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Genetic studies in familial MD in East Asian populations are limited, and the potential MD genes remain to be established in non-Finnish European populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>By exome sequencing and rare variant analysis, we have searched for existing and novel genes associated with MD in a South Korean cohort of 16 MD individuals with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We have found one individual with two rare missense variants in the\n                      <jats:italic>OTOP2<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene, a new candidate gene for MD and three heterozygous variants in the\n                      <jats:italic>MYO7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene, supporting the hypothesis of biallelic inheritance. Wild-type and mutated protein models were compared, and currents were measured in the human proton channel OTOP2 expressed in\n                      <jats:italic>Xenopus laevis<\/jats:italic>\n                      oocytes to further elucidate functional consequences. Structural changes in the T364M or H435Q OTOP2 variants were not associated with changes in measured currents, regardless of pH or Ca\n                      <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                      concentrations.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The\n                      <jats:italic>OTOP2<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene is a novel candidate for the audiovestibular dysfunction observed in MD. 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