Table 1

 Familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes

DisorderChromosomeGenePhenotype
Bile acid synthesis disorders
    CYP7A1 deficiency8q21.13 CYP7A1 Hyperlipidaemia, premature coronary and peripheral vascular disease, and premature gallstone disease
    CYP7B1 deficiency8q21.3 CYP7B1 Neonatal cholestasis and cirrhosis
    3β-Δ5-C27-Hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase16p11.2–12 HSD3B7 Neonatal jaundice, fat-soluble vitamin deficiency, and
    deficiencysteatorrhoea
    Δ4-3-Oxosteroid-5β reductase deficiency7q32–33 AKR1D1 Intrahepatic cholestasis, jaundice, pale stools, and dark urine
    Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX)2q33-qter CYP27A1 Xanthomatas and cardiovascular problems
    2-Methylacyl CoA racemase deficiency15p13.2–5q11.1 AMACR Adult-onset sensory motor neuropathy, accumulation of pristanic acids and bile acid intermediates
    D-bifunctional protein deficiency5q2 HSD17B4 Hepatomegaly, developmental defects, hypotonia, and seizures
Bile acid synthesis/tight junction defect
    Familial hypercholanaemia9q12–13 TJP2 Fat malabsorption, vitamin K-deficiency, sometimes cholestasis
    (FHCA)9q22–23 BAAT and chronic hepatitis
    
Canalicular transport defects
    FIC1 disease18q21–22 ATP8B1 PFIC1: progressive cholestasis, cirrhosis
BRIC1: recurrent attacks of cholestasis
GFC: as in PFIC1
    BSEP disease2q24 ABCB11 PFIC2: progressive cholestasis, cirrhosis
BRIC2: recurrent attacks of cholestasis
    MDR3 disease7q21 MDR3 PFIC3: extensive bile duct proliferation and fibrosis
    Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy18q21–22, 2q24, 7q21 ATP8B1 Pruritus during third trimester of pregnancy, resolves
    (ICP) ABCB11 after delivery
MDR3
Other familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes
    ARC syndrome15q26.1 VSP33B Arthrogryposis, renal tubular dysfunction, and cholestasis
    Lymphoedema-cholestasis syndrome (LCS)/15q ? Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis and lymphoedema
    Aagenaes syndrome
    North American Indian childhood16q22 Cirhin Neonatal jaundice, biliary cirrhosis
    cirrhosis (NAICC)