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Identifies nuclear genetic loci affecting features of m.3243A>G variant, suggesting key modifiers in mitochondrial disorders.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders exhibit striking clinical variability that is poorly explained by known factors such as variant heteroplasmy, age, or sex. Nuclear genetic modifiers likely play a significant role in this heterogeneity. We aimed to characterize the nature of nuclear genetic involvement for 2 common syndromic presentations of the common pathogenic mtDNA variant, m.3243A>G: mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) and maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD).
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