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  1. Aug 2026
    1. ABCA4-associated retinopathy complicated by didanosine-associated retinal toxicity

      PMID: 41561667

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      Case#: patient 66, male, Italy

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000505, HP:0000551, HP:0000546

      CaseHPOFreeText: best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/400 in both eyes, mild myopia, both eyes were pseudophakic, extensive bilateral chorioretinal atrophy involving both the posterior pole and the peripheral retina, widespread mottled hypoautofluorescence in the mid-periphery, along with pronounced macular hypoautofluorescence, significant central retinal thinning, an enlarged foveal depression, outer retinal hyper-reflectivity associated with extensive atrophy of both the RPE and the underlying choroid, dense epiretinal membrane (ERM) was also identified in the right eye, large central hypofluorescent zone involving the macular region and extending beyond the vascular arcades

      CasePreviousTesting: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: Next-Generation Sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1714C > T p. (Arg572∗)

      ClinVar: 620085 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/620085/?term=620085%5BVariation+ID%5D

      gnomAD: 0.000001859 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94063158-G-A?dataset=gnomad_r4

      Variant: c.2461T > A p. (Trp821Arg)

      ClinVar: 99136 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/99136/?term=99136%5BVariation+ID%5D

      gnomAD: 0.000008054 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94055237-A-T?dataset=gnomad_r4

      Variant: c.4417C>А p. (Leu1473Met)

      ClinVar: 546600 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/546600/?term=546600%5BVariation+ID%5D

      gnomAD: 0.00005762 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94029567-G-T?dataset=gnomad_r4

    1. Antioxidant Saffron and Central Retinal Function in ABCA4-Related Stargardt Macular Dystrophy

      PMID: 31618812

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNCID: HGNC:34

      Patients: a group of 31 Stargardt disease/fundus flavimaculatus patients (14 males, 17 females) with an established ABCA4 genotype, accumulated prospectively over an interval of 12 months at the outpatient service of the Institution, were included in this study.

      MonDO: MONDO:0019353

      CaseInfo: Case 11, Male, 12yo. Compound het c.5882G > A; p.Gly1961glu (Pathogenic in ClinVar); c.6764G > T,p.Ser2255Ile

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease/fundus flavimaculatus

      FamilyInfo: Not provided

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007769, HP:0000608, HP:0012045 (Peripheral retinal degeneration, Macular degeneration, Retinal flecks)

      CaseHPOFreeText: cone-rod pattern of retinal dysfunction

      GenotypingMethod: Mutation screening was performed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) strategy of the whole coding region of ABCA4. Direct sequencing was also performed on siblings of probands and parents, when available, to confirm segregation of alleles.

      MultipleGeneVariants: (1) GeneName: ABCA4

      (1)Variant: c.5882G > A; p.Gly1961glu

      (1) CAID: CA119132

      (1) gnomAD: 0.01250 (gnomadv4.0.0, Grpmax Filtering AF, South Asian) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94008251-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r4

      (2) GeneName: ABCA4

      (2) Variant: c.6764G>T (p.Ser2255Ile)

      (2) CAID: CA202970

      (2) gnomAD: 0.4845 (gnomadv4.0.0, Grpmax Filtering AF, African/African-American) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-93996161-C-A?dataset=gnomad_r4

    1. 13. 34/F31.021.06OD−68.3−23.32p.Gly818Glu; p.Cys1488Arg

      Case#: Pt 13, 34yo, female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: stage 3 (resorbed flecks), logMAR acuity: OD=1.02 OS 1.06, FST Rod Blue Stimulus (dB) OD= −68.3, FST Cone Red stimulus (dB) OD=−23.3, FST Group 2 (elevated cone and normal rod FST thresholds)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: p.Gly818Glu; p.Cys1488Arg

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Over 200 ABCA4 sequence variants have been reported so far in patients with STGD and other retinopathies1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. We have examined 33 missense mutations, 3 small in-frame deletions and 1 frameshift near the carboxy terminus (Table 1 and Fig. 2), including those mutations most commonly encountered in STGD patients1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and several that were reported in AMD patients15. As an initial step in assessing protein folding and stability, we analysed each ABCR variant by immunoblotting and azido-ATP labelling (Fig. 3). Mutations that cause small deletions (delVVAIC1681 and delPAL1761) or introduce charged amino acids into predicted transmembrane domains (G851D and G1886E) produce greatly reduced amounts of protein. Among the ABCR variants that are expressed with normal or nearly normal yield, azido-ATP labelling revealed a subset that is defective in ATP binding. A variety of mutations that lie outside of the nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) can impair azido-ATP labelling, including L541P, predicted to reside adjacent to a transmembrane domain, and W1408R, which resides between the homologous halves of ABCR (Fig. 2). These data suggest that ATP binding to the NBDs is allosterically coupled to conformational changes in or near the transmembrane regions. Moreover, some mutations within either of the two NBDs abolish or nearly abolish all azido-ATP labelling, as seen, for example, with variants T971N, L1971R, G1977S and E2096K, implying allosteric coupling between the two NBDs, as described for P-glycoprotein22,23.Table 1 Naturally occurring ABCR variants produced in transfected 293 cellsFull size tableFigure 2: Locations of 37 naturally occurring ABCR sequence variants and 4 synthetic mutations.The predicted transmembrane topography and domain structure of ABCR is based on the hydropathy profile and sequence alignment with other ABC transporters. The cytosolic face of the membrane is downward. NBD, nucleotide binding domain; HH, highly hydrophobic domain shared with other members of the ABC1/ABCR subfamily of ABC transporters. A, B and C indicate the sequence motifs characteristic of nucleotide binding folds. Asterisks denote the four synthetic mutations.Full size imageFigure 3: Protein yield and ATP-binding capacity of 37 naturally occurring ABCR variants produced in transiently transfected 293 cells.Membranes were analysed by immunoblotting with affinity-purified anti-ABCR antibodies (top) and photoaffinity labelling with α-32P azido-ATP (bottom). We loaded 1 μg (immunoblotting) or 2.5 μg (azido-ATP labelling) of total membrane protein, as determined by Bradford assay, per track. The mutations that reside in NBD-1 and NBD-2 are indicated above the corresponding lanes. The relative levels of the different variant proteins and the extent of azido-ATP labelling were observed to be highly reproducible in multiple independent experiments. ABCR (large arrowhead); an endogenous 55-kD protein (small arrowhead) serves as an internal control for azido-ATP labelling. Molecular mass standards are shown on the left in kD.Full size imageThe combination of immunoblotting and azido-ATP labelling revealed defects in more than 75% of the variants tested. Among the variants with reduced yield and/or ATP binding are G863A and delG863, the two protein products of a guanosine2588→cytosine mutation that both generates a glycine-to-alanine substitution at codon 863 and activates a cryptic splice acceptor site in exon 17 that results in the removal of codon 863 from approximately 50% of the transcripts10. This is the most common allele among STGD patients in Northern Europe, representing roughly 20% of disease-associated alleles. It is also present at a frequency of approximately 3% in the general population in Northern Europe and approximately 1% in the United States population7,9,10. Genotype-phenotype correlations suggest that it is a mild allele and that it leads to STGD only when paired with a more severe allele10. Relative to wild type, the G863A variant is subtantially impaired and the delG863 variant is mildly impaired (Fig. 3).

      This variant was transfected into HEK 293 cells and appears to show reduced expression and ATP-binding capacity, but no quantities were provided

    1. Patient 4, a 30-year-old individual with the deleterious c.213dupG/p.Ile73Asnfs*26 frameshift mutation and the c.1654G>A/p.Val552Ile missense mutation, displayed mild STGD1 with stage 2 FC and 20/30 VA. The p.Ile73Asnfs*26 mutation is classified as a pathogenic mutation, whereas the p.Val552Ile mutation is classified as likely neutral. Biochemical analysis of the p.Val552Val, however, suggests that this is a mild mutation at a functional level consistent with the clinical assessment of patient 4 (see Discussion section for additional information).

      Case#: Garces Patient 4, Canada

      DiseaseAssertion: mild STGD1

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: 30yo, VA=20/30, FC=Stage 2 (flecks throughout the posterior pole, anterior to the vascular arcades and nasal to the optic disc and relatively normal ERGs but with prolonged dark adaptation)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: screened for mutations in the ABCA4, CNGB3, and ELOVL4 genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.213dupG/p.Ile73Asnfs*26; c.1654G>A/p.Val552Ile

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData:

    1. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 3 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected, but only mother has genotype information available since father is deceased. c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variants were maternally inherited.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variant

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    1. The proband of family 31, F31:II.1, carries a homozygous missense variant within exon 42 of the ABCA4 gene.

      This variant is well-known in exon 42, [M2]: c.5882G > A; p.(Gly1961Glu), rs1800553. The father of the affected patient was deceased; however, the mother was found to be homozygous for the wild type (WT) allele. According to the ACMG standards, M2 is likely pathogenic.

    1. The plots of fluorescence anisotropy changes of 11-cis-retinal with wild type and mutant NBD1 protein titrations are shown in Fig. 6, A–C. The binding of mutant G863A was significantly attenuated as indicated by the drastic right shift of the binding isotherm as well as its inability to achieve saturation in the presence of a high concentration of protein (Fig. 6A). Nonlinear regression analysis gave Kd of 8.0 ± 1.3 × 10−8 m, 8.0 ± 2.0 × 10−6 m, and 4.0 ± 1.4 × 10−6 m for the wild type and R943Q and P940R mutations, respectively (Fig. 6 and Table 1). As a consequence of Stargardt disease mutations, 100-fold (R943Q) to 50-fold (P940R) decreases in the binding affinity of the NBD1 domain for 11-cis-retinal were observed. The retinal binding of the G863A mutant was severely attenuated, and the Kd was ≥1.0 × 10−5 m.

      The effects of this variant on 11-cis-retinal interaction with the NBD1 was evaluated via fluorescence anisotropy. The binding of mutant G863A was significantly attenuated (Kd was ≥1.0 × 10−5 m) as indicated by the drastic right shift of the binding isotherm as well as its inability to achieve saturation in the presence of a high concentration of protein (Fig. 6A).

    1. All reported ABCA4 variants (Supplementary Table S1) were classified as follows:

      Patient 38 has this variant and also c.5882G>A p.(Gly1961Glu) (Supplement 4-supplementary table 1). Phase is unknown and more specific phenotype information is not provided.

      clinical diagnosis of STGD1 was supported by the presence of ≥1 (likely) pathogenic ABCA4 variants with a follow-up data of ≥6 months on FAF imaging.

    1. The measurement of ATPase activity has been the only assay available to study the effects of mutations on ABCA4 function. We employed this assay to examine the effects of [L541P; A1038V], R602W and C1490Y mutations on in vitro ATP hydrolysis. Constructs containing wild-type and mutated ABCA4 cDNAs, tagged with the eight amino acid bovine opsin C-terminal epitope (1D4), were expressed in COS7 cells and proteins were purified on a 1D4 affinity column. CHAPS-solubilized ABCA4 was incubated subsequently with ATP, and the hydrolysis rate was estimated with the charcoal method (31).The rate of ATP hydrolysis of the complex allele [L541P; A1038V] was decreased to 68.1% of wild-type ABCA4 (Fig. 3).

      ATPase activity in COS7 cells showed decreased activity (68.1% of wild-type), indicating that this variant impacts protein function (PS3_Supporting; PMIDs). However, this is not a cell type that is counted for PS3 evidence by the ABCA4 VCEP.

  2. Jul 2026
    1. Patient 2, a 46-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a history of progressive decline in visual acuity since the age of 16

      PMID: 10612508

      Gene: ABCA4

      Case#: Patient 2, 46-year-old female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: One of four affected siblings in a family consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545 — Decreased visual acuity HP:0007754 — Macular atrophy HP:0030638 — Retinal flecks HP:0000512 — Abnormal fundus morphology

      CaseHPOFreeText: Progressive visual decline since age 16. Best-corrected visual acuity 20/400 in both eyes. Fundus examination showed bilateral symmetrical central chorioretinal atrophy (~3 disc diameters) with prominent pigment deposits and numerous yellow flecks in the posterior pole. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated central hypofluorescence with surrounding hyperfluorescence and peripheral dark choroid.

      CaseNotHPOs: Not reported

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Not reported

      GenotypingMethod: PCR amplification and direct sequencing of ABCA4 after SSCP screening

      PreviouslyPublished: Yes

      Variant: NM_000350.2:c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala) NM_000350.2:c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: Not reported

      CAID: Not reported

      SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data shown in Figures 1 and 4

    2. Patient 3, a 37-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a gradual decline in visual acuity that began at the age of 12.

      Case#: Patient 3, 37-year-old female

      PMID: 10612508

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Affected sibling in autosomal recessive family.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545 — Decreased visual acuity HP:0007754 — Macular atrophy HP:0030638 — Retinal flecks HP:0000512 — Abnormal fundus morphology

      CaseHPOFreeText: Gradual visual decline beginning at age 12. Visual acuity 20/400 in both eyes. Fundus examination revealed bilateral macular atrophy with pigment deposits and numerous yellow flecks in the posterior pole and midperiphery. Fluorescein angiography showed large hypofluorescent regions with surrounding hyperfluorescence and peripheral dark choroid.

      CaseNotHPOs: Not reported

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Not reported

      GenotypingMethod: PCR and direct sequencing of ABCA4

      PreviouslyPublished: Yes

      Variant: NM_000350.2:c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala) NM_000350.2:c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: Not reported

      CAID: Not reported

      SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data (Figures 1, 4)

    1. A cohort of 500 unrelated IRD patients was sequenced with the targeted NGS panel Genetic Eye Disease test (GEDi)3 and analyzed with a comprehensive approach, which included a standard NGS analysis pipeline detecting single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and small insertions and deletions (indels),16 interrogation of sequence reads to detect the known pathogenic MAK-Alu insertion,21 and application of NGS read-depth algorithms (ExomeDepth15 and gCNV16) to detect larger deletions and duplications, or CNVs (Fig. 1). In this study we define CNVs as deletions or duplications that range from an average size of an exon (≈50–200 bp) and that are not detectable by standard NGS pipelines, to megabases of DNA.22

      Case#: OGI802_001554

      DiseaseAssertion: IRD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: detection of CNVs on the panel-based NGS Genetic Eye Disease (GEDi) diagnostic test that involves sequencing the exons of all known IRD disease genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1715G>C; c.5196+1137G>A

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData: Table S2

    1. two cases from two additional families (case 3, 11 years and case 4, 11 years).

      Case#:two cases from two additional families (case 3, 11 years and case 4, 11 years).

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt’s Disease

      FamilyInfo: NR

      ParentalTesting: NR

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030500, HP:0011507

      CasePhenotypeFreeText: LogMAR visual acuity for the right and left eye of cases 1–4 was 0.3 and 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1, 0.5 and 0.4, and 0.3 and 0.4, respectively. Gross disruption of the outer retinal layers at the macula in all cases; in two (cases 2 and 4), the presumed external limiting membrane (ELM) peak was broadened with the inner segment ellipsoid band (ISe) missing. Subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade are shown in the colour fundus photograph of case 1. Autofluorescence (AF) imaging of case 1 detected well-defined dots with high signal at the central macula surrounded by a ring of increased signal and numerous foci with high or low signal extending to the peripheral retina. Case 2 also had subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the central macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade, both associated with high signal on AF imaging. In addition, case 3 had white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending to the periphery, both of which had high or low signal on AF imaging. Case 4 showed subtle fine macular dots mainly in a para-foveal location, which are well-defined on AF imaging.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0000505

      CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: Most cases with STGD have central macular atrophy with numerous more peripheral flecks (Michaelides et al. 2003). Given their relatively good visual acuity, it is likely that the central macular dots observed in our cases may be an early sign of macular dysfunction before the development of macular atrophy. Similar fine macular dots or a ‘mottled macula’ have also been reported in other inherited retinal diseases

      CasePreviousTesting: The age of disease onset in cases 1–4, defined as either the age at which visual loss was first noted by the subject or in the asymptomatic subjects when abnormal retinal appearance was first detected, was 5, 7, 8, and 6 years old, respectively.

      GenotypingMethod: After informed consent was obtained, blood samples were taken from probands of 2/3 families for ABCA4 screening. A full medical history was obtained, and a full ophthalmologic examination was performed in all cases. Mutation screening of ABCA4 was performed in two probands of the three families, and two likely disease-causing variants were identified in each case; c.768G > T, p.V256V (a previously reported splicing-altering synonymous variant) and c.4363T > C, p.C1455R (a missense variant) in case 1, and c.1906C > T, p.Q636* (a non-sense variant) and c.5461-10 T > C (a disease-associated intronic variant with uncertain effect) in case 3. A blood sample was not available in one proband (case 4).

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1906C>T (p.Gln636Ter) and NM_000350.3:c.5461-10T>C

      LegacyVariant: c.1906C>T (p.Gln636Ter) and c.5461-10T>C

      ClinVar: 265012 and 92870

      CAID: CA10588302 and CA220687

      gnomeAD: 1:94528164 G / A and 1:94476951 A / G

      MultipleGeneVariants:No

      PreviouslyPublished: No

      AdditionalInfo: Most symptoms/diagnoses are consistent with Stargardt’s Disease 3, however the probands in the study were younger in age, so many of the symptoms hadn’t progressed much. Also, all of the cases had decent visual acuity, which contradicts a symptom of Stargardt’s Disease 3. Similar fine macular dots or a ‘mottled macula’ have also been reported in other inherited retinal diseases, for example, in those caused by mutations in RDH5 or RPE65, both of which encode proteins with known function in the visual cycle. The thickening of the ELM may be an OCT abnormality that precedes atrophy in the early stages of STGD

    2. two siblings were from one consanguineous family (case 1, 11 years and case 2, 9 years)

      Case#: two siblings (female) were from one consanguineous family (case 1, 11 years and case 2, 9 years)

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt’s Disease

      FamilyInfo: NR

      ParentalTesting: NR

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030500, HP:0011507

      CasePhenotypeFreeText: LogMAR visual acuity for the right and left eye of cases 1–4 was 0.3 and 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1, 0.5 and 0.4, and 0.3 and 0.4, respectively. Gross disruption of the outer retinal layers at the macula in all cases; in two (cases 2 and 4), the presumed external limiting membrane (ELM) peak was broadened with the inner segment ellipsoid band (ISe) missing. Subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade are shown in the colour fundus photograph of case 1. Autofluorescence (AF) imaging of case 1 detected well-defined dots with high signal at the central macula surrounded by a ring of increased signal and numerous foci with high or low signal extending to the peripheral retina. Case 2 also had subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the central macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade, both associated with high signal on AF imaging. In addition, case 3 had white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending to the periphery, both of which had high or low signal on AF imaging. Case 4 showed subtle fine macular dots mainly in a para-foveal location, which are well-defined on AF imaging.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0000505

      CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: Most cases with STGD have central macular atrophy with numerous more peripheral flecks (Michaelides et al. 2003). Given their relatively good visual acuity, it is likely that the central macular dots observed in our cases may be an early sign of macular dysfunction before the development of macular atrophy. Similar fine macular dots or a ‘mottled macula’ have also been reported in other inherited retinal diseases

      CasePreviousTesting: The age of disease onset in cases 1–4, defined as either the age at which visual loss was first noted by the subject or in the asymptomatic subjects when abnormal retinal appearance was first detected, was 5, 7, 8, and 6 years old, respectively.

      GenotypingMethod: After informed consent was obtained, blood samples were taken from probands of 2/3 families for ABCA4 screening. A full medical history was obtained, and a full ophthalmologic examination was performed in all cases. Mutation screening of ABCA4 was performed in two probands of the three families, and two likely disease-causing variants were identified in each case; c.768G > T, p.V256V (a previously reported splicing-altering synonymous variant) and c.4363T > C, p.C1455R (a missense variant) in case 1, and c.1906C > T, p.Q636* (a non-sense variant) and c.5461-10 T > C (a disease-associated intronic variant with uncertain effect) in case 3. A blood sample was not available in one proband (case 4).

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.768G>T (p.Val256=) and NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4363T>C (p.Cys1455Arg)

      LegacyVariant: c.768G>T (p.Val256=) and c.4363T>C (p.Cys1455Arg)

      ClinVar: 99505 and 377404

      CAID: CA227458 and CA957621

      gnomeAD: 1:94564350 C / A and 1:94495177 A / G

      MultipleGeneVariants:No

      PreviouslyPublished: No

      AdditionalInfo: Some symptoms/diagnoses are consistent with Stargardt’s Disease 3, however the probands in the study were younger in age, so many of the symptoms hadn’t progressed much. Also, all of the cases had decent visual acuity, which contradicts a symptom of Stargardt’s Disease 3.

    1. ABCA4P28592/1STGDc.6285T>Cp.D2095Drs1801555

      Case#: Patient P28592/1,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Custom 300-kb retinal resequencing chip. PCR amplification, DNA fragmentation, and chip hybridization. Hybridization signals were analyzed using Sequence pilot module seq-C mutation detection software (2009). This resequencing approach was validated by Sanger sequence technology.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.635G>A p.(R212H); c.6445C>T p.(R2149X); c.6285T>C p.(D2095D)

      CAID: CA285825

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Seventy eyes (38 patients), of which 46 (66%) were female and 24 (34%) male, with RPE atrophy secondary to ABCA4 -related retinopathy (age [years], 45.51 ± 16.70; range 14–78) were included in the study ( Table 1 and see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2 , http://links.lww.com/IAE/B170 , which shows the individual baseline and progression data of all included eyes).

      Case#: Patient #34, female, 61yo at baseline visit, "intermediate" age of onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy with secondary RPE atrophy

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Inclusion criteria were defined as 1) presence of at least one mutated allele in ABCA4 (NM_000350.2) in Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing 2) a compatible phenotype with flecks at the level of the RPE consistent with ABCA4 -related Stargardt disease 3) presence of RPE atrophy, and 4) serial examinations with an interval of at least 6 months. RPE atrophy to the end-stage (i.e., demarcated lesions with ≥90% darkness of the optic disc under short-wavelength excitation light, DDAF) that previously showed highest interreader agreement.7 The size of DDAF has to be at least 0.05 mm 2 (each single atrophic area in cases of multifocality), and the entire lesion must be completely visualized on the AF image at each visit to be advanced for analysis. Self-reported symptom onset into early-onset (≤10 years), intermediate-onset (11–44 years), and late-onset (≥45 years). ff-ERG based Category: Group 1 contained eyes with normal scotopic and photopic responses; Group 2, eyes with normal scotopic responses, but reduced (over 2 SDs) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes; and Group 3, eyes with impairment of both rod- and cone-driven responses. BCVA: OD=n/a, OS=1 [LogMAR] .

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting image quality led to exclusion from the study

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: possible since Birtel is an author on this paper and the probands both have the same second variant as in PMID: 29555955

      Variant: allele 1: c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*) allele 2: c.5059A>T p.(Ile1687Phe)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: The supplemental table linked here contains genotype and phenotype information.

    2. Seventy eyes (38 patients), of which 46 (66%) were female and 24 (34%) male, with RPE atrophy secondary to ABCA4 -related retinopathy (age [years], 45.51 ± 16.70; range 14–78) were included in the study ( Table 1 and see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2 , http://links.lww.com/IAE/B170 , which shows the individual baseline and progression data of all included eyes).

      Case#: Patient #32, male, 60yo at baseline visit, "late" age of onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy with secondary RPE atrophy

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Inclusion criteria were defined as 1) presence of at least one mutated allele in ABCA4 (NM_000350.2) in Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing 2) a compatible phenotype with flecks at the level of the RPE consistent with ABCA4 -related Stargardt disease 3) presence of RPE atrophy, and 4) serial examinations with an interval of at least 6 months. RPE atrophy to the end-stage (i.e., demarcated lesions with ≥90% darkness of the optic disc under short-wavelength excitation light, DDAF) that previously showed highest interreader agreement.7 The size of DDAF has to be at least 0.05 mm 2 (each single atrophic area in cases of multifocality), and the entire lesion must be completely visualized on the AF image at each visit to be advanced for analysis. Self-reported symptom onset into early-onset (≤10 years), intermediate-onset (11–44 years), and late-onset (≥45 years). ff-ERG based Category: Group 1 contained eyes with normal scotopic and photopic responses; Group 2, eyes with normal scotopic responses, but reduced (over 2 SDs) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes; and Group 3, eyes with impairment of both rod- and cone-driven responses. BCVA: OD=0, OS=0 [LogMAR] .

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting image quality led to exclusion from the study

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.52C>T/p.(Arg18Trp) // c.1715G>A/p.(Arg572Gln) // c.2828G>A/p.(Arg943Gln) allele 2: c.1588G>A/p.(Gly863Ala) // c.5603A>T/p.(Asn1868Ile)

      ClinVar: 7900

      CAID: CA226918

      SupplementalData: The supplemental table linked here contains genotype and phenotype information.

    3. Seventy eyes (38 patients), of which 46 (66%) were female and 24 (34%) male, with RPE atrophy secondary to ABCA4 -related retinopathy (age [years], 45.51 ± 16.70; range 14–78) were included in the study ( Table 1 and see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2 , http://links.lww.com/IAE/B170 , which shows the individual baseline and progression data of all included eyes).

      Case#: Patient #33, female, 64yo at baseline visit, "late" age of onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy with secondary RPE atrophy

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Inclusion criteria were defined as 1) presence of at least one mutated allele in ABCA4 (NM_000350.2) in Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing,9 2) a compatible phenotype with flecks at the level of the RPE consistent with ABCA4 -related Stargardt disease,9 3) presence of RPE atrophy, and 4) serial examinations with an interval of at least 6 months. RPE atrophy to the end-stage (i.e., demarcated lesions with ≥90% darkness of the optic disc under short-wavelength excitation light, DDAF) that previously showed highest interreader agreement.7 The size of DDAF has to be at least 0.05 mm 2 (each single atrophic area in cases of multifocality), and the entire lesion must be completely visualized on the AF image at each visit to be advanced for analysis. Self-reported symptom onset into early-onset (≤10 years), intermediate-onset (11–44 years), and late-onset (≥45 years). ff-ERG based Category: Group 1 contained eyes with normal scotopic and photopic responses; Group 2, eyes with normal scotopic responses, but reduced (over 2 SDs) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes; and Group 3, eyes with impairment of both rod- and cone-driven responses. BCVA: OD=0.4, OS=1.1 [LogMAR] .

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting image quality led to exclusion from the study

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: possible since Birtel is an author on this paper and the probands both have the same second variant as in PMID: 29555955

      Variant: allele 1: c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*) allele 2: c.5059A>T p.(Ile1687Phe); c.4297G>A p.(Val1433Ile)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: The supplemental table linked here contains genotype and phenotype information.

    1. Disease-causing mutations were identified in 74% of 251 consecutive MD/CCRD patients

      Case#: Patient #9, female, 23yo at onset, 32yo at report, German

      DiseaseAssertion: macular dystrophy or cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: inheritance= sporadic. phase not confirmed, but no other affected family members and no parental consanguinity

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: reduced visual acuity, erg scotopic= reduced, erg-photopic=reduced

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: syndromic retinal disease, age-related macular degeneration, central serous retinopathy, autoimmune retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, achromatopsia, X-linked retinoschisis, North Carolina macular dystrophy

      CasePreviousTesting: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing of ABCA4

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A p.Val552Ile; c.4771G>A p.Gly1591Arg; c.1622T>C p.Leu541Pro; c.3113C>T p.Ala1038Val

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: Supplementary table 1

    2. Disease-causing or likely disease-causing mutations were identified in 185 out of 251 patients (74%) with MD/CCRD (Supplementary Table 1).

      Case#: Patient #42, female, 31yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: macular dystrophy or cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: phase not confirmed, but assumed in case of parental consanguinity or if only siblings were affected

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0012508

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: syndromic retinal disease, age-related macular degeneration, central serous retinopathy, autoimmune retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, achromatopsia, X-linked retinoschisis, North Carolina macular dystrophy

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.3468C>G (p.Tyr1156Ter); c.5059A>T (p.Ile1687Phe) Sanger sequencing of ABCA4

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: Supplementary table 1

    1. Supplementary data. bjophthalmol-2018-312064supp004.pdf

      This variant is found on pg 2 in proband 11019. Compound heterozygous for c.4532C>A, (p.Pro1511His). JHU institute (US). Said to have Stargardt based on the following criteria: "(1) patients (at least 6 years old) with at least two ABCA4 variants or one ABCA4 variant associated with a typical STGD1 phenotype and (2) presence of a well-defined atrophic lesion with/without flecks at the most recent visit of at least 300 µm in diameter (the total area of all lesions <12 mm2)." No additional details provided

    2. Supplementary data. bjophthalmol-2018-312064supp004.pdf

      This variant is found on pg 21 in proband 13047. Compound heterozygous for c.5882G>A p.Gly1961Glu. Said to have Stargardt based on the following criteria: "(1) patients (at least 6 years old) with at least two ABCA4 variants or one ABCA4 variant associated with a typical STGD1 phenotype and (2) presence of a well-defined atrophic lesion with/without flecks at the most recent visit of at least 300 µm in diameter (the total area of all lesions <12 mm2)." No additional details provided

    1. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010046, Chinese, female, 28yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." stage 2( numerous yellow-whitish flecks throughout the posterior pole) BCVA=0.05/ 0.05

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 26780318

      Variant: p.P2097S; p.A1773V phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780

      CAID: CA341277622

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    2. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010633, Chinese, female, 20yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." BCVA=0.05/ 0.05

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.P2097S; c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*) phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780;

      CAID: CA341277622;

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    1. both the P and PV ABCA4 variants exhibited a dramatically reduced basal ATPase activity (∼30% of WT ABCA4), which did not increase upon the addition of all-trans-retinal. Thus, ABCA4 variants carrying the P mutation were functionally impaired.

      ATPase activity in HEK293 cells showed severely reduced basal ATPase activity, ∼30% of WT ABCA4, indicating that this variant impacts protein function (PS3_Supporting; PMIDs).

    2. Amounts of A2E in the eyes of Abca4PV/PV, Abca4−/− and WT mice at the ages of 1, 3, 6, 12 and 15 months were quantified by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Fig. 9B). Mice were raised under a regular 12-h light (∼10 lux)/12-h dark cycle. Age-dependent A2E accumulation was noted in all genotypes, with Abca4PV/PV and Abca4−/− mice accumulating about 5-fold more A2E than WT mice. No statistically significant differences in A2E accumulation were found between Abca4PV/PV and Abca4−/− animals.

      Autofluorescence and A2E production was measured in transgenic mice and showed loss of function of ABCA4 protein indicating that this variant impacts protein function (PS3; PMIDs).

    1. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 4 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), male

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected, but only mother has genotype information available since father is deceased. c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited. c.1022-1035fs inferred to be inherited from the father since other siblings also have this variant. Proband has 1 affected sister with the same genotype, and 2 siblings that were unaffected heterozygotes

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.1022-1035fs

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    1. MD-0324ABCA423c.3386G>Tp.Arg1129Leu1c.3G>Ap.Met1Ile ^15YesABCR400 + NGSThis study

      Case#: MD-0324 Proband,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family MD-0324

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Haplotype analysis, ABCR400, NGS

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant:c.3386G>T p.Arg1129Leu; c.3G>A p.Met1Ile

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341289040

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. MD-0247ABCA423c.3386G>Tp.Arg1129Leu47c.6410G>Ap.Cys2137Tyr12YesABCR400 + dHPLC + HRMAguirre-Lamban et al. 2009 (8); Aguirre-Lamban et al. 2010 (16)

      Case#: Family MD-0247 Proband, 12yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR cone rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=0.05/0.1, cone-pattern on ERG

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: Aguirre-Lamban et al. 2009 (8); PMID: 19959634

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr); c.3386G>T (p.Arg1129Leu) found by ABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM

      ClinVar: 2202779; 99224

      CAID: CA341277358; CA227116

      SupplementalData:

    1. Peripheral venous blood was obtained from 24 clinically diagnosed Korean STGD patients, followed by extraction of genomic DNAs. Using exome sequencing we investigated gene mutations for the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette, subfamily A, member 4 (ABCA4) elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids 4 (ELOVL4), and prominin 1 (PROM1), and confirmed gene mutations by the direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction products.

      Paper is said to contain this variant based on LOVD entry, but this paper is not publicly available. Requested from library. Annotation on stable PDF. No individual phenotype provided

    1. ABCA4

      Case#: 1 male, 6 years old, from Taiwanese and Korean decent.

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: Single affected individual. Paternal uncle presented with Stargart disease previously, and Taiwanese and Korean descent underwent genetic testing to identify two pathogenic variants in the ABCA4 gene. One of the variants found was the same ABCA4 variant from the originally affected individual. No additional family information is provided in text.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000529 - progressive visual loss, HP:0025010 - Foveal atrophy, HP:0000603 - Central scotoma, HP:0007663 - Decreased visual acuity, HP:0030602 - Abnormal fundus autofluorescence imaging, HP:0007984 - ERG: Reduced dark-adapted b-wave amplitude, HP:0000512 - Abnormal electroretinogram, HP:0020032 - Hyperreflective retinal dots on OCT

      CaseHPOFreeText: peripapillary sparing was observed on fundus autofluorescence imaging.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0012045 - Retinal flecks

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      Genotyping Method: Genetic testing was used and after sequencing two variants were found on the ABCA4 gene.

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3523-2A>G

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2249T>C (p.Leu750Pro)

      ClinVar: Variation ID: 866764

      ClinVar: Variation ID: 417984

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

    1. STGD-4F30ABCA4c.4555delAp.T1519Rfs*5HeteroARN/AN/AN/AN/AYABCA4c.6397T>Cp.C2133RHeteroD1D2D322.80Y

      Case#: Sporadic Patient #4, female, Chinese, 30yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a, sporadic case

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: WES with Sanger sequencing confirmation

      PreviouslyPublished: no

      Variant: c.4555delA p.(T1519Rfs*5); c.6397T>C p.(C2133R)

      ClinVar: 2021273; 2733921

      CAID: CA341277387; CA645372203

      SupplementalData:

    1. 10-year-old girl

      Case#: Patient female, 10y, ethnicity not reported

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1), early onset

      FamilyInfo: autosomal recessive inheritance; co-segregation of variants in parents (each heterozygous). Pedigree shown in Figure 1A. One unaffected sibling reported.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0002587, HP:0030636, HP:0000548

      CaseHPOFreeText: early-onset visual decline (age 7), symmetric disease in both eyes, hyperautofluorescent ring surrounding macular atrophy, lipofuscin accumulation, photoreceptor degeneration.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007707

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal anterior segment on slit lamp exam; no external ocular abnormalities reported.

      Genotyping Method: Sanger sequencing confirmation; variant identification likely via next-generation sequencing (not explicitly stated).

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2: c.6817-713A>G; c.3259G>A (p.Glu1087Lys)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA2837995439, CA227097

      SupplementalData: phenotype and validation data in Figures 1–5 and Supplemental Figures S1–S5

    1. Case 1A 55-year-old male was examined for long-standing central visual impairment since age 18. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. His best-corrected visual acuity of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS was consistent with measurements over the last 20 years. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable and applanation tonometry measured 17 mmHg OD and 14 mmHg OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border. ERG examination was subnormal and similar to results obtained 22 years ago.Open in a separate windowFig. 1Case 1. STGD with peripapillary atrophy and mutations P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A. A, Autofluorescence OD. B, Color Photo OD. C, Autofluorescence OS. D, Color Photo OS. All show marked peripapillary and macular atrophy with a sharply demarcated zone of sparing between them. These characteristics caused initial diagnostic confusion with choroidal sclerosis.Genetic testing was employed for further diagnostic information and two heterozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A, were identified and classified as disease-causing alleles, thereby confirming the diagnosis of STGD.

      Case#: Hwang Case 1, US, male, 55yo at report, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0500087, HP:0000603, HP:0000512

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. Case 4A 52-year-old male was examined for declining vision OS over the past few months. He was previously clinically diagnosed with STGD 7 years before presentation. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. Best-corrected visual acuity measured 20/100 OD and 20/70 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.00 OD and −3.25 OS. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable and applanation tonometry measured 17 mmHg OD and 14 mmHg OS. Posterior segment examination was significant for central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU (Figure 4, A and B). Autofluorescence imaging demonstrated inner atrophic flecks and outer hyperautofluorescent flecks. Moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence, but not atrophy, was present, likely secondary to the patient’s myopia (Figure 4, C and D). Genotyping revealed two heterozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and S1696N.Open in a separate windowFig. 4Case 4. STGD mutation IVS40 + 5G>A. A, Color Photo OU. B, Red-Free Photo OU reveal central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU. C, Autofluorescence OD. D, Autofluorescence OS show that the innermost flecks are hypoautofluorescent, consistent with atrophy, whereas the outermost flecks are hyperautofluorescent, demonstrating excess lipofuscin. There is moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence that is not as dark as this patient’s central atrophy or the peripapillary atrophy of Case 1. This finding may thus be due to the patient’s myopia.

      Case#: Hwang Case 4, male, 52yo at report, 45yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545

      CaseHPOFreeText: declining vision OS, BCVA was 20/100 OD and 20/70 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.00 OD and −3.25 OS. Posterior segment examination was significant for central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU (Figure 4, A and B). Autofluorescence imaging demonstrated inner atrophic flecks and outer hyperautofluorescent flecks. Moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence, but not atrophy, was present (Figure 4, C and D).

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0500087

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and S1696N

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    3. Case 1A 55-year-old male was examined for long-standing central visual impairment since age 18. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. His best-corrected visual acuity of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS was consistent with measurements over the last 20 years. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable and applanation tonometry measured 17 mmHg OD and 14 mmHg OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border. ERG examination was subnormal and similar to results obtained 22 years ago.Open in a separate windowFig. 1Case 1. STGD with peripapillary atrophy and mutations P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A. A, Autofluorescence OD. B, Color Photo OD. C, Autofluorescence OS. D, Color Photo OS. All show marked peripapillary and macular atrophy with a sharply demarcated zone of sparing between them. These characteristics caused initial diagnostic confusion with choroidal sclerosis.Genetic testing was employed for further diagnostic information and two heterozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A, were identified and classified as disease-causing alleles, thereby confirming the diagnosis of STGD.

      Case#: Hwang Case 1, US, male, 55yo at report, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0500087, HP:0000603, HP:0000512

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. A nationwide genetic analysis of inherited retinal diseases in Israel as assessed by the Israeli inherited retinal disease consortium (IIRDC)

      PMID: 31456290

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNCID: HGNC:34

      SupplementalData: as applicable Table S2. Variant found in cohort of 2,420 families including 3,413 individuals with inherited retinal diseases in Israel. Likely, this is the same family reported in PMID 29706639.

      Total number of families: 1; phenotype/s: CRD; NM_000350.2:c.4895dup, p.(Asn1632Lysfs*14)

    1. 5137 Mo 25 3/10 / FC ND / c.32T>C(1) ND/p.Leu11Pro

      Case#: Maia-Lopes Family 17 Proband 5137, Portuguese, 25yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 17

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: moderate central fundus changes, vision: 3/10 / FC

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, dHPLC

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: ND / c.32T>C(1); ND/p.Leu11Pro

      ClinVar: 99217

      CAID: CA227106

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Panel-based NGS testing was performed for all recruited patients for the identification of disease-causing variants. All patients recruited in this present cohort had two allele disease-causing ABCA4 variants confirmed according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines (Supplementary Table S2).

      Case#: Family F23 Patient P26, 42yo

      DiseaseAssertion: MD-C

      FamilyInfo: family f23

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: capture-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4555del(;)6119G>A genotype b (a patient harboring a severe/null variant and a missense or in-frame insertion/deletion variant)

      CAID: CA232815

      SupplementalData: table s2

    1. Supplement 4Click here for additional data file.(480K, pdf)Supplement 5Click here for additional data file.(460K, pdf)

      This variant was found in 92 of the 670 alleles in this cohort (Supplement 4). Supplement 5 has the individuals listed with their genotypes, but only mentions variants that were classified as VUS/LP/P, so it is unknown which individuals specifically had this variant or which other variants they also had.

    1. G818EER51 ± 1363 ± 5111 ± 825 ± 312 ± 32Moderate/Severe

      When expressed in transfected HEK293T cells and quantified by Western blotting, this variant was in the range of 40%-52%. This variant has a basal ATPase activity of 63% ± 5% compared to WT (100%) and was categorized as class 2 (partial reduction in expression and basal ATPase activity that was modestly stimulated by N-Ret-PE) with a moderate/severe predicted severity.

    1. 19 F 16 c.5714+5G>A c.4469G>A

      Case#: Patient 19, female, age 16

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: diagnosis of autosomal recessive STGD based on the pedigree and clinical phenotype of fleck deposits with or without genetic testing

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000608, HP:0000007, HP:0030610, HP:0030500

      CaseHPOFreeText: Macular degeneration. autosomal recessive, Photoreceptor outer segment loss on macular OCT, Yellow/white lesions of the macula

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: n/a

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Allele 1: NM_000350.3:c.5714+5G>A Allele 2: NM_000350.3:c.4469G>A

      ClinVar: Allele 1: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A Allele 2: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4469G>A (p.Cys1490Tyr)

      CAID: Allele 1: CA227338 Allele 2: CA227198

      SupplementalData: composite mask analysis shown in figure 3 for patient 19, show large areas of matched degeneration and isolated IS/OS loss

    1. Table S9. List of unique causative variants detected in 858 STGD probands mmc8.xlsx (19.3KB, xlsx) Table S11. STGD1 cases with at least two (likely) causal ABCA4 variants mmc9.xlsx (39.6KB, xlsx)

      Case#: DNAID 072962/Pat272, male

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "In classic STGD1, loss of central vision starts around the second decade of life, but both early- and late-onset subtypes have been extensively described." No patient-specific details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: smMIPs sequencing of the complete ABCA4 locus

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6416G>A (p.Arg2139Gln); c.6445C>T (p.Arg2149Ter)

      CAID: CA956878

      SupplementalData: tables s9 and s11

    2. Table S9. List of unique causative variants detected in 858 STGD probands mmc8.xlsx (19.3KB, xlsx) Table S11. STGD1 cases with at least two (likely) causal ABCA4 variants mmc9.xlsx (39.6KB, xlsx)

      Case#: DNAID 072284/Pat191, female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "In classic STGD1, loss of central vision starts around the second decade of life, but both early- and late-onset subtypes have been extensively described." No patient-specific details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: smMIPs sequencing of the complete ABCA4 locus

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1519G>T (p.Asp507Tyr); c.4139C>T (p.Pro1380Leu) phase not confirmed

      CAID: CA958508

      SupplementalData: tables s9 and s11

    1. 14-year-old patient

      Case#: 14-year-old, female, asian (Chinese) patient

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA-4 associated retinal dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: The effect of the deep intronic variant on splicing was validated by a minigene assay in our previous study (Tian et al., 2022). Co-segregation analysis result exhibited that the variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) came from the female parent, and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] from the male parent

      ParentalTesting: Co-segregation analysis result exhibited that the variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) came from the female parent, and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] from the male parent

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000556

      CasePhenotypeFreeText: ABCA4-associated retinal dystrophy

      CaseNotHPOs: NR

      CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: NR

      CasePreviousTesting:NR

      GenotypingMethod:

      In the present study, we recruited a 14-year-old female patient diagnosed with ABCA4-RD. Biallelic variants were found in this patient, including the nonsense variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) detected by Sanger sequencing and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] identified by next-generation sequencing.

      We isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from the patient’s peripheral venous blood and introduced three episomal plasmids containing transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, LIN28, c-MYC, KLF4, and SV40LT into PBMCs. The reprogramming iPSC line, named BIOi003-A, showed stabilized morphology (Fig. 1A) and a normal karyotype in culture (Fig. 1B). Then, the endogenous expression of two pluripotent biomarkers, POU5F1 and NANOG, was detected (Table 2). The expression levels were compared with human embryonic stem cell line H1(hESC-H1) and mesenchymal stem cell line P3 (MSC-P3) by qRT-PCR (Fig. 1C). Surface markers SSEA4 and TRA-1–81 were analyzed by flow cytometry (Fig. 1D). the ABCA4 compound heterozygous variants c.(1222C>T;2919-884G>T) p.[Arg408Ter;Phe973LeufsTer3,=] were verified by Sanger sequencing (Fig. 1E). Furthermore, the teratoma assay exhibited the differentiation capacity of this iPSC line in vivo (Fig. 1F). Short tandem repeats (STR) analysis exhibited that the PBMCs and the iPSC line came from the same patient. PCR proved negative for mycoplasma contamination

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1222C>T (p.Arg408Ter) and NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2919G>T (p.Leu973Phe)

      LegacyVariant: c.1222C>T (p.Arg408Ter) and c.2919G>T (p.Leu973Phe)

      ClinVar: 99035 and NR

      CAID: CA179692 and CA341275270

      gnomeAD: 1:94544895 G / A and NR

      MultipleGeneVariants: No

      PreviouslyPublished:No

      AdditionalInfo: One patient was homozygous at the ABCA-4 gene, so there is information about both variants in one annotation because there is only one patient.

    1. 23-year-old female with a history of STGD oculus uterque (OU) and severe myopia OU who presented for refractive surgery evaluation. The patient’s STGD was double allele ABCA4 genotype proven with two different mutations, p.Arg2107Cys:c.6319C>T and p.Gly607Arg:c.1819G>A

      Case#: Patient 23, Female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Not evaluated

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000609, HP:0012632, HP:0007906

      CaseHPOFreeText: The patient also had a history of bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia, labile intraocular pressure (IOP), and ocular hypertension without glaucoma.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:n/a

      Genotyping Method: Not listed

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.Arg2107Cys:c.6319C>T and p.Gly607Arg:c.1819G>A

      ClinVar: 635988, 99087

      CAID: CA956906, CA226936

      SupplementalData: Phenotype shown in case report with continued treatment below

    1. A 37-year-old East Asian woman

      Case#: Patient 37 yo, F, Eastern Asian, onset at 8yo (early onset), Heterozygous, AR inheritance patterns

      DiseaseAssertion:Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)

      FamilyInfo: Two brothers with RP and father with poor vision at 30 yo but no formal diagnosis

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003581, HP:0007737, HP:0000510, HP:000133

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP: 0000007, HP:0007663, HP:0000505, HP:0000662

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      Genotyping Method: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: Panel of genes; RP1L1, RP-GRIP1, ABCA4, and GRM6

      Variant: c.5501T>C p.(Met1019Ille)

      ClinVar: 1481089

      SupplementalData: see tables 1 and 2 for genetic variant panel

    1. Analysis of the rates of hydrolysis of ATP and CTP in the mutant protein demonstrated that they were significantly reduced (Fig. 3). The results presented in Fig. 3A indicated that the ATPase function of G863A mutant protein was reduced ∼3-fold as compared with NBD1wt, indicating ∼70% of inhibition of the ATPase activity. TheVmax (ATPase) for G863A mutant was 128 pmol/min/mg and that of the wild-type NBD1 was 584 pmol/min/mg (Table II). A time-course analysis of ATP hydrolysis using 2.5 μg of protein (Fig. 3C) suggested the actual rates of ATP hydrolysis were attenuated 3-fold as a consequence of the mutation. We have earlier reported that the NBD1wt has significantly higher CTPase than ATPase activity (1717.Biswas, E.E.Biochemistry. 2001; 40:8181-8187CrossrefScopus (25)PubMedGoogle Scholar). However, in the mutant G863A protein the CTPase activity was reduced (Fig.3B). In this case, the CTP hydrolysis of G863A was reduced to ∼30% of the activity of NDB1wt. The Vmaxfor G863A mutant was 104 pmol/min/mg and that of the wild-type NBD1 was 376 pmol/min/mg (Table II).

      ATPase function of G863A mutant protein was reduced ∼3-fold as compared with NBD1wt, indicating ∼70% of inhibition of the ATPase activity (Fig. 3). TheVmax (ATPase) for G863A mutant was 128 pmol/min/mg and that of the wild-type NBD1 was 584 pmol/min/mg (Table II).

    1. proband at age 5, targeted testing of ABCA4

      Case#: 1

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt disease originally but didn;t have fishtail flecks

      FamilyInfo: both unaffected parents carrying heterozygous MFSD8 variants

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0001272

      CaseHPOFreeText:at 5 years old BCVA was measured at a Snellen equivalent at 0.13 in both eyes, at age 8, BCVA had decreased to 0.07 in both eyes, complete absence of all retinal responses on full‐field flash ERG, No fishtail flecks typical of Stargardt disease were observed

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:n/a

      Genotyping Method: HaloPlex target enrichment kit amplified and sequenced using illumina, then WES

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.3113C>T p.(Ala1038Val)

      ClinVar: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/7894/

      SupplementalData: MFSD8 variants identified

    1. In 20 patients (19 STGD and 1 CRD), 18 different genotypes were identified (Table 1). Except p.Arg187His and p.Tyr954Ser variants, the rest of changes were previously reported as disease-associated allele. 14 The p.Arg187His and p.Tyr954Ser variants were not found in 100 ethnically matched control chromosomes. All the mutations identified in the 20 patients except one were detected by HRM for sensitivity of 95%; however, only 16 variants were identified by dHPLC for sensitivity of 80%.  Table 1. View Table Mutations AnalyzedTable 1. Mutations Analyzed Family Exon Genotype Mutation Detected by dHPLC Mutation Detected by HRM Nucleotide Change Amino Acid Change ARDM-167 5 c.560G>A p.Arg187His No Yes ARDM-257 5 c.560G>A p.Arg187His No Yes ARDM-164 6 c.700C>T p.Gln234X Yes Yes ARDM-135 8 c.1029_1030insT p.Asn344fsX Yes No ARDM-240 15 c.2285C>A p.Ala762Glu Yes Yes ARDM-248 19 c.2861A>C p.Tyr954Ser Yes Yes ARDM-90 — IVS21-2A>T — Yes Yes ARDM-40 27 c.3943C>T p.Gln1315X Yes Yes ARDM-158 30 c.4537delC p.Gln1513fsX1525 Yes Yes ARDM-38 33 c.4739delT p.Leu1580fs Yes Yes ARDM-163 36 c.5172G>T p.Trp1724Cys Not Yes ARDM-197 36 c.5172G>T p.Trp1724Cys Yes Yes ARDM-181 — IVS38+5G>A — Yes Yes ARDM-125 40 — p.KNLFA1876dup Yes Yes ARDM-183 43 c.5929G>A(False −) p.Gly1977Ser(False −) Yes Yes ARDM-146 44 c.6140T>A p.lle2047Asn Yes Yes ARDM-174 — IVS44+2T>A — Yes Yes ARDM-247 47 c.6410G>A p.Cys2137Tyr* Yes Yes ARDM-84 47 c.6410G>A p.Cys2137Tyr† No Yes ARDM-225 48 c.6559C>T p.Gln2187X Yes Yes  Previously unreported mutations are shown in bold. *  Mutation in heterozygous. †  Mutation in homozygous. Homozygous sequence alteration (p.Cys2137Tyr) could be identified from wild-type by HRM analyses (Fig. 1). In contrast, dHPLC did not distinguish any homozygous mutation, except when we mixed it, in a 1:1 proportion, with a previously sequenced wild-type sample at the end of each PCR session and before heteroduplex formation.

      Case#: Family MD-0247/ARDM-247 Proband, 12yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR cone rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=0.05/0.1, cone-pattern on ERG

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 19028736

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr); c.3386G>T (p.Arg1129Leu) found by ABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM

      ClinVar: 2202779

      CAID: CA341277358

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. STGD87 2588G→C Q1750X Yes

      Case#: STGD87, 10-14yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Q1750X; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. STGD47/164 IVS13+1G→A 2588G→C Yes

      Case#: STGD47/164, 10-14yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: IVS13+1G→A; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Case 2

      Case#:2, 29-year-old woman

      DiseaseAssertion:NR

      FamilyInfo:NR

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:decreased ability to focus, increasing difficulty to adapt in the dark, normal visual acuity in both eyes (logMar BCVA OD/OS: 0.02), PERG responses were diminished in both eyes.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      Genotyping Method: ”Analysis of the ABCA4 gene”

      PreviouslyPublished:No

      Variant:NM_000350.3:c.1805G>A, NM_000350.3:c.6079C>T

      ClinVar: 99085, 7882

      CAID:CA226933, CA119129

      SupplementalData:

    1. Microarray-based mutation analysis of the ABCA4 gene in Spanish patients with Stargardt disease: evidence of a prevalent mutated allele

      PMID: 16917483

      Gene: ABCA4

      Disease: Stargardt

      This paper was referenced by PMID: 23755871 as containing variant c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr), but this variant foes not appear to be in the text or tables

    1. 13/8 35 0.017 163 0 – 3 – 3 4 L541P R1098C

      Case#: Patient 13, 35yo

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 8

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Visual acuity=0.017. OCT ft (μm)=163. MP (dB)=0. Fundus=3(extensive atrophic-appearing RPE changes). ERG=3(abnormal responses involving both rods and cones). mfERG=4(subnormal mfERG in the entire test field (0°–30°) plus pathologic Ganzfeld ERG).

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: PCR of coding regions, intron/exon boundaries, and 5′ and 3′ regions of ABCA4; Standard cycle-sequencing reactions with BigDye Terminator

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: L541P; R1098C

      CAID: CA226911;

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. 13/8 35 0.017 163 0 – 3 – 3 4 L541P R1098C

      Case#: Patient 13, 35yo

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 8

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Visual acuity=0.017. OCT ft (μm)=163. MP (dB)=0. Fundus=3(extensive atrophic-appearing RPE changes). ERG=3(abnormal responses involving both rods and cones). mfERG=4(subnormal mfERG in the entire test field (0°–30°) plus pathologic Ganzfeld ERG).

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: PCR of coding regions, intron/exon boundaries, and 5′ and 3′ regions of ABCA4; Standard cycle-sequencing reactions with BigDye Terminator

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: L541P; R1098C

      CAID: CA226911;

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 48-year-old man

      Case#:48-year old man, onset at 13-years old

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003621, HP:0025147, HP:0011507, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0007722, HP:0007703, HP:0007663

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA was 20/200 bilaterally and refractive error was OD: −1.50/+0.50 × 149° and OS: −1.50/+0.25 × 161°. Hyperautofluorescent transitional zone in each eye more pronounced in right eye. The left eye showed a complete defect of the RPE-Bruch membrane complex with herniation of the outer retina. Maximum horizontal diameter of this RPE-Bruch membrane complex defect was 266um.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0000548, HP:0007984

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: No defect observed in the RPE and Bruch membrane in right eye. Patient had normal cone and rod responses on ERG

      Genotyping Method: ABCR 600 micro-array chip

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4216C>T (p.His1406Tyr), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

      ClinVar: 99259, 7888

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. STGD-02

      Case#: Case2, Sex:Female, Age:15

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

      CaseHPOFreeText: Clinical Notes: Few yellowish Flecks without autofluorescence. General notes: participant presented with atypical macular degeneration.

      CaseNotHPOs:n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: Exome sequencing data generation. Additional sequencing targeted amplification fo PRPH2 and ELOVL4 using PCR.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Variant 1 given as p.G1961E; NM_000350.3:c.5882G>A p.(Gly1961Glu) . Variant 2 given as p.Q636X; NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1906C>T (p.Gln636Ter).

      ClinVar: Variation ID: 7888 ; Variation ID: 265012

      CAID: ; CA10588302

      SupplementalData: Proband variant information given in Table 1.

    1. Genotype/Phenotype analysis of a photoreceptor-specific ATP-binding cassette transporter gene, ABCR, in Stargardt disease.

      Analysis of ABCA4 variants in 150 families with Stargardt disease. Most of which were of northern or central European ancestry. For comparison, 220 racially matched individuals with no personal history or known family history of STGD served as controls (Anderson et al. 1995; Allikmets et al. 1997b).

      PMID: 9973280

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNCID: HGNC:34

      GenotypingMethod: combined SSCP and heteroduplex analyses of all 50 exons of ABCA4, Sanger sequencing

      Pedigree AR417: onset at 8 years 2 segregations, 2 out of 3 offspring affected by STGD, parents and grandmother unaffected Variant: G1961E, A1038V CAID: CA119132, CA119135)

      Pedigree AR427: onset at 12 years 1 segregation, 1 out of 2 offspring affected by STGD, parents unaffected Variant: G1961E, C75G CAID: CA119132, CA226985

      Pedigree AR370: onset at 13 years 1 segregation, 1 out of 3 offspring affected by STGD, parents and grandparents unaffected Variant: G1961E, C1490Y CAID: CA119132, CA227198

      Pedigree AR 218: onset at 14 years family history of AMD, was first reported by Anderson et al. [1995] Variant: G1961E, 2160+1G>C CAID: CA119132, CA226984

      Pedigree AR 373: onset at 19 years 2 segregations, 2 out of 3 offspring affected by STGD, parents and grandparents unaffected Variant: G1961E, 4253+5G>T CAID: CA119132, CA227174

      Pedigree AR 274: onset at 20 years 1 segregation, 1 out of 4 siblings affected by STGD, parents and grandparents unaffected Variant: G1961E, A1038V CAID: CA119132, CA119135

    2. Mutation scanning and direct DNA sequencing of all 50 exons of ABCR were completed for 150 families segregating recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1). ABCR variations were identified in 173 (57%) disease chromosomes, the majority of which represent missense amino acid substitutions. These ABCR variants were not found in 220 unaffected control individuals (440 chromosomes) but do cosegregate with the disease in these families with STGD1, and many occur in conserved functional domains. Missense amino acid substitutions located in the amino terminal one-third of the protein appear to be associated with earlier onset of the disease and may represent misfolding alleles. The two most common mutant alleles, G1961E and A1038V, each identified in 16 of 173 disease chromosomes, composed 18.5% of mutations identified. G1961E has been associated previously, at a statistically significant level in the heterozygous state, with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Clinical evaluation of these 150 families with STGD1 revealed a high frequency of AMD in first- and second-degree relatives. These findings support the hypothesis that compound heterozygous ABCR mutations are responsible for STGD1 and that some heterozygous ABCR mutations may enhance susceptibility to AMD.

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      Case#: Family AR321 proband, US, 6yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: proband and two other siblings are affected

      CasePresentingHPOs: The essential and defining features of STGD were (1) pedigrees with at least one living affected individual compatible with autosomal recessive inheritance; (2) an ophthalmoscopically characteristic retinal disorder in families with both parents living; (3) bilateral central visual loss with both “beaten metal” elliptical foveal dystrophy and temporal pallor of the optic discs, documented by retinal color photography, with or without yellow-pigment epithelial flecks in the macular and/or retinal “near periphery”; and (4) the characteristic fluorescein angiographic feature of a dark choroid (Blacharski 1988).

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: (1) evidence of autosomal dominant inheritance; (2) any history of night blindness, loss of peripheral vision, or "retinitis pigmentosa"; (3) cataracta complicata or cells in the vitreous; (4) substantially abnormal electroretinographic or electrooculographic responses; (5) no fluorescein angiography performed or no dark choroid documented; (6) neurological disease (including loss of cognition or seizures); 7) drug exposures (especially to antimalarial and agents known to cause crystalline retinopathies); or (8) any "atypical" maculopathies in which a unique diagnosis of STGD could not be established.

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 8533764

      Variant: c.3113C>T p.A1038V; c.1715G>C p.R572P . Heteroduplex and SSCP analyses were used to screen the 50 exons of ABCA4. Linkage analysis and haplotype analysis were previously performed

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 3 39 6/6 1 RCD Val552Ile 6/6

      Case#: Case 3, 39yo

      DiseaseAssertion: BEM, RCD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: a ring of increased AF surrounding decreased foveal AF, visual acuity= 6/6, 6/6

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: acquired toxic aetiology

      GenotypingMethod: The entire coding sequence (50 exons), including exon–intron boundaries, of the ABCA4 gene of each patient was screened using single‐stranded conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct sequencing.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Val552Ile heterozygous

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. 3 39 6/6 1 RCD Val552Ile 6/6

      Case#: Case 3, 39yo

      DiseaseAssertion: BEM, RCD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: a ring of increased AF surrounding decreased foveal AF, visual acuity= 6/6, 6/6

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: acquired toxic aetiology

      GenotypingMethod: The entire coding sequence (50 exons), including exon–intron boundaries, of the ABCA4 gene of each patient was screened using single‐stranded conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct sequencing.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Val552Ile heterozygous

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Family 1ABCA4c.[1957C>T];[4604dup]M7.06.0PV, PP0.200.15MA, TPOD, ARAMA, TPOD, ARANormalReduced

      Case#: Family 1 proband, male, 6yo at onset, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: CORD

      FamilyInfo: heterozygous unaffected parents

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000613, HP:0000505, HP:0007401, HP:0012511, HP:0008043, HP:0000512

      CaseHPOFreeText:  ERG responses from cones reduced, BVA=0.20/0.15

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.[1957C>T];[4604dup] phase confirmed

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA645372205

      SupplementalData:

    1. 024 m Caucasian STGD ABCA4 NM_000350.2 c.[6601_6602delAG];[=], c.[4253+43G>A];[=] p.Arg2201fs* p.Ile1377Hisfs*3 Not found 0.004694 AR Pathogenic Pathogenic 2 [36] [19]

      Case#: Patient 24, male, Caucasian, onset at 50yo, Germany

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: co-segregation of variant in 2 family members (siblings) but they do not appear to be affected based on pedigree

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030528, HP:0000505, HP:0012508, HP:0001105, HP:0025148

      CaseHPOFreeText: progressive paracentral scotoma OU, progressive visual impairment OU (blurry vision). BCVA: OD-0.1, OS-0.22. Tension: 13mmHg/14mmHg. FAF: bilateral hyperautofluorescent macular and peripapillary spots, few spots of paracentral retinal atrophy (foveal sparing). Autofluorescence and deposits (severity): deposits medium, atrophy low. OCT: hyperreflective spots, partially invading into the outer retina, partly confluent lesions of cRORA, foveal sparing, degenerative intraretinal fluid. Central macular thickness: 328µm/322µm. Macular volume: 9.31mm³/9.00mm³. mfERG: bilateral amplitudes in normal range, slight relative reduction in the paracentral areas. Fluorescein angiography: bilateral dark choroid, mild paracentral dye pooling in the late phase. Color vision: Inconspicuous. Clinical examination: pattern-like distribution of the lesions.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: WES, in-house RD-associated gene panel including 619 candidates and disease-associated genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2 c.[6601_6602delAG] (p.Arg2201fs);[=], c.[4253+43G>A] p.Ile1377Hisfs3;[=]

      CAID: CA227421; CA227172

      SupplementalData: phenotype and segregation info in supplemental data (table s1, figure s1)

    1. The proband (Patient #20

      Case#: Female, family #5, Patient #20

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Proband's sister presented with same clinical prognosis. Sister diagnosed with pattern dystrophy and photoaversion at age 57, with difficulty seeing at night. Sister has nuclear sclerotic and cortical cataracts in both eyes.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000662, HP:0000603, HP:0000603, HP:0000493

      CaseHPOFreeText: Proband presented with localized blur at age 62, (late onset) in her left eye. BVCA 20/20-3 and 20/20-2 at age 70. Also has macular lesions with stage 2 fundus flecks.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: Genotyping performed at Columbia University, sequencing technology used is not disclosed.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.N18681, IVS36:c.5196+1G>A

      ClinVar: M2) 99067, M6) 99351

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: Fig 1: Pedigree illustrating ABCA4 variants and the associated Stargardt phenotype for 5 families. Proband Labeled w/ white arrow for each family. Fig 2: retinal scan measuring melanin in 4 patients of family 2. Panel shows bull's-eye ring of RPE atropy. Fig 3: Macular SD-OCT line profile from b-scans. Reflectivity plotted against function of retinal depth. Table 1: table shows patients with p.N18681 variant, type of mutation, and pathogenicity class. Table 2: Patients, age on-set and first symptom

    2. The proband (Patient #20

      Case#: Female, family #5, Patient #20

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Proband's sister presented with same clinical prognosis. Sister diagnosed with pattern dystrophy and photoaversion at age 57, with difficulty seeing at night. Sister has nuclear sclerotic and cortical cataracts in both eyes.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000662, HP:0000603, HP:0000603, HP:0000493

      CaseHPOFreeText: Proband presented with localized blur at age 62, (late onset) in her left eye. BVCA 20/20-3 and 20/20-2 at age 70. Also has macular lesions with stage 2 fundus flecks.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: Genotyping performed at Columbia University, sequencing technology used is not disclosed.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.N18681, IVS36:c.5196+1G>A

      ClinVar: M2) 99067, M6) 99351

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: Fig 1: Pedigree illustrating ABCA4 variants and the associated Stargardt phenotype for 5 families. Proband Labeled w/ white arrow for each family. Fig 2: retinal scan measuring melanin in 4 patients of family 2. Panel shows bull's-eye ring of RPE atropy. Fig 3: Macular SD-OCT line profile from b-scans. Reflectivity plotted against function of retinal depth. Table 1: table shows patients with p.N18681 variant, type of mutation, and pathogenicity class. Table 2: Patients, age on-set and first symptom

    1. ABCA4 gene mutation

      Case#: 1 female, 12 years old.

      DiseaseAssertion: bilateral stage 2B Coats disease. ABCA4 gene mutations were found upon genetic analysis but Stargardt disease was not diagnosed.

      FamilyInfo: Single affected individual. Past medical history and family history was reported as normal. No additional information about family is provided in text.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663 - Reduced visual acuity, HP:0001147 - Retinal exudate, HP:0007763 - Retinal telangiectasia, HP:0025355 - Retinal arteriolar macroaneurysms, HP:0011505- Cystoid macular edema, HP:0020032 - Hyperreflective retinal dots on OCT, HP:0001045 - Vitiligo

      CaseHPOFreeText: bilateral significant capillary nonperfusion noted mostly in the temporal retinal periphery together with light-bulb-like capillary dilations and staining of telangiectatic vessels. Mild intravitreal hemorrhage

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0012045 - Retinal flecks, HP:0025010 - Foveal atrophy, HP:0000603 - Central scotoma, HP:0000556 - Retinal dystrophy, HP:0000512 - Abnormal electroretinogram

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Relatively normal foveal architecture.

      Genotyping Method: Genetic analysis was performed using Sanger sequencing for the NDP gene, which revealed no pathogenic variants. Exome sequencing was then used with the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform, which identified two compound heterozygous variants in the ABCA4 gene. Lastly, no mutations were found in the TINF2 gene.

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1373C>T (p.Arg458Cys), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

      ClinVar: Variation ID: 7888 ( for p.Arg458Cys variant however I believe this is mislabeled for this variant NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu), no variantion ID found for NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1373C>T (p.Arg458Cys)

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

    1. The variant was c.52C>T (p.Arg18Trp).

      PMID:39398711

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      Case Annotation Template

      Case#: 19-year-old male

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease 1 (STGD1)

      FamilyInfo: No family history of eye disease reported. Autosomal recessive inheritance consistent with STGD1. Homozygous ABCA4 variant identified.

      CasePresentingHPOs: DecreasedCentralVA, MacularAtrophy, MacularFlecks, PeripapillarySparing, OpticNervePallor

      CaseHPOFreeText: Five-year history of progressive bilateral central vision loss, worse at near. Alternating exotropia measuring 16 prism diopters in all gazes OU. Best corrected visual acuity 20/200 OU. Fundus examination revealed pigment deposition and macular mottling. Fundus autofluorescence showed central decreased autofluorescence surrounded by increased autofluorescence. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated dark choroid. OCT showed loss of the central ellipsoid zone with hyperreflective deposits. Multifocal ERG demonstrated significant functional loss.

      CaseNotHPOs: NightBlindness

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Patient denied nyctalopia, photophobia, or flashes. Color vision normal on Ishihara testing.

      Genotyping Method: Genotyping Method: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) with deletion/duplication analysis (Invitae Corporation).

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      Variant: ABCA4 c.52C>T (p.Arg18Trp)

      ClinVar: ClinVarID:7899

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

    1. Screening of reported pathogenic variants in ABCA4 for Stargardt (STGD) The disease prevalence of STGD is estimated as 1 in 10000 individuals4. It has been estimated that about 70% of STGD patients carry variants in ABCA45. Therefore, this represents the scenario of a recessive disease with a relatively homogeneous genetic cause. We screened 945 reported pathogenic variants in ABCA4 genes collected in HGMD. Among them, 11 variants are likely benign, as their population AF in is higher than 0.7% (1/20000‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾√)<math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" id="M11"><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mrow><msqrt><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>20000</mn></mrow></msqrt></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math>, the cutoff based on STGD disease prevalence, therefore were excluded from further analysis. The remaining 934 variants were subjected to our test model. As a result, 26 variants with the AF in the range of 0.46% to 0.03% were identified as likely benign (Binomial test1, Bonferroni correction p-value ≤ 0.05/934 and test2 Bonferroni correction p-value > 0.05/934) (Figure 3A).

      This variant is reported in Table S6, but only location, predictions, frequencies, etc are reported for it, not cases.

    2. Screening of reported pathogenic variants in ABCA4 for Stargardt (STGD) The disease prevalence of STGD is estimated as 1 in 10000 individuals4. It has been estimated that about 70% of STGD patients carry variants in ABCA45. Therefore, this represents the scenario of a recessive disease with a relatively homogeneous genetic cause. We screened 945 reported pathogenic variants in ABCA4 genes collected in HGMD. Among them, 11 variants are likely benign, as their population AF in is higher than 0.7% (1/20000‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾√)<math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" id="M11"><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mrow><msqrt><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>20000</mn></mrow></msqrt></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math>, the cutoff based on STGD disease prevalence, therefore were excluded from further analysis. The remaining 934 variants were subjected to our test model. As a result, 26 variants with the AF in the range of 0.46% to 0.03% were identified as likely benign (Binomial test1, Bonferroni correction p-value ≤ 0.05/934 and test2 Bonferroni correction p-value > 0.05/934) (Figure 3A).

      This variant is reported in Table S6, but only location, predictions, frequencies, etc are reported for it, not cases.

    1. F17-003

      Case#: Patient 225, Female, age of onset 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD-1

      FamilyInfo: no given family information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.[1622T>C;3113C>T]

      ClinVar: 99067, 7894

      CAID: n/a

      gnomeAD 0.0001266 allele frequency

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

    2. F17-003

      Case#: Patient 225, Female, age of onset 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD-1

      FamilyInfo: no given family information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.[1622T>C;3113C>T]

      ClinVar: 99067, 7894

      CAID: n/a

      gnomeAD 0.0001266 allele frequency

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

    1. WDR19-associated retinopathy presenting with adult-onset Stargardt-likephenotype

      PMID:39967245

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      Case#:39 man

      DiseaseAssertion:NA

      FamilyInfo:NA

      CasePresentingHPOs:Snellen in both eye, visual impairment with night blindnessisual acuity was 20/20Snellen in both eyes, with a minor correction for astig-matism. The anterior segment and intraocular pressurewere within normal limits. On fundus examination, dif-fuse fleck-like lesions were scattered both inside and out-side the arcades, while sharply demarcated areas ofmacular atrophy with foveal sparing, more pronouncedin the left eye, were visible.

      CaseHPOFreeText:NA

      CaseNotHPOs:NA

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      Genotyping Method:Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), using theTruSight One Clinical Exome sequencing panel on anIllumina NexSeq500 platform, enriching for 4800 genesincluding ABCA4, CNGB3, ELOVL4, PROM1, and PRPH2

      PreviouslyPublished:Under refernces?

      Variant:WDR19 variants:the novel deletion at c.1777 + 1 within the donor splicingsite (class 4) and the rare c.1430 G>T variant causing theamino-acid substitution p.(Arg477Leu) (class 3) in the putative protein. Additionally, a heterozygous c.1793A>G(class 3) variant in the CDH23 gene was found, though it was deemed as not contributive to the patient’s clinical phenotype. All reported variants were confirmed throughSanger sequencing

      ClinVar:NA

      CAID:NA

      SupplementalData:NA

    1. The STGD patient from Family 12 is a compound heterozygous with p.Val931Met and a novel nonsense mutation at exon 33 (p.Glu1574X; Figure 1B). Disease onset for this patient was at age 43. Ophthalmic examination revealed moderate central retinal changes, decreased mfERG responses exclusively in the central 15 degrees, and decreased visual acuity.

      Case#: Family 12 Proband, male, 43yo at onset, Portuguese

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: no affected family members in pedigree (Fig. 1)

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The criteria for STGD phenotype included bilateral central vision loss and pigmentary macular lesions, normal caliber of retinal vessels, absence of pigmented bone spicules, and compatibility with recessive mode of inheritance." Moderate central retinal changes, decreased mfERG responses exclusively in the central 15 degrees

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.Glu1574X; p.Val931Met. Several other polymorphisms also reported. ABCR400 gene chip microarray, DHPLC

      ClinVar: 1460063

      CAID: CA341283936

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. JB260 Stargardt ABCA4 c.6119G>A p.Arg2040Gln rs148460146 Zernant et al (2014)50 c.2879del p.Ala960Aspfs*17 N/A

      Case#: Bryant Subject JB260, US

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs: "Stargardt disease is a childhood-onset macular degeneration and is most commonly caused by mutations in ABCA4. Characteristic yellow flecks are typically seen under the macula during a fundus exam."

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: WES; previously screened using arrayed primer extension (APEX) multigene panels for the relevant disease and no disease-causing variants had been identified; PCR and Sanger for verification

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6119G>A p.Arg2040Gln; c.2879del p.Ala960Aspfs*17

      CAID: CA232815

      SupplementalData:

    1. An uncommon case of retinitis pigmentosa patients basedon clinical and genetic studyAyudha Bahana Bahana Ilham Perdamaian, MSc2, Dewi Kartikawati Paramita, PhD3, Riris Istighfari Jenie,PhD4, Supanji Supanji, PhD11Universitas Gadjah Mada Fakultas Kedokteran Kesehatan Masyarakat dan Keperawatan, 2Doctorate Program of Health andMedicine Science, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nurse, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Departmentof Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 3Department of Histology andMolecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia,Integrated Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakar,4Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCASE REPORTThis article was accepted: 25 August 2024Corresponding Author: Supanji SupanjiEmail: supanji@ugm.ac.id19-An uncommon00304.qxp_3-PRIMARY.qxd 29/08/2024 3:47 PM Page 98

      PMID:39215425

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      case27-year-old male, the brother of case 1

      DiseaseAssertion: Table 1 The summary of the clinical assessment of IRD patients’ family in this research fro there down they did a whole pannel on the family

      Pedigree one can be fore form the beggginnings of case presention section?

      CasePresentingHPOs: Case 2, a 27-year-old male, the brother of case 1 had blurry vision which was not corrected with an eyeglass and inconveniences under bright light starting from 14 years ago. Case 2 also underwent a fundus examination after finding that case 1 was RP. In further examination of those patients and their family members found that case 1 was confirmed as RP and case 2

      CaseHPOFreeText:NA

      CaseNotHPOs:NA

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:NA

      Genotyping Method:NA

      PreviouslyPublished:NA

      Variant:NA

      ClinVar:

      CAID:NA

      SupplementalData:NA

      Inheritance pattern Autosomal Recessive

    2. An uncommon case of retinitis pigmentosa patients basedon clinical and genetic studyAyudha Bahana Bahana Ilham Perdamaian, MSc2, Dewi Kartikawati Paramita, PhD3, Riris Istighfari Jenie,PhD4, Supanji Supanji, PhD11Universitas Gadjah Mada Fakultas Kedokteran Kesehatan Masyarakat dan Keperawatan, 2Doctorate Program of Health andMedicine Science, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nurse, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Departmentof Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 3Department of Histology andMolecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia,Integrated Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakar,4Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCASE REPORTThis article was accepted: 25 August 2024Corresponding Author: Supanji SupanjiEmail: supanji@ugm.ac.id19-An uncommon00304.qxp_3-PRIMARY.qxd 29/08/2024 3:47 PM Page 98

      PMID:39215425

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      case27-year-old male, the brother of case 1

      DiseaseAssertion: Table 1 The summary of the clinical assessment of IRD patients’ family in this research fro there down they did a whole pannel on the family

      Pedigree one can be fore form the beggginnings of case presention section?

      CasePresentingHPOs: Case 2, a 27-year-old male, the brother of case 1 had blurry vision which was not corrected with an eyeglass and inconveniences under bright light starting from 14 years ago. Case 2 also underwent a fundus examination after finding that case 1 was RP. In further examination of those patients and their family members found that case 1 was confirmed as RP and case 2

      CaseHPOFreeText:NA

      CaseNotHPOs:NA

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:NA

      Genotyping Method:NA

      PreviouslyPublished:NA

      Variant:NA

      ClinVar:

      CAID:NA

      SupplementalData:NA

      Inheritance pattern Autosomal Recessive

    1. See Supplementary Table S2 for a complete genotypic glossary of the cohort.

      Case#: Patients were identified from the inherited retinal disease (IRD) database at UC San Diego (UCSD).

      DiseaseAssertion: RP with macular edema

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Dx of RP based on "a history of progressive peripheral vision loss or nyctalopia, and ocular examination findings of RP including bone spicule pigmentation, disc pallor and attenuated vessels and genetic confirmation."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Next-generation sequencing (NGS), exome sequencing, and/or targeted Sanger sequencing were the primary genetic testing approaches.

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID:10206579 is referenced but it seems a reference to the variant and not the proband

      Variant: c.6383A>G (p.His2128Arg); c.3G>T (p.Met1?). phase unknown

      ClinVar: 99455

      CAID: CA227399

      SupplementalData: Variant is found in table S2

    1. (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/). In addition, mutation taster predicted both L168F and L168S variant as disease-causing with PROVEAN predictions of L168F (-2.767) and L168S (-4.083) as deleterious (https://www.mutationtaster.org/). As such, it was not surprising that the L168S variant patient had much more severe disease onset and rapid progression compared to other SCA34-causing ELOVL4 variants. For example, a patient carrying the T233M ELOVL4 variant was reported to develop ataxia starting at 15 years of age [10]. However, at the time of examination of this patient at 60 years of age, an MRI of the brain showed only subtle flattening of the ventral pons and mild cerebellar atrophy [10]. Another patient carrying the Q180P ELOVL4 variant developed ataxia in his mid-20 s and showed cerebellar and pontine atrophy [11]. Japanese patients also carrying the W256G variant developed gait ataxia between 13–56 years of age [12]. However, disease progression was reported to be very slow, and patients did not require assistance with walking with a walker or cane until the age of 60 years or older [12]. Taken together, it looks like the nature of the mutation and its effect on normal ELOVL4 function most likely through defects in VLC-FA biosynthesis or conformational changes in protein structure are critical to disease onset and severity of the pathologies.

      SupplementalData:

    2. (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/). In addition, mutation taster predicted both L168F and L168S variant as disease-causing with PROVEAN predictions of L168F (-2.767) and L168S (-4.083) as deleterious (https://www.mutationtaster.org/). As such, it was not surprising that the L168S variant patient had much more severe disease onset and rapid progression compared to other SCA34-causing ELOVL4 variants. For example, a patient carrying the T233M ELOVL4 variant was reported to develop ataxia starting at 15 years of age [10]. However, at the time of examination of this patient at 60 years of age, an MRI of the brain showed only subtle flattening of the ventral pons and mild cerebellar atrophy [10]. Another patient carrying the Q180P ELOVL4 variant developed ataxia in his mid-20 s and showed cerebellar and pontine atrophy [11]. Japanese patients also carrying the W256G variant developed gait ataxia between 13–56 years of age [12]. However, disease progression was reported to be very slow, and patients did not require assistance with walking with a walker or cane until the age of 60 years or older [12]. Taken together, it looks like the nature of the mutation and its effect on normal ELOVL4 function most likely through defects in VLC-FA biosynthesis or conformational changes in protein structure are critical to disease onset and severity of the pathologies.

      SupplementalData:

    1. 4.4. Disease Course in Patients Harbouring p.(Gly1961Glu) or p.(Asn1868Ile) Allele

      It is known that patients harbouring p.(Gly1961Glu) or p.(Asn1868Ile) allele share some common clinical characteristics and present with a milder disease phenotype than patients carrying other alleles. A typical feature of patients with p.(Gly1961Glu) is BEM, which is otherwise present in around 20% of all STGD1 patients.

    1. 10/22/MClinical, geneticPartial deletion, protein truncating mutation++++−

      PatientID: 10

      KindredID: 10

      Case: M, 22Y0M, Caucasian

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Positive family history.

      CohortInfo: Case series of 14 patients with definite or presumed von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal vascular proliferation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002011, HP:0001732, HP:0007850, HP:0012210, HP:0009711 (Morphological central nervous system abnormality, abnormality of the pancreas, retinal vascular proliferation, abnormal renal morphology, retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: At age 12, his left eye had a large juxtapapillary vascular complex extending from the nerve along the superior arcade that was associated with dense fibrovascular tissue. During the next 29 months, this fibrovascular complex enlarged, extending into the center of the macula and causing a decrease in visual acuity to 20/80. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy and membrane peel. When the patient was reexamined 7 years after his surgery, there was no recurrence of the lesion. In the patient's contralateral right eye, 3 typical peripheral RCHs were observed during this 7-year follow-up. At age 14 years, he was also noted to have a small patch of superficial retinal vessels in the inferior retinal quadrant near the equator of the right eye that resembled an arteriovenous anastomosis.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: Partial Deletion

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: deletion

      CivicName:Null (Partial deletion)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Complete deletion

      GroupID/ KindredID: 28

      PatientID: II

      Case: 24Y0M, Sex unknown, Polish

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Family 28 consisted of 4 members; one relative (age 27Y) was found with multiple cerebellar HABs at 25Y, and multiple spinal HABs, another (40Y) diagnosed at 30Y with multiple cerebellar HABs, and multiple spinal HABs, and a final relative (62Y), diagnosed with a single HAB.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient was diagnosed with a single cerebellar HAB at 24Y

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0009713; HP:0009711; HP:0005584 (spinal hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma; renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: complete deletion of VHL gene

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Haplotype analysis information in Table 3

      MutationType: deletion

      CivicName: deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 4 partial deletions

      GroupID/ KindredID: 22

      Case: Age unknown, Sex unknown, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: No family history. Genetic testing of their parents confirmed a de novo mutation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0005584; HP:0009711; HP:0001732 (pheochromocytoma; renal cell carcinoma; retinal capillary hemangioma; pancreatic lesion)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: Exon 1 deletion

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence:N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: Exon 1 Deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. In four families, partial deletions of one or more exons were detected by Southern blot analysis

      PatientID: unknown (brother)

      KindredID: A

      Case: M (deceased), Age unknown, Turkish

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: 5 family members are grouped with this deletion (ages 16-37Y; mean 31Y). VHL was clinically diagnosed in, at minimum, the proband. See Fig. 2 for family pedigree. This patient and his one brother were not tested for the DNA deletion however it is assumed by the authors due to the segregation observed.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666; HP:0005584 (retinal capillary hemangioma; pheochromocytoma; renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: Deletion of exons 1 and 2

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: not tested for the DNA deletion however it is assumed by the authors due to the segregation observed.

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: exon 1-2 deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. GroupID/ KindredID: F28

      Case: Sex unknown, 23Y0M, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: familial antecedents found; unknown of any additional features of index case relatives

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000107; HP:0009711; HP:0006880; HP:0006770; HP:0002666 (renal cysts, retinal capillary hemangioma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: unilateral pheo, bilateral ccRCC and multiple lesions were found with the patient’s renal cysts. Age of onset is 23Y0M.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001737 (pancreatic cysts)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: rearrangement (unspecified)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Southern blot positive

      MutationType: rearrangement_region

      CivicName: Rearrangement

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: 246

      KindredID: 246

      Case: Sex Unknown, 26Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0006770 (Hemangioblastoma, Retinal capillary hemangioma, Clear cell renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: CNS and retinal hemangioblastoma and clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0000107; HP:0001732 (Pheochromocytoma, Renal cyst, Abnormality of the pancreas)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished:N/A

      SupplementalData: Table S1, S2 and S3

      Variant: Partial Deletion (0.7kb)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: deletion

      CivicName: Partial deletion of 0.7kb

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 16 different families

      PatientID: IX-I

      KindredID: 9

      Case: M, 68Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: No family history reported.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006748; HP:0002668; HP:0030405; HP:0001737; HP:0006880 (adrenal pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, pancreatic endocrine tumor, pancreatic cyst, cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient presented with adrenal pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, pancreatic endocrine tumor, pancreatic cyst, and cerebellar hemangioblastoma at age 55Y0M and was diagnosed with VHL type 2A (see table 2).

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000107; HP:0005584 (renal cyst; renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Patient negative for renal cell carcinoma and renal cysts.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: complete deletion

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: deletion

      CivicName: NULL (deletion)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Comparably, the result of the CNTNAP2 rs2710102 associations with ASD studies (n = 4+current study) was also not significant [n = 7276; p = 0.26; OR = 1.028 (95 % CI 0.98–1.08), see Suppl. Table S6, Fig. 1b]

      Performed a meta-analysis of all data published on the rs2710102 CNTNAP2 variant up to 2015, and included Anney et al, 2012 (PMID: 20663923), Toma et al., 2013 (PMID: 23277129), Sampath et al, 2013 (PMID: 24147096), Poot et al., 2014 (PMID: 25337070 ), plus there current cohort.

      No significant increase in cases vs controls for CNTNAP2 rs2710102

      While this data does help support Contradictory evidence for CNTNAP2 involvement in autism, the lack of reporting of the total number of controls, as well as the number of cases and controls with the SNP prevents me from curating this information within the ClinGen gene curation interface.

    2. he meta-analysis of the CNTNAP2 rs7794745 associations with ASD studies (n = 5+current study) did not result in significant association with ASD in general [n = 8576; p = 0.112; OR = 1.023 (95 % CI 0.99–1.05); see Suppl. Table S5, Fig. 1a]. Since we detected some heterogeneity for the SNP rs7794745 according to the funnel plot (see Suppl. Figure S10), we performed an additional meta-analysis synthesis using the random effect model. However, no significant association with ASD was observed and OR were very similar as for the fixed-model [OR = 1.081 (95 % CI 0.976–1.196), p = 0.133; for details Suppl. Table S9a].

      Performed a meta-analysis of all data published on the rs7794745 CNTNAP2 variant up to 2015, and included Arking et al., 2008 (PMID:18179894), Li et al 2010 (PMID: 20414140), Anney et al, 2012 (PMID: 20663923), Toma et al., 2013 (PMID: 23277129), Sampath et al, 2013 (PMID: 24147096), plus there current cohort.

      No significant increase in cases vs controls for CNTNAP2 rs7794745

    1. Similar

      CaseControlLabel: Toma 2013 CNTNAP2 rs7794745 analysis

      CaseCohortLabel: 322 Autism patients

      ControlCohortLabel: 524 controls

      CaseCohortDisease: MONDO:0005260 (Autism)

      CaseCohortPhenotype:

      CaseCohortPhenotypesFreeText: Authors indicate that all individuals fulfilled DSM-IV criteria for autism or Asperger disorder. Additionally, some cases included where diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder they may or may not have been characterized based on ADI-R and ADOS-G.

      CaseControlNOTPhenotype:

      CaseControlNOTPhenotypeFreeText:

      CaseDemographics: 269 men, 53 women, Average age= = 17y.o. of Spanish and/or Caucasian descent.

      ControlDemographics: controls were noted to be sex-matched and unrelated, however no numbers or ages were indicated. Sample obtained from the Blood and Tissues Bank of Hospital Universitari Vali d'Hebron.

      CaseGenotypingMethod: One SNP, rs7794745, was genotyped using PCR-RFLP, from DNA obtained from peripheral blood lymphocytes (salting out method).

      ControlGenotypingMethod: One SNP, rs7794745, was genotyped using PCR-RFLP, from DNA obtained from peripheral blood lymphocytes (salting out method).

      CasePower: 312/322

      ControlPower: 505/524

      CaseAddInfo: Other genetic variation is not noted.

      ControlAddInfo: Other genetic variation is not noted.

      CaseControlStudyType: Single Variant Analysis

      CaseControlDetectionMethod: Cases and controls genotyped for single variant

      CaseControlStats: p-value= 0.87

      CaseControlBias: Cases and controls are ethinically matched, and noted to be sex-matched.

      CaseControlComments:

    1. (GRIN2B, rs7301328)

      Case: Multiple individuals with the same GRIN2B variant (the mean age was 76 ± 11 SD years (Range: 38–101), the mean age at PD onset was 67 ± 12 SD years (Range: 32–94), and 421 patients (63%) were male).

      Disease Assertion: Parkinson's disease

      FamilyInfo: None

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001300

      CaseHPOFreeText: Parkinson's disease

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001250

      CasePreviousTesting: Polymorphism genotyping on Sequenom iPLEX ® platform

      PreviouslyPublished: No

      Variant: rs7301328

      ClinVarID: 129205

    1. Patient 1

      Case:Patient 1, Male, 4 y/o, German and Thai

      DiseaseAssertion:FOXG1 syndrome

      FamilyInfo: Non-consanguineous parents. De novo. Patient 1 has maternally inherited duplications at 15q21.12(47292250-47309868)x3 and Xp22.31(6451676-8115124)x3 of unknown clinical significance.

      ParentalGenotype:Not provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0002197, HP:0005484, HP:0011344, HP:0001252, HP:0020045,HP:0000540, HP:0010808, HP:0002019, HP:0003781, HP:0012741, HP:0002421, HP:0000748, HP:0003763, HP:5200017, HP:0025112, HP:0000957

      CaseHPOFreeText: At 19 months, could not sit independently and no speech development. Stereotypic hand and head movements. High pain tolerance. X-ray at age 2 showed broad ribs. Improved head control by age 4.

      CaseNotHPO:HP:0410263, HP:0002376

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Dysmorphic features. breathing abnormalities

      CasePreviousTesting:No previous testing

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Mate-pair sequencing, Sanger sequencing

      Gene:FOXG1

      Variant:46,XY,t(9;14)(q22.3;q11.2)dn

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:426096

      gnomAD:Not provided

    2. Patient 3

      Case:Patient 3, Male, 1 y/o, Brazilian

      DiseaseAssertion: FOXG1 syndrome

      FamilyInfo: Non-consanguineous parents

      ParentalGenotype: No family testing mentioned.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000252, HP:0001252, HP:0000486

      CaseHPOFreeText: Developed microcephaly within 1 year. Developmental delay, unable to sit without assistance at 1 year old. Central Nervous System (CNS) MRI showed a volumetric reduction of the cerebral parenchyma, hypomyelination, and hypoplasia of corpus callosum mainly involving the anterior part and prominent lateral ventricles

      CaseNotHPO: HP:0030917

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Normal length, weight, HC at birth. No retinal abnormalities.

      CasePreviousTesting: Not asserted.

      PreviouslyPublished: Not previously published.

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing, mate-pair sequencing

      Gene: FOXG1

      Variant: 46,XY,t(2;14)(q37;q11.2)dn

      HGVS: Not provided.

      ClinVarID:426094

      gnomAD:Not provided

    3. Patient 2

      Case:Patient 2, Female, 5 y/o, Brazilian

      DiseaseAssertion:quadriplegic cerebral palsy with axial hypotonia and distal spasticity

      FamilyInfo: Non-consanguineous parents. Parents had normal karyotypes. Older sister was clinically normal.

      ParentalGenotype: Normal karyotypes for both parents.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002098, HP:0010959, HP:0008755, HP:0002090, HP:0032661, HP:0001274, HP:0011344, HP:0001249, HP:0001344, HP:0000748, HP:0034435, HP:0000486, HP:0000483, HP:0200136

      CaseHPOFreeText: Dilated superficial blood vessels seen on brain MRI.

      CaseNotHPO:N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Not asserted

      PreviouslyPublished: Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Mate-pair sequencing, Sanger sequencing, chromosome analysis

      Gene: FOXG1

      Variant: 46,XX,t(4;14)(q27;q13)dn

      HGVS: Not provided

      ClinVarID: 426095

      gnomAD: Not provided

    1. 52

      Case#:Patient 52, female, 3 years old

      DiseaseAssertion:Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE)

      FamilyInfo:DeNovo. The family is Chinese

      ParentalGenotype:The authors only conducted singleton and not trio-based exome sequencing so the parents' exomes were not sequenced.

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0011344, HP:0002069, HP:0007359, HP:0011097, HP:0100704, HP:0001332, HP:0002072, HP:0012171.

      CaseHPOFreeText:Patient 52 presents with severe global developmental delay and epilepsy.

      Patient 52 has generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures, focal seizures and spasms. Patient 52's seizure onset occurred at 3 months old.

      Patient 52 has cortical visual impairment (CVI), dystonia, chorea, and hand-washing sterotypies.

      Patient History

      @ 3 months - Patient 52 had generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures.

      Patient 52 was on 3 antiepileptic drugs at most recent follow-up visit which reduced seizure frequency by >50%.

      CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

      CasePreviousTesting:The authors selected a cohort of 31 patients with seizure cryptogenic Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE) and seizure onset before 24 months.

      Exclusion criteria included: (1) Patients with a definite history of brain insult, malformation of cortical development, neurocutaneous and syndromal disorders, and confirmed or highly suspected neurometabolic disorders based on clinical and biochemical markers. (2) Patients with Dravet syndrome and epilepsy at infancy with migrating focal seizure were also excluded because the majority of variants are detected in the SCN1A (>85%) and KCNT1 (approximately 50%) genes.

      Formal neuropsychological testing or best clinical assessment was used to classify patient development or intelligence.

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) variant results were filtered in a panel of 430 epilepsy-associated genes. After selection of variants from the 430-gene panel, the synonymous variants, variants with variant frequency <10%, and variants with allele frequency >1% were removed.

      Gene:CDKL5

      Variant:NM_003159.2 c. 1849delC (p. Arg617Valfs*4)

      The authors state that the variant is a heterozygous frameshift deletion.

      The authors state that this is a novel variant and is pathogenic.

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:Not found

      CAID:Not found.

      gnomAD:Not found

      MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

    2. 7

      Case#:Patient 7, male, 5 years old

      DiseaseAssertion:Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE)

      FamilyInfo:The family is French/Chinese

      ParentalGenotype:The variant was inherited from Patient 7's asymptomatic mother.

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0010864, HP:0012758, HP:0000729, HP:0007359, HP:0002069, HP:0032794, HP:0001250, HP:0000252.

      CaseHPOFreeText:Patient 7 presents with severe intellectual disability, developmental slowdown, and various seizure types. Patient 7 has Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and microcephaly.

      Patient History

      @ 12 months - Patient 7 presented with seizures.

      Patient 7 developed additional seizure types including: focal seizures with/without generalization, generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures, and hypomotor seizures.

      Patient 7 was on two antiepileptic drugs at most recent followup visit which reduced seizure frequency by >50%.

      CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

      CasePreviousTesting:The authors selected a cohort of 31 patients with seizure cryptogenic Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE) and seizure onset before 24 months.

      Exclusion criteria included: (1) Patients with a definite history of brain insult, malformation of cortical development, neurocutaneous and syndromal disorders, and confirmed or highly suspected neurometabolic disorders based on clinical and biochemical markers. (2) Patients with Dravet syndrome and epilepsy at infancy with migrating focal seizure were also excluded because the majority of variants are detected in the SCN1A (>85%) and KCNT1 (approximately 50%) genes.

      Formal neuropsychological testing or best clinical assessment was used to classify patient development or intelligence.

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) variant results were filtered in a panel of 430 epilepsy-associated genes. After selection of variants from the 430-gene panel, the synonymous variants, variants with variant frequency <10%, and variants with allele frequency >1% were removed.

      Gene:SLC9A6

      Variant:Hemizygous splice site NM_001042537.1 c. 794-2A>G was assessed by the authors to be likely pathogenic.

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:Not found

      CAID:CA414750320

      gnomAD:Not found

      MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

    1. Case  1

      Case: Patient 1, female, 2 years old

      DiseaseAssertion: Rett Syndrome

      FamilyInfo: DeNovo. Patient 1 was the second child of a nonconsanguineous Chinese couple. Patient 1 was born at full term with a birth weight of 3.83 kg.

      ParentalGenotype(s):Not provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0011344, HP:0001250, HP:0001252, HP:0000252, HP:0000748, HP:0003763, HP:0005469, HP:0000486, HP:0012171.

      CaseHPOFreeRext:Patient 1 presents with severe global developmental delay, epilepsy, and hypotonia. The Patient History contains all of Patient 1's phenotypes along with the progression of her condition.

      Patient History

      @ 3 months - Patient 1 had microcephaly (head circumference was less than 3rd percentile with a body weight and body height at 75th percentile). Patient 1 had hypotonia.

      Patient 1 was given a metabolic screening, a muscle enzyme, and a brain tomography with normal results.

      @ 6 months - Patient 1 had microcephaly, flat occiput, right divergent squint, and hypotonia. No syndromal diagnosis could be ascertained at that time.

      @ 2 years - Patient 1 had epilepsy.

      Patient 1 had severe global development delay.

      Patient 1 was given an EEG which showed nonspecific background slowing, but no epileptiform abnormalities. Patient 1 was also given a brain MRI which showed mild thinning of corpus callosum without major structural defect. Patient 1 had no developmental regression but she developed stereotypical hand movements, bruxism, and occasional outburst of laughter.

      Based on these phenotypes, Angelman/Rett Syndrome was suspected.

      CaseNOTHPOs: HP:0002353.

      CaseNOTHPOFreeText: Patient 1 was given an EEG which detected no epileptic abnormalites.

      CasePreviousTesting: Genetic investigations (including methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLLPA)) was conducted for Angelman Syndrome, UBE3A gene, MECP gene, and array CGH. These studies were negative. A FOXG1 related disease was suspected

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod: A FOXG1 gene test showed a de novo frameshift pathogenic mutation FOXG1 {NM_005249.3} c. 396_397ins26; FOXG1{NP_005240.3} :(p. Gly133TRPfs*68) which confirmed the diagnosis of a FOXG1 related congenital variant of Rett Syndrome.

      Gene:FOXG1

      Variant: (NM_005249.3) c. 396_397ins26 (p. Gly133Trpfs*68)

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:Not found

      CAID:Not found

      gnomAD:Not found

    2. Case  2

      Case:Patient 2, female, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion:Global delay

      FamilyInfo:Patient 2 was the first child of nonconsanguineous Chinese couple born at 38-week gestation. The mother had gestational diabetes mellitus that required insulin therapy.

      ParentalGenotype:Not provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0000365, HP:0020049, HP:0000252, HP:0001263, HP:0012171, HP:0000154, HP:0000708, HP:0003763, HP:0002376, HP:0012433.

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      Patient History

      @ birth - Patient 2 presented with mild grade bilateral hearing impairment and left divergent squint diagnosed at birth.

      @ Follow-up visit - Patient 2 had microbrachycephaly and global developmental delay. Brain MRI, metabolic screening and array CGH were normal.

      @ 1 year - Patient 2 had stereotypical handwashing movement.

      There was no clinical or electrical seizure.

      Patient 2 has craniofacial features like microbrachycephaly, wide mouth, divergent squint, and behavioral phenotype.

      @ 1.5 years - Patient 2 had bruxism and developmental regression. Patient 2 also had loss of some motor and social skills.

      CaseNotHPOs:HP:0001250

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Patient 2 has no seizures.

      CasePreviousTesting:Not provided

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Not provided

      Gene:MECP2 (MN_004992.3) (NP_004983.1)

      Variant:c. 808C>T (p. Arg270*)

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:Not found

      CAID:CA172577

      gnomAD:Not found

      MultipleGeneVariants:NA

    1. first patient

      Case:Patient 1, female, 11 years old

      DiseaseAssertion:Rett Syndrome - Atypical Variant

      FamilyInfo:De Novo. Patient 1's parents were healthy. When Patient 1 was clinically examined, the head circumferences of her mother and father were 53 cm (P25) and 59 cm (P90), respectively. The parents had normal weight.

      ParentalGenotype:Both parents were sequenced for Patient 1's mutation, and the deletion was not detected.

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0001249, HP:0001513, HP:0001626, HP:0000256, HP:0010465, HP:0012758, HP:0000750, HP:0012433, HP:0002591, HP:0001250, HP:0020174, HP:0000316, HP:0000336, HP:0000431, HP:0000377, HP:0000470, HP:0001156, HP:0001500.

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      Patient history

      @ birth - Patient 1 was born at 38 weeks of gestation after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Her weight was 3,390 g (P69), height 51 cm (P60), and her head circumference was 36 cm (P90).

      @ 6 months - Patient 1 experienced developmental delay.

      @ 9 months - Patient 1 sat without support.

      @ 2 years - Patient 1 began to walk.

      @ later on - Patient 1 presented with speech delay and behavioral disturbances. The behavioral disturbances were reduced by the drug risperidone.

      @ early childhood - Patient 1 has been obese and appeared to display hyperphagia.

      @ 8 years - Patient 1 developed precocious puberty.

      @ 10 years - Patient 1 had her first epileptic seizure. Treatment with lamotrigine prevented further seizures. The seizures later became refractory to this treatment.

      @ 10 years - Patient 1 presented with a height of 160 cm (P>97) and a head circumference of 59 cm (P>97). She had hypertelorism and prominent eyebrows. Her nasal bridge was broad and auricles were fleshy. In addition, Patient 1's neck was short and the fingers were short and wide.

      Patient 1 has an intellectual disability, metabolic syndrome, and macrocephaly.

      CaseNotHPOs:HP:0002540.

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Patient 1 sat without support at 9 months old. She walked at 2 years.

      CasePreviousTesting:Patient 1 was given a conventional cytogenetic analysis. The chromosomal analyses (46,XX) and array CGH results (BlueGnome CytoChip ISCA 4×180K v1.0; Agilent Human Genome CGH Microarray 180K) were normal. Patient 1 was also given a methylation-specific MLPA to exclude a Temple syndrome, which is also characterized by weight gain and precocious puberty. In addition, Prader-Willi syndrome was ruled out by methylation testing. This syndrome is another imprinting disease causing obesity and intellectual disability.

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Whole-exome sequencing analysis of the entire exome was conducted for Patient 1. Whole-genome sequencing showed heterozygosity in Patient 1, which was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Macrocephalic syndrome genes including PTEN, NSD1, NFIX, SETBP1, RAI1, and PHF6 were analyzed, and no additional variants of interest (pathogenic, likely pathogenic, or variants of uncertain significance) were observed.

      Gene:MECP2

      Variant:c. 1162_1172del (p. Pro388*), heterozygosity, frameshift.

      HGVS:NM_004992.3

      ClinVarID:Not found

      CAID:CA1139667881

      gnomAD:Not found

      MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

    1. Patient 2

      Case:Patient 2, female, 2.5 years old

      DiseaseAssertion:CDKL5 Disorder

      FamilyInfo:De Novo with an unremarkable family history.

      ParentalGenotype:Not provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0032792, HP:0007359, HP:0011154, HP:0002194, HP:0010862, HP:0000750, HP:0012434, HP:0000710, HP:0100023, HP:0000252, HP:0009062, HP:0010845, HP:0020174, HP:0010841.

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      Patient history

      @ 2 months to 2.5 years - Patient 2 experienced tonic and focal seizures with autonomic symptoms.

      @ 2 years - Patient 2 was diagnosed with CDKL5 disorder.

      Patient 2 had severe delayed gross motor development, severe delayed fine motor development, severe delayed language development and delayed social development. Patient 2 had hyperoral and hand flapping stereotypies. She also had microcephaly (< 2 SD) and axial hypotonia.

      Patient 2 was given a brain EEG which detected Delta slowing of the background followed by generalized attenuation during seizures and multifocal interictal epileptiform abnormalities.

      @ 2.5 years - Patient 2 experienced seizures in clusters.

      Treatments

      Antiepleptic treatments included:Phenobarbital, Topirimate, Clobazam, Valproate, Keppra, Vitamin B6, Phenytoin, Lamotrigine, Nitrazepam, Oxcarbazepine, Mirtazipine, KCI, Levetiracetam, ant ketogenic diet.

      Patient 2 was also treated with Carnitine. Patient 2's seizures seem to have changed in type over time but continued.

      Other testing

      Tests were conducted on Patient 2 to obtain data in the following areas: NBS, lactate, lipoprotein profile, plasma and urine amino acids, urine organic acids, acylcarnitine profile, total and free serum carnitine levels, plasma ammonia, total plasma homocysteine, serum CK, liver enzymes, urine alpha-AASA, creatine, biotinidase, VLCFA, Batten disease screen, CSF analysis (amino acids, lactate, glucose, protein, cell count, neurotransmitters), MRI-brain with spectroscopy, and karyotype.

      CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

      CasePreviousTesting:Patient 2 was given a gene sequence test for the genes SCNIA and MECP2. No gene mutation was found for these two genes.

      PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

      GenotypingMethod:Patient 2 was given a CDKL5 gene sequence test. The test detected a mutation in the CDKL5 gene.

      Gene:CDKL5

      Variant:c. 2480_2486dupCAGATCT. frameshift

      The authors state that CDKL5 gene sequencing detected a de novo duplication in exon 17, c. 2480_2486dupCAGATCT, resulting in a frameshift (Boston University School of Medicine, Center for Human Genetics, Boston, MA). This is a novel change that has not been reported before in ExAC. Only pathogenic point mutations in exon 17 have previously been reported. In a patient with a previously reported frameshift mutation in exon 18, a truncated CDKL5 transcript was detected. A truncated protein would lack the C-terminus and would not localize correctly in the cell, as demonstrated in vitro. Accordingly, any reading frame altering mutations proximal to exon 18 are null-variants. Therefore, this mutation is classified as pathogenic according to ACMG criteria.

      HGVS:Not provided

      ClinVarID:547188

      NM_001323289.2 (CDKL5): c. 2480_2486dup (p. Gln830fs)

      Allele ID: 538303

      CAID:Not found

      gnomAD:Not found

      MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

    1. Sixty-six individuals representing 54 families were studied (Supplementary Material, Table S1). All individuals were found to harbor two ABCA4 variants likely to cause the retinal disease (18,20–26). In 40 families (74%), independent segregation of the two alleles was demonstrated. The ages at the time of their first visit ranged from 9 to 74 years (mean = 35.9, median = 35.2 years); in the majority of individuals (36/66=55%), data were available from a second visit that occurred on average 8.7 years (range=2–20 years, median = 6.9 years) after the first visit.

      Case#: Patient #35, male, 35yo at report, 14yo at onset,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: family 30, segregation was noted as "yes" but no other details provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: A1038V;L541P allele 2: G818E

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1