PLVAP and Protein-losing enteropathy: Moreover, humans that own a nonsense mutation in the PLVAP-gene develop similar disease profiles characterized by protein losing enteropathy, hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypertriglyceridemia, which can lead to a kwashiorkor‐like wasting syndrome and death (Elkadri et al. 2015; Stan et al. 2012).