Single Gene Defects

Summary of experience with PGD for single gene defects

(Please note similar protocols can be developed for any known single gene defect)

Disease Gene Cycles Couples Births
*CMT1A PMP22 1 1 1
*Congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles KIF21A 1 1 0
Hand-Foot-Uterus Syndrome/Synpolydactyly HOXD13-HOXA13 2 1 0
Holt-Oram Syndrome TBX5 1 1 1
*Huntington disease HD 2 2 2
*Myotonic dystrophy DMPK 9 5 0
Primary dystonia DYT1 3 1 2
*Neurofibromatosis type1 NF1 4 3 1
*Retinoblastoma RB1 3 1 0
Tuberosclerosis 1 TSC1 1 1 1
Spastic Paraplegia 3 SPG3A 1 1 1
Autosomal Recessive . 241 157 48
* Thalassemia HBB 174 105 32
*Batten's disease PPT1 1 1 1
*Cystic Fibrosis CFTR 33 26 8
*Congenital adrenal hyperplasia CYP21A2 2 2 0
Factor VII deficiency F7 1 1 1
Familial Mediterranean Fever FMF 2 1 0
Gangliosidosis GLB1 1 1 0
Homocystinuria MTHFR 1 1 1
Mevalonic aciduria MVK 1 1 0
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (sanfilippo sydnrome A) SGSH 4 1 0
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome) ARSB 2 1 1
Niemann-Pick disease SMPD1 1 1 0
Tay Sachs HEXA 1 1 0
*Sickle cell anemia HBB 6 3 1
*Spinal Muscular Atrophy SMN 10 10 3
X-linked . 25 15 9
Adrenoleukodystrophy ABCD1 2 2 0
Alpha-Thalassemia mental retardation syndrome ATRX 1 1 0
*Charcot Marie Tooth type X CMTX 2 1 1
Chronic granulomatous disease CYBB 1 1 2
*Duchenne muscular dystrophy DMD 5 2 1
*Fragile-X FRAXA 2 1 0
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency G6PD 1 1 0
*Haemophilia A F8 6 3 3
Haemophilia B F9 3 1 1
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome HPRT 1 1 0
*Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome WAS 1 1 1
Specific traits . 152 82 13
HLA matching only HLA 30 13 2
SGD + HLA Matching HLA 122 69 11
Total . 446 272 79
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A partial list of diseases with established PGD protocols ready to be applied clinically

Disease Gene
Autosomal Dominant .
Amyloid neuropathy - Andrade disease TTR
Diamond-Blackfan anemia RPS19
Ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia and cleft lip/palate syndrome p63
Exostoses multiple type I EXT1
*Li-Fraumeni syndrome p53
Myotonic dystrophy type 2 ZNF9
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I MEN1
Paramyotonia congenita SCN4A
Polycystic kidney disease type1 PKD1
Spinocerebellar ataxia 7 ATXN7
Tuberous sclerosis 2 TSC2
von Hippel-Lindau sydnrome VHL
Autosomal Recessive .
Agammaglobulinemia non-Bruton type IGHM
Bartter syndrome type 4 BSND
Brugada syndrome - Long QT syndrome-3 SCN5A
Crigler-Najjar syndrome UGT1A1
Deafness, autosomal recessive CX26
*Epidermolysis bullosa COL7A1
Fanconi anemia A FANCA
Fanconi anemia G FANCG
*Gaucher disease GBA
Glutaric acidemia I GCDH
Hypomagnesaemia primary CLDN16
*Incontinentia pigmenti NEMO
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C SGCG
Long QT syndrome-1 KCNQ1
Methacrylic Aciduria HIBCH
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB - Sanfilippo syndrome B NAGLU
Noonan syndrome PTPN11
Pancreatis, hereditary PRSS1
Polycystic kidney and hepatic disease-1 PKHD1
Smith-Lemil-Opitz syndrome DHCR7
Tyrosinaemia type 1 FAH
X-linked .
Duncan disease - X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome SH2D1A

*These conditions have already been licensed at clinic in the UK and only require a decision by the HFEA executive. Other conditions require a full application to the HFEA for approval from a Licence Committee.