TY - JOUR
T1 - Trinucleotide repeat expansion length as a predictor of the clinical progression of Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
AU - Soh, Yu Qiang
AU - Lim, Gary Peh Swee
AU - Htoon, Hla Myint
AU - Gong, Xin
AU - Vinod Mootha, V.
AU - Vithana, Eranga Nishanthie
AU - Kocaba, Viridiana
AU - Mehta, Jodhbir Singh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Soh et al.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Purpose To determine if CTG18.1 TNR expansion length prognosticates the clinical progression of Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD). Methods This was a prospective cohort study. A total of 51 patients with newly diagnosed FECD were recruited and followed-up over a period of 12 years, from November 2004 to April 2016. Baseline clinical measurements included central corneal thickness (CCT), endothelial cell density (ECD) and CTG18.1 TNR expansion length from peripheral leukocytes, with yearly repeat measurements of CCT and ECD. A patient was defined to have experienced significant clinical progression and to have developed Threshold Disease if any of these criteria were fulfilled in either eye: a) CCT increased to >700μm, b) ECD decreased to <700 cells/ mm2, or c) underwent keratoplasty for treatment of FECD. Results Patients were categorized as having at least one allele whose maximum allele length was equal to or greater than 40 repeats (L40, n = 22, 43.1%), or having both alleles shorter than 40 repeats (L<40). Threshold Disease rates at the 5-year time point were 87.5% for the L40 group and 47.8% for the L<40 group (p = 0.012). This difference narrowed and was no longer statistically significant at the 8-years (92.9% vs 78.9%, p = 0.278) and 10-years (92.9% vs 84.2%, p = 0.426) time points. Conclusions L40 patients are at greater risk of FECD progression and development of Threshold Disease within the first 5 years following diagnosis.
AB - Purpose To determine if CTG18.1 TNR expansion length prognosticates the clinical progression of Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD). Methods This was a prospective cohort study. A total of 51 patients with newly diagnosed FECD were recruited and followed-up over a period of 12 years, from November 2004 to April 2016. Baseline clinical measurements included central corneal thickness (CCT), endothelial cell density (ECD) and CTG18.1 TNR expansion length from peripheral leukocytes, with yearly repeat measurements of CCT and ECD. A patient was defined to have experienced significant clinical progression and to have developed Threshold Disease if any of these criteria were fulfilled in either eye: a) CCT increased to >700μm, b) ECD decreased to <700 cells/ mm2, or c) underwent keratoplasty for treatment of FECD. Results Patients were categorized as having at least one allele whose maximum allele length was equal to or greater than 40 repeats (L40, n = 22, 43.1%), or having both alleles shorter than 40 repeats (L<40). Threshold Disease rates at the 5-year time point were 87.5% for the L40 group and 47.8% for the L<40 group (p = 0.012). This difference narrowed and was no longer statistically significant at the 8-years (92.9% vs 78.9%, p = 0.278) and 10-years (92.9% vs 84.2%, p = 0.426) time points. Conclusions L40 patients are at greater risk of FECD progression and development of Threshold Disease within the first 5 years following diagnosis.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0210996
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0210996
M3 - Article
C2 - 30682148
AN - SCOPUS:85060540056
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 14
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 1
M1 - e0210996
ER -