Hospital General Manuel Ygnacio Monteros-IESS, Loja 110150, Ecuador.
Heredity S.A., Quito 170135, Ecuador.
Med Sci (Basel). 2024 Oct 21;12(4):58. doi: 10.3390/medsci12040058.
More than approximately 120 transthyretin mutations are known. Their clinical presentation is heterogeneous, as the course of disease onset depends on genetic variation and level of penetrance. They are little known in Ecuador, and some of the reported cases suggest-given analysis of family trees-that they come from a province that is possibly considered endemic. The main objective of this study is to perform a descriptive observational analysis on the presentation of transthyretin amyloidosis in families carrying the p.Ser43Asn gene of the identified index case.
已知超过约 120 种转甲状腺素蛋白突变。其临床表现具有异质性,因为疾病发作的病程取决于遗传变异和外显率。在厄瓜多尔,这些突变并不广为人知,一些报告的病例表明——通过对家族树的分析——它们可能来自一个被认为是地方性的省份。本研究的主要目的是对携带已确定索引病例的 p.Ser43Asn 基因的家族中转甲状腺素蛋白淀粉样变性的表现进行描述性观察分析。