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Angioedema, hereditary, 6(HAE6)

MedGen UID:
1785484
•Concept ID:
C5543516
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: ANGIOEDEMA, HEREDITARY, 6; HAE6
 
Gene (location): KNG1 (3q27.3)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0023660
OMIM®: 619363

Definition

Hereditary angioedema-6 (HAE6) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by onset of episodic subcutaneous and submucosal swelling in adulthood. The face, mouth, and tongue are often affected; some patients have distal limb or abdominal edema. Levels of complement component inhibitor (C1INH; 606860) are normal (summary by Bork et al., 2019). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of HAE, see 106100. [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO
Edema of the dorsum of hands
MedGen UID:
752076
•Concept ID:
C2732374
•
Finding
An abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin on the back of the hands.
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Swollen lip
MedGen UID:
116100
•Concept ID:
C0240211
•
Sign or Symptom
Enlargement of the lip typically due to fluid buildup or inflammation.
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Facial edema
MedGen UID:
154241
•Concept ID:
C0542571
•
Pathologic Function
Swelling due to an excessive accumulation of fluid in facial tissues.
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Angioedema
MedGen UID:
1543
•Concept ID:
C0002994
•
Pathologic Function
Rapid swelling (edema) of the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, mucosa and submucosal tissues of the skin of the face, normally around the mouth, and the mucosa of the mouth and/or throat, as well as the tongue during a period of minutes to several hours. The swelling can also occur elsewhere, typically in the hands. Angioedema is similar to urticaria, but the swelling is subcutaneous rather than on the epidermis.
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Isolated angioedema: A review of classification and update on management.
Kesh S, Bernstein JA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022 Dec;129(6):692-702. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.08.003. PMID: 35988876
Current and emerging biologics for the treatment of hereditary angioedema.
Perego F, Wu MA, Valerieva A, Caccia S, Suffritti C, Zanichelli A, Bergamaschini L, Cicardi M
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2019 Jun;19(6):517-526. Epub 2019 Mar 26 doi: 10.1080/14712598.2019.1595581. PMID: 30912460
Icatibant as acute treatment for hereditary angioedema in adults.
Farkas H
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2016 Jun;9(6):779-88. Epub 2016 May 13 doi: 10.1080/17512433.2016.1182425. PMID: 27123689

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy and Safety of Donidalorsen for Hereditary Angioedema.
Riedl MA, Tachdjian R, Lumry WR, Craig T, Karakaya G, Gelincik A, Stobiecki M, Jacobs JS, Gokmen NM, Reshef A, Gompels MM, Manning ME, Bordone L, Newman KB, Treadwell S, Wang S, Yarlas A, Cohn DM; OASIS-HAE Team
N Engl J Med 2024 Jul 4;391(1):21-31. Epub 2024 May 31 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2402478. PMID: 38819395
Efficacy and safety of garadacimab, a factor XIIa inhibitor for hereditary angioedema prevention (VANGUARD): a global, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
Craig TJ, Reshef A, Li HH, Jacobs JS, Bernstein JA, Farkas H, Yang WH, Stroes ESG, Ohsawa I, Tachdjian R, Manning ME, Lumry WR, Saguer IM, Aygören-Pürsün E, Ritchie B, Sussman GL, Anderson J, Kawahata K, Suzuki Y, Staubach P, Treudler R, Feuersenger H, Glassman F, Jacobs I, Magerl M
Lancet 2023 Apr 1;401(10382):1079-1090. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00350-1. PMID: 36868261
Interventions for the long-term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks.
Beard N, Frese M, Smertina E, Mere P, Katelaris C, Mills K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 3;11(11):CD013403. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013403.pub2. PMID: 36326435Free PMC Article
Hereditary angioedema in children: a review and update.
Pancholy N, Craig T
Curr Opin Pediatr 2019 Dec;31(6):863-868. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000832. PMID: 31693598
Effect of Lanadelumab Compared With Placebo on Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Banerji A, Riedl MA, Bernstein JA, Cicardi M, Longhurst HJ, Zuraw BL, Busse PJ, Anderson J, Magerl M, Martinez-Saguer I, Davis-Lorton M, Zanichelli A, Li HH, Craig T, Jacobs J, Johnston DT, Shapiro R, Yang WH, Lumry WR, Manning ME, Schwartz LB, Shennak M, Soteres D, Zaragoza-Urdaz RH, Gierer S, Smith AM, Tachdjian R, Wedner HJ, Hebert J, Rehman SM, Staubach P, Schranz J, Baptista J, Nothaft W, Maurer M; HELP Investigators
JAMA 2018 Nov 27;320(20):2108-2121. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.16773. PMID: 30480729Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Hereditary Angioedema: Diagnosis, Clinical Implications, and Pathophysiology.
Sinnathamby ES, Issa PP, Roberts L, Norwood H, Malone K, Vemulapalli H, Ahmadzadeh S, Cornett EM, Shekoohi S, Kaye AD
Adv Ther 2023 Mar;40(3):814-827. Epub 2023 Jan 7 doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02401-0. PMID: 36609679Free PMC Article
Isolated angioedema: A review of classification and update on management.
Kesh S, Bernstein JA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022 Dec;129(6):692-702. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.08.003. PMID: 35988876
Angioedema as a systemic disease.
Kazandjieva J, Christoff G
Clin Dermatol 2019 Nov-Dec;37(6):636-643. Epub 2019 Aug 1 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2019.07.035. PMID: 31864442
Idiopathic anaphylaxis.
Guo C, Greenberger PA
Allergy Asthma Proc 2019 Nov 1;40(6):457-461. doi: 10.2500/aap.2019.40.4271. PMID: 31690394
Hereditary and acquired angioedema.
Patel G, Pongracic JA
Allergy Asthma Proc 2019 Nov 1;40(6):441-445. doi: 10.2500/aap.2019.40.4267. PMID: 31690390

Therapy

Efficacy and Safety of Donidalorsen for Hereditary Angioedema.
Riedl MA, Tachdjian R, Lumry WR, Craig T, Karakaya G, Gelincik A, Stobiecki M, Jacobs JS, Gokmen NM, Reshef A, Gompels MM, Manning ME, Bordone L, Newman KB, Treadwell S, Wang S, Yarlas A, Cohn DM; OASIS-HAE Team
N Engl J Med 2024 Jul 4;391(1):21-31. Epub 2024 May 31 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2402478. PMID: 38819395
Isolated angioedema: A review of classification and update on management.
Kesh S, Bernstein JA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022 Dec;129(6):692-702. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.08.003. PMID: 35988876
Long-term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks with lanadelumab: The HELP OLE Study.
Banerji A, Bernstein JA, Johnston DT, Lumry WR, Magerl M, Maurer M, Martinez-Saguer I, Zanichelli A, Hao J, Inhaber N, Yu M, Riedl MA; HELP OLE Investigators
Allergy 2022 Mar;77(3):979-990. Epub 2021 Aug 13 doi: 10.1111/all.15011. PMID: 34287942Free PMC Article
Idiopathic anaphylaxis.
Guo C, Greenberger PA
Allergy Asthma Proc 2019 Nov 1;40(6):457-461. doi: 10.2500/aap.2019.40.4271. PMID: 31690394
Effect of Lanadelumab Compared With Placebo on Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Banerji A, Riedl MA, Bernstein JA, Cicardi M, Longhurst HJ, Zuraw BL, Busse PJ, Anderson J, Magerl M, Martinez-Saguer I, Davis-Lorton M, Zanichelli A, Li HH, Craig T, Jacobs J, Johnston DT, Shapiro R, Yang WH, Lumry WR, Manning ME, Schwartz LB, Shennak M, Soteres D, Zaragoza-Urdaz RH, Gierer S, Smith AM, Tachdjian R, Wedner HJ, Hebert J, Rehman SM, Staubach P, Schranz J, Baptista J, Nothaft W, Maurer M; HELP Investigators
JAMA 2018 Nov 27;320(20):2108-2121. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.16773. PMID: 30480729Free PMC Article

Prognosis

COVID-19 and hereditary angioedema: Incidence, outcomes, and mechanistic implications.
Veronez CL, Christiansen SC, Smith TD, Riedl MA, Zuraw BL
Allergy Asthma Proc 2021 Nov 1;42(6):506-514. doi: 10.2500/aap.2021.42.210083. PMID: 34871158Free PMC Article
Development of the Hereditary Angioedema Rapid Triage Tool.
Betschel S, Avilla E, Kanani A, Kastner M, Keith P, Binkley K, Lacuesta G, Borici-Mazi R, Badiou J, Rowe A, Yang WH, Waserman S
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020 Jan;8(1):310-317.e3. Epub 2019 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.05.056. PMID: 31238160
Hereditary angioedema: special consideration in children, women of childbearing age, and the elderly.
Kuhlen JL, Banerji A
Allergy Asthma Proc 2015 Nov-Dec;36(6):425-32. doi: 10.2500/aap.2015.36.3911. PMID: 26534748
Hereditary angioedema.
Frank MM
Curr Opin Pediatr 2005 Dec;17(6):686-9. doi: 10.1097/01.mop.0000182382.28552.1c. PMID: 16282771
Hereditary angioedema.
Gigli I
J Invest Dermatol 1973 Jun;60(6):516-21. doi: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12703581. PMID: 4122980

Clinical prediction guides

Efficacy and Safety of Donidalorsen for Hereditary Angioedema.
Riedl MA, Tachdjian R, Lumry WR, Craig T, Karakaya G, Gelincik A, Stobiecki M, Jacobs JS, Gokmen NM, Reshef A, Gompels MM, Manning ME, Bordone L, Newman KB, Treadwell S, Wang S, Yarlas A, Cohn DM; OASIS-HAE Team
N Engl J Med 2024 Jul 4;391(1):21-31. Epub 2024 May 31 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2402478. PMID: 38819395
Biochemistry, molecular genetics, and clinical aspects of hereditary angioedema with and without C1 inhibitor deficiency.
Miyata T, Horiuchi T
Allergol Int 2023 Jul;72(3):375-384. Epub 2023 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.alit.2023.04.004. PMID: 37169642
Inhibition of Prekallikrein for Hereditary Angioedema.
Fijen LM, Riedl MA, Bordone L, Bernstein JA, Raasch J, Tachdjian R, Craig T, Lumry WR, Manning ME, Alexander VJ, Newman KB, Revenko A, Baker BF, Nanavati C, MacLeod AR, Schneider E, Cohn DM
N Engl J Med 2022 Mar 17;386(11):1026-1033. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2109329. PMID: 35294812
Long-term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks with lanadelumab: The HELP OLE Study.
Banerji A, Bernstein JA, Johnston DT, Lumry WR, Magerl M, Maurer M, Martinez-Saguer I, Zanichelli A, Hao J, Inhaber N, Yu M, Riedl MA; HELP OLE Investigators
Allergy 2022 Mar;77(3):979-990. Epub 2021 Aug 13 doi: 10.1111/all.15011. PMID: 34287942Free PMC Article
Complement deficiencies.
Frank MM
Pediatr Clin North Am 2000 Dec;47(6):1339-54. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(05)70274-1. PMID: 11130999

Recent systematic reviews

Epidemiology, economic, and humanistic burden of hereditary angioedema: a systematic review.
Guan X, Sheng Y, Liu S, He M, Chen T, Zhi Y
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2024 Jul 8;19(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03265-z. PMID: 38978028Free PMC Article
Interventions for the long-term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks.
Beard N, Frese M, Smertina E, Mere P, Katelaris C, Mills K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 3;11(11):CD013403. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013403.pub2. PMID: 36326435Free PMC Article
Clinical features of genetically characterized types of hereditary angioedema with normal C1 inhibitor: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.
Bork K, Machnig T, Wulff K, Witzke G, Prusty S, Hardt J
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020 Oct 15;15(1):289. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01570-x. PMID: 33059692Free PMC Article
Experience with Intravenous Plasma-Derived C1-Inhibitor in Pregnant Women with Hereditary Angioedema: A Systematic Literature Review.
Brooks JP, Radojicic C, Riedl MA, Newcomer SD, Banerji A, Hsu FI
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020 Jun;8(6):1875-1880.e3. Epub 2020 Apr 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.03.009. PMID: 32251736
Plasma-derived C1-INH for managing hereditary angioedema in pediatric patients: A systematic review.
Craig TJ, Schneider LC, MacGinnitie AJ
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015 Sep;26(6):537-44. doi: 10.1111/pai.12425. PMID: 26111105

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