Table 1.
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)