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A Novel WRN Frameshift Mutation Identified by Multiplex Genetic Testing in a Family with Multiple Cases of Cancer
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Yang, Liu Wang, Guosheng Zhao, Xinyi Ye, Song Shen, Peng Wang, Weilin Zheng, Shusen |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Next-generation sequencing technology allows simultaneous analysis of multiple susceptibility genes for clinical cancer genetics. In this study, multiplex genetic testing was conducted in a Chinese family with multiple cases of cancer to determine the variations in cancer predisposition genes. The family comprises a mother and her five daughters, of whom the mother and the eldest daughter have cancer and the secondary daughter died of cancer. We conducted multiplex genetic testing of 90 cancer susceptibility genes using the peripheral blood DNA of the mother and all five daughters. WRN frameshift mutation is considered a potential pathogenic variation according to the guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics. A novel WRN frameshift mutation (p.N1370Tfs*23) was identified in the three cancer patients and in the youngest unaffected daughter. Other rare non-synonymous germline mutations were also detected in DICER and ELAC2. Functional mutations in WRN cause Werner syndrome, a human autosomal recessive disease characterized by premature aging and associated with genetic instability and increased cancer risk. Our results suggest that the WRN frameshift mutation is important in the surveillance of other members of this family, especially the youngest daughter, but the pathogenicity of the novel WRN frameshift mutation needs to be investigated further. Given its extensive use in clinical genetic screening, multiplex genetic testing is a promising tool in clinical cancer surveillance. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0133020 |
| PubMed reference number | 26241669 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133020&type=printable |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133020 |
| Journal | PloS one |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
