Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension KnowledgeBase (PAHKB)
PAHKB
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension KnowledgeBase
General information | Literature | Expression | Regulation | Mutation | Interaction

Basic Information

Gene ID

2294

Name

FOXF1

Synonymous

ACDMPV|FKHL5|FREAC1;forkhead box F1;FOXF1;forkhead box F1

Definition

FREAC-1|Forkhead, drosophila, homolog-like 5|forkhead box protein F1|forkhead-related activator 1|forkhead-related protein FKHL5|forkhead-related transcription factor 1

Position

16q24

Gene type

protein-coding

Source

Count: FOXF1; 2294

Sentence

Abstract

"A Novel mutation in FOXF1 gene Associated with Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia with Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins, Intestinal Malrotation and Annular Pancreas."

Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) is a rare, fatal, neonatal developmental lung disorder, which usually presents as persistent pulmonary hypertension unresponsive to treatment. The authors report the case of a neonate with persistent pulmonary hypertension, associated with duodenal stenosis secondary to annular pancreas and intestinal malrotation. Support treatment, inhaled nitric oxide, oral sildenafil and nebulized iloprost were used with no clinical improvement. The neonate presented an overwhelming course, with hypoxemia refractory to treatment. At autopsy lung histology showed the characteristic features of ACD/MPV. DNA sequence analysis revealed a heterozygous nonsense mutation c.539C>A;p.S180X, in the first exon of FOXF1. FOXF1 has been identified as one of the genes responsible for ACD/MPV associated with multiple congenital malformations. This clinical case is the first report of a heterozygous nonsense mutation c.539C>A;p.S180X in the first exon of FOXF1, in a patient with ACD/MPV associated with annular pancreas and intestinal malrotation.CI - Copyright (c) 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.

')