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Likely inborn error of metabolism v9.13 ASPA Ida Ertmanska Added comment: Comment on phenotypes: OMIM phenotype updated.
Likely inborn error of metabolism v9.13 ASPA Ida Ertmanska Phenotypes for gene: ASPA were changed from Canavan disease to Canavan disease, OMIM:271900
Likely inborn error of metabolism v9.10 FOCAD Ida Ertmanska changed review comment from: PMID: 35864190 Traspas et al., 2022
Report of 14 children from ten unrelated families (various ancestries, 6/10 families were consanguineous) presenting with a syndromic form of pediatric liver cirrhosis. WGS/WES detected biallelic FOCAD variants which segregate with disease. FOCAD variants detected: 3 missense, 3 stop-gain, 2 frameshift, 5 splicing, and 1 large deletion. LOF is the mechanism of disease. Absence of FOCAD protein shown in F1 and F2 individuals.

The liver phenotype was marked by cirrhosis (71.4%) with multinodularity (57.1%). Intrahepatic cholestasis was diagnosed in 35.7% of the patients, with associated jaundice (35.7%) and biliary hyperplasia (28.6%). Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly also deteced in 71% of patients. In one case, liver transplant was necessary at 6 months of age. Additional non-liver related phenotypes: abdominal distension (78.6%), diarrhea (57.1%), as well as metabolic anomalies (85.7%), hernias, IUGR. Congenital cardiac and genitourinary anomalies present in 42% of patients. 6 children passed away due to hepatic or multiorgan failure (5 before age 1 year).

Moreover, focad-/- knockout zebrafish phenocopied the human disease, revealing altered mRNA degradation processes in the liver.

Further reports (articles not curated in detail):
PMID: 40662096 - Tarrell et al., 2025 - Hispanic male infant with neonatal liver disease - comp het for FOCAD c.1532A > G; p.Tyr511Cys and c.5137C > A; p.Pro1713Thr - both variants VUS, may explain milder disease progression (no liver failure or cirrhosis)
PMID: 41189834 Raja et al., 2025 - neonatal case with liver cirrhosis, required liver transplant at 3 months of age - comp het for FOCAD c.4435del p.Lys1475Asnfs* and exon 6-7 deletion
PMID: 41608453 Nuzhnaya et al., 2026 - 3yo male patient with infantile liver cirrhosis and neutropenia, homozygous for a novel FOCAD splice-site variant NM_001375570.1:c.1455 + 1G > T, p.Thr475_Val486del; liver transplant performed at 25 months

This gene is associated with AR Liver disease, severe congenital, OMIM:619991 in OMIM (Accessed 11th May 2026). Not yet curated in ClinGen or G2P.
Sources: Literature; to: PMID: 35864190 Traspas et al., 2022
Report of 14 children from ten unrelated families (various ancestries, 6/10 families were consanguineous) presenting with a syndromic form of pediatric liver cirrhosis. WGS/WES detected biallelic FOCAD variants which segregate with disease. FOCAD variants detected: 3 missense, 3 stop-gain, 2 frameshift, 5 splicing, and 1 large deletion. LOF is the mechanism of disease. Absence of FOCAD protein shown in F1 and F2 individuals.

The liver phenotype was marked by cirrhosis (71.4%) with multinodularity (57.1%). Intrahepatic cholestasis was diagnosed in 35.7% of the patients, with associated jaundice (35.7%) and biliary hyperplasia (28.6%). Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly also deteced in 71% of patients. In one case, liver transplant was necessary at 6 months of age. Additional non-liver related phenotypes: abdominal distension (78.6%), diarrhea (57.1%), as well as metabolic anomalies (85.7% - e.g., steatosis, increased glycogen content, iron overload), hernias, IUGR. Congenital cardiac and genitourinary anomalies present in 42% of patients. 6 children passed away due to hepatic or multiorgan failure (5 before age 1 year).

Moreover, focad-/- knockout zebrafish phenocopied the human disease, revealing altered mRNA degradation processes in the liver.

Further reports (articles not curated in detail):
PMID: 40662096 - Tarrell et al., 2025 - Hispanic male infant with neonatal liver disease - comp het for FOCAD c.1532A > G; p.Tyr511Cys and c.5137C > A; p.Pro1713Thr - both variants VUS, may explain milder disease progression (no liver failure or cirrhosis)
PMID: 41189834 Raja et al., 2025 - neonatal case with liver cirrhosis, required liver transplant at 3 months of age - comp het for FOCAD c.4435del p.Lys1475Asnfs* and exon 6-7 deletion
PMID: 41608453 Nuzhnaya et al., 2026 - 3yo male patient with infantile liver cirrhosis and neutropenia, homozygous for a novel FOCAD splice-site variant NM_001375570.1:c.1455 + 1G > T, p.Thr475_Val486del; liver transplant performed at 25 months

This gene is associated with AR Liver disease, severe congenital, OMIM:619991 in OMIM (Accessed 11th May 2026). Not yet curated in ClinGen or G2P.
Sources: Literature
Likely inborn error of metabolism v9.10 FOCAD Ida Ertmanska gene: FOCAD was added
gene: FOCAD was added to Likely inborn error of metabolism. Sources: Literature
Q2_26_promote_green, Q2_26_expert_review tags were added to gene: FOCAD.
Mode of inheritance for gene: FOCAD was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: FOCAD were set to 35864190; 40662096; 41189834; 41608453
Phenotypes for gene: FOCAD were set to Liver disease, severe congenital, OMIM:619991; liver disease, severe congenital, MONDO:0859273
Review for gene: FOCAD was set to GREEN
Added comment: PMID: 35864190 Traspas et al., 2022
Report of 14 children from ten unrelated families (various ancestries, 6/10 families were consanguineous) presenting with a syndromic form of pediatric liver cirrhosis. WGS/WES detected biallelic FOCAD variants which segregate with disease. FOCAD variants detected: 3 missense, 3 stop-gain, 2 frameshift, 5 splicing, and 1 large deletion. LOF is the mechanism of disease. Absence of FOCAD protein shown in F1 and F2 individuals.

The liver phenotype was marked by cirrhosis (71.4%) with multinodularity (57.1%). Intrahepatic cholestasis was diagnosed in 35.7% of the patients, with associated jaundice (35.7%) and biliary hyperplasia (28.6%). Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly also deteced in 71% of patients. In one case, liver transplant was necessary at 6 months of age. Additional non-liver related phenotypes: abdominal distension (78.6%), diarrhea (57.1%), as well as metabolic anomalies (85.7%), hernias, IUGR. Congenital cardiac and genitourinary anomalies present in 42% of patients. 6 children passed away due to hepatic or multiorgan failure (5 before age 1 year).

Moreover, focad-/- knockout zebrafish phenocopied the human disease, revealing altered mRNA degradation processes in the liver.

Further reports (articles not curated in detail):
PMID: 40662096 - Tarrell et al., 2025 - Hispanic male infant with neonatal liver disease - comp het for FOCAD c.1532A > G; p.Tyr511Cys and c.5137C > A; p.Pro1713Thr - both variants VUS, may explain milder disease progression (no liver failure or cirrhosis)
PMID: 41189834 Raja et al., 2025 - neonatal case with liver cirrhosis, required liver transplant at 3 months of age - comp het for FOCAD c.4435del p.Lys1475Asnfs* and exon 6-7 deletion
PMID: 41608453 Nuzhnaya et al., 2026 - 3yo male patient with infantile liver cirrhosis and neutropenia, homozygous for a novel FOCAD splice-site variant NM_001375570.1:c.1455 + 1G > T, p.Thr475_Val486del; liver transplant performed at 25 months

This gene is associated with AR Liver disease, severe congenital, OMIM:619991 in OMIM (Accessed 11th May 2026). Not yet curated in ClinGen or G2P.
Sources: Literature
Likely inborn error of metabolism v1.47 ASPA Ivone Leong Source NHS GMS was added to ASPA.
Source London North GLH was added to ASPA.
Likely inborn error of metabolism v0.4 NAT8L Ellen McDonagh gene: NAT8L was added
gene: NAT8L was added to Inborn errors of metabolism. Sources: Expert Review Red
Mode of inheritance for gene: NAT8L was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: NAT8L were set to 19807691
Phenotypes for gene: NAT8L were set to ?N-acetylaspartate deficiency 614063
Likely inborn error of metabolism v0.4 ASPA Ellen McDonagh gene: ASPA was added
gene: ASPA was added to Inborn errors of metabolism. Sources: Expert Review Green
Mode of inheritance for gene: ASPA was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: ASPA were set to 27604308
Phenotypes for gene: ASPA were set to Canavan disease
Likely inborn error of metabolism v0.4 AGA Ellen McDonagh gene: AGA was added
gene: AGA was added to Inborn errors of metabolism. Sources: Expert Review Green
Mode of inheritance for gene: AGA was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: AGA were set to 27604308
Phenotypes for gene: AGA were set to Aspartylglucosaminuria