Clinical and genetic characteristics of maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 13: A systematic review of the literature

J Diabetes. 2024 Mar;16(3):e13520. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.13520. Epub 2023 Dec 14.

Abstract

Objective: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 13 (MODY13), a rare type of monogenic diabetes, is often misdiagnosed as type 1 or type 2 diabetes. To improve early diagnosis and precise treatment, we performed a systematic review and analysis of the literature about MODY13.

Methods: PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese BioMedical (CBM) Literature Database, and Wanfang Database were searched using the following search terms: "MODY13," "KCNJ11 maturity-onset diabetes of the young," "KCNJ11-MODY," "maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 13," and "neonatal diabetes mellitus KCNJ11." The demography, clinical characteristics, and gene mutations of patients were expressed with descriptive statistical methods.

Results: A total of 33 reports were included in this study, including 75 patients and 28 types of mutations. Thirty-six patients were male. The mean onset age was 25.20 ± 15.26 years. The averages of recorded body mass index, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and fasting C-peptide were 23.45 ± 4.56kg/m2 , 10.07 ± 1.96%, and 0.31 ± 0.23nmol/L, respectively. Most of the mutation sites were located in the cytosolic region of N- and C-terminal domains of Kir6.2. Seven patients were reported to have diabetic chronic complications.

Conclusion: MODY13 was diagnosed later than other types of MODY and was associated with low fasting C-peptide. Mutation sites of MODY13 were mostly concentrated in N- and C-terminal intracellular domains. The majority of KCNJ11 gene mutations causing MODY 13 were from G to A. The incidence rates of chronic complications were lower than type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Keywords: KCNJ11; Kir6.2; MODY13; gene mutation.

Publication types

  • Systematic Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • C-Peptide
  • Child
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / genetics
  • Female
  • Glycated Hemoglobin
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • C-Peptide
  • Glycated Hemoglobin

Supplementary concepts

  • Mason-Type Diabetes