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Four novel ARSA gene mutations with pathogenic impacts on metachromatic leukodystrophy: a bioinformatics approach to predict pathogenic mutations

Overview of attention for article published in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, June 2017
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Title
Four novel ARSA gene mutations with pathogenic impacts on metachromatic leukodystrophy: a bioinformatics approach to predict pathogenic mutations
Published in
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, June 2017
DOI 10.2147/tcrm.s119967
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Masoumeh Dehghan Manshadi, Behnam Kamalidehghan, Omid Aryani, Elham Khalili, Sepideh Dadgar, Mahdi Tondar, Fatemeh Ahmadipour, Goh Yong Meng, Massoud Houshmand

Abstract

Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) disorder is a rare lysosomal storage disorder that leads to severe neurological symptoms and an early death. MLD occurs due to the deficiency of enzyme arylsulfatase A (ARSA) in leukocytes, and patients with MLD excrete sulfatide in their urine. In this study, the ARSA gene in 12 non-consanguineous MLD patients and 40 healthy individuals was examined using polymerase chain reaction sequencing. Furthermore, the structural and functional effects of new mutations on ARSA were analyzed using SIFT (sorting intolerant from tolerant), I-Mutant 2, and PolyPhen bioinformatics software. Here, 4 new pathogenic homozygous mutations c.585G>T, c.661T>A, c.849C>G, and c.911A>G were detected. The consequence of this study has extended the genotypic spectrum of MLD patients, paving way to a more effective method for carrier detection and genetic counseling.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 24 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 21%
Student > Bachelor 5 21%
Student > Master 3 13%
Other 2 8%
Researcher 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 6 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Mathematics 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 8 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

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#17,289,387
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
#925
of 1,323 outputs
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#210,873
of 330,503 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
#14
of 24 outputs
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