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Introduction: Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1; OMIM #174000) is a familial progressive tubule-interstitial nephropathy belonging to the recently defined group of autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney diseases (ADTKD).
Case Report: A specific type of cytosine insertion in the extracellular variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) domain of the MUC1 gene causing the disease was tested in a group of 21 families with ADTKD. We identified this type of MUC1 mutation in two families, whose affected members are described in detail in this case report. Affected (ADTKD-MUC1) members developed end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with a higher incidence (p = 0.033) and at a younger age (p = 0.013) than probands with ADTKD but without this type of mutation. All patients with MUC1-associated kidney disease shared a rather unspecific tubule-interstitial laboratory pattern without medullary cysts, leading to ESRD between the age of 33 and 47 years. We were not able to identify any single common extra-renal feature among affected patients, even if they had various comorbidities, which are described in detail.
Conclusions: We identified this type of MUC1 mutation in 9.5 % of families from an ADTKD Italian cohort; larger studies are needed to better define the criteria for genetic testing for this type of mutation.
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