GJB6 and autosomal recessive disease: Similar reports have shown GJB2/GJB6 (Cheng et al., 2005) and GJB2/GJB3 (Yuan et al., 2010) variants in 11% of deaf children, and genetic interaction between GJB2 and GJB3 in three unrelated families with autosomal recessive hereditary diseases (Liu et al., 2009).