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However, the ear, and in particular the cochlea, or inner ear, can be damaged by exposure to excess noise, leading to permanent damage to the ear, i.e., deafness.
This information could be important for an in-depth evaluation of the human deafness related to the Pou4f3 gene, DFNA15 [ 12 ] .
The first set of genes, transmembrane cochlear expressed genes 1 and 2 ( TMC1 ) and TMC2 [ 5 ] were found in a search for mutations causing dominant and recessive deafness in human and mouse [ 5 6 ] . Mutations in the second pair of genes, EVER1 and EVER2 , are linked to epidermodysplasia verruciformis that is associated with an increased susceptibility to infection with some human papillomaviruses causing a high risk of skin carcinoma [ 7 ] . We noticed that the proteins encoded by these genes are homologous, which raised our interest in testing whether the genome accommodates additional related genes.
Disease severity does not seem to affect this complication: deafness may develop in mild as well as in severe cases.
Indeed, a rapid search of the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database (OMIM [ 18]) for genes associated with the terms 'severe' and 'disorder' confirmed that mutations of GALC, LAMB3, GJB2, JAG1, TGFBI, LPL and LDLR were the origin of serious disorders: Krabbe disease, Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa, autosomal dominant deafness - Vohwinkel syndrome, Alagille syndrome, corneal dystrophy, type I hyperlipoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia, respectively.