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Functional confirmation that the R1488* variant in SCN9A results in complete loss-of-function of Nav1.7.
BMC medical genetics - 23 Jul 2018
He Wen, Young Gareth T, Zhang Baohong, Cox Peter J, Cho Lily Ting-Yin, John Sally, Paciga Sara A, Wood Linda S, Danziger Nicolas, Scollen Serena, Vangjeli Ciara
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Individuals with an extremely rare inherited condition, termed Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP), do not feel pain in response to noxious stimuli. Variants in SCN9A, encoding the transmembrane voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7, have previously been reported in subjects with CIP accompanied by anosmia, which are typically transmitted in a recessive pattern. Functional characterisations of some...
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