Table 2. Controls used in this work.
qPCR-HRM | SQF-PCR | ||||||||
HRM (Qualitative) | qPCR (Quantitative) | (Semi-Quantitative) | |||||||
Validation Set | |||||||||
Negative Controls | N = 48 | Wild-type DNAs | N = 10 | Asymptomatic individual | N = 10 | Asymptomatic individual | |||
Positive Controls | N = 49 | DNAs with known punctual mutations: | N = 3 | DNAs with or mimicking a CNV†: | N = 1 | DNA with a deletion | |||
MVK (N = 19) | p.S52N(1)(2),c.371+8C>T(1)(2), p.S135L(1), p.S135S(1), p.D170D(1)(2),c.632−18A>G (1)(2), c.769-7_769-6dupT(1) *,c.885+24G>A(1)(2), p.G309S(1), p.S329N(1), p.V377I(1)(2), p.R388X(1), p.E296GfsX14(1) | MVK (N = 1) | Chr12q24.1del | MVK (N = 1) | Chr12q24.1del | ||||
NLRP3 (N = 23) | c.278−45T>C(1), p.Y141Y(1) *, p.R168Q(3), p.V198M(1), p.T219T(1), p.A242A(1)(2) *, p.P340P(1)(3), p.L344L(1)(3), p.A439P(1), p.H463H(1), p.T587I(1), p.Q703K(1)(2), p.Y859C(1),c.3005+25C>T(1), p.T348M(1), p.L411L(3), p.S434S(1)(2), p.T436P(3) | NLRP3 (N = 1) | p.T348M artificial deletion (allele specific primer) | ||||||
TNFRSF1A (N = 7) | p.C30R(1), p.C30F(1), p.C73W(1), p.H69fs(1), p.E54E(1), p.P46L(1), p.R92Q(1) | ITGB5 (N = 1) | Chr3q21.2dup | ||||||
Study group | |||||||||
Negative Controls | N = 1 | Wild-type DNA | N = 1 | Asymptomatic individual | N = 1 | Asymptomatic individual | |||
Positive Controls | N = 1 | DNA with a known variation per exon tested where available | N = 1 | DMD (Internal control) | N = 1 | DMD (Internal control) |
(1) heterozogote, (2) homozygote, (3) compound heterozygote.
*These polymorphisms were not detected by HRM.
Copy number variation.