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A rare, genetic, syndromic intellectual disability disease characterized by severe intrauterine and post-natal growth delay, moderate to severe intellectual disability, and neonatal-onset hepatopathy with fibrosis, steatosis, and/or cholestasis, occasionally leading to liver failure. Additional variable manifestations include muscular hypotonia, zinc deficiency, recurrent infections, diabetes mellitus, joint contractures, skin and joint laxity, hypervitaminosis D, and sensorineural hearing loss.
Data assembled from 6 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Features include always present findings: Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration, Hypoalbuminemia, Failure to thrive, and Hyperammonemia and others; and very common findings: Intellectual disability, Global developmental delay, Decreased serum zinc, and Intrauterine growth retardation and others. 51 total HPO annotations.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Digestive system | 11 | Hepatic steatosis, Decreased liver function, Liver scarring (fibrosis) (hepatic fibrosis) |
Brain and nerves | 8 | Seizure, Intellectual disability, Absent speech |
Lab test results | 5 | Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration, Elevated circulating alanine aminotransferase concentration, Elevated circulating aspartate aminotransferase concentration |
Growth and development | 4 | Failure to thrive, Postnatal growth retardation, Intrauterine growth retardation |
Head and neck | 4 | Round face, Secondary microcephaly, Primary microcephaly |
Skin | 2 | Hyperextensible skin, Soft, doughy skin |
Muscles | 1 | Low muscle tone (hypotonia) |
Bones and joints | 1 | Joint hypermobility |
Ears | 1 | Inner ear hearing loss (sensorineural hearing impairment) |
Hormones | 1 | Diabetes mellitus |
Metabolism | 1 | Abnormality of vitamin D metabolism |
Blood and immune system | 1 | Recurrent infections |
IARS1 encodes isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase 1 (1,262 aa). Catalyzes the specific attachment of an amino acid to its cognate tRNA in a 2 step reaction: the amino acid (AA) is first activated by ATP to form AA-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of th...
Growth retardation, intellectual developmental disorder, hypotonia, and hepatopathy is associated with mutations in the IARS1 gene on chromosome 9.
IARS1 is classified as a druggable target (Druggable Genome and Enzyme categories) with score 0.0.
Genetic testing for IARS1 is available. Testing is considered confirmatory for diagnosis.
Phenotype severity distribution: 13 always present features, 6 very common features, 9 common features.
Estimated prevalence: <1 in 1,000,000 (VERY_RARE).
No clinical trials have been registered for growth retardation, intellectual developmental disorder, hypotonia, and hepatopathy.
6 publications have been identified in PubMed for growth retardation, intellectual developmental disorder, hypotonia, and hepatopathy. Research spans Review / Meta-Analysis (50%) and Case Report / Case Series (50%).
Wu J (2025). [PMID: 39950113](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39950113/). *Front Pharmacol*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Zhang H (2025). [PMID: 39487674](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39487674/). *IUBMB Life*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Marczak H (2025). [PMID: 40365093](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40365093/). *Breathe (Sheff)*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Li SY (2025). [PMID: 40635052](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40635052/). *Orphanet J Rare Dis*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Wongkittichote P (2025). [PMID: 40365325](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40365325/). *JIMD Rep*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Watanabe M (2024). [PMID: 39062673](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39062673/). *Genes (Basel)*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]