Hernia, anterior diaphragmatic

Summary

Hernia, anterior diaphragmatic (MONDO:0010606) is a disease caused by PLS3 (GenCC Strong), with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

• Causal gene: PLS3 (GenCC Strong)
• Cohort genes: 1
• ClinVar variants: 8

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	hernia, anterior diaphragmatic
Mondo ID	MONDO:0010606
MeSH	C564413
OMIM	306950
UMLS	C1844025
MedGen	334881
GARD	0015295
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: hernia, anterior diaphragmatic

Data availability: 8 ClinVar variants · 2 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › respiratory system disorder › diaphragm disorder › congenital diaphragmatic hernia › hernia, anterior diaphragmatic

Related subtypes (4): diaphragmatic hernia 1, diaphragmatic hernia 2, diaphragmatic hernia 3, diaphragmatic hernia 4, with cardiovascular defects

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

ClinVar germline variants

8 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

5 uncertain significance, 3 likely pathogenic

ClinVar	Variant (HGVS)	Gene	Classification	Review
1195979	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.617C>T (p.Ala206Val)	PLS3	Likely pathogenic	criteria provided, single submitter
2637923	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.808G>A (p.Glu270Lys)	PLS3	Likely pathogenic	criteria provided, single submitter
2637924	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.1497G>C (p.Trp499Cys)	PLS3	Likely pathogenic	criteria provided, single submitter
1195980	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.1054T>C (p.Phe352Leu)	PLS3	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, single submitter
1708112	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.359C>T (p.Ser120Phe)	PLS3	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2637922	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.1774A>G (p.Met592Val)	PLS3	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, single submitter
3062002	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.1090A>G (p.Lys364Glu)	PLS3	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, single submitter
3340485	NM_005032.7(PLS3):c.1848G>A (p.Met616Ile)	PLS3	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, single submitter

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 7 · Orphanet: 1 · 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.

Gene	Classification	Inheritance	Disease	Records
PLS3	Strong	X-linked	hernia, anterior diaphragmatic	7

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

Gene	Orphanet ID	Rare disease
PLS3	Orphanet:391330	X-linked osteoporosis with fractures

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

Subset	Genes
multi_evidence	1

Cohort genes (full)

Symbol	HGNC	Ensembl	UniProt	Name	Evidence
PLS3	HGNC:9091	ENSG00000102024	P13797	Plastin-3	gencc,clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

Symbol	Protein name	Function (lead sentence)
PLS3	Plastin-3	Actin-bundling protein.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 1 · 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.

Family	Genes	Fold	FDR
Other/Unknown	1	1.8×	0.558

Per-gene assignment

Symbol	Family	Druggable?	EC	InterPro (top 3)
PLS3	Other/Unknown	no		Actinin_actin-bd_CS, CH_dom, EF_hand_dom

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

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

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

Bucket	Genes
narrow (1-5 tissues)	0
moderate (6-20)	0
broad (>20)	1
unknown	0

Top tissues across cohort

Tissue	Cohort genes
blood vessel layer	1
calcaneal tendon	1
visceral pleura	1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

Symbol	Bgee breadth	FANTOM5 breadth	SCXA	Top tissues
PLS3	297	ubiquitous	marker	blood vessel layer, calcaneal tendon, visceral pleura

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

Symbol	Interactor count
PLS3	2,295

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

Symbol	UniProt	PDB entries
PLS3	P13797	6

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 0. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (0 with Reactome annotation).

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO term	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
actin filament network formation	1	1872.4×	0.002	PLS3
regulation of synaptic vesicle cycle	1	1123.5×	0.002	PLS3
actin filament bundle assembly	1	455.5×	0.003	PLS3
bone development	1	276.3×	0.004	PLS3

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

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

Druggability breadth: 0 of 1 evidence-associated genes (0%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

Symbol	Molecules	Max phase
PLS3	0	0

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

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

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 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.

Druggability pyramid

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

Tier	Definition	Genes	Symbols
A	Approved (phase 4 drug)	0
B	Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved	0
C	Druggable family + PDB, no drug	0
D	Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug	0
E	Difficult family or no structure, no drug	1	PLS3

Undrugged target profiles

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

Symbol	ChEMBL assays	Drugged partners (top 3)
PLS3	0	—

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.