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. 2023 Nov 16;226(1):iyad189. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyad189

Table 1.

Fibrillin genes and diseases in humans.

Gene OMIM number of gene Position Condition OMIM number of condition Phenotype Inheritance
FBN1 134797 15:48,408,313–48,645,709 Acromicric dysplasia 102370 Short stature, skin thickening, joint limitations Dominant
Ectopia lentis, familial 129600 Subluxation and dislocation of the optical lens, without other Marfanoid features Dominant
Geleophysic dysplasia 2 614185 Short stature, skin thickening, joint limitations Dominant
Marfanoid-progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome (also known as neonatal progeroid syndrome) 616914 Low or absent subcutaneous fat, with or without other Marfanoid features Dominant
MFS 154700 Aortic dilatation and dissection, ectopia lentis, overgrowth of the long bones usually with tall stature, other connective tissue abnormalities Dominant
MASS syndrome 604308 Involvement of mitral valve, aorta, skeleton, skin Dominant
Stiff-skin syndrome 184900 Hard thick skin Dominant
WMS2, dominant 608328 Short stature, brachydactyly, joint stiffness, lens abnormalities Dominant
FBN2 612570 5:128,257,909–128,538,245 Contractural arachnodactyly, congenital 121050 Arachnodactyly, flexion contractures of multiple joints, kyphoscoliosis, “crumpled” ears, Marfanoid habitus Dominant
Macular degeneration, early onset 616118 Atrophic macular disease in fifth decade without skeletal features Dominant
FBN3 608529 19:8,065,402–8,149,592 Polycystic ovary syndrome 1 (tentative association) 184700 Amenorrhea, obesity, hirsutism Polygenic

Information compiled from On Line Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM; https://omim.org/), GeneReviews (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and references therein.