Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic disorder that presents with difficulty swallowing, vomiting, failure to thrive, and food impaction in adulthood. Several EoE-associated pathways have been identified; however, the underlying genetic causes of this disorder are poorly understood. In this episode, Marc Rothenberg and colleagues used whole-exome sequencing and identified EoE-associated variants in the mitochondrial oxioreductases DHTKD1 and OGDHL. In T cells, loss of DHTKD1 function increased ROS and viperin, which promotes Th2 cytokine production. Moreover, viperin was increased in esophageal biopsies from EoE patients. Together, these results implicate mitochondrial dysfunction in EoE pathogenesis.

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