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- ZDB-FIG-230319-38
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- Sheppard et al., 2023 - Novel SMAD3 variant identified in a patient with familial aortopathy modeled using a zebrafish embryo assay
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Assessment of SMAD3 VUS pathogenicity using a zebrafish embryonic assay. (A) Diagram of the spatial distribution of specific VUS mutations examined. (B) Confocal images of the tail aorta/vein labeled in Tg[kdrl:mCherry] in 48hpf embryos. White dashed boxes indicate the enlargement regions used to highlight differences in diameter (white dashed lines). Embryos imaged were either control, injected with smad3aWT mRNA or smad3aP124T, smad3aR287W, smad3aL296P or smad3aA349P. (C) Quantification of diameter counts. Each point represents an individual embryo measured. Standard deviation is depicted in red. Variants were compared to WT: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. (D) Summary of VUS classification changes based on the zebrafish embryonic assay results. P, pathogenic, LP, likely pathogenic. |