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Genetic testing in familial AD and FTD: Mutation and phenotype spectrum in a Danish cohort
Author(s) -
Lindquist SG,
Schwartz M,
Batbayli M,
Waldemar G,
Nielsen JE
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01191.x
Subject(s) - danish , phenotype , genetics , mutation , cohort , genetic testing , biology , medicine , gene , philosophy , linguistics
Autosomal dominantly transmitted Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are genetically heterogeneous disorders. To date, three genes have been identified in which mutations cause early‐onset autosomal dominant inherited AD: APP, PSEN1 , and PSEN2. Mutations in two genes on chromosome 17, the MAPT and the PGRN genes, are associated with autosomal dominant inherited FTD. The aim of this study was to characterize the mutation spectrum and describe genotype‐phenotype correlations in families with inherited dementia. The identification of novel mutations and/or atypical genotype‐phenotype correlations contributes to further characterizing the disorders. DNA‐samples from the 90 index cases from a Danish referral‐based cohort representing families with presumed autosomal dominant inherited AD or FTD were screened for mutations in the known genes with sequencing, denaturing high‐performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and multiplex ligation‐dependent probe amplification (MLPA) techniques. Seven presumed pathogenic mutations (two PSEN1 , one PSEN2 , one APP , one MAPT , and two PGRN ) were identified, including a novel PSEN2 mutation (V393M). No dosage aberrations were identified.