The genetic basis of Turner syndrome aortopathy

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Our goal is to identify the genetic underpinnings of bicuspid aortic valve and aortopathy in Turner syndrome. We performed whole exome sequencing on 188 Turner syndrome study subjects from the GenTAC registry. A gene-based burden test, SKAT-O, was used to evaluate the data using bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and aortic dimension z-scores as covariates. This revealed that TIMP3 was associated with BAV and increased...

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