Beta-thalassemia

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Description
Related genes
Clinical Features
Incidence and onset information
Alternative Names
Researches and researchers
Gene Panels
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Description

Beta-thalassemia is characterized by a reduced production of hemoglobin A (HbA, alpha-2/beta-2), which results from the reduced synthesis of beta-globin chains relative to alpha-globin chains, thus causing an imbalance in globin chain production and hence abnormal erythropoiesis. The disorder is clinically heterogeneous (summary by Ottolenghi et al., 1975).Absence of beta globin causes beta-zero-thalassemia. Reduced amounts of detectable beta globin causes beta-plus-thalassemia. For clinical purposes, beta-thalassemia is divided into thalassemia major (transfusion dependent), thalassemia intermedia (of intermediate severity), and thalassemia minor (asymptomatic, carrier state). The molecular and clinical aspects of the beta-thalassemias were reviewed by Olivieri (1999).The remarkable phenotypic diversity of the beta-thalassemias reflects the heterogeneity of mutations at the HBB locus, the action of many secondary and tertiary modifiers, and a wide range of environmental factors (Weatherall, 2001).

Genes related to Beta-thalassemia

HBB

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Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Beta-thalassemia

Growth delay
Failure to thrive
Muscle weakness
Anemia
Feeding difficulties
Hepatomegaly
Fever
Fatigue
Abnormality of the skeletal system
Respiratory insufficiency

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Incidence and onset information

— Based on the latest data available BETA-THALASSEMIA have a estimated incidence of 1 per 100k in Europe.
— No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Researches and researchers

Doctors, researchs, and experts related to Beta-thalassemia extracted from public data.

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Current Researchs and researchers

NICOSIA — Pr Marina KLEANTHOUS
Responsible for diagnostic tests - Coordinator of research network - Director of laboratory - Director of department - Quality manager
- Institution/s:
  — Department of molecular genetics A, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
- Research area/topic::
  ITHANET: Euromediterranean network of research centres conducting molecular and clinical research of thalassaemia and related haemoglobinopathies

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES — Dr Philippe LEBOULCH
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Institut des Maladies Emergentes et des Thérapies Innovantes, CEA - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
- Research area/topic::
  GETHERTHALPLUS : Novel Gene Therapy for Thalassemia: Pre-clinical Development and Assessment in Animal and Stem Cell Models - FR

LYON — Dr Els VERHOEYEN
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — CIRI
- Research area/topic::
  GETHERTHALPLUS : Novel Gene Therapy for Thalassemia: Pre-clinical Development and Assessment in Animal and Stem Cell Models - FR

PARIS — Dr Thierry LEBLANC
Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Investigator of research project - Contact person of registry
- Institution/s:
  — Pôle de pédiatrie médicale, CHU Paris - Hôpital Robert Debré
  — CHU Paris - Hôpital Robert Debré
  — CHU Paris-GH St-Louis Lariboisière F.Widal - Hôpital Saint-Louis
- Research area/topic::
  Constitutive hematologic diseases: clinical and therapeutic research, molecular biology

PARIS — Pr Olivier HERMINE
Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
- Institution/s:
  — CHU Paris - Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
  — Institut Imagine - INSERM U1163, IMAGINE - Institut des Maladies Génétiques
  — IMAGINE - Institut des Maladies Génétiques
- Research area/topic::
  TIEBET: TGF-Beta Signaling And Ineffective Erythropoiesis Of Beta-Thalassemia - FR

PARIS — Dr Annarita MICCIO
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Institut Imagine - INSERM U1163, IMAGINE - Institut des Maladies Génétiques
- Research area/topic::
  GETH: Genome Editing approaches to reactivate gamma-globin for the Treatment of ß-Hemoglobinopathies

HEIDELBERG — Dr Manfred SCHMIDT
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT)
- Research area/topic::
  GETHERTHALPLUS: Novel Gene Therapy for Thalassemia: Pre-clinical Development and Assessment in Animal and Stem Cell Models - DE (partner no 2)

ATHENS — Mr Nicholas P ANAGNOU
Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
- Institution/s:
  — University of Athens - Medical school
- Research area/topic::
  GETHERTHALPLUS: Novel Gene Therapy for Thalassemia: Pre-clinical Development and Assessment in Animal and Stem Cell Models

BARI — Pr Adriana CECI
Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
- Institution/s:
  — Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
  — Fondazione per la Ricerca Farmacologica Gianni Benzi
- Research area/topic::
  DEEP: DEferiprone Evaluation in Paediatrics

BRESCIA — Dr Maura POLI
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche - Clinica Medica - Medicina 1 e 2, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
- Research area/topic::
  Novel pharmacologic approaches to hepcidin genetic disorders

FERRARA — Pr Roberto GAMBARI
Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
- Institution/s:
  — Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare - Sez. di Biologia Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- Research area/topic::
  Modifiers of globin gene expression for therapy of beta-thalassemia

MILANO — Dr Eugenio MONTINI
Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Dipartimento di Biotecnologie - Divisione di Neuroscienze, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
- Research area/topic::
  Vector safety studies

MILANO — Pr Giuliana FERRARI
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Istituto San Raffaele Telethon per la Terapia Genica - TIGET
- Research area/topic::
  Gene therapy for betathal

MONSERRATO — Dr Maria Serafina RISTALDI
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — IRGB CNR - Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica
- Research area/topic::
  Validation of the human delta globin gene as a therapeutic target for beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease

VALENZANO — Pr Adriana CECI
Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
- Institution/s:
  — Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
  — Fondazione per la Ricerca Farmacologica Gianni Benzi
- Research area/topic::
  DEEP: DEferiprone Evaluation in Paediatrics

ROTTERDAM — Pr F.G. [Frank] GROSVELD
Investigator of research project - Director of laboratory
- Institution/s:
  — p/a Afdeling Celbiologie, Erasmus MC - Erasmus Medisch Centrum
  — Afdeling Klinische Genetica - Sectie Genetische Metabole Ziekten, Erasmus MC - Erasmus Medisch Centrum
- Research area/topic::
  THALAMOSS: THALAssaemia MOdular Stratification System for personalized therapy of beta-thalassemia - NL

ROTTERDAM — Pr J.N.J. [Sjaak] PHILIPSEN
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — Erasmus MC - Erasmus Medisch Centrum
- Research area/topic::
  THALAMOSS: THALAssaemia MOdular Stratification System for personalized therapy of beta-thalassemia - NL

BUCURESTI — Dr Daniel CORIU
Investigator of research project
- Institution/s:
  — University of Medicine "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Fundeni Clinical Institute
- Research area/topic::
  Identification and molecular characterization of mutations that encode the beta globin chain in patients with thalassemia in Romania

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