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Rare Variants in RTEL1 Are Associated with Familial Interstitial Pneumonia

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- Title
- Rare Variants in RTEL1 Are Associated with Familial Interstitial Pneumonia
- Author/Creator
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Cogan, Joy D |
Kropski, Jonathon A |
Zhao, Min |
Mitchell, Daphne B |
Rives, Lynette |
Markin, Cheryl |
Garnett, Errine T |
Montgomery, Keri H |
Mason, Wendi R |
McKean, David F |
Powers, Julia |
Murphy, Elissa |
Olson, Lana M |
Choi, Leena |
Cheng, Dong-Sheng |
Blue, Elizabeth Marchain |
Young, Lisa R |
Lancaster, Lisa H |
Steele, Mark P |
Brown, Kevin K |
Schwarz, Marvin I |
Fingerlin, Tasha E |
Schwartz, David A |
Lawson, William E |
Loyd, James E |
Zhao, Zhongming |
Phillips III, John A |
Blackwell, Timothy S
- Description
- Rationale: Up to 20% of cases of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia cluster in families, comprising the syndrome of familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP); however, the genetic basis of FIP remains uncertain in most families. Objectives: To determine if new disease-causing rare genetic variants could be identified using whole-exome sequencing of affected members from FIP families, providing additional insights into disease pathogenesis. Methods: Affected subjects from 25 kindreds were selected from an ongoing FIP registry for whole-exome sequencing from genomic DNA. Candidate rare variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing, and cosegregation analysis was performed in families, followed by additional sequencing of affected individuals from another 163 kindreds. Measurements and Main Results: We identified a potentially damaging rare variant in the gene encoding for regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1 (RTEL1) that segregated with disease and was associated with very short telomeres in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 1 of 25 families in our original whole-exome sequencing cohort. Evaluation of affected individuals in 163 additional kindreds revealed another eight families (4.7%) with heterozygous rare variants in RTEL1 that segregated with clinical FIP. Probands and unaffected carriers of these rare variants had short telomeres (<10% for age) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and increased T-circle formation, suggesting impaired RTEL1 function. Conclusions: Rare loss-of-function variants in RTEL1 represent a newly defined genetic predisposition for FIP, supporting the importance of telomere-related pathways in pulmonary fibrosis.
- Relation
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine / Vol. 191, No. 6, pp.646-655
- Relation
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201408-1510OC
- Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- American Thoracic Society
- Subject
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FoR 11 (Medical and Health Sciences) |
genetics |
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
telomere
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Identifier
- ISSN: 1073-449X
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