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. 2020 Oct 28;10(11):258. doi: 10.3390/life10110258

Table 2.

Global distribution of connexin 31 (GJB3) gene variants.

Country/Territory Number of Alleles Protein Nucleotide Change rs Number Clinical Significance Reference
Intervar Varsome ClinVar Verdit
Germany 2/376 p.K56Q c.166 A > C rs746219527 Uncertain Significance Likely Benign Uncertain Significance Uncertain Significance [27]
Germany 1/376 p.R101Q c.302G > A rs765605645 Uncertain Significance Likely Benign - Conflicting Interpretations [27]
Germany 1/376 p.R106H c.317 G > A rs369979083 Uncertain Significance Uncertain Significance Likely Benign Uncertain Significance [27]
Tunisia 1/NA p.R32W c.94C > T rs1805063 Benign Benign Likely Benign Benign [32]
Austria 2/90 [33]
USA 2/126 [34]
Brazil 2/NA [35]
Tunisia 4/NA p.N119N c.357C > T rs41310442 Benign Benign Benign Benign [32]
Austria 4/90 [33]
China 7/186 [36]
USA 1/126 [34]
Morocco 1/390 [37]
Korea 36/424 [30]
China 1/216 p.N166S c.497A > G rs121908851 Uncertain Significance Likely Benign Pathogenic Conflicting Interpretations [38]
Korea 1/20 p.A194T c.580G > A rs117385606 Benign Benign Benign Benign [39]
China 2/216 [38]
Korea 7/430 [30]
Taiwan 4/506 [40]
China 2/NA [41]
China 3/206 p.V84I c.250G > A rs145751680 Benign Benign Benign Benign [42]
Korea 7/424 [30]
Taiwan 1/506 [40]
Korea 1/40 [43]
China 1/NA [41]
Austria 11/90 p.N266N c.798C > T rs35983826 Benign Benign Benign Benign [33]
USA 10/126 [34]
China 4/186 [36]
China 12/170 [41]
China 2/186 p.S11S c.33C > T rs112499125 Likely Benign Benign Likely Benign Benign [36]
USA 2/126 p.N67N c.201C > T - Likely Benign Uncertain Significance - Conflicting Interpretations [34]
Korea 1/424 pV27M c.79G > A rs775072109 Uncertain Significance Benign - Conflicting Interpretations [30]
Korea 1/424 p.V43M c.127G > A rs761320902 Uncertain Significance Likely Benign - Conflicting Interpretations [30]
Korea 415/430 c.813+43C > A rs41266429 - Benign Benign Benign [30]
Korea 351/430 c.813+53G > A rs476220 - Benign Benign Benign [30]
China 2/4 p.E183K c.547G > A rs74315318 Likely Pathogenic Benign Conflicting Interpretations Conflicting Interpretations [44]
Taiwan 1/506 [40]
China 2/4 p.R180 * c.538C > T rs74315319 Uncertain Significance Benign Uncertain Significance Uncertain Significance [44]
Taiwan 2/506 p.L10R c.29T > G - Uncertain Significance Uncertain Significance - Uncertain Significance [40]
Taiwan 1/506 p.T18I c.53C > T rs755025684 Uncertain Significance Benign - Conflicting Interpretations [40]
Brazil 1/NA p.49delK c.1227C > T - - - - - [35]
Australia 3/520 p.V174M c.520G > A rs749431664 Uncertain Significance Uncertain Significance - Uncertain Significance [40]
Brazil 2/414 p.Y177D c.529T > G rs80297119 Benign Benign Benign Benign [45]
Brazil 2/4 [35]
China 2/186 p.G256S c.766G > A - Likely benign Uncertain significance Conflicting Interpretations [36]

* The numerators in this column represent the number of mutated alleles, and the denominators the total number of screened alleles. NA, not applicable (the authors were not clear on the total number of alleles they have screened), InterVar, VarSome, and ClinVar are databases to assess the clinical significance of the variants.