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. 2017 Jan 18;25(4). doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.201

Table 2. Additional genes associated with isolated and complex microphthalmia, often with syndromic features, tested by next-generation sequencing.

Gene Cytogenetic location OMIM# of gene Associated disease acronym OMIM# of the disease (where applicable)
BCOR Xp11.4 300485 Microphthalmia, syndromic 2 300166
BMP4 14q22.2 112262 Microphthalmia, syndromic 6 607932
CHD7 8q12.2 605806 CHARGE syndrome 214800
COL4A1 13q34 120130 Brain small vessel disease with or without ocular anomalies 607595
FREM1 9p22.3 608944 Manitoba oculotrichoanal syndrome 248450
HCCS Xp22.2 300056 Linear skin defects with multiple congenital anomalies 1 309801
HMGB3 Xq28 300193 Microphthalmia, syndromic 13 300915
MAB21L2 4q31.3 604357 Microphthalmia, syndromic 14 615877
NAA10 Xq28 300013 Microphthalmia, syndromic 1 309800
OTX2 14q22.3 600037 Microphthalmia, syndromic 5 610125
PAX6 11p13 607108 Ocular malformations within the MAC spectrum
PXDN 2p25.3 605158 Cornea opacification and other ocular anomalies 269400
RARB 3p24.2 180220 Microphthalmia, syndromic 12 615524
SMOC1 14q24.2 608488 Microphthalmia with limb anomalies 206920
SOX2 3q26.33 184429 Microphthalmia, syndromic 3 206900
TMX3 18q22.1 616102 Microphthalmia with coloboma
VAX1 10q25.3 604295 Microphthalmia, syndromic 11 614402
YAP1 11q22.1 606608 Ocular coloboma 120433