Mutations in the EPHA2 gene are a major contributor to inherited cataracts in South-Eastern Australia.

ABSTRACT: Congenital cataract is the most common cause of treatable visual impairment in children worldwide. Mutations in many different genes lead to congenital cataract. Recently, mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase gene, EPHA2, have been found to cause congenital cataract in six different families. Although these findings have established EPHA2 as a causative gene, the total contribution of mutations in this gene to congenital cataract is unknown. In this study, for the first time, a population-based approach was used to investigate the frequency of disease causing mutations in the EPHA2 gene in inherited cataract cases in South-Eastern Australia. A cohort of 84 familial congenital or juvenile cataract index cases was screened for mutations in the EPHA2 gene by direct sequencing. Novel chan

SUBMITTER: Dave A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3754966 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature