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Proposed therapy, developed in a Pcdh15-deficient mouse, for progressive loss of vision in human Usher syndrome.
eLife - 9 Nov 2021
Sethna Saumil, Zein Wadih M, Riaz Sehar, Giese Arnaud Pj, Schultz Julie M, Duncan Todd, Hufnagel Robert B, Brewer Carmen C, Griffith Andrew J, Redmond T Michael, Riazuddin Saima, Friedman Thomas B, Ahmed Zubair M
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome type I (USH1) is characterized by deafness, vestibular areflexia, and progressive retinal degeneration. The protein-truncating p.Arg245* founder variant of PCDH15 (USH1F) has an ~2% carrier frequency amongst Ashkenazi Jews accounts for ~60% of their USH1 cases. Here, longitudinal phenotyping in 13 USH1F individuals revealed progressive retinal degeneration, leading to severe vision loss with...
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