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. 2009 Nov 15;67(5):727–748. doi: 10.1007/s00018-009-0188-y

Table 3.

Summary of monogenic diseases that may be amenable to treatment based on homing endonuclease-induced double-strand break homologous recombination

Disease Gene OMIMa Chromosome Frequency Inheritance References
Acute intermittent porphyria Porphobilinogen deaminase 609806 11q23 >104 Autosomal dominant [174]
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria Uroporphyrinogen cosynthase 263700 10q25 >105 Autosomal recessive [175, 176]
Porphyria cutanea tarda Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase 176100 1p34 <104 Autosomal dominant [177]
Hereditary coproporphyria Coproporphyrinogen oxidase 612732 3q12 >105 Autosomal dominant [178]
Variegate porphyria Protoporphyrinogen oxidase 600923 1q22 >105 Autosomal dominant [179]
Erythropoietic protoporphyria Ferrochelatase 612386 18q21 >105 Autosomal dominant [180]
α Thalassemia α Hemoglobin (HBA1) 141800 16p13 <104 Autosomal recessive [181]
α Thalassemia α Hemoglobin (HBA2) 141850 16p13 <104 Autosomal recessive [182]
β Thalassemia β Hemoglobin (HBB) 141900 11p15 <104 Autosomal recessive [183]
Sickle cell anemia β Hemoglobin (HBB) 603903 11p15 <104 Autosomal recessive [184]
Familial mediterranean fever Familial mediterranean fever (MEFV) 608107 16p13 <104 In Mediterranean people Autosomal dominant [185]
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) Adenosine deaminase (ADA) 608958 20q13 <105 Autosomal recessive [186, 187]
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) Interleukin 2 receptor gamma (IL2RG) 308380 Xq13 >105 X-linked [188]
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Omenn syndrome Recombination-activating gene (RAG1) 179615 11p13 >104 Autosomal recessive [189]
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Omenn syndrome Recombination-activating gene (RAG2) 179616 11p13 >104 Autosomal recessive [190]
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) 600173 19p13 <104 Autosomal recessive [191]
Chronic myeloid leukemia Breakpoint cluster region 151410 22q11 <105 Somatic [192]
Chronic granulomatous disease CYBB (gp91-phox), cytochrome b(-245) beta subunit 300481 Xp21 <105 X-linked [193]
Chronic granulomatous disease CYBA (p22-phox), cytochrome b(-245) alpha subunit 608508 16q24 <105 Autosomal recessive [194]
Chronic granulomatous disease NCF1 (p47-phox), neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 608512 7q11 <105 Autosomal recessive [195]
Chronic granulomatous disease NCF2 (p67-phox), neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 233710 1q25 <105 Autosomal recessive [196]
Hemophilia A Coagulation factor VIII 306700 Xq28 <104 X-linked [197]
Hemophilia B Coagulation factor IX 300746 Xq27 <105 X-linked [198]
Fanconi anemia FANCA-N, fanconi anemia complementation group 227650 16q24, Xp22, 9q22, 13q12, 3p25, 6p22, 11p15 >105 Autosomal recessive, X-linked (FANCB) [199]
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria Phosphatidylinositol glycan, class A (PIGA) 311770 Xp22 Unknown Somatic (do not inherited) [200]
Immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM CD40 antigen ligand 300386 Xq26 <105 X-linked [201]
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy ectodermal dystrophy Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) 607358 21q22 >105 Autosomal recessive [202, 203]
Malignant melanoma Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) 600160 9p21 >105 Autosomal recessive [204, 205]
Xeroderma pigmentosum Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group C (XPC) 278720 3p25 <105 Autosomal recessive [206, 207]
Xeroderma pigmentosum Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group E (XPE) 278740 11p12 <105 Autosomal recessive [208]
Familial hypercholesterolemia Low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) 606945 19p13 >104 Autosomal dominant [209]
Urea cycle disorder Ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) 300461 Xp21 >105 X-linked [210]
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (HPRT1) 308000 Xq26 <105 X-linked [211]
Human tumors Tumor protein p53 (TP53) 191170 17p13 >104 Somatic [152, 153]

aThe Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=OMIM&itool=toolbar) number is included for more information