Table 3.
Literature review of findings of genetically verified tight junction protein 2 variants
| Ref. | TJP2 gene | Age | Liver enzymes | Bile acids | Fibrosis | Pruritus | ICP | HCC | Liver failure | TJP2 mutation | TJP2/Included |
| Vitale et al[2] | Heterozygous | 37-51 yr | Elevated | Elevated | Normal FibroScan | 1 with obvious symptoms | 1 with DIC and ICP | NK | NK | p.[T62M]; [=]p.[I875T]; [=] | 10/48 |
| Sambrotta et al[6] | 12 children Homozyg-ous | 1-3 mo | Low or normal | Elevated | Cirrhosis and portal hypertension age 4 and 7 | No | No | Not described | 9 liver transplantations | c.766_769delGCCT, c.885delC | 12/12 |
| 1.5-4 years age | c.782delA, c.1361delC, c.1992-2A>G, c.953-735_2356-249del | ||||||||||
| 1 died 13 months | c.3408-?_3573+?del and c.1894C>T | ||||||||||
| Wang et al[10] | 21-68 yr | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK | c.2081G>A(p.G694E) | 8/21 Hearing loss | |
| Dixon et al[11] | Heterozygous | NK | Elevated | Elevated | NK | Yes | All confirmed ICP | NK | NK | p.Thr62Met; p.Thr626Ser | 3/26 |
| 1 stillbirth | c.1877C > G. p.Thr626Aer | ||||||||||
| Ge et al[14] | Compound Heterozygous | 23 mo | Elevated | Elevated | NK | Alleviated after treatment | - | NK | NK | c.2448 + 1G > C | 1/1 |
| c.2639delC (p.T880Sfs*12) | |||||||||||
| Zhou et al[15] | Compound Heterozygous | 26 mo | Elevated | NK | Both with cirrhosis | NK | No | Yes | Yes | 2668-1G>T /c.2438dupT (p.Asn814Glnfs | 2/2 |
| Homozyg-ous | 6 mo | Elevated | Yes, age 2 years | NK | c.817delG (p.A273fs | ||||||
| Vij et al[16] | Homozyg-ous | 7 yr | Normal | Elevated | Cirrhotic explant liver and high-grade dysplastic nodule | Yes | No | Yes, early well- differentiated | No | c.(2659+1_2660-1)/(2760+1_2761-1) | 1/1 |
| Shagrani et al[17] | Heterozygous | 0-12 yr | Elevated | Normal | 1 with congenital hepatic fibrosis | No | No | No | NK | c.2038delA:p.R680fs | 12/37 |
| Homozyg-ous | But 4 patients required liver transplantation | c.1012C>T:p.R338X | |||||||||
| c.1012C>T:p.R338X | |||||||||||
| c.1013delG:p.R338fs | |||||||||||
| c.1190C>T:p.P397L | |||||||||||
| c.1373delC:p.A458fs | |||||||||||
| c.1373delC:p.A458fs | |||||||||||
| Chen et al[18] | Heterozygous | > 1 yr | NK | Elevated but no detailed data | NK | No | No | No | NK | c.2174G>A, | 4/33 |
| c.343A>G/c.1377T>G | |||||||||||
| c.343A>G/c.1377T>G | |||||||||||
| c.925C>T | |||||||||||
| Carlton et al[19] | Homozyg-ous | 1-8 yr | Almost normal | Almost normal or NK | NK | Yes | NK | NK | NK | 143C/143C | 11 individuals with familial hypercholanemia in 8 families |