Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A clinical overview focusing on diagnosis, outcomes and best-practice management
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A clinical overview focusing on diagnosis, outcomes and best-practice management
Abstract
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetic disorder characterized by early-onset obesity, polydactyly, genital and kidney anomalies, developmental delay and vision loss due to rod-cone dystrophy. BBS is an autosomal recessive disorder with >20 implicated genes. The genotype-phenotype relationship in BBS is not clear, and there may be additional modifying factors. The underlying mechanism is dysfunction of primary cilia. In BBS, receptor trafficking in and out of the cilia is compromised, affecting multiple organ systems. Along with early-onset obesity, hyperphagia is a prominent symptom and contributes significantly to clinical morbidity and caregiver burden. While there is no cure for BBS, setmelanotide is a new pharmacotherapy approved for treatment of obesity in BBS. The differential diagnosis for BBS includes other ciliopathies, such as Alstrom syndrome, and other genetic obesity syndromes, such as Prader-Willi syndrome. Careful clinical history and genetic testing can help determine the diagnosis and a multidisciplinary team is necessary to guide clinical management.
Keywords: appetite control; body composition; clinical physiology; energy regulation.
© 2024 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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