly duplications). This suggests the leading role of those defects in the pathogenesis of syndromic craniosynostosis. The genetic complexity of SC was reaffirmed by the dis Bulgaria covery of pathological findings in various chromosomal regions. Certain genes were discussed in conjunction with craniosynostosis.","PeriodicalId":55403,"journal":{"name":"Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/00/5d/bjmg-25-019.PMC9985352.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9112958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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