mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 15 (hepatocerebral type)
Findings
No curated finding names mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 15 (hepatocerebral type) yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Any mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the TFAM gene.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0014943), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive inheritance
- Onset and course
- Death in infancy · Neonatal onset · Progressive
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
24 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- AscitesHPOHP:0001541
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- CholestasisHPOHP:0001396
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Depletion of mitochondrial DNA in muscle tissueHPOHP:0009141
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentrationHPOHP:0002910
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Hepatic failureHPOHP:0001399
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- HypermethioninemiaHPOHP:0003235
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- HypertyrosinemiaHPO
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- Abdominal distentionHPOHP:0003270
- 1 of 2 reported patients
- CirrhosisHPOHP:0001394
- 1 of 2 reported patients
- Congestive heart failureHPOHP:0001635
- 1 of 2 reported patients
- Conjugated hyperbilirubinemiaHPOHP:0002908
- 1 of 2 reported patients
- Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentrationHPOHP:0003155
- 1 of 2 reported patients
- Failure to thriveHPOHP:0001508
- 1 of 2 reported patients
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- TFAMHGNC:11741
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal recessive · 2025
- Limited · Ambry Genetics · Autosomal recessive · 2018
- Limited · Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae) · Autosomal recessive · 2021
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 15 (hepatocerebral type)
- Also called
- mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome caused by mutation in TFAMTFAM mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome