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Potential contributors to variable penetrance of NOTCH3 p.Arg1231Cys Variant
Jeongyeon Hwang1, Ayuko Iverson2, Amy Woroch2
1The Barbara and Maurice Deane Center for Wellness and Cognitive Health, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98 Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA. jhwang22@mgh.harvard.edu.
Abstract:
Missense mutations in NOTCH3, especially cysteine-altering pathogenic variants, are the cause of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. The NOTCH3 p.Arg1231Cys variant, located in EGFr domain 31, is classified as low-risk under the three-tiered EGFr domain risk stratification system. We report two cases of p.Arg1231Cys heterozygosity presenting with early-onset dementia, strokes, and extensive leukoencephalopathy. These cases highlight the potential contributing factors to increasing penetrance of p.Arg1231Cys variant, and the need for functional evaluation to improve the clinical utility of genetic testing in hereditary small vessel disease.
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