Research Article

Functional Analysis of UTR Variants at the LDLR and PCSK9 Genes in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Table 2

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with LDLR and PCSK9-UTR variants.

IDSexAgeDLCNS FHFamilial historyPhysical examinationPersonal historyLDL-c (mg/dL)Canonic variants; ACMG classificationUTR variants
CADCVD/high LDL-cXanthomas early corneal arcusHigh LDL-c (<15 y)Xanthomas early corneal arcusEarly CAD/CPVD

1F69PBYes/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249LDLR:
2M56PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249LDLR: ;LDLR:c.
3F62PBYes/noNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249LDLR:
4M59PBYes/yesNoYesNo/noYes/no155-189LDLR:
5F60PSYes/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249LDLR:
6F32UPNo/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no155-189LDLR:
7F56PBYes/yesNoYesNo/noNo/no250-329LDLR:
8F64PBYes/noNoNoNo/noNo/no250-329LDLR:
9$M38DYes/yesNoNoYes/yesNo/no250-329LDLR:c.2416dupG:
p.(); P
LDLR:
10$F34PBNo/yesNoYesNo/noNo/no190-249LDLR:c.2043C>A p.(Cys681Ter); PLDLR:
11$M7PBNo/yesNoYesNo/noNo/yes190-249LDLR: c.1118G>A:
p.(Gly373Asp); LP
LDLR:
12$F77DNo/noNoNoYes/noNo/no250-329LDLR: c.97C > T:
p.(Gln33Ter); P
LDLR:
13$M57PBNo/noNoYesNo/noYes/no190-249LDLR: c.1951G>T:
p.(Asp651Tyr); P
LDLR:
14M55PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249APOB: c.7241A>T:
p.(Glu2414Val); VUS
LDLR:
15F47PSNo/noNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249PCSK9:
16F54DYes/yesNoYesNo/noNo/no>329PCSK9:
17F12PSYes/noNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249PCSK9:
18M59DYes/yesNoNoNo/noYes/yes250-329PCSK9:
19M9PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249PCSK9:
20F63PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noNo/yes250-329PCSK9: ; PCSK9:
21F64PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no250-329PCSK9:
22M40PBYes/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249PCSK9:
23$F50PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no250-329LDLR:c.851G>A:
p.(Cys284Tyr); LP
PCSK9:
24$F46DYes/yesNoYesNo/yesNo/no190-249LDLR:c.1775G>A:
p.(Gly592Glu); P
PCSK9:
25$M18DYes/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no>329LDLR:c.2093G>A:
p.Cys698Tyr; LP PCSK9:c.1633G>A:
p.(Ser545Gly); VUS
PCSK9:
26$F75PBNo/noNoNoNo/noNo/no>329LDLR:c.590G>A:
p.(Cys197Tyr); P
PCSK9:
27$F57DNo/yesNoYesNo/yesNo/no>329LDLR:; PPCSK9:
28$M21PSNo/yesNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249APOB:c.10580G>A:
p.(Arg3527Gln); P
PCSK9:
29F41PSYes/noNoNoNo/noNo/no190-249APOB:c.11401T>A:
p.(Ser3801Thr); VUS
PCSK9:
30M55PBNo/yesNoNoNo/noYes/no190-249APOB:c.7241A>T:
p.(Glu2414Val); VUS
PCSK9:

$Patients with genetic diagnostic confirmed. Abbreviations: ID: patient identification; FH: familial hypercholesterolemia; DLCNS: Dutch Lipid Clinic Network. According with the DCLN score, the clinical diagnosis of FH can be categorized as follows: D: definite; PB: probable; PS: possible; UP: unlikely; CVD: cardiovascular disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; CPVD: cerebral or peripheral vascular disease; CADD: combined annotation-dependent depletion (); ACMG: American College of Medical Genetics classification; P: pathogenic; LP: likely pathogenic; VUS: variant of uncertain significant. Note: Variants in bold means that they are carried by more than one patient.