Deafness heterogeneity in a Druze isolate from the Middle East: novel OTOF and PDS mutations, low prevalence of GJB2 35delG mutation and indication for a new DFNB locus.
Mutations of the PDS gene, encoding pendrin, are associated with protein mislocalization and loss of iodide efflux: implications for thyroid dysfunction in Pendred syndrome.
Therefore, in this study, we focused on the function of ten missense pendrin mutations (p.P123S (Pendred syndrome), p.M147V (NSEVA), p.K369E (NSEVA), p.A372V (Pendred syndrome/NSEVA), p.N392Y (Pendred syndrome), p.C565Y (NSEVA), p.S657N (NSEVA), p.S666F (NSEVA), p.T721M (NSEVA) and p.H723R (Pendred syndrome/NSEVA)) reported in Japanese patients, and analyzed their cellular localization and anion exchanger activity using HEK293 cells transfected with each mutant gene.
Screening the SLC26A4 gene in probands with deafness and goiter (Pendred syndrome) ascertained from a large group of students of the schools for the deaf in Turkey.
Distribution and frequencies of PDS (SLC26A4) mutations in Pendred syndrome and nonsyndromic hearing loss associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct: a unique spectrum of mutations in Japanese.
Pendred syndrome and DFNB4-mutation screening of SLC26A4 by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and the identification of eleven novel mutations.
Hypo-functional SLC26A4 variants associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct: genotype-phenotype correlation or coincidental polymorphisms?
Hypo-functional SLC26A4 variants associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct: genotype-phenotype correlation or coincidental polymorphisms?
Pendred syndrome and DFNB4-mutation screening of SLC26A4 by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and the identification of eleven novel mutations.