Review Article

BRCA Genetic Screening in Middle Eastern and North African: Mutational Spectrum and Founder BRCA1 Mutation (c.798_799delTT) in North African

Table 2

Pathogenic mutations among middle eastern populations.

Genetic variantConsequenceAge at diagnosisFamilial or sporadicBC or OCReference

Lebanon
c.131G>Tp.Cys44PheniFamilialBC[21]
c.424C>G*p.Pro142AlaniFamilialBC[21]
c.536A>Gp.Tyr179CysniFamilialBC[21]
c.1456T>Cp.Phe486LeuniFamilialBC[21]
c.1648A>Cp.Asn550HisniFamilialBC[21]

Cyprus
c.1840A>Tp.Lys614Xni, 40FamilialBC[19, 20]
c.5310delGp.Phe1772SerfsX21ni, 33FamilialBC[19, 20]

Egypt
c.68_69delAGp.Glu23ValfsX17niFamilialBC[17, 18]
c.181T>Gp.Cys61GlyniFamilialBC[17]
c.4327C>Tp.Arg1443XniFamilialBC[18]
c.5266dupCp.Gln1756ProfsX74niFamilialBC[17]
c.5335delCp.Gln1779Asnfs14niFamilialBC[17, 18]

ni: no information; *mutation is not considered deleterious in international databases.