KIF12 Variants and Disturbed Hepatocyte Polarity in Children with a Phenotypic Spectrum of Cholestatic Liver Disease.

Stalke, Amelie; Sgodda, Malte; Cantz, Tobias; Skawran, Britta; Lainka, Elke; Hartleben, Björn; Baumann, Ulrich; Pfister, Eva-Doreen · J Pediatr · 2022

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Abstract

KIF12 has been identified as a cholestasis-associated candidate gene. We describe 6 cases from 4 unrelated families with diverse cholestatic phenotypes carrying 2 different homozygous KIF12 truncating variants. Immunofluorescence investigations of paraffin-embedded liver sections suggest that KIF12-associated impaired functional cell polarity may be the underlying cause.

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