FECD3 TCF4
Disease ID
FECD3
Gene ID
TCF4
Updated
Nov 6, 2025
v2.13.0
v2.13.0
Clinical Links
Bioinformatical Links
Disease
Name
Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy 3
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant Description
Prevalence
4.5 100
Locus
Details
Alleles
Ref. Motif
CAG
Pathogenic (ref.)
CAG
Pathogenic (gene)
CTG
gnomAD
Pathogenic Genotype (%): % of individuals predicted to be affected based on their genotype
References
Direct supporting references for info on this page.
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Associations between measures of oestrogen exposure and severity of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Redion B,Petrela, Chandra Divyash,Chhetri, Ahmad,Najafi, Zhaoqi,Zhang, Tommy,A Rinkoski, Eric D,Wieben, Michael P,Fautsch, Saptarshi,Chakraborty, Amy,E Millen, Sangita P,Patel
BMJ open ophthalmology · 2025-05-14
pmid:403742083
E2-2 protein and Fuchs's corneal dystrophy.
Keith H,Baratz, Nirubol,Tosakulwong, Euijung,Ryu, William L,Brown, Kari,Branham, Wei,Chen, Khoa D,Tran, Katharina E,Schmid-Kubista, John R,Heckenlively, Anand,Swaroop, Goncalo,Abecasis, Kent R,Bailey, Albert O,Edwards
The New England journal of medicine · 2010-08-25
pmid:208253144
Clinical study of Fuchs corneal endothelial dystrophy leading to penetrating keratoplasty: a 30-year experience.
Natalie A,Afshari, Aaron B,Pittard, Adnan,Siddiqui, Gordon K,Klintworth
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 2006-06-01
pmid:167698295
Prevalence of Transcription Factor 4 Gene Triplet Repeat Expansion Associated with Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy in the United States and Global Populations.
Xunzhi,Zhang, Ashwani,Kumar, Xin,Gong, Chao,Xing, V Vinod,Mootha
Ophthalmology science · 2024-08-30
pmid:396696946
Pharmacological profile of non-hydroxylated and ether derivatives of the potent D2-selective agonist N-0437.
J M,Jansen, I,den Daas, H,Rollema, P J,Swart, P G,Tepper, J B,de Vries, A S,Horn
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 1991-02-01
pmid:16768297
Replication of the TCF4 intronic variant in late-onset Fuchs corneal dystrophy and evidence of independence from the FCD2 locus.
S Amer,Riazuddin, Elyse J,McGlumphy, William S,Yeo, Jiangxia,Wang, Nicholas,Katsanis, John D,Gottsch
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2011-04-27
pmid:212453988
Transcriptional Profiling of Patients With Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy With and Without Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion in TCF4.
Tatsuya,Nakagawa, Yuichi,Tokuda, Masakazu,Nakano, Ayana,Tateishi, Mari,Yasunaga, Theofilos,Tourtas, Ursula,Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Friedrich,Kruse, Kei,Tashiro, Noriko,Koizumi, Naoki,Okumura
Cornea · 2025-02-25
pmid:399989659
Resources for Genetics Professionals — Genetic Disorders Caused by Nucleotide Repeat Expansions and Contractions
Stephanie E.,Wallace, Lora JH,Bean
GeneReviews® [Internet] · 2022-10-20
genereviews:NBK53514810
Comprehensive assessment of genetic variants within TCF4 in Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Eric D,Wieben, Ross A,Aleff, Bruce W,Eckloff, Elizabeth J,Atkinson, Saurabh,Baheti, Sumit,Middha, William L,Brown, Sanjay V,Patel, Jean-Pierre A,Kocher, Keith H,Baratz
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2014-08-28
pmid:2516890311
RNA toxicity and missplicing in the common eye disease fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Jintang,Du, Ross A,Aleff, Elisabetta,Soragni, Krishna,Kalari, Jinfu,Nie, Xiaojia,Tang, Jaime,Davila, Jean-Pierre,Kocher, Sanjay V,Patel, Joel M,Gottesfeld, Keith H,Baratz, Eric D,Wieben
The Journal of biological chemistry · 2015-01-15
pmid:2559332112
Sequence composition changes in short tandem repeats: heterogeneity, detection, mechanisms and clinical implications.
Indhu-Shree,Rajan-Babu, Egor,Dolzhenko, Michael A,Eberle, Jan M,Friedman
Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024-03-11
pmid:3846778413
A common trinucleotide repeat expansion within the transcription factor 4 (TCF4, E2-2) gene predicts Fuchs corneal dystrophy.
Eric D,Wieben, Ross A,Aleff, Nirubol,Tosakulwong, Malinda L,Butz, W Edward,Highsmith, Albert O,Edwards, Keith H,Baratz
PloS one · 2012-11-21
pmid:23185296Additional Literature
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repeats, and disease, in medline format)
Association of Non-Coding Repeat Expansions with Parkinson's Disease Risk: Evidence from a UK Biobank-Based Whole-Genome Sequencing Study.
Zhen,Hu, Qin-Qin,Yan, Jing-Jin,Wan, Yu,Fan, Jun,Liu
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-10-11
pmid:41074692Transcriptomic analysis implicates the involvement of RBM20 in Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy with TCF4 repeat expansion.
Xunzhi,Zhang, Ze,Yu, Aundrea K,Westfall, Kunyi,Han, V Vinod,Mootha, Chao,Xing
PloS one · 2025-09-17
pmid:40961119Rare variants in MIR184 are a novel genetic cause of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Marcos,Abreu Costa, Amanda N,Sadan, Nihar,Bhattacharyya, Niuzheng,Chai, Christina,Zarouchlioti, Siyin,Liu, Anita,Szabo, Cian,Murphy, Lubica,Dudakova, Kirithika,Muthusamy, Pavlina,Skalicka, Ismail,Moghul, Nikolas,Pontikos, Petra,Liskova, Stephen J,Tuft, Alice E,Davidson
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025-08-21
pmid:40852795Repeat Expansion and Somatic Instability in TCF4 in Patients With Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Identified by Small Pool PCR.
Sayo,Maeno, Arisa,Yamashita, Yoshinori,Oie, Ryota,Koto, Chifune,Kai, Nozomi,Nishida, Masayuki,Nakamori, Motokazu,Tsujikawa, Kohji,Nishida
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025-08-01
pmid:40767442Long-Range PCR and Nanopore Sequencing Enables High-Throughput Detection of TCF4 Trinucleotide Repeat Expansions in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.
Bushra,Alayed, Salina,Siddiqui, Seema,Anand, Chris F,Inglehearn, Christopher M,Watson, Manir,Ali
Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2025-07-28
pmid:40720054Reanalysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Data to Detect Tandem Repeat Expansions in 1,106 Czech Probands With Neurologic Disease.
Alena,Musilova, Petra,Lassuthova, Anna,Uhrova Meszarosova, Barbora,Straka, Jana,Krejcikova, Anna,Berounska, Marketa,Vlckova, Zuzana,Musova, Dana,Safka Brozkova
Neurology. Genetics · 2025-06-25
pmid:40585427TCF4 expansion-associated loss of FN1 intron retention drives extracellular matrix accumulation in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Soichiro,Inagaki, Taichi,Yuasa, Theofilos,Tourtas, Ursula,Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Friedrich,Kruse, Noriko,Koizumi, Naoki,Okumura
Experimental eye research · 2025-04-21
pmid:40268158Involvement of TGF-β signaling pathway-associated genes in the corneal endothelium of patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Tatsuya,Nakagawa, Tetsuro,Honda, Soichiro,Inagaki, Taichi,Yuasa, Theofilos,Tourtas, Ursula,Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Friedrich,Kruse, Ines,Aouimeur, Hanielle,Vaitinadapoule, Gauthier,Travers, Zhiguo,He, Philippe,Gain, Noriko,Koizumi, Gilles,Thuret, Naoki,Okumura
Experimental eye research · 2025-03-11
pmid:40081749The TCF4 Gene Regulates Apoptosis of Corneal Endothelial Cells in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.
Tatsuya,Nakagawa, Tetsuro,Honda, Taichi,Yuasa, Go,Nishiuchi, Masakazu,Sato, Ayumi,Tokunaga, Makiko,Nakahara, Theofilos,Tourtas, Ursula,Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Friedrich,Kruse, Prema,Padmanabhan, Amit,Chatterjee, Gajanan,Sathe, Vivek,Ghose, Narayanan,Janakiraman, Derek J,Blake, Noriko,Koizumi, Sailaja,Elchuri, Naoki,Okumura
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025-03-03
pmid:40048186