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  1. Oct 2024
    1. Disease: mild haemophilia A, influencing VWF levels

      Patient: 20 yo, Female

      Variant1: F8 NM_000132.3: c.1127T>G: p. Val376Gly (Exon 8, current clinvar interpretation not available)

      Variant 2: F8 NM_000132.3: c.3780C>G: p. Asp1260Glu (Exon 14, current ClinVar interpretation is benign)

      Variant 3: VWF NM_000552.5: c.1415A>G:p.His484Arg (Exon 13, current ClinVar interpretation is Benign/likely Benign)

      Variant 4: VWF NM_000552.5: c.2365A>G:p.Thr789Ala (Exon 18, current ClinVar interpretation is Benign/ likely Benign)

      Variant 5: VWF NM_000552.5: c.2771G>A:p.Arg924Gln (Exon 21, current ClinVar interpretation is conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity (VUS-3)(Benign-4)(Likely benign-1))

      Variant 6: VWF NM_000552.5: c.4141A>G:p.Thr1381Ala (Exon 28, current ClinVar interpretation is Benign/ Likely Benign)

      Variant 7: VWF NM_000552.5: c.6532G>T:p.Ala2178Ser (Exon 37, Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity: (VUS-1) (Likely Benign-1))

      Variant 8: F5 NM_000130.5: c.2773A>G:p.Lys925Glu (Exon 13, current ClinVar interpretation is Benign/Likely Benign)

      Variant 9: F5 NM_000130.5: c.2594A>G:p.His865Arg (Exon 13, current ClinVar interpretation is Benign/Likely Benign)

      Variant 10: F5 NM_000130.5: c.2573A>G:p.Lys858Arg (Exon 13, Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity: (VUS-1) (Benign-2)(Likely Benign-1))

      Variant 11: F5 NM_000130.5: c.5290A>G:p.Met1764Val (Exon 16, Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity: (VUS-1) (Benign-2)(Likely Benign-1))

      Variant 12: F13A1 NM_000129.4: c.103G>T:p.Val35Leu (Exon 2, Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity: (VUS-1) (Benign-3))

      Variant notes: All are heterozygous

      Both variants in F8 are linked to reports associated with haemophilia, though second variant is considered benign.

      Phenotypes: History of bleeding (Heavy mentrual bleeding since menarche)(Treated with transdermal oestrogen and Levonorgestel), iron deficiency anaemia. High Janssen score for pictorial blood assessment. Gum bleeding lasting longer than 10 minutes(Treated with local application of tranexamic acid), recurrent nosebleeds, high score for ISTH and BAT assessments. Decrease in VWF:Ag ratio, VWF:CB ratio decreased, VWF: GPIbR ratio decreased

      Family: Maternal grandfather possibly haemophiliac, mother asymptomatic

    1. Disease: Von-Willebrand Disorder

      Patient 2 Variant(s):

      VWF NM_000552.5: c.4135C>T p.(Arg1379Cys) Exon 28 VWF NM_000552.5: c.4130C>T p.(Ala1377Val) Exon 28 VWF NM_000552.5: c.3797C>T p.(Pro1266Leu) Exon 28 VWF NM_000552.5: c.3835G>A p.(Val1279Ile) Exon 28

      Note: Pro1266Leu and Val1279Ile are in trans with Ala1377Val and Arg1379Cys

      Note2: MAF of Ala1377Val is present in Exome Variant Server (<0.01) and 1000 Genomes database (<0.02), designated as rare variant, typically found in indiv with African ethnicity

      Family: Relatives molecular analysis showed Arg1379 and Ala1377Val variants mentioned above were in cis

      Patient 2 Phenotype: Mild bleeding symptom Nearly normal VWF:Ag value, reduced VWF:RCo value slight loss of HMWM with smear decreased/slightly decreased proteolysis Slightly reduced RIPA VWFpp/VWF:Ag ratio shows increased VWF clearance VWF platelet levels reduced reduced rBpIba binding in VWF plasma VWF:GPIbM values slightly increased

      Note: Treated with desmopressin in case of minor surgeries or delivery

      Note 2: Slightly decreased RIPA may be explained by presence of 2B New York Variant (Pro1266Leu) that mitigates RIPA assay in 2M phenotype.

      In silico analysis available:

      I-Mutant 3.0 states decrease in A1 domain stability for both mutations (Ala1377Val = -0.91, Arg1379Cys = -1.36)

      PYMOL predicts Ala1377Val does not alter formation of hydrogen bonds with Arg1374 residue and water. Predicts substitution of ARG 1379 with a cysteine results in the loss of hydrogen bonds with Lys1407 and Lys1408, predicted change in secondary structure of A1 domain

      Ala1377Val was previously reported in 3 other patients Publications:

      Millar CM, Riddel AF, Mellors G, Yee TT. The spectrum of VWD type 2 phenotypes associated with A1 domain mutations posters. J Thromb Haemost 2009; 7: 531–2.

      Logsdon BA, Dai JY, Auer PL et al. A variational Bayes discrete mixture test for rare variant association. Genet Epidemiol 2014; 38: 21–30.

      Final note: Authors suggest patients' 2M phenotype is due to the presence of Ala1377Val and Arg1379Cys together to create synergistic effect. Though difficult to discern with this specific patient having two other variants in addition to the two mentioned above.

  2. Mar 2022
    1. Kerr, P. J., Cattadori, I. M., Liu, J., Sim, D. G., Dodds, J. W., Brooks, J. W., Kennett, M. J., Holmes, E. C., & Read, A. F. (2017). Next step in the ongoing arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(35), 9397–9402. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710336114

  3. Jan 2022
  4. May 2020
    1. Shweta, F., Murugadoss, K., Awasthi, S., Venkatakrishnan, A., Puranik, A., Kang, M., Pickering, B. W., O’Horo, J. C., Bauer, P. R., Razonable, R. R., Vergidis, P., Temesgen, Z., Rizza, S., Mahmood, M., Wilson, W. R., Challener, D., Anand, P., Liebers, M., Doctor, Z., … Badley, A. D. (2020). Augmented Curation of Unstructured Clinical Notes from a Massive EHR System Reveals Specific Phenotypic Signature of Impending COVID-19 Diagnosis [Preprint]. Infectious Diseases (except HIV/AIDS). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.19.20067660

  5. Aug 2019
    1. Time-resolved analysis of individual cells revealed that past exposure to low levels of antibiotics increases tolerance to future exposure for the sessile but not for the motile cell
    1. Growth history influences starvation-induced expression of uspA, grpE, and rpoS and subsequent cryotolerance in Escherichia coli O157:H7
    2. in E. coli a form of ‘memory’ of past phosphate limitation leads to a faster response to successive periods of phosphate limitation, and that this faster response may be survival enhancing

      phosphate starvation memory