Screening of WT1 mutations in exon 8 and 9 in children with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome from a single centre and establishment of a rapid screening assay using high-resolution melting analysis in a clinical setting

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• 作者：Annes Siji ; Varsha Chhotusing Pardeshi ; Shilpa Ravindran…
• 关键词：Children ; WT1 ; Steroid resistant ; High resolution melt ; Mutation
• 刊名：BMC Medical Genetics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：4214KB
• 刊物主题：Human Genetics; Cytogenetics; Gene Function;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2350
• 卷排序：18

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BackgroundMutations in Wilm’s tumor 1 (WT1) gene is one of the commonly reported genetic mutations in children with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). We report the results of direct sequencing of exons 8 and 9 of WT1 gene in 100 children with SRNS from a single centre. We standardized and validated High Resolution Melt (HRM) as a rapid and cost effective screening step to identify individuals with normal sequence and distinguish it from those with a potential mutation. Since only mutation positive samples identified by HRM will be further processed for sequencing it will help in reducing the sequencing burden and speed up the screening process.