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Large scale clinical exome sequencing uncovers the scope and severity of skin disorders associated with MC1R genetic variants.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Dec 2021
Moore Bryn S, Luo Jonathan Z, Stepanchick Ann N, Mirshahi Tooraj
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PURPOSE: Genetic variation in MC1R is a main determinant of red hair color (RHC) phenotype and confers susceptibility to skin disorders. METHODS: We assessed the effects and function of MC1R variants identified in our clinical cohort of 135,947 participants with available exome sequencing using phenome-wide association scan (PheWAS). Expression and function of several variants were evaluated. RESULTS: We found 24...
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