- Ignacio del Castillo ORCID:orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-36651,2,
- Matías Morín ORCID:orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-592X1,2,
- María Domínguez-Ruiz ORCID:orcid.org/0000-0002-7583-03701,2 &
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- Miguel A. Moreno-Pelayo ORCID:orcid.org/0000-0003-3839-50981,2
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Abstract
Hearing impairment not etiologically associated with clinical signs in other organs (non-syndromic) is genetically heterogeneous, so that over 120 genes are currently known to be involved. The frequency of mutations in each gene and the most frequent mutations vary throughout populations. Here we review the genetic etiology of non-syndromic hearing impairment (NSHI) in Europe. Over the years, epidemiological data were scarce because of the large number of involved genes, whose screening was not cost-effective until implementation of massively parallel DNA sequencing. In Europe, the most common form of autosomal recessive NSHI is DFNB1, which accounts for 11–57% of the cases. Mutations inSTRC account for 16% of the recessive cases, and only a few more (MYO15A,MYO7A,LOXHD1,USH2A,TMPRSS3,CDH23,TMC1,OTOF,OTOA,SLC26A4,ADGRV1 andTECTA) have contributions higher than 2%. As regards autosomal-dominant NSHI, DFNA22 (MYO6) and DFNA8/12 (TECTA) represent the most common forms, accounting for 21% and 18% of elucidated cases, respectively. The contribution ofACTG1 andWFS1 drops to 9% in both cases, followed byPOU4F3 (6.5%),MYO7A (5%),MYH14 andCOL11A2 (4% each). Four additional genes contribute 2.5% each one (MITF, KCNQ4, EYA4, SOX10) and the remaining are residually represented. X-linked hearing loss and maternally-inherited NSHI have minor contributions in most countries. Further knowledge on the genetic epidemiology of NSHI in Europe needs a standardization of the experimental approaches and a stratification of the results according to clinical features, familial history and patterns of inheritance, to facilitate comparison between studies.
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del Castillo, I., Morín, M., Domínguez-Ruiz, M.et al. Genetic etiology of non-syndromic hearing loss in Europe.Hum Genet141, 683–696 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-021-02425-6
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