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Table 3 Classification of Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome [16]

From: Unraveling the genetic collagen connection: clinical and therapeutic insights on genetic connective tissue disorders

Clinical EDS subtype

Inheritance

Group

Protein

Gene

2023 Skeletal dysplasia

nosology code [8]

OMIM

Condition [12]

1 Classical EDS

(cEDS)

AD

Defects in collagen primary structure and collagen processing

Type V collagen

COL5A1

  

Type V collagen

COL5A2

 

130010

Type I collagen

Rare: COL1A1 c.934C>T, p.(Arg312Cys)

  

2 Classical-like EDS

(clEDS)

AR

Defects in structure and function of myomatrix, the interface between muscle and ECM

Tenascin XB

TNXB

 

606408

3 Cardiac-valvular EDS

(cvEDS)

AR

Defects in collagen primary structure and collagen processing

Type I collagen

COL1A2 (biallelic variants that lead to COL1A2 NMD and absence of pro α2(I) collagen chains)

 

225320

4 Vascular EDS

(vEDS)

AD

Defects in collagen primary structure and collagen processing

Type III collagen

COL3A1

 

130050

Type I collagen

COL1A1

c.934C>T, p.(Arg312Cys)

c.1720C>T, p.(Arg574Cys)

c.3227C>T, p.(Arg1093Cys)

  

5 Hypermobile EDS

(hEDS)

AD

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

 

130020

6 Arthrochalasia EDS

(aEDS)

AD

Defects in collagen primary structure and collagen processing

Type I collagen

COL1A1

 

130060

COL1A2

 

130060

7 Dermatosparaxis EDS

(dEDS)

AR

Defects in collagen primary structure and collagen processing

ADAMTS-2

ADAMTS2

 

225410

8 Kyphoscoliotic EDS

(kEDS)

AR

Defects in collagen folding and collagen cross-linking

Lysylhydroxylase 1

PLOD1

 

225400

FKBP22

FKBP14

 

614557

9 Brittle Cornea syndrome

(BCS)

AR

Disorders of intracellular processes

ZNF469

ZNF469

 

229200

PRDM5

PRDM5

 

614170

10 Spondylodysplastic EDS

(spEDS)

AR

Defects in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis

β4GalT7

B4GALT7

NOS05-0070

130070, 615349

β3GalT6

B3GALT6

NOS05-0060*

271640

Disorders of intracellular processes

ZIP13

SLC39A13

NOS13-0230

612350

11 Musculocontractural EDS

(mcEDS)

AR

Defects in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis

D4ST1

CHST14

NOS04-0090

601776

DSE

DSE

NOS04-0100

615539

12 Myopathic EDS

(mEDS)

AD or AR

Defects in structure and function of myomatrix, the interface between muscle and ECM

Type XII collagen

COL12A1

 

616471

13 Periodontal EDS#

(pEDS)

AD GOF

Defects in complement pathway

C1r

C1R

 

130080

C1s

C1S

 

130080

  1. AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; GOF: gain of function
  2. * Also termed Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity (Beighton type), B3GALT6-related.
  3. # Also considered as Inborn Errors of Immunity (complement deficiencies) [20]