Malaysian

Investigation of a PAX6 gene mutation in a Malaysian family with congenital aniridia

P. C. Lee, Lam, H. H., Ghani, S. A., Subrayan, V., and Chua, K. H., Investigation of a PAX6 gene mutation in a Malaysian family with congenital aniridia, vol. 13, pp. 3553-3559, 2014.

Mutations in the PAX6 gene that cause aniridia have been identified in various ethnicities but not in the Malaysian population. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the PAX6 mutation in a Malaysian family with congenital aniridia. In this study, a complete ophthalmic examination was performed on a Dusun ethnic family with aniridia.

NOD2/CARD15 variants in Malaysian patients with sporadic colorectal cancer

T. P. Lau, Roslani, A. C., Lian, L. H., Lee, P. C., Hilmi, I., Goh, K. L., and Chua, K. H., NOD2/CARD15 variants in Malaysian patients with sporadic colorectal cancer, vol. 13, pp. 7079-7085, 2014.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common types of cancer in both developed and developing countries. This disease is triggered by and progresses via the sequential accumulation of multiple genetic alterations. In addition, the interaction between low-penetrance genes and environmental factors can also increase the risk of developing CRC. Since inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are one of the predisposing factors for CRC, IBD-related genes might, to a certain extent, be associated with cancer initiation.

Co-inheritance of variants/mutations in Malaysian patients with Crohn’s disease

K. H. Chua, Ng, C. C., Hilmi, I., and Goh, K. L., Co-inheritance of variants/mutations in Malaysian patients with Crohn’s disease, vol. 11, pp. 3115-3121, 2012.

Crohn’s disease is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory bowel disease; it affects the mucosa and deeper layers of the digestive wall. Two Crohn’s disease patients who carried the JW1 variant and two patients who carried the SNP5 variant were investigated for other co-inherited polymorphisms that could influence Crohn’s disease development. Based on the sequencing results, a homozygous 5ꞌ-UTR-59 G to A variant in exon 1 (SNP6) was observed in a patient who carried SNP5, while a heterozygous SNP6 variant was detected in the other patient who carried SNP5.

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