Aasem Abu Shtaya, Inbal Kedar, Lily Bazak, Lina Basel-Salmon, Sarit Farage Barhom, Michal Naftali, Marina Eskin-Schwartz, Ohad S Birk, Shirley Polager-Modan, Nitzan Keidar, Gili Reznick Levi, Zohar Levi, Tamar Yablonski-Peretz, Ahmad Mahamid, Ori Segol, Reut Matar, Yifat Bareli, Noy Azoulay, Yael Goldberg
POT1 (Protection of Telomeres 1) is a key component of the six-membered shelterin complex that plays a critical role in telomere protection and length regulation. Germline variants in the POT1 gene have been implicated in predisposition to cancer, primarily to melanoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We report the identification of POT1 p.(I78T), previously ranked with conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity, as a founder pathogenic variant among Ashkenazi Jews (AJs) and describe its unique clinical landscape...
March 13, 2024: Genes