Publications by authors named "Catherine K Nguyen"

Importance: The identification of steep corneal curvatures in a significant percentage of patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) confirms this previously reported association and suggests a role for the ZEB1 protein in keratocyte function.

Objective: To determine whether PPCD is characterized by significant corneal steepening.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Cross-sectional study at university-based and private ophthalmology practices of 38 individuals (27 affected and 11 unaffected) from 23 families with PPCD.

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Purpose: To determine how nonsense mutations in the transcription factor ZEB1 lead to the development of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy type 3 (PPCD3).

Methods: Whole-cell extracts were obtained from cultured human corneal epithelial cells (HCEpCs) as a source of ZEB1 protein. DNA-binding assays were performed using the whole-cell extract and oligonucleotide probes consisting of the two conserved E2-box motifs and surrounding nucleotides upstream of COL4A3.

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Purpose: To identify the genetic basis of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 1 (PPCD1) using next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the common PPCD1 support interval, in which Sanger sequencing failed to identify a pathogenic mutation.

Methods: Enrichment of the portion of chromosome 20 containing the common PPCD1 interval was performed on DNA extracted from an affected and an unaffected member of a family previously linked to the PPCD1 locus. NGS using the Roche 454 Titanium platform was performed, followed by computational analysis using NextGENe Software.

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