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SUBMITTER: Sato T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748283 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sato Takeshi T Muroya Koji K Hanakawa Junko J Asakura Yumi Y Takahashi Eihiko E Shiroyanagi Yoshiyuki Y Yamazaki Yuichiro Y Tanaka Yukichi Y Hasegawa Tomonobu T Adachi Masanori M
Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 20130701 3
Renal coloboma syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by renal lesions and optic nerve abnormalities. We report an 11-yr-old Japanese girl with familial renal coloboma syndrome, who also had Graves' disease. Four affected family members had a previously reported heterozygous mutation (c.76dupG, p.Val26Glyfs*28) in the PAX2 gene. We hypothesized that PAX2 mutations may increase the risk of autoimmune diseases through alterations of human β-defensin 1 expression. ...[more]