CPEO_POLG

Gene
POLG
Disease
CPEO
Inheritance
Classification
Disputed
Total Score
7.5
Publications Reviewed
1
Publication Span
Last Updated
08/18/2025
Curator(s)
Macayla Weiner, Laurel Hiatt

Description

This locus is a proposed modifier to Parkinson's disease and has little evidence supporting it's causative role [@pmid:19043662]. This locus also has conflicting evidence on the association between the repeat and progressive external opthalmoplegia.

Genetic evidence

Total: 6

Singular EvidenceProbandsPMID:229638826191 patients
1 rows

Experimental evidence

Total: 1.5

FunctionBiochemical functionPMID:229638820.5Evidence of mechanistic relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and disease biology.
FunctionProtein interactionPMID:229638820.5Altered protien interaction.
FunctionRegulatory impactPMID:229638820.5Evidence of altered expression downstream of the repeat.
3 rows

Note: Maximum score caps apply at evidence type, category, and supercategory levels, so section totals may be lower than the raw sum of row scores.