Progressive Retinal Atrophy

Gene involved
KIF3B

Mutation tested
c.1000G>A (b-PRA)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : Between 2 and 5 months old

Publication : Cogné et al. (2020). Mutations in the kinesin-2 motor KIF3B cause an autosomal-dominant ciliopathy.

Gene involved
CEP290

Mutation tested
IVS50 + 9T>G (rdAc-PRA)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : Between 1 and 2 years old

Publication : Menotti-Raymond et al. (2007). Mutation in CEP290 discovered for cat model of human retinal degeneration.

Gene involved
AIPL1

Mutation tested
c.577C>T (PRA-pd)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : Between 1 and 4 months old

Publication : Lyons et al. (2016). Whole genome sequencing in cats, identifies new models for blindness in AIPL1 and somite segmentation in HES7.

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