Table 1 Summary of clinical features of patients harboring NFE2L2 mutations

From: Activating de novo mutations in NFE2L2 encoding NRF2 cause a multisystem disorder

Patients Variant

1 c.239C > A; p.T80K

2 c.241G > A; p.G81S

3 c.91G > A; p.G31R

4 c.235G > A p.E79K

Reference range

Inheritance

De novo

De novo

De novo

De novo

 

Sex

Male

Male

Male

Female

 

Age (years)

9

13

14

1.8

 

Dystrophy

+

+

+

+

 

Short stature

+

+

NA

 

Delayed bone age

+

+

NA

 

Muscle weakness

+

+

 

Mild developmental delay

+

+

+

+

 

Learning disability

+

+

+

NA

 

Chronic headaches

+

+

NA

 

Rec. lung infections

+

+

+

+

 

Rec. skin infections

+

+

+

 

Heart defects

Thickened bicuspid aortic valve

ASD, cardiomyopathy

ASD

 

Homocysteine

↓ (2.9 µmol/l)

ND

↓ (1.6 µmol/l)

↓ (3 µmol/l)

5.5–16.2 µmol/l

Creatinine

↓ (16.8 µmol/l)

↓ (31 µmol/l)

↓ (26.5 µmol/l)

↓ (33 µmol/l)

53–80 µmol/l

AST

↑ (73 U/l)

 ↔ (25 U/l)

↑ (57 U/l)a

 ↔ 21(U/l)

26–55 U/l

ALT

↑ (107 U/l)

↑ (33 U/l)

↑ (75 U/l)a

↔(7 U/l)

11–30 U/l

IGF1

ND

b

GSR

↑ (19.7 U/g Hb)

ND

ND

ND

5.0–11.0 U/g Hb

G6PD

↑ (29.4 U/g Hb)

ND

↑(14.4 U/g Hb)

ND

7.2–10.5 U/g Hb

Immunoglobulin A

 ↔ (138 mg/dl)

↓(47 mg/dl)

↓ (52 mg/dl)

↓ (28 mg/dl)

(62–236 mg/dl)

Immunoglobulin G

 ↔ (1110 mg/dl)

↓ (541 mg/dl)

↓ (494 mg/dl)

↓ (319 mg/dl)

(698–1560 mg/dl)

Immunoglobulin M

 ↔ (99 mg/dl)

↓ (21 mg/dl)

↓ (18 mg/dl)

↔(130 mg/dl)

(31–179 mg/dl)

Switched Memory B-cells

ND

↓(<1/mcL)

ND

 

Antibody response to Pneumovaxtm

↓ (positive in 1 of 6 serotypes)

↓ (positive in 2 of 10 serotypes)

↓ (positive in 2 of 23 serotypes)

NA

c

  1. NA not applicable, ND not done, GSR glutathione reductase, G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
  2. aAST/ALT intermittently elevated; normal at other times
  3. bLaboratory and age specific normal range
  4. cA response to Pneumovaxtm is considered positive if it is >1.3 µg/ml antibody in at least 70% of the serotypes tested