A Systematic Analysis of Human Disease-Associated Gene Sequences In Drosophila melanogaster

Table 1.

Classification of 714 Clear-Hit Drosophila Genes According to Human Disease Phenotypes

Disorder No. of genes
Neurological 74
 Neuromuscular 20
 Neuropsychiatric 9
 CNS/Developmental 8
 CNS/Ataxia 9
 Mental retardation 6
 Other 22
Endocrine 50
 Diabetes 10
 Other 40
Deafness 13
 Syndromic 7
 Nonsyndromic 6
Cardiovascular 26
 Cardiomyopathy 10
 Conduction defects 4
 Hypertension 7
 Atherosclerosis 3
 Vascular malformations 2
Ophthalmologic 43
Anterior segment (13)
  Aniridia 1
  Rieger syndrome 1
  Mesenchymal dysgenisis 2
  Iridogoniodysgenisis 2
  Corneal dystrophy 2
  Cataract 3
  Glaucoma 2
Retina (30)
  Retinal dystrophy 1
  Choroiderimea 1
  Color vision defects 4
  Cone dystrophy 2
  Cone rod dystrophy 1
  Night blindness 8
  Leber congenital amaurosis 2
  Macular dystrophy 4
  Retinitis pigmentosa 7
Pulmonary 4
Gastrointestinal 13
Renal 13
Immunological 33
 Complement mediated 11
 Other 22
Hematologic 42
 Erythrocyte, general 29
 Porphyrias 7
 Platelets 6
Coagulation abnormalities 28
Malignancies 79
 Brain 3
 Breast 4
 Colon 11
 Other gastrointestinal 3
 Genitourinary 5
 Gynocologic 3
 Endocrine 3
 Dermatologic 3
 Xeroderma pigmentosa 6
 Other/sarcomas 9
 Hematologic malignancies 29
Skeletal development 26
 Craniosynostosis 5
 Skeletal dysplasia 13
 Other 8
Soft tissue 2
Connective tissue 18
Dermatologic 25
Metabolic/mitochondrial 123
Pharmacologic 12
Peroxisomal 9
Storage 37
 Glycogen storage 11
 Lipid storage 13
 Mucopolysaccaridosis 10
 Other 3
Pleitropic developmental 35
 Growth, immune, cancer 7
 Apoptosis 1
 Other 27
Complex other 9
Total 714
  • Totals for categories of disease are in bold, subcategory totals are in parenthesis, and individual categories are in plain text.

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