Table 1 Genes related to familial forms of IPF included in Panel A.

From: A tiered strategy to identify relevant genetic variants in familial pulmonary fibrosis: a proof of concept for the clinical practice

Gene

Inheritance

Phenotype (OMIM)

Category

Gene-disease evidence

References

TERC

AD

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 1; Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 1

Telomere-related

Strong

[41]

TERT

AD, AR

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2; Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 1

Telomere-related

Definite

[41]

TINF2

AD

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2; Revesz syndrome

Telomere-related

Moderate

[8]

DKC1

XLR

Dyskeratosis congenita, X-linked

Telomere-related

Definite

[7]

RTEL1

AD, AR

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 4, autosomal recessive 5; Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 3

Telomere-related

Strong

[5]

PARN

AD

Dyskeratosis congenita autosomal recessive 6; Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 4

Telomere-related

Moderate

[5]

NAF1

AD

Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 7

Telomere-related

Strong

[6]

ZCCHC8

AD

Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure syndrome, telomere-related, 5

Telomere-related

Moderate

[9]

SFTPC

AD

Surfactant metabolism dysfunction, pulmonary, 2

Non-telomere related

Strong

[12]

SFTPA2

AD

Interstitial lung disease 2

Non-telomere related

Strong

[11]

ABCA3

AR

Surfactant metabolism dysfunction, pulmonary, 3

Non-telomere related

Strong

[13]

SFTPA1

AD, AR

Interstitial lung disease 1

Non-telomere related

Strong

[42]

SPDL1

AD

IPF

Non-telomere related

Limited

[27]

KIF15

AD

IPF

Non-telomere related

Limited

[26]

  1. Evidence levels to describe the strength of evidence supporting a gene-disease association were defined following criteria from the ClinGen Gene Curation Working Group. We only included genes whose supporting evidence was Definite, Strong, or Moderate, except for SDPL1 and KIF15 for which there is still limited evidence to support its role in the disease.
  2. AD autosomal dominant, AR autosomal recessive, XLR X-linked recessive, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, OMIM Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.