Use of the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method for mutational screening of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and Familial defective apolipoprotein B100 (FDB).
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder of lipoprotein metabolism caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) gene, leading to elevated levels of cholesterol and an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Over a thousand low-frequency variants in <i>LDLR, APOB</i> and <i>PCSK9</i> have been implicated in FH but few have been examined at the population level.
Using a simple, standardized denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) based mutation screening technique, a novel G-to-A mutation in the last base of the intron 12 splice acceptor site of the LDL receptor gene was found in 2 Danish families with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).
Frequency of low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations in patients with a clinical diagnosis of familial combined hyperlipidemia in a clinical setting.
The aims of this study were to 1) compare LDLR variant detection between Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) sequencing and conventional methods used for familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) diagnosis i.e. exon-by-exon sequence analysis and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and 2) identify genomic breakpoints for 12 cases of large deletions in LDLR previously identified by MLPA.
Analysis of low density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations and microsatellite haplotypes in Greek FH heterozygous children: six independent ancestors account for 60% of probands.
DNA from 40 unrelated familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) heterozygotes were subjected to analyses of single-strand conformation polymorphisms (SSCPs) of exon 10 of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene.
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor gene that result in impaired clearance of plasma LDL and increased risk of coronary heart disease.