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ArticleDiabetes care2009

Clinical heterogeneity in patients with FOXP3 mutations presenting with permanent neonatal diabetes.

Oscar Rubio-Cabezas, Jayne A L Minton, Richard Caswell, Julian P Shield, Dorothee Deiss, Zdenek Sumnik, Amely Cayssials, Mathias Herr, Anja Loew, Vaughan Lewis and 2 more

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Article in Diabetes care, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Oscar Rubio-CabezasInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK.
Jayne A L Minton
Richard Caswell
Julian P Shield
Dorothee Deiss
Zdenek Sumnik
Amely Cayssials
Mathias Herr
Anja Loew
Vaughan Lewis
Sian Ellard
Andrew T Hattersley
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry · GBCardiff University · GBCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DECharles University · CZDRK Kliniken Berlin · DEHospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús · ESHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · ARMünchen Klinik · DE

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 067463/Z/2/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveImmune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome is caused by FOXP3 mutations. We aimed to determine the prevalence, genetics, and clinical phenotype of FOXP3 mutations in a large cohort with permanent neonatal diabetes (PNDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsThe 11 coding exons and the polyadenylation region of FOXP3 were sequenced in 26 male subjects with diabetes diagnosed before 6 months of age in whom common genetic causes of PNDM had been excluded. Ten subjects had at least one additional immune-related disorder, and the remaining 16 had isolated diabetes.

resultsWe identified four hemizygous FOXP3 mutations in 6 of 10 patients with associated immune-related disorders and in 0 of 16 patients with isolated diabetes (P = 0.002). Three patients with two novel mutations (R337Q and P339A) and the previously reported L76QfsX53 developed classic IPEX syndrome and died within the first 13 months. The novel mutation V408M was found in three patients from two unrelated families and had a mild phenotype with hypothyroidism and autoimmune enteropathy (n = 2) or nephrotic syndrome (n = 1) and survival to 12-15 years.

conclusionsFOXP3 mutations result in approximately 4% of cases of male patients with permanent diabetes diagnosed before 6 months. Patients not only have classic IPEX syndrome but, unexpectedly, may have a more benign phenotype. FOXP3 sequencing should be performed in any male patient with the diagnosis of diabetes in the first 6 months who develops other possible autoimmune-associated conditions, even in the absence of full IPEX syndrome.

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Amino Acid SubstitutionAutoimmune DiseasesChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, XDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGenotypeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesMalePedigreePolymorphism, Single NucleotideForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, human

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PMID18931102
PMCPMC2606841
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