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SynthesisMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2023

Novel KCNJ16 variants identified in a Chinese patient with hypokalemic metabolic acidosis.

Jianxiong Chen, Youqing Fu, Yan Sun, Xinlong Zhou, Qingming Wang, Cong Li, Haiming Yuan

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Synthesis in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Acute Flaccid Paralysis Due to KCNJ16 Channelopathy.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025
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  4. Role of KThe American journal of pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianxiong ChenDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Youqing FuDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Yan SunDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Xinlong ZhouDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Qingming WangDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Cong LiDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Haiming YuanDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Dongguan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8510-0419
Dongguan People’s Hospital · CNKey Laboratory of Guangdong Province · CN

Funding

Dongguan Social Development Project 20211800904742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiallelic pathogenic variants in the KCNJ16 gene result in hypokalemic tubulopathy and deafness (HKTD) (MIM #619406), which is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by hypokalemic tubulopathy with renal salt wasting, disturbed acid-base homeostasis, and sensorineural deafness. Currently, nine individuals with HKTD have been reported, and seven pathogenic variants in KCNJ16 have been revealed.

methodsA 5-year-6-month-old Chinese female patient displayed hypokalemic metabolic acidosis, salt wasting, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activation, arrhythmia, myocardial damage, cardiogenic shock and secondary diffuse brain oedema. Trio-based whole-exome sequencing (WES) was applied to detect the genetic cause.

resultsNovel compound heterozygous variants, c.190A>C (p.Thr64Pro) and c.628C>G (p.His210Asp), in KCNJ16 were detected in the patient, and these variants were inherited from the patient's mother and father, respectively. Then, we systematically reviewed the available clinical manifestations of individuals with HKTD. We found that HKTD patients are at risk of cardiogenic shock and secondary diffuse brain oedema, which urges clinicians to make early diagnoses with prompt treatments.

conclusionThese findings expand the variant spectrum of KCNJ16, enrich the clinical characteristics of HKTD, and provide a solid base for the genetic counseling, diagnosis and treatment of this condition.

Indexed as

AcidosisBrain EdemaDeafnessChild, PreschoolEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansShock, Cardiogeniccardiogenic shockhypokalemic metabolic acidosishypokalemic tubulopathy and deafnessKCNJ16

Identifiers

PMID37466410
PMCPMC10655507
OpenAlexW4384665055

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