Partial RAG deficiency (pRD) can manifest with systemic and tissue-specific immune dysregulation, with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in 15% of the patients. We aimed at identifying the immunopathological and microbial signatures associated with IBD in patients with pRD and in a mouse model of pRD (Rag1w/w) with spontaneous development of colitis. pRD patients with IBD and Rag1w/w mice showed a systemic and colonic Th1/Th17 inflammatory signature.
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July 2024
Background And Aims: There is an increased risk of lymphomas in inborn errors of immunity (IEI); however, germline genetic testing is rarely used in oncological patients, even in those with early onset of cancer. Our study focuses on a child with a recombination-activating gene 1 () deficiency who was identified through a screening program for Slavic founder genetic variants among patients who died with malignancy at an early age in Belarus.
Results: We identified one homozygous founder variant out of 24 available DNA samples from 71 patients who developed lymphoma aged <3 years from the Belarusian cancer registry between 1986 and 2023.
Key Clinical Message: Partial leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD-1) deficiency is extremely rare condition with milder infectious manifestation and immune system imbalance leads to increased risks of autoinflammatory complications, such as pyoderma gangrenosum, that can be triggered by trauma or pregnancy. In patients with spice-site ITGB2 variants, partial expression can occur due to different β2 integrin isophorms expression.
Abstract: LAD-1, OMIM ID #116920 is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder that results from mutations in the gene that encodes the CD18 β2 integrin subunit.
J Allergy Clin Immunol
October 2023
Background: Activated phosphoinositide-3-kinase δ syndrome (APDS) is an inborn error of immunity (IEI) with infection susceptibility and immune dysregulation, clinically overlapping with other conditions. Management depends on disease evolution, but predictors of severe disease are lacking.
Objectives: This study sought to report the extended spectrum of disease manifestations in APDS1 versus APDS2; compare these to CTLA4 deficiency, NFKB1 deficiency, and STAT3 gain-of-function (GOF) disease; and identify predictors of severity in APDS.
Background: In 2014, germline signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations were first described to cause a novel multisystem disease of early-onset lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity.
Objective: This pivotal cohort study defines the scope, natural history, treatment, and overall survival of a large global cohort of patients with pathogenic STAT3 GOF variants.
Methods: We identified 191 patients from 33 countries with 72 unique mutations.
Most of the currently known heterozygous pathogenic (Nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1) variants comprise deleterious defects such as severe truncations, internal deletions, and frameshift variants. Collectively, these represent the most frequent monogenic cause of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) identified so far. encodes the transcription factor precursor p105 which undergoes limited proteasomal processing of its C-terminal half to generate the mature NF-κB subunit p50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWarts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM) syndrome (WS) is a combined immunodeficiency caused by gain-of-function mutations in the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) gene. We characterize a unique international cohort of 66 patients, including 57 (86%) cases previously unreported, with variable clinical phenotypes. Of 17 distinct CXCR4 genetic variants within our cohort, 11 were novel pathogenic variants affecting 15 individuals (23%).
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July 2022
Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are genetically and clinically heterogeneous disorders that, in addition to infection susceptibility and immune dysregulation, can have an enhanced cancer predisposition. The increasing availability of upfront next-generation sequencing diagnostics in immunology and oncology have uncovered substantial overlap of germline and somatic genetic conditions that can result in immunodeficiency and cancer. However, broad application of unbiased genetics in these neighboring disciplines still needs to be deployed, and joined therapeutic strategies guided by germline and somatic genetic risk factors are lacking.
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November 2021
Front Immunol
June 2021
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by combined immunodeficiency and a high predisposition to lymphoid malignancies. The majority of NBS patients are identified with a homozygous five base pair deletion in the ( gene (c.657_661del5, p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVasculitis can be a life-threatening complication associated with high mortality and morbidity among patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), including variants of severe and combined immunodeficiencies ((S)CID). Our understanding of vasculitis in partial defects in recombination activating gene (RAG) deficiency, a prototype of (S)CIDs, is limited with no published systematic evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. In this report, we sought to establish the clinical, laboratory features, and treatment outcome of patients with vasculitis due to partial RAG deficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVariants in recombination-activating genes () are common genetic causes of autosomal recessive forms of combined immunodeficiencies (CID) ranging from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Omenn syndrome (OS), leaky SCID, and CID with granulomas and/or autoimmunity (CID-G/AI), and even milder presentation with antibody deficiency. We aim to estimate the incidence, clinical presentation, genetic variability, and treatment outcome with geographic distribution of patients with the defects in populations inhabiting South, West, and East Slavic countries. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected from -deficient patients of Slavic origin via chart review, retrospectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by spontaneous chromosomal instability with predisposition to immunodeficiency and cancer. We present a repeated NBS in two sons from one woman after two marriages. We describe the clinical data, cytogenetic, and molecular findings of a prenatally diagnosed fetus, and his brothers with NBS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere we describe a 10-year-old girl with combined immunodeficiency presenting as recurring chest infections, lung disease and herpetic skin infections. The patient experienced two hematopoietic stem cell transplantations and despite full chimerism, she developed bone marrow aplasia due to adenovirus infection and died at post-transplant day 86. Immunologic investigation revealed low numbers of TRECs/KRECs, a severe reduction of memory B cells, absence of isohemagglutinins, and low IgG levels.
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May 2019
Activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) δ Syndrome (APDS), caused by autosomal dominant mutations in (APDS1) or (APDS2), is a heterogeneous primary immunodeficiency. While initial cohort-descriptions summarized the spectrum of clinical and immunological manifestations, questions about long-term disease evolution and response to therapy remain. The prospective European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID)-APDS registry aims to characterize the disease course, identify outcome predictors, and evaluate treatment responses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtaxia-telangiectasia (AT) is a rare neurodegenerative disease characterized by an early onset ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, recurrent infections, radio-sensitivity, and a predisposition to malignancy. We present the case of a child with coexistent AT and trisomy X (47,XXX). We used fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to confirm that this person had 47,XXX karyotype in blood cells, bone marrow, fibroblasts, and buccal smear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: X-linked lymphoproliferative disease type I (XLP I) is caused by mutations in the SH2D1A gene and characterized mainly by hypogammaglobulinemia and abnormal response to Epstein-Barr virus with a high predisposition to B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma development.
Observations: In this article, we describe the experience of 2 centers in Belarus and in Russia that follow 3 male patients who were diagnosed with XLP I after lymphoma development and treatment. Three novel mutations c.