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Surg Obes Relat Dis
December 2024
Folkhälsan Research Center, Genetics Research Program, Helsinki, Finland; Pediatric Research Center, Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, and Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Background: Genetic background of severe obesity is inadequately understood. The effect of genetic factors on weight loss after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) has shown inconclusive results.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of rare obesity-associated gene variants in a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) for the treatment of severe obesity and examine their association with long-term weight loss at 10 years.
This case report highlights the clinical complexity of Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, emphasizing reproductive anomalies to aid in diagnosis and management. It underscores the importance of thorough assessment and advocates for genetic testing to optimize care, despite current financial, and laboratory constraints.
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December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a progressive inherited retinal dystrophy, characterized by the degeneration of photoreceptors, presenting as a rod-cone dystrophy. Approximately 20-30% of patients with RP also exhibit extra-ocular manifestations in the context of a syndrome. This manuscript discusses the broad spectrum of syndromes associated with RP, pathogenic mechanisms, clinical manifestations, differential diagnoses, clinical management approaches, and future perspectives.
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December 2024
Department of Medical Genetics, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Renal ciliopathies are a genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by cystic and dysplastic kidneys. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between genetic changes that cause renal ciliopathies and phenotypic outcomes. The study group consisted of 137 patients diagnosed with renal ciliopathy disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biol Chem
December 2024
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA. Electronic address:
Obesity is one of the main clinical characteristics associated with the heterogeneous genetic disorder Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). Leucine zipper transcription factor like 1 (LZTFL1) is a member of the BBS gene family. Our work showed that Lztfl1knockout (LZKO) mice display the obesity phenotype as early as three months of age.
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