Comparative

OMIA group 2179

Stargardt disease 1

The chain reaches the human disease severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy, which Mondo defines as: “Severe early childhood onset retinal dystrophy (SECORD) is an inherited retinal dystrophy, characterized by a severe congenital night blindness, progressive retinal dystrophy and nystagmus. Best corrected visual acuity can reach 0.3 in the first decade of life and can pertain well into the second decade of life. Blindness is often complete by the age of 30 years. An overlap with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) occurs when patients are characterized by their visual acuity and panretinal dystrophy.” It reaches 1 more human disease, listed below.

The chain

From the animal disease to the drugs. The page shows what each step found and where the chain stopped. It does not say whether the animal is a model of a human disease.

  1. Animal disease

    Reached

    OMIA records it in 3 species entries marked as a defect.

  2. Human disease

    Reached

    2 Mondo diseases.

  3. Human gene

    Reached

    1 human gene.

  4. Target evidence

    Reached

    2 Open Targets associations, with a best score of 0.84.

  5. Drugs

    Stopped here

    No ChEMBL drug acts on a human gene of the group's target evidence.

The chain stopped at Drugs: No ChEMBL drug acts on a human gene of the group's target evidence.

Natural-model score

How complete and how well supported the chain to each human disease is, out of 100, by stated rules. It does not say that the animal is a validated model of the human disease. How the score works.

Stargardt disease

78.2 out of 100

Part Computed from Points
Target evidence Open Targets score of 0.84 29.2 of 35
Drugs A drug has reached phase 3 for this disease 20.0 of 25
Ortholog One to one ortholog 20.0 of 20
Both routes One route found this disease 5.0 of 10
Species 1 naturally occurring species entry marked as a defect. 2 genetically engineered entries are not counted 4.0 of 10
Part Computed from Points
Target evidence Open Targets score of 0.83 29.0 of 35
Drugs A drug has reached phase 1/2 for this disease 12.5 of 25
Ortholog One to one ortholog 20.0 of 20
Both routes One route found this disease 5.0 of 10
Species 1 naturally occurring species entry marked as a defect. 2 genetically engineered entries are not counted 4.0 of 10

Species

The chain follows only the species entries that OMIA marks as a defect.

Species Scientific name OMIA entry A defect
dog Canis lupus familiaris OMIA:002179-9615 Yes
fat sand rat Genetically engineered, not naturally occurring. Not counted in the score. Psammomys obesus OMIA:002179-48139 Yes
pig Genetically engineered, not naturally occurring. Not counted in the score. Sus scrofa OMIA:002179-9823 Yes

Genes

Each gene OMIA records for a species entry, and the human gene it reaches through Ensembl's orthologs.

Species Animal gene Human gene Ortholog
dog ABCA4 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family A (ABC1), member 4 NCBI Gene 444852 ABCA4 Ensembl one to one
fat sand rat Abca4 ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 4 NCBI Gene 129691983 Ensembl has no gene cross-references for this species.
pig ABCA4 ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 4 NCBI Gene 100155583 ABCA4 Ensembl one to one

Human diseases

Two routes lead from an OMIA group to a Mondo human disease: OMIA's own Mondo link, and the group's OMIM numbers through Mondo's cross-references.

The two routes found different diseases. OMIA's own link is broader: its disease is a parent of one the OMIM numbers found.

Mondo disease Name Found by
MONDO:0009549 severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy Severe early childhood onset retinal dystrophy (SECORD) is an inherited retinal dystrophy, characterized by a severe congenital night blindness, progressive retinal dystrophy and nystagmus. Best corrected visual acuity can reach 0.3 in the first decade of life and can pertain well into the second decade of life. Blindness is often complete by the age of 30 years. An overlap with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) occurs when patients are characterized by their visual acuity and panretinal dystrophy. OMIA's OMIM numbers
MONDO:0019353 Stargardt disease Stargardt disease, also known as Stargardt 1 (STGD1), is an autosomal recessive form of retinal dystrophy that is usually characterized by a progressive loss of central vision associated with irregular macular and perimacular yellow-white fundus flecks, and a so-called ''beaten bronze'' atrophic central macular lesion. OMIA's own Mondo link

Target evidence

Each Open Targets association between one of the group's human genes and one of its human diseases, with its overall score and the score for each kind of evidence.

Human gene Human disease Score Evidence Kinds of evidence
ABCA4 Stargardt disease 0.84 976 Genetic association 0.94 Genetic literature 0.81 Animal model 0.64 Literature 0.53
ABCA4 severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy 0.83 1,211 Genetic association 0.98 Genetic literature 0.81 Animal model 0.56 Literature 0.26

Drugs

No ChEMBL drug acts on a human gene of the group's target evidence.