HBA2, hemoglobin subunit alpha 2, 3040

N. diseases: 182; N. variants: 34
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Homozygous Southeast Asian alpha-thalassemia mutation (--(SEA)/--(SEA)) results in deletion of all alpha-globin genes (alpha(0)-thalassemia). 25116001 2015
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hemolysates from adults with the alpha-thalassemia-1 haplotype due to the greater than 17.5-kb deletion of both alpha-globin genes from the same chromosome were found to contain embryonic zeta (zeta)-globin chains (alpha-globin-like chains), as determined by a specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay and an electrophoretic technique. zeta-Globin chains were not present in hemolysates from adults with deletion of a single alpha-globin gene from one or both chromosomes. 3941693 1986
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE One deletional alpha-thalassaemia-1 (type MED-II) was found in 10 subjects: this deletion is in excess of 26.5 kb and includes all zeta- and alpha-globin genes. 1581238 1992
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Deletions of both alpha-globin genes on one chromosome (alpha-thalassemia-1) of the Southeast Asian type were observed in 5 cases, and 3 alpha-globin gene triplications were identified. 3169795 1988
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The most common genotypic lesion found in alpha-thalassemia-1 cases in Taiwan is deletion of a large segment of the alpha-globin gene cluster, termed the Southeast Asian-type deletion (-SEA/; further referred to as SEA-type deletion). 11186886 2000
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE There were 14 heterozygotes and two homozygotes for alpha(+)-thalassemia; the remaining test subject carried a deletion of both alpha-globin genes (alpha(0) -thalassemia of the Southeast Asian type) on one chromosome 16, and triple alpha-globin genes on the other. 3265303 1988
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A novel deletion of the entire alpha globin locus causing alpha-thalassemia-1 in a northern European family. 7942631 1994
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Among the former group, the most prevalent molecular defect was found to be the interaction of alpha-thalassemia 1 (SEA type) with the Hb Constant Spring (Hb CS; 35 of 52 patients), followed by the deletion of three alpha-globin genes with the SEA type alpha-thalassemia 1 and the 3.7- or 4.2-kb deletion of alpha-thalassemia 2 (14 of 52 patients) and the interaction of the SEA alpha-thalassemia 1 with the Hb Paksé which was found in the remaining 3 patients. 15034236 2004
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The objective of this study is to identify potential CpG site(s) or DNA methylation pattern(s) in the pseudo α-globin 1 gene (HBAP1 gene), the gene which locates in α-thalassemia-1 deletion mutation, to differentiate plasma DNA between pregnant and non-pregnant women. 29795670 2018
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the majority of cases, Hb H disease results from double heterozygosity for alpha(0)-thalassemia due to deletions that remove both linked alpha-globin genes on chromosome 16, and deletional alpha(+)-thalassemia from single alpha-globin gene deletions (--/-alpha). 20008179 2009
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Recently, we identified Hb Quong Sze (Hb QS), a highly unstable globin gene mutation affecting codon 125 (CTG-->CCG) of alpha(2) globin gene in trans with the commonest alpha(0) thalassemia (-(SEA)) in the patient. 17503046 2007
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Alpha0 thalassaemia as a result of a novel 11.1 kb deletion eliminating both of the duplicated alpha globin genes. 14747442 2004
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The mean ± standard deviation (SD) ratio of wild-type α-globin gene allele and α(0)-thalassemia SEA allele among normal individuals, samples with α(0)-thalassemia SEA trait, and Bart's hydrops fetalis were clearly distinguished with levels of 1.78 ± 0.49, 0.85 ± 0.14, and 0.03 ± 0.03, respectively. 24330258 2014
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The study depended on (a) most of the Hb H disease in Taiwan having an alpha-thalassemia-1 of the Southeast Asia type (--SEA) in one allele and (b) the differences of X box of alpha-globin gene cluster in the other allele. 8110877 1994
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Characterisation of a new alpha thalassemia 1 defect due to a partial deletion of the alpha globin gene complex. 6255436 1980
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We describe a novel alpha-thalassaemia-1 deletion that removes the entire zeta-alpha globin gene cluster. 1581218 1992
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this population sample we did not find either heterozygous carriers of alpha 0 thalassemia (deletion of both alpha genes in "cis") or individuals showing hemolytic anemia due to inactivation of three alpha-globin genes (Hb H disease). 3169739 1988
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The deletions in the zeta-alpha globin gene cluster in two infants with the hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis syndrome (homozygous alpha thalassemia 1) have been mapped by restriction endonuclease analysis using a zeta-specific probe. 6158051 1980
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE With this method, the alpha-thalassemia-1 SEA allele can be easily distinguished from wild type alpha-globin gene allele. 18284625 2008
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This multiplex approach was more sensitive than the HbH prep for detecting all alpha-thalassemia genotypes, particularly alpha+-thalassemia; was particularly valuable for identifying carriers of alpha0-thalassemia at risk for offspring with hemoglobin Bart hydropsfetalis, regardless of other diagnosed hemoglobinopathies; and is an ideal adjunct to standard clinical screening protocols for detecting alpha-globin deletions. 12109851 2002
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 664 DNA samples were screened for alpha-thalassemia 2 and alpha-thalassemia 1 caused respectively by either deletion of one or both of the duplicated alpha-globin genes. alpha-Thalassemia 2 was detected in high frequencies in coastal and lowland regions where malaria has been holo- to hyperendemic but in low frequencies in non-malarious highland regions. 2878871 1986
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We utilized the PCR method to amplify the alpha-thalassemia-1 breakpoint area of the Southeast Asia type and several regions of the alpha-globin gene cluster to diagnose rightward deletion (-alpha 3.7), leftward deletion (-alpha 4.2) or nondeletion forms of the Hb H disease. 8140856 1993
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have assessed the allelic stability of VNTRs during recent human evolution, focusing on the relationship between an alpha-thalassaemia-1 deletion that is common among South-East Asian populations (--SEA/) and a VNTR located immediately down-stream of the alpha-globin gene cluster (3'alpha HVR). 8188311 1994
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We performed in silico mining to identify novel microsatellites within 1 Mb flanking the alpha-globin gene cluster, and optimized a single-tube assay combining detection of α(0) -thalassemia deletions with multi-marker linkage analysis. 25641621 2015
CUI: C0272002
Disease: alpha^0^ Thalassemia
alpha^0^ Thalassemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE DNA analysis of δ-globin gene identified the Hb A2-Melbourne [δ43(CD2)Glu→Lys] in combination with α(+)-thalassemia, α(0)-thalassemia and β(0)-thalassemia in the first three cases, respectively. 25218786 2015