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. 2017 Nov 10;93(9):677–702. doi: 10.2183/pjab.93.043

Table 2.

Representative PLA2 mutations in human diseases

Families PLA2 genes Human diseases References
cPLA2 PLA2G4A Platelet dysfunction, Intestinal ulceration 35

iPLA2 PNPLA1 Ichthyosis 177
PNPLA2 Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid strage disease with myopathy) 178
PNPLA3 Non-alchoholic fatty liver disease (NASH, NAFLD) 63
PNPLA6 Ataxia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia, Boucher-Neuhauser and Gordon Holmes syndromes 179
Photoreceptor degeneration 53
PNPLA7 Psychophysiological endophenotype 180
PNPLA8 Myopathy 51
PNPLA9/PLA2G6 Parkinson’s disease, Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) 49
Familial melanoma 181

PAFAH PAFAH/PLA2G7A Cardiovascular disease 182

ABHD ABHD5 Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome with ichtyosis 98
ABHD12 PHARC syndrome (polyneuropathy, hearing loss, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa, and cataract) 97

sPLA2 PLA2G1B Obesity 109
PLA2G2A Cardiovascular disease 142, 183
Gastric cancer 184
PLA2G2D Body weight loss in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) 185
PLA2G2E Ulcerative colitis 186
PLA2G3 Colorectal cancer 187, 188
Alzheimer’s disease 189
PLA2G5 Hyperlipidemia in type II diabetes 114, 190
Benign fleck retina 191
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