Familial hypofibrinogenemia

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Also known as hypofibrinogenemia, familial

Summary

Familial hypofibrinogenemia (MONDO:0015096) is a disease with 3 cohort genes. The dominant Reactome pathway is Aggregated β-amyloid interacts with fibrinogen (3 cohort genes).

At a glance

  • Prevalence: Unknown (Worldwide)
  • Cohort genes: 3
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 4

Clinical features

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

4 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 4 by frequency):

HPO IDTermFrequency
HP:0000225Gingival bleedingVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000421EpistaxisVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001892Abnormal bleedingVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002239Gastrointestinal hemorrhageVery frequent (80-99%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namefamilial hypofibrinogenemia
Mondo IDMONDO:0015096
Orphanet101041
UMLSC5681803
MedGen1826143
GARD0002887
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: hypofibrinogenemia, familial

Data availability: 3 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

An umbrella term covering 1 Mondo subtype.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › hematologic disorderblood coagulation diseasecoagulation protein diseasecongenital fibrinogen deficiencyfamilial dysfibrinogenemiacongenital afibrinogenemiafamilial hypofibrinogenemia

Related subtypes (1): familial hypodysfibrinogenemia

Subtypes (1): hepatic fibrinogen storage disease

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 29 · Orphanet: 13 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)

the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.

GeneClassificationInheritanceDiseaseRecords
FGASupportiveAutosomal dominantfamilial hypofibrinogenemia14
FGBSupportiveAutosomal dominantfamilial hypofibrinogenemia7
FGGSupportiveAutosomal dominantfamilial hypofibrinogenemia8

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
FGAOrphanet:101041Familial hypofibrinogenemia
FGAOrphanet:248408Familial hypodysfibrinogenemia
FGAOrphanet:93562AFib amyloidosis
FGAOrphanet:98880Familial afibrinogenemia
FGAOrphanet:98881Familial dysfibrinogenemia
FGBOrphanet:101041Familial hypofibrinogenemia
FGBOrphanet:248408Familial hypodysfibrinogenemia
FGBOrphanet:98880Familial afibrinogenemia
FGBOrphanet:98881Familial dysfibrinogenemia
FGGOrphanet:101041Familial hypofibrinogenemia
FGGOrphanet:248408Familial hypodysfibrinogenemia
FGGOrphanet:98880Familial afibrinogenemia
FGGOrphanet:98881Familial dysfibrinogenemia

Cohort genes → proteins

3 cohort genes, 3 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence3

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
FGAHGNC:3661ENSG00000171560P02671Fibrinogen alpha chaingencc
FGBHGNC:3662ENSG00000171564P02675Fibrinogen beta chaingencc
FGGHGNC:3694ENSG00000171557P02679Fibrinogen gamma chaingencc

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
FGAFibrinogen alpha chainCleaved by the protease thrombin to yield monomers which, together with fibrinogen beta (FGB) and fibrinogen gamma (FGG), polymerize to form an insoluble fibrin matrix.
FGBFibrinogen beta chainCleaved by the protease thrombin to yield monomers which, together with fibrinogen alpha (FGA) and fibrinogen gamma (FGG), polymerize to form an insoluble fibrin matrix.
FGGFibrinogen gamma chainTogether with fibrinogen alpha (FGA) and fibrinogen beta (FGB), polymerizes to form an insoluble fibrin matrix.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 3 · Druggable fraction: 0.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Other/Unknown31.8×0.174

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
FGAOther/UnknownnoFibrinogen_a/b/g_C_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_coil_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_C_1
FGBOther/UnknownnoFibrinogen_a/b/g_C_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_coil_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_C_1
FGGOther/UnknownnoFibrinogen_a/b/g_C_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_coil_dom, Fibrinogen_a/b/g_C_1

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

3 cohort genes are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)3
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
liver3
right lobe of liver3
type B pancreatic cell2
islet of Langerhans1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
FGA153tissue_specificmarkerright lobe of liver, liver, islet of Langerhans
FGB159broadmarkerright lobe of liver, liver, type B pancreatic cell
FGG157broadmarkerright lobe of liver, liver, type B pancreatic cell

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 3.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
FGB2,503
FGA2,327
FGG2,018

Intra-cohort edges

ABSources
FGAFGBintact, string_interaction
FGAFGGbiogrid_interaction, intact, string_interaction
FGBFGGbiogrid_interaction, string_interaction

Structural data

PDB: 3 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
FGGP0267947
FGBP0267541
FGAP0267139

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 22. Enrichment computed across 3 evidence-associated genes (3 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 3 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Aggregated β-amyloid interacts with fibrinogen32855.0×4e-10FGA, FGB, FGG
Fibrin formation3878.5×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
p130Cas linkage to MAPK signaling for integrins3761.3×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
GRB2:SOS provides linkage to MAPK signaling for Integrins3713.8×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
MyD88 deficiency (TLR2/4)3601.0×2e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
IRAK4 deficiency (TLR2/4)3571.0×2e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Regulation of TLR by endogenous ligand3496.5×2e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Integrin signaling3423.0×3e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Signaling by high-kinase activity BRAF mutants3317.2×7e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
MAP2K and MAPK activation3285.5×9e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Signaling by RAF1 mutants3278.5×9e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Signaling by moderate kinase activity BRAF mutants3253.8×9e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Paradoxical activation of RAF signaling by kinase inactive BRAF3253.8×9e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Signaling downstream of RAS mutants3253.8×9e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
Signaling by BRAF and RAF1 fusions3170.4×3e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
MyD88:MAL(TIRAP) cascade initiated on plasma membrane3152.3×4e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
Integrin cell surface interactions3134.3×5e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
ER-Phagosome pathway3129.8×5e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
Platelet degranulation387.8×2e-06FGA, FGB, FGG
Post-translational protein phosphorylation266.8×3e-04FGA, FGG
Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) transport and uptake by Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins (IGFBPs)257.7×4e-04FGA, FGG
Amyloid fiber formation134.3×0.029FGA

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 3 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
blood coagulation, fibrin clot formation31685.2×2e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of peptide hormone secretion31532.0×2e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
plasminogen activation31296.3×2e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion31296.3×2e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
protein polymerization3991.3×4e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
fibrinolysis3842.6×6e-09FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of vasoconstriction3601.9×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of exocytosis3601.9×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
negative regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors3581.1×1e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
negative regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process3495.6×2e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading3374.5×4e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of protein secretion3343.9×5e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
platelet aggregation3337.0×5e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
response to calcium ion3318.0×5e-08FGA, FGB, FGG
cell-matrix adhesion3163.6×4e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
induction of bacterial agglutination21872.4×5e-07FGA, FGB
protein-containing complex assembly3113.9×9e-07FGA, FGB, FGG
positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade385.1×2e-06FGA, FGB, FGG
blood coagulation, common pathway12808.7×4e-04FGA
adaptive immune response256.2×5e-04FGA, FGB
cellular response to leptin stimulus1510.7×0.002FGB
innate immune response222.4×0.003FGA, FGB
cellular response to interleukin-1193.6×0.011FGB
protein secretion187.8×0.011FGG

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 1 · Undrugged: 2

Druggability breadth: 3 of 3 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
FGB12
FGA00
FGG00

Drugs targeting cohort genes (top 30)

MoleculeMax phaseTargets in cohort
SANGUINARIUM2FGB

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
FGB2Binding:2

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 3; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

1 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

CompoundMax phaseCohort target (bioactivity)
SANGUINARIUM2FGB

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)0
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved1FGB
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug0
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug2FGA, FGG

Undrugged target profiles

2 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
FGA0FGB
FGG0FGB

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.