Candidate Gene Resequencing in a Large Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Cohort: SMAD6 as an Important Contributor

Candidate Gene Resequencing in a Large Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Cohort: SMAD6 as an Important Contributor

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect. Although many BAV patients remain asymptomatic, at least 20% develop thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). Historically, BAV-related TAA was considered as a hemodynamic consequence of the valve defect. Multiple lines of evidence curre...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Gillis, Ajay A. Kumar, Ilse Luyckx, Christoph Preuss, Elyssa Cannaerts, Gerarda van de Beek, Björn Wieschendorf, Maaike Alaerts, Nikhita Bolar, Geert Vandeweyer, Josephina Meester, Florian Wünnemann, Russell A. Gould, Rustam Zhurayev, Dmytro Zerbino, Salah A. Mohamed, Seema Mital, Luc Mertens, Hanna M. Björck, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Andrew S. McCallion, Lut Van Laer, Judith M. A. Verhagen, Ingrid M. B. H. van de Laar, Marja W. Wessels, Emmanuel Messas, Guillaume Goudot, Michaela Nemcikova, Alice Krebsova, Marlies Kempers, Simone Salemink, Toon Duijnhouwer, Xavier Jeunemaitre, Juliette Albuisson, Per Eriksson, Gregor Andelfinger, Harry C. Dietz, Aline Verstraeten, Bart L. Loeys, Mibava Leducq Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
bicuspid aortic valve
thoracic aortic aneurysm
SMAD6
targeted gene panel
variant burden test
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00400/full

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