A novel mutation in a Chinese family with autosomal recessive Alport syndrome: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Alport syndrome (AS) is a familial hereditary nephropathy which is characterized by molecular abnormalities in Collagen IV a345. As more gene mutations are discovered, it has been reported that autosomal recessive disease accounts for a smaller proportion (about 4%) of AS patients than previously recognized. We report here a novel mutation in COL4A4 in a Chinese family with autosomal recessive AS. Patient 1 was a 24-year-old Chinese man. He and his brother (patient 2) had a history of proteinuria and hematuria with renal dysfunction and sensorineural deafness. Pathologic findings were consistent with Alport syndrome, and genetic analysis revealed that both patients had two heterozygous mutations, c.1423 G>T (p.Gly475Cys) in EX21/CDS20 and c.735 G>A (p.Pro245Pro) in EX12/CDS11, and that eac

SUBMITTER: Sun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6949818 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature