Frontiers in Genetics (Feb 2020)

HFE-Related Hemochromatosis in a Chinese Patient: The First Reported Case

  • Wei Zhang,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Wang,
  • Xiaoming Wang,
  • Xiaoming Wang,
  • Weijia Duan,
  • Weijia Duan,
  • Weijia Duan,
  • Anjian Xu,
  • Anjian Xu,
  • Anjian Xu,
  • Xinyan Zhao,
  • Xinyan Zhao,
  • Xinyan Zhao,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Hong You,
  • Hong You,
  • Hong You,
  • Pierre Brissot,
  • Xiaojuan Ou,
  • Xiaojuan Ou,
  • Xiaojuan Ou,
  • Jidong Jia,
  • Jidong Jia,
  • Jidong Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00077
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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HFE-related Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic iron overload disease in European populations, particularly of Nordic or Celtic ancestry. It is reported that the HFE p.C282Y mutation is present in 1/10 people of northern European descent, resulting in one in two hundred people will be homozygous. However, the HFE p.C282Y heterozygosity is virtually absent among East Asians, including Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese. In this article, we report a case of HFE-related hemochromatosis caused by compound heterozygosity HFE p.C282Y/p.R71X. This is the first report of hemochromatosis associated with HFE p.C282Y mutation in China.

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