Genetic profiling of children with advanced cholestatic liver disease
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Abstract
Advanced cholestatic liver disease is a leading referral to pediatric liver transplant centers. Recent advances in the genetic classification of this group of disorders promise a highly personalized management although the genetic heterogeneity also poses a diagnostic challenge. Using a next-generation sequencing-based multi-gene panel, we performed retrospective analysis of 98 pediatric patients who presented with advanced cholestatic liver disease. A likely causal mutation was identified in the majority (61%), spanning many genes including ones that have only rarely been reported to cause cholestatic liver disease, e.g. TJP2 and VIPAS39. We find no evidence to support mono-allelic phenotypic expression in the carrier parents despite the severe nature of the respective mutations, and no evidence of oligogenicity. The high-carrier frequency of the founder mutations identified in our cohort (1 in 87) suggests a minimum incidence of 1:7246, an alarmingly high disease burden that calls for the primary prevention through carrier screening.
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