Caroline de Gouveia Buff Passone, Gaëlle Vermillac, Willem Staels, Alix Besancon, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam, Cécile Godot, Cécile Lambe, Cécile Talbotec, Muriel Girard, Christophe Chardot, Laureline Berteloot, Taymme Hachem, Alexandre Lapillonne, Amélie Poidvin, Caroline Storey, Mathieu Neve, Cosmina Stan, Emmanuelle Dugelay, Anne-Laure Fauret-Amsellem, Yline Capri, Hélène Cavé, Marina Ybarra, Vikash Chandra, Raphaël Scharfmann, Elise Bismuth, Michel Polak, Jean Claude Carel, Bénédicte Pigneur, Jacques Beltrand
Aims/Hypothesis: Caused by biallelic mutations of the gene encoding the transcription factor RFX6 , the rare Mitchell-Riley syndrome (MRS) comprises neonatal diabetes, pancreatic hypoplasia, gallbladder agenesis or hypoplasia, duodenal atresia, and severe chronic diarrhea. So far, sixteen cases have been reported, all with a poor prognosis. This study discusses the multidisciplinary intensive clinical management of 4 new cases of MRS that survived over the first 2 years of life. Moreover, it demonstrates how the mutations impair the RFX6 function...
2022: Frontiers in Endocrinology