Mendelian disorders in glucose-6-phosphate metabolism can present with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. Using whole genome sequencing we identified a homozygous variant in the glucose-6-phosphatase G6PC3 gene [c.911dupC; p.Q305fs*82] in an adult patient with congenital neutropenia, lymphopenia and childhood-onset, therapy-refractory Crohn's disease. Because G6PC3 is expressed in several haematopoietic and non-haematopoietic cells it was unclear whether allogeneic stem cell transplantation [HSCT] would benefit this patient with intestinal inflammation. We show that HSCT resolves G6PC3-associated immunodeficiency and the Crohn's disease phenotype. It illustrates how even in adulthood, next-generation sequencing can have a significant impact on clinical practice and healthcare utilization in patients with immunodeficiency and monogenic IBD.
Journal article
2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
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142 - 147
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Exome sequencing, genomics, immunodeficiency, inflammatory bowel disease, Congenital Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Crohn Disease, Glycogen Storage Disease Type I, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Humans, Male, Neutropenia, Young Adult