Very-early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) is a heterogeneous phenotype associated with a spectrum of rare Mendelian disorders. Here, we perform whole-exome-sequencing and genome-wide genotyping in 145 patients (median age-at-diagnosis of 3.5 years), in whom no Mendelian disorders were clinically suspected. In five patients we detect a primary immunodeficiency or enteropathy, with clinical consequences (XIAP, CYBA, SH2D1A, PCSK1). We also present a case study of a VEO-IBD patient with a mosaic de novo, pathogenic allele in CYBB. The mutation is present in ~70% of phagocytes and sufficient to result in defective bacterial handling but not life-threatening infections. Finally, we show that VEO-IBD patients have, on average, higher IBD polygenic risk scores than population controls (99 patients and 18,780 controls; P < 4 × 10-10), and replicate this finding in an independent cohort of VEO-IBD cases and controls (117 patients and 2,603 controls; P < 5 × 10-10). This discovery indicates that a polygenic component operates in VEO-IBD pathogenesis.
Journal article
Nat Commun
21/02/2020
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Adult, Age of Onset, Case-Control Studies, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Female, Genes, Recessive, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Loss of Function Mutation, Male, Mosaicism, Multifactorial Inheritance, Mutation, NADPH Oxidase 2, Pedigree, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Risk Factors, Whole Exome Sequencing