title: Genetic variants of hemophilia B: detection by means of a specific PTC inhibitor.
abstract: Hemophilia B can be divided into at least two mutant forms different from the mild, moderate, and severe categories previously described. In about 90% of hemophilia B patients, PTC-inhibitor-neutralizing activity is reduced in proportion to PTC clotting activity. In about 10% of the patients, PTC-inhibitor-neutralizing activity is fully effective, whereas PTC clotting activity is reduced. Extensive pedigree studies indicate that the presence or absence of inhibitor-neutralizing activity is genetically determined. It is suggested that those hemophilia B mutants with decreased inhibitor-neutralizing material produce decreased amounts of PTC-protein. It is further suggested that those with normal levels of inhibitor-neutralizing material produce normal amounts of PTC-protein, which is structurally altered so as to lose procoagulant activity but which retains inhibitor-neutralizing activity. The latter group may be analogous to CRM(+) mutants described in bacteria and Neurospora.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Grizzle
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: McLester
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Penick
mesh_terms: D005164:Factor IX / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005164:Factor IX