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Submissions for variant NM_004004.6(GJB2):c.-23+12G>A

gnomAD frequency: 0.00541  dbSNP: rs397516866
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Total submissions: 4
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine RCV000037805 SCV000061467 benign not specified 2017-11-27 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing c.-23+12G>A in intron 1 of GJB2: This variant is not expected to have clinical s ignificance because it has been identified in 1.9% (165/8692) of African chromos omes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.or g; dbSNP rs397516866).
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences RCV000037805 SCV000309912 benign not specified criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp RCV000037805 SCV000917437 benign not specified 2017-12-05 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Variant summary: The GJB2 c.-23+12G>A variant involves the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide in the first intron of the gene. One in silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant and 4/5 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. ESE finder predicts that this variant may affect ESE sites at the locus. However, these predictions have yet to be confirmed by functional studies. This variant was found in 167/30820 control chromosomes (2 homozygotes), predominantly observed in the African subpopulation at a frequency of 0.018983 (165/8692). This frequency is about 56 times the estimated maximal expected allele frequency of a dominant pathogenic GJB2 variant (0.0003376), suggesting this is likely a benign polymorphism found primarily in the populations of African origin. In a recessive inheritance model, this frequency does not exceed the maximal expected frequency for a recessive pathogenic GJB2 variant (0.02598). However, the presence of two normal homozygous individuals in the gnomAD database support a benign impact of this variant in either inheritance model. The variant has been found in at least 7 hearing loss patients. However, in 6 reported patients, this variant was found in heterozygous state, suggesting that this variant might not explain the phenotype in the patients because hearing loss is predominantly a recessive disorder, and the high allele frequency in African controls suggests that this variant is not a dominant hearing loss causative variant. In addition, multiple clinical diagnostic laboratories/reputable databases classified this variant as likely benign or benign. Taken together, this variant is classified as benign.
GeneDx RCV001578200 SCV001805743 likely benign not provided 2018-11-06 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing

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