Carriers of apparently balanced chromosomal aberrations (BCA) are usually phenotypically normal. However, it has been estimated that up to 27% of these BCA may be associated with an abnormal phenotype, most often caused by cryptic imbalances at the breakpoints, gene disruption by the breakpoint or via the position effect. In contrast to conventional karyotyping, molecular cytogenetic techniques enable more detailed BCA characterization and better correlation between genotype and phenotype of the patient. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the presence of copy number variants (CNVs) at breakpoints or elsewhere in the genome in patients with abnormal phenotype who carry de novo or inherited BCA. 54 BCA were investigated using array CGH (20 de novo cases, 27 inherited and 7 cases of unknown origin) including 32 reciprocal translocations, 6 robertsonian translocations, 12 inversions and 4 complex chromosomal rearrangements. If possible, the parents were also examined to ascertain the inheritance of the relevant CNVs. In order to specify microarray findings or exclude gene disruption, FISH was used in selected patients. Among the patients included, in 31,5% (17/54) at least one (in 8 patients more than one) significant CNV was detected. Four cases carried cryptic imbalances only at the breakpoints,...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:435282 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Slámová, Zuzana |
| Contributors | Sedláček, Zdeněk, Michalová, Kyra, Kuglík, Petr |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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