在儿科组中对家族性高胆固醇血症进行基因检测:罗马尼亚的展示
Andreea Teodora Constantin1,2, Ioana Streata3,4, Mirela Silvia Covăcescu1,2
1Pediatrics Department, National Institute for Mother and Child Health "Alessandrescu-Rusescu", 020395 Bucharest, Romania.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 28, 2023
概括
在20名罗马尼亚儿童中,有5名患有高LDL胆固醇的儿童,基因检测发现了家族性高胆固醇血症 (FH). 通过基因查进行早期诊断对于预防心血管事件至关重要.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
背景情况:
- 家族性高胆固醇血症 (FH) 是一种遗传性疾病,导致LDL胆固醇升高和心血管风险增加.
- 儿童FH的临床症状往往是微妙的,延迟了诊断和干预.
- 早期检测和管理对于预防长期并发症至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查罗马尼亚儿科患者中与FH相关的遗传变异的流行情况.
- 评估基因测试在患有高胆固醇血症的儿童中诊断FH的有用性.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及20名罗马尼亚儿科患者的横截面研究,LDL胆固醇>130 mg/mL.
- 基因测试使用Illumina TruSight Cardio面板进行.
- 分析重点是识别FH相关基因中的致病性/可能致病性变体.
主要成果:
- 致病性/可能致病性变体在20名患者中5名 (25%) 中被确定.
- 确定的基因变异位于LDLR和APOB基因中.
- 这突显了研究的儿科队列中遗传确认的FH的显著率.
结论:
- 基因检测是有效的诊断家族性高胆固醇血症在儿童高的LDL胆固醇.
- 在儿科患者群体中通过基因查早期识别FH,可以及时进行干预.
- 基因诊断的预防策略可以显著降低受影响儿童的心血管事件风险.
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