1. Functional analysis of ATM variants in a high risk cohort provides insight into missing heritability.
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Baughan SL, Darwiche F, and Tainsky MA
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- Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins genetics, Cohort Studies, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Mutation genetics, Pedigree, Penetrance, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Neoplasms genetics
- Abstract
Variants of unknown significance (VUS) remain a constant challenge in the diagnosis of hereditary cancer and the counseling of patients with pedigrees suggestive of such a syndrome. In order to assess some of this limitation, several variants in the DNA repair gene ATM were selected from a cohort of high risk individuals with negative genetic diagnoses. ATM has proven a challenge in the counseling of patients due to its nature as a moderate penetrance gene. In this study, six ATM missense mutations with a high likelihood for pathogenicity were assessed through a battery of experiments to yield high fidelity information on their biochemical effect on ATM activity. We report that several of these variants show signs of reduced ATM function indicative of likely pathogenicity. With further study, this data may be used in clinic, improving diagnosis, surveillance, and outcome for patients carrying these mutations., (Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2022
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