Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a heterogeneous group of severe retinal degenerations, which typically becomes evident in the first year of life. Affected infants have little or no retinal photoreceptor function as tested by electroretinography. LCA is generally inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, and caused by mutations in more than a dozen genes. Several have been demonstrated as potentially efficacious gene therapy targets.
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Nervous system disease
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Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the eyeball posterior segment
Disorders of the retina
9B70 Inherited retinal dystrophies
H00837 Leber congenital amaurosis
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06515 Regulation of kinetochore-microtubule interactions
H00837 Leber congenital amaurosis
nt06541 Cytoskeleton in neurons
H00837 Leber congenital amaurosis
Koenekoop RK, Wang H, Majewski J, Wang X, Lopez I, Ren H, Chen Y, Li Y, Fishman GA, Genead M, Schwartzentruber J, Solanki N, Traboulsi EI, Cheng J, Logan CV, McKibbin M, Hayward BE, Parry DA, Johnson CA, Nageeb M, Poulter JA, Mohamed MD, Jafri H, Rashid Y, Taylor GR, Keser V, Mardon G, Xu H, Inglehearn CF, Fu Q, Toomes C, Chen R
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Mutations in NMNAT1 cause Leber congenital amaurosis and identify a new disease pathway for retinal degeneration.
Dev Borman A, Ocaka LA, Mackay DS, Ripamonti C, Henderson RH, Moradi P, Hall G, Black GC, Robson AG, Holder GE, Webster AR, Fitzke F, Stockman A, Moore AT
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Early onset retinal dystrophy due to mutations in LRAT: molecular analysis and detailed phenotypic study.
Luscan R, Mechaussier S, Paul A, Tian G, Gerard X, Defoort-Dellhemmes S, Loundon N, Audo I, Bonnin S, LeGargasson JF, Dumont J, Goudin N, Garfa-Traore M, Bras M, Pouliet A, Bessieres B, Boddaert N, Sahel JA, Lyonnet S, Kaplan J, Cowan NJ, Rozet JM, Marlin S, Perrault I
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Mutations in TUBB4B Cause a Distinctive Sensorineural Disease.
Asai-Coakwell M, March L, Dai XH, Duval M, Lopez I, French CR, Famulski J, De Baere E, Francis PJ, Sundaresan P, Sauve Y, Koenekoop RK, Berry FB, Allison WT, Waskiewicz AJ, Lehmann OJ
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Contribution of growth differentiation factor 6-dependent cell survival to early-onset retinal dystrophies.
Wang X, Wang H, Sun V, Tuan HF, Keser V, Wang K, Ren H, Lopez I, Zaneveld JE, Siddiqui S, Bowles S, Khan A, Salvo J, Jacobson SG, Iannaccone A, Wang F, Birch D, Heckenlively JR, Fishman GA, Traboulsi EI, Li Y, Wheaton D, Koenekoop RK, Chen R
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Comprehensive molecular diagnosis of 179 Leber congenital amaurosis and juvenile retinitis pigmentosa patients by targeted next generation sequencing.
