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Retinoblastoma

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta

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AD

Decreased production of type 1 collagen. Brittle bone dz, blue sclerae

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Prader-Willi

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Paternal deletion on cs 15, maternal imprinting (maternal gene silenced via methylation)

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Angelman

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Maternal gene is deleted/mutated on cs 15, paternal imprinting

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

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XLR

Defective purine salvage due to absent HGPRT (converts hypoxanthine to IMP and guanine to GMP ==> excess uric acid prod and de novo purine synth

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Orotic Aciduria

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AR

defect in UMP synthase, converts orotic acid to UMP

Get orotic acid in urine, megaloblastic anemia that doesn’t improve with folate or B12, FTT

OTC deficiency: get hyperammonemia AND orotic acid in urine/blood

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I-cell disease

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inherited LSD, defect in phosphotransferase ==> failure of golgi to phosphorylate mannose residues on glycoproteins, protons secreted extracellularly rather than delivered to lysosomes

Coarse facial fx, clouded corneas, restricted joint mvmt, high plasma lysosomal enzymes, often fatal in childhood

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Huntington Disease

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AD, cs 4, CAG repeat

decreased levels of GABA and ACh
neuronal death via NMDA-R binding and glutamate toxicity. Atrophy of caudate nuclei on imaging

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CS 7 mutations:

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CF, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta

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CS 16 mutations:

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PCKD, tuberous sclerosis

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CS 20 mutation:

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MODY

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Friedreich Ataxia

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AR, cs 9, GAA repeat, degen of cerebellum and spinal cord tracts

Encodes frataxin: mitochondrial iron regulation, buildup of iron –> free radical damage

Presents in childhood w/ kyphoscoliosis

mm weakness, loss of DTRs, vibration, propriocep. Staggering gait, falling, nystamus, dysarthria, hammer toes, pes cavus, HCOM

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ras

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proto-oncogene,

bladder, lung, colon, pancreas, kidney cancer

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N-myc

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proto-oncogene

neuroblastoma, small cell lung carcinoma

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BRCA-1 and 2

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Tumor suppressors, DNA repair genes

breast and ovarian cancer

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NF-1

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tumor suppressor, cs17

neuroblastoma, NF-1, sarcomas

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ERB-B1

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Proto-oncogene

Squamous cell lung carcinoma

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APC/beta-catenin

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Tumor suppressor

gastric, colon, pancreatic cancer, FAP

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ERB-B2

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Proto-oncogene

breast and ovarian cancer

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DCC

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Tumor suppressor

Colon cancer

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TGF-alpha

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Proto-oncogene

astrocytoma, hepatocellular carcinoma

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p53

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Tumor suppressor, inhibits prolif of cells with genetic abnormalities

Most cancers, Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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sis

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proto-oncogene

astrocytoma, osteosarcoma

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RB

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tumor suppressor, suppresses the transition from G1 to S phase, inhibits proliferation

retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, others

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abl

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proto-oncogene

CML, ALL

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WT-1

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tumor suppressor

Wilms tumor

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NF-1

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cs 17

Cafe au lait, lisch nodules, neurofibromas, inguinal/axillary freckles, optic nerve gliomas, pseudoarthrosis and other bony abnormal

Assoc tumors: meningiomas, astrocytomas, gliomas, pheochromocytomas

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ADPKD

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Bilateral, assoc w/ polycystic liver dz, berry aneurysms, MVP

PKD1: cs14 (85%)
PKD2: cs4

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FAP

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presents after puberty, AD, cs5

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NF type 1:

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cs17, AD, 100% penetrance

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NF type 2:

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cs22, AD

Bilat acoustic schwannomas, juvenile cataracts, meningiomas, ependymomas

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VHL

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cs3, tumor suppressor gene

multiple bilat RCC, hemangioblastomas of retina/cerebellum/medulla

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CF

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AR, CFTR gene on cs7

MC lethal genetic dz in caucasian pop

CFTR encodes ATP gated Cl- channel
Mutated protein retained in RER
More negative transepithelial potential difference b/c increased Na+ reabsorp

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Myotonic type 1 muscular dystrophy

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CTG trinucleotide repeat expansion in DMPK gene

Abnormal expres of myotonin protein kinase –> myotonia, muscle wasting, frontal balding, cataracts, testicular atrophy, arrhythmia

Slow relaxation: “difficulty releasing doorknob”
Biopsy: type 1 muscle fibers have more atrophy

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Downs quad screen (second trimester):

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Increased: hCG, inhibin A
Decreased: AFP, estriol

First trimester US: nuchal transluc, hypoplastic nasal bone
PAPP-A is decreased

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Edwards quad screen:

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Everything decreased! (AFP, hCG, estriol, inhibin A)

micrognathia, low set ears, clenched hands

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Patau first trimester pregnancy screen:

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decreased: free hCG, PAPP-A
Nuchal translucency

cleft lip/palate, holoprosencephaly, polydactyly

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Cri du chat:

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cs 5 short arm microdeletion

microcephaly, intellec disabil, high pitched cry/mew, epicanthal folds, cardiac abnorm (VSD)

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Williams syndrome

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cs7 long arm microdeletion - deleted region includes elastin gene

elfin facies, intellectual disability, hypercalcemia (increased vit D sensitivity), well devel verbal skills, extreme friendliness with strangers, CV problems

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