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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Mol Mutagen. 2018 Aug 27;59(8):672–686. doi: 10.1002/em.22215

Table 1.

Examples of diseases other than cancer associated with somatic genome changes and mosaicism

Type of Instability Tissue Tested Examples of Diseases
Single base substitutions and small insertion deletions Blood Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular, CHARGE syndrome, Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, Congential central hypoventilatilation syndrome, Costello syndrome, Hemophilia A and B, Hereditary spastic parapelagia, Hunter disease, Hypocalcemia, Loeys-Dietz, Marfans, MYH9 disorders, Neonatal diabetes, Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, Retinoblastoma, Rett syndrome, Skeletal dysplasia, von Hippel-Lindau disease
Skin cells and hair roots Androgen insensitivity, McCune-Albright syndrome, EEC (ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and orofacial clefts), Hutchinson-Gilford progeria, Lesch-Nyhan, Loeys-Dietz, MYH9 disorders, Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets
Buccal cells Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular (CINCA), Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Loeys-Dietz, MYH9 disorders
Cerebral cortex Alzheimer disease
Skeletal tissue Osteogenesis imperfecta
Deletions Blood Campomelic dysplasia, Hemophilia A and B, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Rubinstein-Taybi, X-linked dyskeratosis congenita
Skin Incontinentia pigmenti, Neurofibromatosis 1 and 2
Nervous system Autism spectrum disorders, Incontinentia pigmenti, Neurofibromatosis 1 and 2
Duplications Blood X linked mental retardation
Repetitive element instability Blood Fascioscapular humeral muscular dystrophy

Table adapted from (Erickson, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2016)