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Retinitis pigmentosa 81(RP81)

MedGen UID:
1637738
•Concept ID:
C4693443
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: RP81
 
Gene (location): IFT43 (14q24.3)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0036482
OMIM®: 617871

Clinical features

From HPO
Night blindness
MedGen UID:
10349
•Concept ID:
C0028077
•
Disease or Syndrome
Inability to see well at night or in poor light.
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Reduced visual acuity
MedGen UID:
65889
•Concept ID:
C0234632
•
Finding
Diminished clarity of vision.
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Optic disc pallor
MedGen UID:
108218
•Concept ID:
C0554970
•
Finding
A pale yellow discoloration of the optic disc (the area of the optic nerve head in the retina). The optic disc normally has a pinkish hue with a central yellowish depression.
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Bone spicule pigmentation of the retina
MedGen UID:
323029
•Concept ID:
C1836926
•
Finding
Pigment migration into the retina in a bone-spicule configuration (resembling the nucleated cells within the lacuna of bone).
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Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy
MedGen UID:
333564
•Concept ID:
C1840457
•
Finding
Atrophy (loss or wasting) of the retinal pigment epithelium observed on fundoscopy or fundus imaging.
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Attenuation of retinal blood vessels
MedGen UID:
480605
•Concept ID:
C3278975
•
Finding
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Genetic testing and gene therapy in retinal diseases: Knowledge and perceptions of optometrists in Australia and New Zealand.
Britten-Jones AC, Mack HG, Vincent AL, Hill LJ, Edwards TL, Ayton LN
Clin Genet 2024 Jan;105(1):34-43. Epub 2023 Aug 8 doi: 10.1111/cge.14415. PMID: 37553298Free PMC Article
Efficacy and prognostic factors of response to carbonic anhydrase inhibitors in management of cystoid macular edema in retinitis pigmentosa.
Liew G, Moore AT, Webster AR, Michaelides M
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015 Feb 10;56(3):1531-6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-15995. PMID: 25670491
The clinical efficacy of a topical dorzolamide in the management of cystoid macular edema in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
Ikeda Y, Hisatomi T, Yoshida N, Notomi S, Murakami Y, Enaida H, Ishibashi T
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2012 Jun;250(6):809-14. Epub 2012 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00417-011-1904-5. PMID: 22215259

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Genetic profile of syndromic retinitis pigmentosa in Portugal.
Cortinhal T, Santos C, Vaz-Pereira S, Marta A, Duarte L, Miranda V, Costa J, Sousa AB, Peter VG, Kaminska K, Rivolta C, Carvalho AL, Saraiva J, Soares CA, Silva R, Murta J, Santos LC, Marques JP
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024 Jun;262(6):1883-1897. Epub 2024 Jan 8 doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06360-2. PMID: 38189974Free PMC Article
Functional Vision in Patients With Biallelic USH2A Variants.
Heon E, Melia M, Bocchino LE, Samarakoon L, Duncan JL, Ayala AR, Audo I, Bradley C, Cheetham JK, Dagnelie G, Durham TA, Hoyng CB, Jain N, Jayasundera KT, Pennesi ME, Weng CY; Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Apr;260:200-211. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.12.009. PMID: 38135239
Coats-like Vasculopathy in Inherited Retinal Disease: Prevalence, Characteristics, Genetics, and Management.
Daich Varela M, Conti GM, Malka S, Vaclavik V, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Tran V, Michaelides M
Ophthalmology 2023 Dec;130(12):1327-1335. Epub 2023 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.027. PMID: 37544434Free PMC Article
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) in retinitis pigmentosa and macular dystrophy patients: a retrospective study.
Deutsch S, Lommatzsch A, Weinitz S, Farmand G, Kellner U
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022 Jun;260(6):1923-1931. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00417-021-05530-4. PMID: 34982219Free PMC Article
Macular diseases in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Majekodunmi OI, Ijaduola MA
Niger J Clin Pract 2021 Mar;24(3):341-344. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_408_20. PMID: 33723107

Diagnosis

Genetic profile of syndromic retinitis pigmentosa in Portugal.
Cortinhal T, Santos C, Vaz-Pereira S, Marta A, Duarte L, Miranda V, Costa J, Sousa AB, Peter VG, Kaminska K, Rivolta C, Carvalho AL, Saraiva J, Soares CA, Silva R, Murta J, Santos LC, Marques JP
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024 Jun;262(6):1883-1897. Epub 2024 Jan 8 doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06360-2. PMID: 38189974Free PMC Article
Functional Vision in Patients With Biallelic USH2A Variants.
Heon E, Melia M, Bocchino LE, Samarakoon L, Duncan JL, Ayala AR, Audo I, Bradley C, Cheetham JK, Dagnelie G, Durham TA, Hoyng CB, Jain N, Jayasundera KT, Pennesi ME, Weng CY; Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Apr;260:200-211. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.12.009. PMID: 38135239
Coats-like Vasculopathy in Inherited Retinal Disease: Prevalence, Characteristics, Genetics, and Management.
Daich Varela M, Conti GM, Malka S, Vaclavik V, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Tran V, Michaelides M
Ophthalmology 2023 Dec;130(12):1327-1335. Epub 2023 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.027. PMID: 37544434Free PMC Article
Fundus Photography Methodologies to Assess RP Patients.
Oh JK, Ryu J, Tsang SH
Methods Mol Biol 2023;2560:81-90. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2651-1_7. PMID: 36481885
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) in retinitis pigmentosa and macular dystrophy patients: a retrospective study.
Deutsch S, Lommatzsch A, Weinitz S, Farmand G, Kellner U
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022 Jun;260(6):1923-1931. Epub 2022 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00417-021-05530-4. PMID: 34982219Free PMC Article

Therapy

Translational Research and Therapies for Neuroprotection and Regeneration of the Optic Nerve and Retina: A Narrative Review.
Oshitari T
Int J Mol Sci 2024 Sep 29;25(19) doi: 10.3390/ijms251910485. PMID: 39408817Free PMC Article
Clinical Phenotype and Course of PDE6A-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa Disease, Characterized in Preparation for a Gene Supplementation Trial.
Kuehlewein L, Zobor D, Andreasson SO, Ayuso C, Banfi S, Bocquet B, Bernd AS, Biskup S, Boon CJF, Downes SM, Fischer MD, Holz FG, Kellner U, Leroy BP, Meunier I, Nasser F, Rosenberg T, Rudolph G, Stingl K, Thiadens AAHJ, Wilhelm B, Wissinger B, Zrenner E, Kohl S, Weisschuh N; RD-CURE Consortium
JAMA Ophthalmol 2020 Dec 1;138(12):1241-1250. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.4206. PMID: 33057649Free PMC Article
INTRAVITREAL DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT IN RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA-RELATED CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA.
Mansour AM, Sheheitli H, Kucukerdonmez C, Sisk RA, Moura R, Moschos MM, Lima LH, Al-Shaar L, Arevalo JF, Maia M, Foster RE, Kayikcioglu O, Kozak I, Kurup S, Zegarra H, Gallego-Pinazo R, Hamam RN, Bejjani RA, Cinar E, Erakgün ET, Kimura A, Teixeira A
Retina 2018 Feb;38(2):416-423. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001542. PMID: 28221257
Renal transplantation in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.
Haws RM, Joshi A, Shah SA, Alkandari O, Turman MA
Pediatr Nephrol 2016 Nov;31(11):2153-61. Epub 2016 Jun 1 doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3415-4. PMID: 27245600
Genetic diseases of hearing.
Spillmann T
Curr Opin Neurol 1994 Feb;7(1):81-7. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199402000-00015. PMID: 8173684

Prognosis

Genetic profile of syndromic retinitis pigmentosa in Portugal.
Cortinhal T, Santos C, Vaz-Pereira S, Marta A, Duarte L, Miranda V, Costa J, Sousa AB, Peter VG, Kaminska K, Rivolta C, Carvalho AL, Saraiva J, Soares CA, Silva R, Murta J, Santos LC, Marques JP
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024 Jun;262(6):1883-1897. Epub 2024 Jan 8 doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06360-2. PMID: 38189974Free PMC Article
Coats-like Vasculopathy in Inherited Retinal Disease: Prevalence, Characteristics, Genetics, and Management.
Daich Varela M, Conti GM, Malka S, Vaclavik V, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Tran V, Michaelides M
Ophthalmology 2023 Dec;130(12):1327-1335. Epub 2023 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.027. PMID: 37544434Free PMC Article
Genotypes Influence Clinical Progression in EYS-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Lo JE, Cheng CY, Yang CH, Yang CM, Chen YC, Huang YS, Chen PL, Chen TC
Transl Vis Sci Technol 2022 Jul 8;11(7):6. doi: 10.1167/tvst.11.7.6. PMID: 35816039Free PMC Article
HYPERREFLECTIVE FOCI AS IMPORTANT PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS OF PROGRESSION OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA.
Huang CH, Yang CH, Lai YJ, Hsiao CK, Hou YC, Yang CM, Chen TC
Retina 2022 Feb 1;42(2):388-395. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003301. PMID: 34510128
Prevalence of cystoid macular oedema, epiretinal membrane and cataract in retinitis pigmentosa.
Liew G, Strong S, Bradley P, Severn P, Moore AT, Webster AR, Mitchell P, Kifley A, Michaelides M
Br J Ophthalmol 2019 Aug;103(8):1163-1166. Epub 2018 Oct 5 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-311964. PMID: 30291136

Clinical prediction guides

Functional Vision in Patients With Biallelic USH2A Variants.
Heon E, Melia M, Bocchino LE, Samarakoon L, Duncan JL, Ayala AR, Audo I, Bradley C, Cheetham JK, Dagnelie G, Durham TA, Hoyng CB, Jain N, Jayasundera KT, Pennesi ME, Weng CY; Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Apr;260:200-211. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.12.009. PMID: 38135239
Coats-like Vasculopathy in Inherited Retinal Disease: Prevalence, Characteristics, Genetics, and Management.
Daich Varela M, Conti GM, Malka S, Vaclavik V, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Tran V, Michaelides M
Ophthalmology 2023 Dec;130(12):1327-1335. Epub 2023 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.027. PMID: 37544434Free PMC Article
Genotypes Influence Clinical Progression in EYS-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Lo JE, Cheng CY, Yang CH, Yang CM, Chen YC, Huang YS, Chen PL, Chen TC
Transl Vis Sci Technol 2022 Jul 8;11(7):6. doi: 10.1167/tvst.11.7.6. PMID: 35816039Free PMC Article
Inherited retinal diseases are the most common cause of blindness in the working-age population in Australia.
Heath Jeffery RC, Mukhtar SA, McAllister IL, Morgan WH, Mackey DA, Chen FK
Ophthalmic Genet 2021 Aug;42(4):431-439. Epub 2021 May 3 doi: 10.1080/13816810.2021.1913610. PMID: 33939573Free PMC Article
Clinical Phenotype and Course of PDE6A-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa Disease, Characterized in Preparation for a Gene Supplementation Trial.
Kuehlewein L, Zobor D, Andreasson SO, Ayuso C, Banfi S, Bocquet B, Bernd AS, Biskup S, Boon CJF, Downes SM, Fischer MD, Holz FG, Kellner U, Leroy BP, Meunier I, Nasser F, Rosenberg T, Rudolph G, Stingl K, Thiadens AAHJ, Wilhelm B, Wissinger B, Zrenner E, Kohl S, Weisschuh N; RD-CURE Consortium
JAMA Ophthalmol 2020 Dec 1;138(12):1241-1250. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.4206. PMID: 33057649Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

A systematic review of inherited retinal dystrophies in Pakistan: updates from 1999 to April 2023.
Munir A, Afsar S, Rehman AU
BMC Ophthalmol 2024 Feb 5;24(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12886-024-03319-7. PMID: 38317096Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of Mutations in the 65-kDa Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE65) Gene-Mediated Inherited Retinal Dystrophies: A Systematic Literature Review.
Sallum JMF, Kaur VP, Shaikh J, Banhazi J, Spera C, Aouadj C, Viriato D, Fischer MD
Adv Ther 2022 Mar;39(3):1179-1198. Epub 2022 Jan 30 doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-02036-7. PMID: 35098484Free PMC Article

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