(F) Mendelian Disorders Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Mendelian Disorders
Which is not true:
A. Each person carries 5-8 deleterious genes
B. Mutation in single gene only with minimal effects
C. Majority of the disorders are familial
D. Other Mendelian disorders are de novo
E. NOTA
A
B (large effects)
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MENDELIAN DISORDERS
Three patterns of transmittance:
A
Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
X-linked
Almost all sex-linked are recessive
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Q
TOF. Penetrance is expressed in
mathematical terms.
A
T
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Q
TOF. 50% penetrance indicates that 100% of
those who carry the gene express the
trait.
A
F (both 50%)
1:1
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Q
TOF. If a trait is seen in all individuals carrying the mutant gene but is expressed differently among individuals, the phenomenon is called chosen expressivity.
A
F (variable expressivity)
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Q
Identify pattern
Origin: Do not affect parents, may manifest in sibling
A
AR
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Q
Identify pattern
Some are de novo in gametes
A
AD
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Identify pattern
Clinical: Modified by variation in PENETRANCE and EXPRESSIVITY; M=F
A
AD
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Which is not true about X-Linked
A. All daughters are carriers
B. Almost all are recessive
C. Expressed in MALES
D. It’s onset is depends on the disease
E. NOTA
A
E
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X-Linked
Type of Protein
A
Enzyme or Structural proteins
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Q
AD
Type of Protein
A
Non-enzyme proteins;
membrane receptors and Structural proteins
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AR
Type of Protein
A
Enzyme proteins
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Identify pattern
More uniform expression, commonly with complete penetrance
A
AR
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TOF. The age of onset in AD is delayed while AR is early.
A
T
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AD, AR or X-linked
Deletion
A
All
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AD, AR or X-linked
non-functional
A
AR
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Q
AD, AR or X-linked
missense mutation; LOF, GOF
A
AD
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Q
AD, AR or X-linked
insertions, non-sense mutations
A
X
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AD, AR or X-linked
They only manifest when homozygous.
A
AR
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TOF. In Autosomal Dominant disorders, only ONE ALLELE needs to have the mutation for the autosomal dominant disorder to manifest.
A
T
It only takes one allele.
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AD, AR or X-linked
→ Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
A
X-Linked
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AD, AR or X-linked
Hemophilia B
A
X
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Q
AD, AR or X-linked
Ehlers-Danlos
A
AD
They can be transmitted through AR fashion, or sex as a sex-linked disorder.
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AD, AR or X-linked
Marfan syndrome
A
AD
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Lysosomal Storage Disease
AR
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Mucopolysaccharidosis
AR
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
AD
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Cystic fibrosis
AR
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Hereditary Spherocytosis
AD
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# AD, AR or X-linked
Glycogenosis
AR
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# Marfan Syndrome
Except:
A. FBN2 on 5q23.31
B. FBNI on 15q21.1
C. fibrillin I protein
D. COL5A1
E. NOTA
D
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# Marfan Syndrome
The Fibrilin I protein crated from the FBNI gene provides skeleton on which trophoelastin
is deposited to form?
Elastic fibers
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# Marfan Syndrome
Appearance except:
A. Long extremities
B. Dolichocephaly
C. Prominent supraorbital ridges
D. Pectus excavatum
E. NOTA
E
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# Marfan Syndrome
Appearance except:
A. Spinal deformity
B. Pigeon-breast deformity
C. Bilateral subluxation
D. Single joints
E. NOTA
D (double joints)
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# Marfan Syndrome
What do you call when when the left the ventricle contracts, a portion of the blood goes back to the left atrium?
mitral valve prolapse
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# Marfan Syndrome
TOF. Aneurysm of ascending aorta can result to competence of the aortic valve.
F (incompetence)
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# MArfann Syndrome
The incompetence if the aortic valve is caused by?
aneurysm of the ascending aorta
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# Marfan Syndrome
Mitral valve prolapse creates a volume overload in what part of the heart?
Left ventricle
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# Marfan Syndrome
increase in the size of individual muscle fibers in the heart is a condition called?
hypertrophy
## Footnote
continuous process of overload, this can result to Heart Failure (HF)
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Abraham Lincoln has a condition called?
Marfan Syndrome
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# Marfan Syndrome
Diagnosis, except:
A. Lens dislocation
B. Ectopia lentis
C. Echocardiography
D. Clinical
E. NOTA
E
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
TOF. Group of clinically and genetically heterogenous disorders.
T
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Defect in synthesis of?
fibrillar collagen
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# EDS
The defect in synthesis of firbrillar collagen is caused by what pattern of inheritance?
AD
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
what gene is affected for classical EDS,
Type I and II
COL5A1 and COL5A2
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
COL1A1 and COL1A2
arthrochalasia, type VIIa, b
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# Syndrome
may be caused by mutations involving
structural proteins or enzymes
EDS
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Common manifestations, except:
A. hypermobility
B. dark skinned
C. hyperextensibility
D. NOTA
B
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
ocular fragility can cause
corneal rupture and retinal detachment (Kyphoscoliosis variant)
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# EDS Variant
the skin is fragile, it is prone to trauma and injury, particularly in patients with?
dermatosparaxis variant
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# EDS Variant
Colon and arterial rupture are seen in individuals with?
vascular variant
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
TOF. in classical variant, they can have the diaphragmatic hernia
T
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
The diaphragm, which separates the thoracic
cavity from the abdominal cavity can become
weak and so we know that the esophagus
traverses the diaphragm before it comes to
stomach. That segment can be pulled up into the
thoracic cavity, which is called?
diaphragmatic hernia
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# Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
TOF. A portion of the stomach can GO UP into the thoracic cavity.
T
## Footnote
vewy flexible sya, kaya p'wede sila makita sa mga circus
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Most common lethal genetic diseases
affecting Caucasians
Mucoviscidosis or Cystic Fibrosis
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# CYSTIC FIBROSIS
This regulates Cl channel, K channel, ENaC,
gap junction channel and cellular processes involved in ATP transport and mucous secretion.
A. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene
B. 7q31.2
C. Both
C
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# CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Normally CFTR inhibits?
ENaC (epithelial sodium channel) in glands
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Mutation in the CFTR, will increase the uptake of?
sodium
## Footnote
from the lumen of the pulmonary and GI tract
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# CYSTIC FIBROSIS
A person with this condition will have a defective ciliary action, the individual will have a hard time to remove the organism in a tracheobronchial tree. This can grow and cause?
infection
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# Mendelian Disorder
presents with recurrent pulmonary
infection
mucoviscidosis or cystic fibrosis
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# Mendelian Disorder
hypertonic (high Cl and Na) sweat “salty sweat”
Cystic Fibrosis
## Footnote
this is due to the ENaC having a decreased activity with CFTR mutatio
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# Cystic Fibrosis
This is a mediated bicarbonate transport, with
mutation tissues that will secrete acidic fluid. Forming a mucin precipitation, plugging of ducts and increase the binding of bacteria to plugs.
CFTR
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# Mucoviscidosis
Manifests before birth:
Meconium Ileus
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# Cystic Fibrosis
The absence of that peristalsis that move the food in the GIT is called
Ileus
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# Cystic Fibrosis
At what developmental stage are viscous secretions
and recurrent pulmonary infection is most serious?
Childhood/adolescence
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# Cystic Fibrosis
Pancreatic insufficiency (80-90%) can cause?
steatorrhea, malnutrition
## Footnote
fat is not absorbed properly so these undigested fats are expelled together with stools which is called steatorrhea. This, eventually, can lead to malnutrition.
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Hereditary deficiency of one of the enzymes involved in glycogen synthesis or degradation
GLYCOGENOSIS
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# GLYCOGENOSIS
3 subgroups
o Hepatic
o Myopathic
o Glycogen
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# GLYCOGENOSIS
TOF. Enzymatic defects does not dictate the organ of involvement (distribution)
F
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# GLYCONGENOSIS
This subgroup is a storage disease associated with deficiency of alpha-glucosidase or acid maltase and lack of debranching enzymes
Glycogen
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# GLYCOGENOSIS
Muscle phosphofructokinase deficiency
A. MYOPATHIC FORMS
B. HEPATIC FORMS
C. Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
A
| Type VII
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Von Gierke/ Type I (Glucose 6 phosphatase
deficiency)
A. MYOPATHIC FORMS
B. HEPATIC FORMS
C. Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
B
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McArdle Disease/type V (Muscle phosphorylase deficiency)
A. MYOPATHIC FORMS
B. HEPATIC FORMS
C. Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
A
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Lysosomal storage of glycogen in all organs
A. MYOPATHIC FORMS
B. HEPATIC FORMS
C. Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
C
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# Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
most prominent feature
Cardiomegaly
## Footnote
enlargement of the heart
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They present with enlargement of liver, hepatomegaly, and decreased glucose in blood, hypoglycemia.
A. MYOPATHIC FORMS
B. HEPATIC FORMS
C. Acid Maltase and Lack of Debranching Enzymes
B
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Except:
A. 2/3 de novo, 1/3 familial
B. Deletion
C. Xp21
D. NOTA
A (1/3 de novo and 2/3 familial)
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Forms an interface between intracellular contractile protein and extracellular matrix
Dystrophin
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
TOF. Females are carriers, asymptomatic, increase in creatine kinase in the blood.
T
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
TOF. Females manifest at 5 y.o, wheelchair dependent at 10-12
F (males)
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Male and female patients who survive until
adulthood are at risk of having dilated?
cardiomyopathy
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
TOF. Normal at Birth.
T
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
TOF. Delayed walking due to muscle weakness
T
## Footnote
Pelvic girdle muscles are the first to weaken
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Feature, except:
A. Increase fiber size
B. Pseudohypertrophy of leg muscles
C. Pulmonary failure
D. NOTA
D
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# DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Disease that is closely associated
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
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# Identify Disorder
Diminished Dystrophin; Mutation causes synthesis of abnormal, smaller protein
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
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# Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Onset
late childhood or adolescence
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# Becker Muscular Dystrophy
TOF. They have normal lifespan
compared with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.
T
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Second leading cause of mental retardation
and is the primary cause of inherited mental
retardation
FRAGILE X SYNDROME
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
TOF. 1:1550 for affected males and 1:8000 for affected females
T
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
Incorrect:
A. trinucleotide repeat
(CCC) sequence
B. FMR-1gene
C. detectable at molecular level
A
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
A pre-mutatation has how many repeats?
55-200
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A full mutatation has how many repeats?
200-4000 repeats
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
Symptoms, except:
A. Long face with macrognathia
B. High arched palate
C. Micro-orchidism
D. Hyperextensible joints
E. NOTA
C (Macro - big balls)
## Footnote
+ MVP, everted ears and mentally retarded
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
TOF. Carrier males are 20% cytologically and clinically NORMAL. They may transmit the disease to all his daughters and to affected grandchildren thus also known as “transmitting males."
T
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
TOF. 10% of carrier females are affected and are mentally retarded
F (50)
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# FRAGILE X SYNDROME
TOF.
Brothers of transmitting males are at 40% risk of
having mental retardation
F (9% risk while grandsons of
transmitting males have 40% risk)
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# Fragile X Syndrome
What do you call when the grandson of transmitting males have a high risk.
positional risk/Sherman paradox
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# Fragile X Syndrome
TOF. Clinical features gets lessen with each generation
F
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