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Schlieben, L.D. ; Prokisch, H.

Genetics of mitochondrial diseases: Current approaches for the molecular diagnosis.

Handbook Clin. Neurol. 194, 141-165 (2023)
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Mitochondrial diseases are a genetically and phenotypically variable set of monogenic disorders. The main characteristic of mitochondrial diseases is a defective oxidative phosphorylation. Both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA encode the approximately 1500 mitochondrial proteins. Since identification of the first mitochondrial disease gene in 1988 a total of 425 genes have been associated with mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondrial dysfunctions can be caused both by pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial DNA or the nuclear DNA. Hence, besides maternal inheritance, mitochondrial diseases can follow all modes of Mendelian inheritance. The maternal inheritance and tissue specificity distinguish molecular diagnostics of mitochondrial disorders from other rare disorders. With the advances made in the next-generation sequencing technology, whole exome sequencing and even whole-genome sequencing are now the established methods of choice for molecular diagnostics of mitochondrial diseases. They reach a diagnostic rate of more than 50% in clinically suspected mitochondrial disease patients. Moreover, next-generation sequencing is delivering a constantly growing number of novel mitochondrial disease genes. This chapter reviews mitochondrial and nuclear causes of mitochondrial diseases, molecular diagnostic methodologies, and their current challenges and perspectives.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Review
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Schlagwörter Diagnostic ; Genetic ; Heteroplasmy ; Mitochondrial Dna ; Mitochondrial Disease ; Multi-omic ; Mutation
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0072-9752
e-ISSN 0072-9752
Zeitschrift Handbook of Clinical Neurology
Quellenangaben Band: 194, Heft: , Seiten: 141-165 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Neurogenomics (ING)