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Abstract #120503 Published in IGR 25-1
TEK gene-related primary congenital glaucoma: Phenotypic features and mutational spectrum in a Mexican cohort of 10 unrelated families
Chacon-Camacho OF; Ordaz-Robles T; Ordaz-Robles T; Cid-García MA; Cid-García MA; Hofmann-Blancas ME; Ledesma-Gil J; García-Huerta MM; Prado-Larrea C; Cortés-González V; Lozano-Garza RI; García-Vega D; Kim J; Khang R; Lee E; Zenteno JCAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 2024; 194: e63716
Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is one of the leading causes of visual damage and blindness, severely affecting the quality of life of affected children. It is characterized by cupping of the optic disc and loss of ganglion cells due to elevated intraocular pressure. While most PCG patients exhibit epiphora, photophobia, and buphthalmos with corneal opacity, variability in phenotypic manifestations is not uncommon. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of PCG affected individuals becomes relevant to preserve visual function throughout their lives. Most PCG cases are sporadic or autosomal recessive; however, an incompletely dominant autosomal dominant form arising from mutations in the TEK gene has recently been demonstrated. Here, we describe the clinical and mutational features of a cohort of Mexican patients with TEK-related PCG. Our results support the involvement of the TEK gene as an important cause of the disease in our ethnic group and expand the mutational spectrum causing PCG by reporting 10 novel disease-causing variants.
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