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WHIM syndrome is typically caused by C-terminal gain-of-function variants in , yet clinical heterogeneity suggests additional genetic modifiers. We investigated a family in which the 22-year-old proband harbored two heterozygous variants: a novel missense variant, c.1022C>A (p.S341Y), and a frameshift variant in , c.980dup (p.A328Sfs*12). Functionally, CXCR4 p.S341Y substitution - located two residues upstream of the known pathogenic p.E343K variant - increased CXCL12-induced chemotaxis and ERK/AKT signaling while minimally affecting receptor internalization, supporting a partial gain-of-function. The variant co-segregated with mild neutropenia, recurrent respiratory infections, and cutaneous warts in the paternal lineage. In contrast, the maternal variant was associated with agammaglobulinemia and autoimmunity. Their co-inheritance in the proband resulted in a blended WHIM/CVID phenotype characterized by myelokathexis, B-cell maturation arrest and T-cell dysregulation. This case expands the phenotypic spectrum of variants and highlights how multilocus inheritance can obscure classical diagnostic boundaries and guide individualized therapy.
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Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany. Electronic address:
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