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Genetic disorder

Single disorder Prevalence of some single gene disorders[citation needed] A single gene disorder is the result of a single mutated gene. Disorder Prevalence (approximate) There are estimated to be over 4000 human diseases caused Autosomal dominant by single gene defects. Single

gene disorders can be passed Familial hypercholesterolemia 1 in 500 on to subsequent generations in

several ways. Genomic Polycystic disease 1 in 1250 imprinting and uniparental

disomy, however, may affect Hereditary 1 in 5,000 inheritance patterns. The divisions between recessive [2] 1 in 4,000 and dominant types are not "hard and fast" although the [3] Huntington disease 1 in 15,000 divisions between autosomal and X-linked types are (since Autosomal recessive the latter types are distinguished purely based on 1 in 625 the chromosomal location of Sickle cell the gene). For example, () is typically 1 in 2,000 considered a dominant Cystic disorder, but children with two (Caucasians) for achondroplasia have a severe skeletal disorder that 1 in 3,000 Tay-Sachs disease achondroplasics could be (American ) viewed as carriers of. Sickle- cell anemia is also considered a Phenylketonuria 1 in 12,000 recessive condition, but

heterozygous carriers have Mucopolysaccharidoses 1 in 25,000 increased immunity to malaria

in early childhood, which could storage diseases 1 in 50,000 be described as a related [citation needed] dominant condition. 1 in 57,000 When a couple where one partner or both are sufferers or X-linked carriers of a single gene disorder and wish to have a Duchenne 1 in 7,000 child they can do so through IVF whichs means they can Hemophilia 1 in 10,000 then have PGD (Pre- Implantation Genetic Values are for liveborn infants Diagnosis) to check whether the fertilised egg has had the passed on.[4] [edit] Autosomal dominant Main article: Autosomal dominant#Autosomal dominant gene

Only one mutated copy of the gene will be necessary for a person to be affected by an autosomal dominant disorder. Each affected person usually has one affected parent. There is a 50% chance that a child will inherit the mutated gene. Conditions that are autosomal dominant often have low penetrance, which means that although only one mutated copy is needed, a relatively small proportion of those who inherit that go on to develop the disease. Examples of this type of disorder are Huntington's disease, Neurofibromatosis 1, Marfan Syndrome, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, and Hereditary multiple exostoses, which is a highly penetrant autosomal dominant disorder. Birth defects are also called congenital anomalies.

[edit] Autosomal recessive Main article: Autosomal dominant#Autosomal recessive allele

Two copies of the gene must be mutated for a person to be affected by an autosomal recessive disorder. An affected person usually has unaffected parents who each carry a single copy of the mutated gene (and are referred to as carriers). Two unaffected people who each carry one copy of the mutated gene have a 25% chance with each pregnancy of having a child affected by the disorder. Examples of this type of disorder are cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell disease (also partial sickle-cell disease), Tay- Sachs disease, Niemann-Pick disease, , Roberts Syndrome, and Dry (otherwise known as "rice-brand") earwax.[5]

[edit] X-linked dominant Main article: X-linked dominant

X-linked dominant disorders are caused by in genes on the . Only a few disorders have this inheritance pattern, with a prime example being X- linked hypophosphatemic rickets. Males and females are both affected in these disorders, with males typically being more severely affected than females. Some X- linked dominant conditions such as , type 2 and are usually fatal in males either in utero or shortly after birth, and are therefore predominantly seen in females. Exceptions to this finding are extremely rare cases in which boys with (47,XXY) also inherit an X- linked dominant condition and exhibit symptoms more similar to those of a female in terms of disease severity. The chance of passing on an X-linked dominant disorder differs between men and women. The sons of a man with an X-linked dominant disorder will all be unaffected (since they receive their father's Y chromosome), and his daughters will all inherit the condition. A woman with an X-linked dominant disorder has a 50% chance of having an affected fetus with each pregnancy, although it should be noted that in cases such as Incontinentia Pigmenti only female offspring are generally viable. In addition, although these conditions do not alter fertility per se, individuals with Rett syndrome or Aicardi syndrome rarely reproduce.[citation needed]

[edit] X-linked recessive Main article: X-linked recessive X-linked recessive conditions are also caused by mutations in genes on the X chromosome. Males are more frequently affected than females, and the chance of passing on the disorder differs between men and women. The sons of a man with an X-linked recessive disorder will not be affected, and his daughters will carry one copy of the mutated gene. A woman who is a carrier of an X-linked recessive disorder (XRXr) has a 50% chance of having sons who are affected and a 50% chance of having daughters who carry one copy of the mutated gene and are therefore carriers. X-linked recessive conditions include the serious diseases Hemophilia A, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome as well as common and less serious conditions such as male pattern baldness and red-green . X-linked recessive conditions can sometimes manifest in females due to skewed X-inactivation or monosomy X ().

[edit] Y-linked Main article: Y linkage

Y-linked disorders are caused by mutations on the Y chromosome. Because males inherit a Y chromosome from their fathers, every son of an affected father will be affected. Because females inherit an X chromosome from their fathers, female offspring of affected fathers are never affected.

Since the Y chromosome is relatively small and contains very few genes, there are relatively few Y-linked disorders.[citation needed] Often the symptoms include , which may be circumvented with the help of some fertility treatments. Examples are Male Infertility and hypertrichosis pinnae.[citation needed]

[edit] Mitochondrial Main article: Mitochondrial disease

This type of inheritance, also known as maternal inheritance, applies to genes in mitochondrial DNA. Because only egg cells contribute mitochondria to the developing embryo, only mothers can pass on mitochondrial conditions to their children. An example of this type of disorder is Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.

[edit] Multifactorial and polygenic (complex) disorders

Genetic disorders may also be complex, multifactorial or polygenic, this means that they are likely associated with the effects of multiple genes in combination with lifestyle and environmental factors. Multifactoral disorders include disease and . Although complex disorders often cluster in families, they do not have a clear-cut pattern of inheritance. This makes it difficult to determine a person’s risk of inheriting or passing on these disorders. Complex disorders are also difficult to study and treat because the specific factors that cause most of these disorders have not yet been identified.

On a pedigree, polygenic diseases do tend to “run in families”, but the inheritance does not fit simple patterns as with Mendelian diseases. But this does not mean that the genes cannot eventually be located and studied. There is also a strong environmental component to many of them (e.g., blood pressure).  asthma  autism  autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis  cancers   cleft palate  diabetes  heart disease  hypertension  inflammatory bowel disease  mental retardation  mood disorder 

[edit] Prognosis and treatment of genetic disorders See also: Huntington's disease clinical research

Genetic disorders rarely have effective treatments, though is being tested as a possible treatment for some genetic diseases, including some forms of retinitis pigmentosa[6]

 Gauchers disease is a genetic disease affecting metabolism. It is more treatable then most other genetic diseases, and can be treated with enzyme replacement therapy, miglustat, and marrow transplantion.[7]

[edit] See also

 Genetic epidemiology  Inborn errors of metabolism  List of genetic disorders   Population groups in biomedicine

[edit] References

1. ^ WGBH Educational Foundation 2. ^ Keane MG, Pyeritz RE (May 2008). "Medical management of Marfan syndrome". Circulation 117 (21): 2802–13. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.693523. PMID 18506019. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/21/2802. 3. ^ Walker FO (2007). "Huntington's disease". Lancet 369 (9557): 221. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60111-1. PMID 17240289. 4. ^ Kuliev A, Verlinsky Y (2005). "Preimplantation diagnosis: A realistic option for assisted reproduction and genetic practice". Curr. Opin. Obstet. Gynecol. 17 (2): 179– 83. doi:10.1097/01.gco.0000162189.76349.c5. PMID 15758612. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template- journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=1040- 872X&volume=17&issue=2&spage=179. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 5. ^ Wade, Nicholas (January 29, 2006). "Japanese Scientists Identify Wax Gene". New York Times. 6. ^ Retinitis Pigmentosa: Treatment & Medication, eMedicine WebMD, 2009-09-19, accessed 2010-03-31. 7. ^ Gaucher's disease:Treatments and drugs, eMedicine WebMD, 2009-07-11, accessed 2010-03-31.

[edit] External links

 Public Health Genomics at CDC  OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders  Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) Office of Rare Diseases (ORD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)  CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities  Genes and Disease from the Wellcome Trust  Genetic Disease Information from the Project

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Genetic disorder: Transcription factor/coregulator deficiencies

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Genetic disorder: Membrane transport disorders

SLC1A3 (Episodic 6) · SLC2A1 (De Vivo disease) · SLC2A5 ( malabsorption) · SLC2A10 (Arterial tortuosity syndrome) · SLC3A1 () · SLC4A1 () · SLC5A1 (- malabsorption) · 1-10 SLC5A2 (Renal ) · SLC5A5 ( dyshormonogenesis type 1) · SLC6A19 () · SLC7A7 (Lysinuric protein intolerance) · SLC7A9

(Cystinuria)

SLC11A1 (Crohn's disease) · SLC12A3 () · SLC17A5 (Salla 11-20 disease)

21-40 SLC26A4 () · SLC40A1 (African overload)

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Genetic disorder: Receptor deficiencies

FGFR1 · KAL2

Apert syndrome · Antley-Bixler syndrome · Pfeiffer syndrome ·

FGFR2 · Jackson-Weiss syndrome

FGFR3 Achondroplasia · ·

Endoglin (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) · TGFBR1/TGFBR2

TGF beta receptors (Loeys-Dietz syndrome)

Thyroid receptor Thyroid hormone resistance

Thyrotropin receptor CHNG1 congenital

Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia ·

Parathyroid

Androgen receptor insensitivity syndrome · Kennedy disease

Estrogen receptor insensitivity syndrome

Growth hormone receptor

Mineralocorticoid receptor PHA1AD

Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome II · Familial

Anti-Müllerian hormone receptor hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

LH receptor Male-limited precocious

FSH receptor XX gonadal dysgenesis

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Genetic disorder: disease

COL1: · Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, types 1,2,&7

Collagen disease Genetic COL2: · type 2 · · · Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (see also C2/11) COL3: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, types 3&4 (Sack- Barabas syndrome)

COL4:

COL5: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, types 1&2

COL6: Bethlem · Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy

COL7: Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica · Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ·

COL8: Fuchs' dystrophy

COL9: Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia

COL10: Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia

COL11: Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome · Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (see also C2/11)

COL17:

Autoimmune Goodpasture's syndrome

Barraquer-Simons syndrome · Buschke-Ollendorff

Laminopathy syndrome/ · Pelger-Huet anomaly · Junctional epidermolysis bullosa

M: MUS, anat noco(m,s,c)/cong(d)/tumr, proc, drug DF+DRCT (h/n,u,t/d,a/p,l)/phys/hist sysi/epon, injr (M1A/3)

M: anat/phys/devp noco(i,b,d,q,u,r,p,k,c,v)/cong/tumr(n,e,d), proc, drug INT, sysi/epon (D2/3/4/5/8) SF, LCT

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Genetic disorder:

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Genetic disorder: Other, by mechanism

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