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Exome-wide association study identifies KDELR3 mutations in extreme myopia.
Nature communications - 7 Aug 2024
Yuan Jian, Zhuang You-Yuan, Liu Xiaoyu, Zhang Yue, Li Kai, Chen Zhen Ji, Li Dandan, Chen He, Liang Jiacheng, Yao Yinghao, Yu Xiangyi, Zhuo Ran, Zhao Fei, Zhou Xiangtian, Yu Xiaoguang, Qu Jia, Su Jianzhong
Abstract excerpt
Extreme myopia (EM), defined as a spherical equivalent (SE) ≤ -10.00 diopters (D), is one of the leading causes of sight impairment. Known EM-associated variants only explain limited risk and are inadequate for clinical decision-making. To discover risk genes, we performed a whole-exome sequencing (WES) on 449 EM individuals and 9606 controls. We find a significant excess of rare protein-truncating variants...
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