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Virus-like particles as robust tools for functional assessment: Deciphering the pathogenicity of ABCA4 genetic variants of uncertain significance.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Oct 2024
Cevik Senem, Biswas Subhasis B, Ghosh Arit, Biswas-Fiss Esther E
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The retina-specific ABCA transporter, ABCA4, is essential for vision, and its genetic variants are associated with a wide range of inherited retinal degenerative diseases, leading to blindness. Of the 1630 identified missense variants in ABCA4, ∼50% are of unknown pathogenicity (variants of unknown significance, VUS). This genetic uncertainty presents three main challenges: (i) inability to predict...
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