Hematuria, benign familial: genes and variants
Hematuria, benign familial is linked to 2 analyzed proteins (COL4A3 and COL4A4). 110 DNA variants are known to cause it; 352 more are uncertain, and 3 of those already look disease-causing on computable evidence.
Last updated 2026-09-30. Research information, not medical advice.
Also known as: hematuria, benign familial, 1; hematuria, benign familial, 2
Genes linked to Hematuria, benign familial
COL4A3: Collagen alpha-3(IV) chain
It contributes to the alpha3-alpha4-alpha5 type IV collagen network that forms the specialized basement membrane of the renal glomerulus, cochlea, and eye. Pathogenic variants cause Alport-spectrum disease and thin-basement-membrane nephropathy, with variable kidney and hearing involvement.
59 disease-causing and 150 uncertain variants in COL4A3 are linked to Hematuria, benign familial.
COL4A4: Collagen alpha-4(IV) chain
It combines with the alpha3 and alpha5 chains to form the mature type IV collagen network of glomerular, cochlear, and ocular basement membranes. Pathogenic variants cause autosomal Alport-spectrum disease and can present with isolated persistent hematuria.
51 disease-causing and 202 uncertain variants in COL4A4 are linked to Hematuria, benign familial.
Known disease-causing variants in Hematuria, benign familial
| Variant | Position | Protein part | Clinical label |
|---|---|---|---|
| COL4A3 G532C | 532 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G532D | 532 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G730E | 730 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G65S | 65 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G318D | 318 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G452R | 452 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G493R | 493 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G520D | 520 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G715S | 715 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G795E | 795 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G883R | 883 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G922E | 922 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G997E | 997 | Cell attachment site | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1207R | 1207 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1228D | 1228 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1385E | 1385 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G65V | 65 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G143V | 143 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G252V | 252 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G305V | 305 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G314D | 314 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G451S | 451 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G527C | 527 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G533D | 533 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G551D | 551 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G855R | 855 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G864R | 864 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G870R | 870 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G1066V | 1066 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G490R | 490 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G985E | 985 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1104R | 1104 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1167R | 1167 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 L1598R | 1598 | Collagen IV NC1 | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 C1616Y | 1616 | Collagen IV NC1 | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G68V | 68 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G161V | 161 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G252D | 252 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G698R | 698 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G1018R | 1018 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G55R | 55 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G115A | 115 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G439S | 439 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G593R | 593 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1003R | 1003 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1143R | 1143 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1418R | 1418 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G873R | 873 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G897E | 897 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G242E | 242 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G378R | 378 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G487R | 487 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1086E | 1086 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A3 G1192E | 1192 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G98S | 98 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G382A | 382 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G414R | 414 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G748A | 748 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G957R | 957 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
| COL4A4 G1008R | 1008 | Triple-helical region | Disease-causing (★★) |
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Uncertain variants in Hematuria, benign familial that look disease-causing
| Variant | Position | Protein part | Clinical label | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL4A4 G1106D | 1106 | Triple-helical region | Conflicting reports (★) | +7: G1106S at the same position is pathogenic; seen in 6.6e-06 of gnomAD DNA copies; REVEL 0.967 |
| COL4A4 G161R | 161 | Triple-helical region | Conflicting reports (★) | +6: G161V at the same position is pathogenic; REVEL 0.952 |
| COL4A4 G252S | 252 | Triple-helical region | Conflicting reports (★) | +6: 2 other pathogenic changes within 3 positions; G252V at the same position is pathogenic; seen in 6.6e-06 of gnomAD DNA copies; REVEL 0.748 |
Which prediction tools work for Hematuria, benign familial
How often each tool ranks a disease-causing variant above a harmless one (AUROC × 100).
- CATVariant: 100 out of 100 (learned from overlapping clinical labels, so this is optimistic)
- REVEL: 100 out of 100 (learned from overlapping clinical labels, so this is optimistic)
- MetaLR: 100 out of 100 (learned from overlapping clinical labels, so this is optimistic)
- phyloP: 99 out of 100
- SIFT: 96 out of 100
- PolyPhen-2: 94 out of 100 (learned from overlapping clinical labels, so this is optimistic)
- CADD: 94 out of 100
Same protein, different disease
- Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A3 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (131 disease-causing).
- Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A3 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (128 disease-causing).
- Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A3 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (32 disease-causing).
- Benign familial hematuria is also caused by COL4A3 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (17 disease-causing).
- Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A4 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (99 disease-causing).
- Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A4 variants; they fall partly in the same places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (57 disease-causing).
- Benign familial hematuria is also caused by COL4A4 variants; they fall mostly in different places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (17 disease-causing).
- Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome is also caused by COL4A4 variants; they fall partly in the same places as the Hematuria, benign familial variants (6 disease-causing).
Diseases related to Hematuria, benign familial
- Alport syndrome, also linked to COL4A3 and COL4A4
- Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome, also linked to COL4A3 and COL4A4
- Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome, also linked to COL4A3 and COL4A4
- Benign familial hematuria, also linked to COL4A3 and COL4A4
- Nephrotic syndrome, also linked to COL4A4
- Polycystic kidney disease, also linked to COL4A4
- Kidney disorder, also linked to COL4A3
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, also linked to COL4A4
Frequently asked questions
Which genes are linked to Hematuria, benign familial?
In CATVariant, Hematuria, benign familial is linked to 2 analyzed proteins: COL4A3 (Collagen alpha-3(IV) chain) and COL4A4 (Collagen alpha-4(IV) chain).
How many genetic variants are linked to Hematuria, benign familial?
501 variants: 110 are classified as disease-causing (pathogenic or likely pathogenic) in ClinVar and 352 are of uncertain significance or have conflicting reports.
Which uncertain variants in Hematuria, benign familial look disease-causing?
3 uncertain variants reach the likely-pathogenic range of the ACMG/AMP points scale on computable evidence, for example COL4A4 G1106D, COL4A4 G161R and COL4A4 G252S. These are leads for expert review, not diagnoses.
Which variant effect predictor works best for Hematuria, benign familial?
Among tools not trained on clinical labels, phyloP separates this disease's known disease-causing variants from harmless ones best (AUROC 0.99, based on 76 disease-causing and 96 harmless variants).
About this data
Variant–disease links come from ClinVar, Open Targets and UniProt, pooled from the latest public CATVariant analysis of each human protein. Evidence scores use the ACMG/AMP Bayesian points scale with computable criteria only (position among known disease variants, rarity in gnomAD, calibrated predictors, deep mutational scanning); there is no family or patient data, so they prioritise variants for expert review and never classify them.
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