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  • Wentworth, J M; Lukic, V; Bahlo, M; Finlay, M; Nguyen, C; Morahan, G; Harrison, L C

    Internal medicine journal 44, Issue: 11
    Journal Article

    Exome sequencing is being increasingly used to identify disease-associated gene mutations. We used whole exome sequencing to determine the genetic basis of a syndrome of diabetes and renal disease affecting a mother and her son. We identified a mutation in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-b (HNF1B) gene that encoded a methionine to valine amino acid change (M160V) in the HNF1B protein. This leads us to the previously unappreciated diagnosis of maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 5 and provided a basis for genetic counselling of other family members.