Mucolipidosis type IV: the origin of the disease in the Ashkenazi Jewish population
โ Scribed by Raas-Rothschild, Annick; Bargal, Ruth; DellaPergola, Sergio; Zeigler, Marcia; Bach, Gideon
- Book ID
- 110024785
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1018-4813
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The gene MCOLN1 is mutated in Mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV), a neurodegenerative, recessive, lysosomal storage disorder. The disease is found in relatively high frequency among Ashkenazi Jews due to two founder mutations that comprise 95% of the MLIV alleles in this population [Bargal et al., 2000].
Mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder that occurs in an increased frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) population. The frequency of the disease in this population has been established by the testing of 66,749 AJ subjects in the Dor Yeshorim program, a uniqu