2004
DOI: 10.1038/ng1346
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Disease anticipation is associated with progressive telomere shortening in families with dyskeratosis congenita due to mutations in TERC

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“…Perhaps polymorphisms in the gene associated with dyskeratosis congenita on the X chromosome influence telomere maintenance. Thus, the X chromosome would influence telomere length heritability in a manner analogous to the anticipation phenomenon described by Vulliamy et al 3 .…”
Section: Repeat Inheritancementioning
confidence: 71%
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“…Perhaps polymorphisms in the gene associated with dyskeratosis congenita on the X chromosome influence telomere maintenance. Thus, the X chromosome would influence telomere length heritability in a manner analogous to the anticipation phenomenon described by Vulliamy et al 3 .…”
Section: Repeat Inheritancementioning
confidence: 71%
“…In this study, mortality due to infectious disease was eight times greater in individuals (over the age of 60 y) whose blood-cell telomere length was in the lowest quartile (shortest telomeres) than in individuals whose telomeres were in the other quartiles 12 . Vulliamy et al 3 show that genetically inherited short telomeres in dyskeratosis congenita cause anticipation of disease. This supports the hypothesis that short telomeres due to a variety of causes (increased in cell turnover associated with chronic age-associated diseases, inflammatory processes, oxidative damage, genetic alterations in telomerase components) correlate with disease.…”
Section: Repeat Inheritancementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Ainsi, en l'absence d'aplasie médullaire, les tests génétiques restent incontournables pour affirmer le diagnostic de DC. Les formes de DC liées à des mutations des composants de la télo-mérase sont des maladies à anticipation, la sévérité de la pathologie s'accroissant génération après génération 3 [27], suggérant un rôle critique de la taille des télomères dans l'expression phénotypique de la maladie. Cependant, il n'est actuellement toujours pas certain que la sévérité clinique de la maladie soit réellement corrélée à la taille des télomères, les données récentes publiées à ce sujet restant très contradictoires [28,29].…”
Section: Identification De Nouvelles Formes Du Syndrome De Hoyeraal-hunclassified