Considerations on diagnosis and surveillance measures of PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome: clinical and genetic study in a series of Spanish patients
Background: The limited knowledge about the PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) makes its diagnosis a challenging task. We aimed to define the clinical and genetic characteristics of this syndrome in the Spanish population and to identify new genes potentially associated with the disease. Results:...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau) |
| Repositorio: | r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iibsantpau.fundanetsuite.com:p15744 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://iibsantpau.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=15744 https://ddd.uab.cat/record/284448 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5 trisphosphate 3 phosphatase ubiquitin protein ligase NEDD4 PTEN protein, human adolescent adolescent disease adult aged Article cancer risk child childhood cancer clinical feature controlled study Cowden syndrome diagnostic test disease surveillance exon gastrointestinal polyposis gene gene frequency gene identification gene overexpression genetic association genetic variability germ line high throughput sequencing human human genetics kidney cancer KLLN gene macrocephaly major clinical study medical record review molecular genetics NEDD4 gene obesity phenotype population genetics population research prediction prevalence PTEN gene PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome questionnaire skin defect Spaniard whole exome sequencing genetics pathology Adolescent Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple Humans PTEN Phosphohydrolase Whole Exome Sequencing |
| Sumario: | Background: The limited knowledge about the PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) makes its diagnosis a challenging task. We aimed to define the clinical and genetic characteristics of this syndrome in the Spanish population and to identify new genes potentially associated with the disease. Results: We reviewed the clinical data collected through a specific questionnaire in a series of 145 Spanish patients with a phenotypic features compatible with PHTS and performed molecular characterization through several approaches including next generation sequencing and whole exome sequencing (WES). Macrocephaly, mucocutaneous lesions, gastrointestinal polyposis and obesity are prevalent phenotypic features in PHTS and help predict the presence of a PTEN germline variant in our population. We also find that PHTS patients are at risk to develop cancer in childhood or adolescence. Furthermore, we observe a high frequency of variants in exon 1 of PTEN, which are associated with renal cancer and overexpression of KLLN and PTEN. Moreover, WES revealed variants in genes like NEDD4 that merit further research. Conclusions: This study expands previously reported findings in other PHTS population studies and makes new contributions regarding clinical and molecular aspects of PHTS, which are useful for translation to the clinic and for new research lines. © 2022, The Author(s). |
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