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Mutations in HSPB1, HSPB8, and HSPB3 are implicated in inherited peripheral neuropathies (IPNs), such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) and distal hereditary motor neuropathies (dHMN). This study, using whole exome sequencing or targeted gene sequencing, identified 9 pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in these three sHSP genes from 11 Korean IPN families. Most variants were located in the evolutionally well conserved \u03b1-crystallin domain, except for p.P182S and p.S187L in HSPB1. As an atypical case, a patient with dHMN2 showed two compound heterozygous variants of p.R127Q and p.Y142H in HSPB1, suggesting a putative case of recessive inheritance, which requires additional research to confirm. Three HSPB8 variants were located in the p.K141 residue, which seemed to be a mutational hot spot. There were no significant differences between patient groups, which divided by sHSP genes for clinical symptoms such as onset age, severity, and nerve conduction. Early-onset patients showed a tendency of slightly decreased sensory nerve conduction values compared with late-onset patients. As a first Korean IPN cohort study examining sHSP genes, these results will, we believe, be helpful for molecular diagnosis and care of patients with CMT2 and dHMN.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes13030462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,6]],"date-time":"2022-03-06T20:38:16Z","timestamp":1646599096000},"page":"462","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Genetic and Clinical Studies of Peripheral Neuropathies with Three Small Heat Shock Protein Gene Variants in Korea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Si On","family":"Lim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Na Young","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ah Jin","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hee Ji","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3978-1855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hye Mi","family":"Kwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1623-1236","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wonseok","family":"Son","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Soo Hyun","family":"Nam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5459-1772","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Byung-Ok","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea"},{"name":"Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0363-8432","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ki Wha","family":"Chung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro, Gongju 32588, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"602","DOI":"10.1038\/ng1354","article-title":"Mutant small heat-shock protein 27 causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and distal hereditary motor neuropathy","volume":"36","author":"Evgrafov","year":"2004","journal-title":"Nat. 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