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They come from 3 families and presented with an exceptionally mild clinical course. This course was correlated to data from old and most recent expression and transport studies in Xenopus oocytes. GLUT2 genotype in patients 1 and 2 was p.[153_4delLI];[P417R] with the first variant exhibiting normal membrane expression and partially retained transport activity (5.8%) for 2-deoxyglucose. In patient 3, the very first GLUT2 variant ever detected (p.V197I) was found, but for the first time it was present in a patient in the homozygous state. This variant had also shown unaffected membrane expression and remarkable residual activity (8%). The genotype in patient 4, p.[153_4delLI];[(E440A)], again included the 2-amino-acid deletion with residual transporter function, and patient 5 is the first found to be homozygous for this variant. Our results provide further evidence for a genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with GLUT2 variants; non-functional variants result in the full picture of FBS while dysfunctional variants may result in milder presentations, even glucosuria only, without other typical signs of FBS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes12111785","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,11]],"date-time":"2021-11-11T23:02:41Z","timestamp":1636671761000},"page":"1785","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Evidence for a Genotype\u2013Phenotype Correlation in Patients with Pathogenic GLUT2 (SLC2A2) Variants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5986-0468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah C.","family":"Gr\u00fcnert","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center\u2014University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anke","family":"Schumann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center\u2014University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3470-6880","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Federico","family":"Baronio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Regional Center for Expanded Newborn Screening, S. 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