Publications by authors named "Oi-sin Tam"

Next-generation sequencing has become more widely used to reveal genetic defect in monogenic disorders. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the leading cause of hereditary blindness worldwide, has been attributed to more than 67 disease-causing genes. Due to the extreme genetic heterogeneity, using general molecular screening alone is inadequate for identifying genetic predispositions in susceptible individuals.

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Objective: To detect the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the myocilin (MYOC) and optineurin (OPTN) genes, and to investigate their associations with high tension glaucoma (HTG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG).

Methods: SNPs were detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis (CSGE) and fluorescent labeling automated DNA sequencing among 94 unrelated patients with HTG, 48 unrelated patients with NTG, and 77 unrelated control subjects.

Results: Fourteen MYOC sequence alterations were identified, five of them: V53A, I304I, T347T, 1-126T > C, and IVS2 + 172C > A, were novel.

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Objective: To identify the mutation patterns of RHO and RP1 genes in the Chinese patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and to explore their potential interactions in the pathogenesis of RP.

Methods: Sequence alterations in the entire coding region and splice sites of RHO and RP1 gene were screened in 151 RP affected probands and 150 unrelated controls who were all Hong Kong Chinese. Additional 46 relatives of 12 RP probands carrying possible mutations in RHO or RP1 were recruited for segregation analysis.

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Background: Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is characterized by optic nerve damage and consists of a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders. This study was to investigate the associations of genetic and environmental factors with POAG in a hospital-based Chinese population.

Methods: Thirty-two adult onset POAG patients and 96 age-sex matched control subjects were studied by multivariable logistic regression analysis for the relationships between POAG and its risk factors including family history, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and polymorphisms of the myocilin and the optineurin genes.

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Objective: To detect single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the myocilin (MYOC) gene and to investigate their associations with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven sporadic patients with POAG and 155 unrelated control subjects without POAG were recruited from staff and visitors to the Prince of Wales Hospital between 1998 and 2000. All study subjects are ethnic Chinese living in Hong Kong.

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