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However, the clinical significance of heterozygous variants in adult intrahepatic cholestasis remains unclear. We investigated the prevalence of heterozygous PFIC\u2010related gene variants in Japanese adults with intrahepatic cholestasis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Whole\u2010exome sequencing was performed in 19 adults diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis. Rare variants (allele frequency \u2264\u00a00.01 in the Japanese population) predicted to be functionally damaging by in silico tools were extracted and classified according to ACMG\/AMP guidelines. Allele frequencies were compared with the GEM Japan whole genome aggregation database.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four heterozygous variants in PFIC\u2010related genes were identified in four patients (21%), and all variant carriers were diagnosed with drug\u2010induced liver injury. One patient carried a known pathogenic\n                      <jats:italic>ABCB11<\/jats:italic>\n                      splice\u2010site variant (c.908+1G&gt;A), which was extremely rare in the Japanese reference population. The remaining variants were predicted to be functionally damaging by in silico analyses but were classified as variants of uncertain significance by ACMG criteria.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rare variants in PFIC\u2010related genes were identified in a subset of adults with intrahepatic cholestasis. Although all variant carriers were diagnosed with drug\u2010induced liver injury, the clinical significance of these variants remains uncertain, particularly because most were classified as variants of uncertain significance. 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