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The variant spectrum and clinical features of Chinese CF patients are obviously different from those of Caucasians.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Whole-exome sequencing was applied to analyze the exome of three individuals who have only the typical CF phenotype in the respiratory system from two consanguineous families. The protein domain and structure analysis were applied to predict the impact of the variants. Sanger sequencing was applied to validate the candidate variants.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A previously reported homozygous variant in <jats:italic>CFTR<\/jats:italic> (NM_000492.4: c.1000C &amp;gt; T, p.R334W) was identified in proband I. A novel homozygous variant in a polymorphic position (NM_000492.4: c.1409T &amp;gt; A, p.V470E) was identified in two individuals in the family II. The novel <jats:italic>CFTR<\/jats:italic> variant predicted to be disease-causing is the first, to the best of our knowledge, to be reported in <jats:italic>CFTR<\/jats:italic>. However, <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> validation is still needed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our finding expands the variant spectrum of <jats:italic>CFTR<\/jats:italic>, reveals clearer clinical phenotype distinction and variant spectrum distinction between Chinese and Caucasian CF patients, and contributes to a more rapid genetic diagnosis and future genetic counseling.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2021.631221","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,2]],"date-time":"2021-07-02T08:21:44Z","timestamp":1625214104000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Whole-Exome Sequencing Identified CFTR Variants in Two Consanguineous Families in China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Binyi","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cheng","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Danhui","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhiping","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ting","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hong","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.1001\/archpedi.1938.01980140114013","article-title":"Cystic Fibrosis of the pancrease and its relation to celiac dsease.","volume":"56","author":"Andersen","year":"1938","journal-title":"Am. 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