Mutation study of Spanish patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant and age-dependent vascular disorder characterised mainly by mutations in the Endoglin (ENG) or activin receptor-like kinase-1 (ALK1, ACVRL1) genes.</p> <p&...

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Main Authors: Blanco Francisco J (Author), Garrido-Martin Eva M (Author), Albiñana Virginia (Author), García-Alegria Eva (Author), Fernandez-L Africa (Author), Fontalba Ana (Author), Zarrabeitia Roberto (Author), Perez-Molino Alfonso (Author), Bernabeu-Herrero Maria E (Author), Ojeda Maria-Luisa (Author), Fernandez-Luna Jose L (Author), Bernabeu Carmelo (Author), Botella Luisa M (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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700 1 0 |a Fernandez-L Africa  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Fontalba Ana  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Zarrabeitia Roberto  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Perez-Molino Alfonso  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Bernabeu-Herrero Maria E  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Ojeda Maria-Luisa  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Fernandez-Luna Jose L  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Bernabeu Carmelo  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Botella Luisa M  |e author 
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520 |a <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant and age-dependent vascular disorder characterised mainly by mutations in the Endoglin (ENG) or activin receptor-like kinase-1 (ALK1, ACVRL1) genes.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Here, we have identified 22 ALK1 mutations and 15 ENG mutations, many of which had not previously been reported, in independent Spanish families afflicted with HHT.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We identified mutations in thirty-seven unrelated families. A detailed analysis of clinical symptoms was recorded for each patient analyzed, with a higher significant presence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) in HHT1 patients over HHT2. Twenty-two mutations in ALK1 and fifteen in ENG genes were identified. Many of them, almost half, represented new mutations in ALK1 and in ENG. Missense mutations in ENG and ALK1 were localized in a tridimensional protein structure model.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Overall, ALK1 mutations (HHT2) were predominant over ENG mutations (HHT1) in our Spanish population, in agreement with previous data from our country and other Mediterranean countries (France, Italy), but different to Northern Europe or North America. There was a significant increase of PAVM associated with HHT1 over HHT2 in these families.</p> 
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