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N Engl J Med ; 391(1): 56-59, 2024 Jul 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38959481

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Hereditary angioedema is a potentially life-threatening autosomal dominant condition, causing attacks of angioedema due to failure to regulate bradykinin. Nearly all cases of hereditary angioedema are caused by mutations in the gene encoding C1 inhibitor, SERPING1. C1 inhibitor is a multifunctional protein produced in the liver that regulates the kallikrein-kinin system at multiple points. An infant with genetically confirmed hereditary angioedema and low C1 inhibitor levels (but without previous episodes of angioedema) underwent liver transplantation for biliary atresia, an unrelated condition. Liver transplantation led to normalization of the C1 inhibitor level and function. To our knowledge, this represents the first patient to be potentially cured of hereditary angioedema.


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Angioedemas Hereditarios , Proteína Inhibidora del Complemento C1 , Trasplante de Hígado , Humanos , Proteína Inhibidora del Complemento C1/uso terapéutico , Angioedemas Hereditarios/tratamiento farmacológico , Angioedemas Hereditarios/complicaciones , Angioedemas Hereditarios/genética , Lactante , Masculino , Femenino
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J Allergy Clin Immunol ; 152(2): 528-537, 2023 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36587851

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BACKGROUND: Granulomatous and lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (gl-ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with common variable immunodeficiency. Corticosteroids are recommended as first-line treatment for gl-ILD, but evidence for their efficacy is lacking. OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed the effect of high-dose corticosteroids (≥0.3 mg/kg prednisone equivalent) on gl-ILD, measured by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans, and pulmonary function test (PFT) results. METHODS: Patients who had received high-dose corticosteroids but no other immunosuppressive therapy at the time (n = 56) and who underwent repeated HRCT scanning or PFT (n = 39) during the retrospective and/or prospective phase of the Study of Interstitial Lung Disease in Primary Antibody Deficiency (STILPAD) were included in the analysis. Patients without any immunosuppressive treatment were selected as controls (n = 23). HRCT scans were blinded, randomized, and scored using the Hartman score. Differences between the baseline and follow-up HRCT scans and PFT were analyzed. RESULTS: Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids significantly improved HRCT scores and forced vital capacity. Carbon monoxide diffusion capacity significantly improved in both groups. Of 18 patients, for whom extended follow-up data was available, 13 achieved a long-term, maintenance therapy independent remission. All patients with relapse were retreated with corticosteroids, but only one-fifth of them responded. Two opportunistic infections were found in the corticosteroid treatment group, while overall infection rate was similar between cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Induction therapy with high-dose corticosteroids improved HRCT scans and PFT results of patients with gl-ILD and achieved long-term remission in 42% of patients. It was not associated with major side effects. Low-dose maintenance therapy provided no benefit and efficacy was poor in relapsing disease.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales , Humanos , Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico , Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico , Pulmón/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/etiología , Estudios Prospectivos , Estudios Retrospectivos
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Clin Immunol ; 234: 108910, 2022 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34922003

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Genetic variants in PIK3CD, PIK3R1 and NFKB1 cause the primary immune deficiencies, activated PI3Kδ syndrome (APDS) 1, APDS2 and NFκB1 haploinsufficiency, respectively. We have identified a family with known or potentially pathogenic variants NFKB1, TNFRSF13B and PIK3R1. The study's aim was to describe their associated immune and cellular phenotypes and compare with individuals with monogenic disease. NFκB1 pathway function was measured by immunoblotting and PI3Kδ pathway activity by phospho-flow cytometry. p105/p50 expression was absent in two individuals but elevated pS6 only in the index case. Transfection of primary T cells demonstrated increased basal pS6 signalling due to mutant PIK3R1, but not mutant NFKB1 or their wildtype forms. We report on the presence of pathogenic variant NFKB1, with likely modifying variants in TNFRSF13B and PIK3R1 in a family. We describe immune features of both NFκB1 haploinsufficiency and APDS2, and the inhibition of excessive PI3K signalling by rapamycin in vitro.


Asunto(s)
Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasa Clase Ia/genética , Haploinsuficiencia , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/genética , Subunidad p50 de NF-kappa B/genética , Proteína Activadora Transmembrana y Interactiva del CAML/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/etiología , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/inmunología , Masculino , Mutación , Adulto Joven
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J Clin Immunol ; 42(5): 923-934, 2022 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35420363

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BACKGROUND: Vaccination prevents severe morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in the general population. The immunogenicity and efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with antibody deficiency is poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 in patients with antibody deficiency (COV-AD) is a multi-site UK study that aims to determine the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in patients with primary or secondary antibody deficiency, a population that suffers from severe and recurrent infection and does not respond well to vaccination. METHODS: Individuals on immunoglobulin replacement therapy or with an IgG less than 4 g/L receiving antibiotic prophylaxis were recruited from April 2021. Serological and cellular responses were determined using ELISA, live-virus neutralisation and interferon gamma release assays. SARS-CoV-2 infection and clearance were determined by PCR from serial nasopharyngeal swabs. RESULTS: A total of 5.6% (n = 320) of the cohort reported prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, but only 0.3% remained PCR positive on study entry. Seropositivity, following two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, was 54.8% (n = 168) compared with 100% of healthy controls (n = 205). The magnitude of the antibody response and its neutralising capacity were both significantly reduced compared to controls. Participants vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were more likely to be seropositive (65.7% vs. 48.0%, p = 0.03) and have higher antibody levels compared with the AstraZeneca vaccine (IgGAM ratio 3.73 vs. 2.39, p = 0.0003). T cell responses post vaccination was demonstrable in 46.2% of participants and were associated with better antibody responses but there was no difference between the two vaccines. Eleven vaccine-breakthrough infections have occurred to date, 10 of them in recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine. CONCLUSION: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines demonstrate reduced immunogenicity in patients with antibody deficiency with evidence of vaccine breakthrough infection.


Asunto(s)
COVID-19 , Enfermedades de Inmunodeficiencia Primaria , Vacunas Virales , Anticuerpos Antivirales , Vacunas contra la COVID-19 , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2
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J Clin Immunol ; 41(6): 1315-1330, 2021 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34009545

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PURPOSE: Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) is characterized by low/absent serum immunoglobulins and susceptibility to bacterial infection. Patients can develop an infections-only phenotype or a complex disease course with inflammatory, autoimmune, and/or malignant complications. We hypothesized that deficient DNA repair mechanisms may be responsible for the antibody deficiency and susceptibility to inflammation and cancer in some patients. METHODS: Germline variants were identified following targeted sequencing of n = 252 genes related to DNA repair in n = 38 patients. NanoString nCounter PlexSet assay measured gene expression in n = 20 CVID patients and n = 7 controls. DNA damage and apoptosis were assessed by flow cytometry in n = 34 CVID patients and n = 11 controls. RESULTS: Targeted sequencing supported enrichment of rare genetic variants in genes related to DNA repair pathways with novel and rare likely pathogenic variants identified and an altered gene expression signature that distinguished patients from controls and complex patients from those with an infections-only phenotype. Consistent with this, flow cytometric analyses of lymphocytes following DNA damage revealed a subset of CVID patients whose immune cells have downregulated ATM, impairing the recruitment of other repair factors, delaying repair and promoting apoptosis. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that germline genetics and altered gene expression predispose a subset of CVID patients to increased sensitivity to DNA damage and reduced DNA repair capacity.


Asunto(s)
Apoptosis/genética , Proteínas de la Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutada/genética , Inmunodeficiencia Variable Común/genética , Reparación del ADN/genética , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Daño del ADN/genética , Femenino , Expresión Génica/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Fenotipo , Adulto Joven
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J Clin Immunol ; 40(2): 406-411, 2020 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31897776

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Germline gain-of-function mutations in CARD11 lead to the primary immunodeficiency, B cell expansion with NF-κB, and T cell anergy (BENTA). Herein, we report the case of a girl, presenting at 2 years of age with lymphocytosis and splenomegaly in whom a novel, in-frame, three base pair deletion in CARD11 was identified resulting in the deletion of a single lysine residue (K215del) from the coiled-coil domain. In vitro functional assays demonstrated that this variant leads to a subtle increase in baseline NF-κB signaling and impaired proliferative responses following T cell receptor and mitogenic stimulation. Previously reported immunological defects associated with BENTA appear mild in our patient who is now 6 years of age; a B cell lymphocytosis and susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections persist; however, she has broad, sustained responses to protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines and displays normal proliferative responses to ex vivo T cell stimulation.


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Linfocitos B/fisiología , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Señalización CARD/genética , Guanilato Ciclasa/genética , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/genética , Linfocitosis/genética , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Emparejamiento Base/genética , Proliferación Celular , Células Cultivadas , Niño , Preescolar , Anergia Clonal , Femenino , Heterocigoto , Humanos , Lactante , Activación de Linfocitos , Eliminación de Secuencia/genética
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J Allergy Clin Immunol ; 143(4): 1482-1495, 2019 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30170123

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BACKGROUND: Caspase activation and recruitment domain 11 (CARD11) encodes a scaffold protein in lymphocytes that links antigen receptor engagement with downstream signaling to nuclear factor κB, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1. Germline CARD11 mutations cause several distinct primary immune disorders in human subjects, including severe combined immune deficiency (biallelic null mutations), B-cell expansion with nuclear factor κB and T-cell anergy (heterozygous, gain-of-function mutations), and severe atopic disease (loss-of-function, heterozygous, dominant interfering mutations), which has focused attention on CARD11 mutations discovered by using whole-exome sequencing. OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the molecular actions of an extended allelic series of CARD11 and to characterize the expanding range of clinical phenotypes associated with heterozygous CARD11 loss-of-function alleles. METHODS: Cell transfections and primary T-cell assays were used to evaluate signaling and function of CARD11 variants. RESULTS: Here we report on an expanded cohort of patients harboring novel heterozygous CARD11 mutations that extend beyond atopy to include other immunologic phenotypes not previously associated with CARD11 mutations. In addition to (and sometimes excluding) severe atopy, heterozygous missense and indel mutations in CARD11 presented with immunologic phenotypes similar to those observed in signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 loss of function, dedicator of cytokinesis 8 deficiency, common variable immunodeficiency, neutropenia, and immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked-like syndrome. Pathogenic variants exhibited dominant negative activity and were largely confined to the CARD or coiled-coil domains of the CARD11 protein. CONCLUSION: These results illuminate a broader phenotypic spectrum associated with CARD11 mutations in human subjects and underscore the need for functional studies to demonstrate that rare gene variants encountered in expected and unexpected phenotypes must nonetheless be validated for pathogenic activity.


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Proteínas Adaptadoras de Señalización CARD/genética , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Señalización CARD/inmunología , Guanilato Ciclasa/genética , Guanilato Ciclasa/inmunología , Enfermedades del Sistema Inmune/genética , Enfermedades del Sistema Inmune/inmunología , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Mutación , Fenotipo
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Blood ; 130(12): 1456-1467, 2017 09 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28679735

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X-linked recessive ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency is a rare primary immunodeficiency caused by hypomorphic mutations of the IKBKG gene encoding the nuclear factor κB essential modulator (NEMO) protein. This condition displays enormous allelic, immunological, and clinical heterogeneity, and therapeutic decisions are difficult because NEMO operates in both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is potentially life-saving, but the small number of case reports available suggests it has been reserved for only the most severe cases. Here, we report the health status before HSCT, transplantation outcome, and clinical follow-up for a series of 29 patients from unrelated kindreds from 11 countries. Between them, these patients carry 23 different hypomorphic IKBKG mutations. HSCT was performed from HLA-identical related donors (n = 7), HLA-matched unrelated donors (n = 12), HLA-mismatched unrelated donors (n = 8), and HLA-haploidentical related donors (n = 2). Engraftment was documented in 24 patients, and graft-versus-host disease in 13 patients. Up to 7 patients died 0.2 to 12 months after HSCT. The global survival rate after HSCT among NEMO-deficient children was 74% at a median follow-up after HSCT of 57 months (range, 4-108 months). Preexisting mycobacterial infection and colitis were associated with poor HSCT outcome. The underlying mutation does not appear to have any influence, as patients with the same mutation had different outcomes. Transplantation did not appear to cure colitis, possibly as a result of cell-intrinsic disorders of the epithelial barrier. Overall, HSCT can cure most clinical features of patients with a variety of IKBKG mutations.


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Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Quinasa I-kappa B/genética , Mutación/genética , Preescolar , Estudios de Cohortes , Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/efectos adversos , Heterocigoto , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Inflamación/patología , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/etiología , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Fenotipo , Transducción de Señal/genética , Análisis de Supervivencia , Donantes de Tejidos , Acondicionamiento Pretrasplante , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Gut ; 66(6): 1060-1073, 2017 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26953272

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OBJECTIVE: Patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C1 (NPC1), a lysosomal lipid storage disorder that causes neurodegeneration and liver damage, can present with IBD, but neither the significance nor the functional mechanism of this association is clear. We studied bacterial handling and antibacterial autophagy in patients with NPC1. DESIGN: We characterised intestinal inflammation in 14 patients with NPC1 who developed IBD. We investigated bacterial handling and cytokine production of NPC1 monocytes or macrophages in vitro and compared NPC1-associated functional defects to those caused by IBD-associated nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) variants or mutations in X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP). RESULTS: Patients with the lysosomal lipid storage disorder NPC1 have increased susceptibility to early-onset fistulising colitis with granuloma formation, reminiscent of Crohn's disease (CD). Mutations in NPC1 cause impaired autophagy due to defective autophagosome function that abolishes NOD2-mediated bacterial handling in vitro similar to variants in NOD2 or XIAP deficiency. In contrast to genetic NOD2 and XIAP variants, NPC1 mutations do not impair NOD2-receptor-interacting kinase 2 (RIPK2)-XIAP-dependent cytokine production. Pharmacological activation of autophagy can rescue bacterial clearance in macrophages in vitro by increasing the autophagic flux and bypassing defects in NPC1. CONCLUSIONS: NPC1 confers increased risk of early-onset severe CD. Our data support the concept that genetic defects at different checkpoints of selective autophagy cause a shared outcome of CD-like immunopathology linking monogenic and polygenic forms of IBD. Muramyl dipeptide-driven cytokine responses and antibacterial autophagy induction are parallel and independent signalling cascades downstream of the NOD2-RIPK2-XIAP complex.


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Acetilmuramil-Alanil-Isoglutamina/metabolismo , Autofagia/genética , Enfermedad de Crohn/genética , Granuloma/genética , Macrófagos/efectos de los fármacos , Enfermedad de Niemann-Pick Tipo C/genética , Enfermedad de Niemann-Pick Tipo C/fisiopatología , Proteína Adaptadora de Señalización NOD2/genética , Proteína Inhibidora de la Apoptosis Ligada a X/genética , Acetilmuramil-Alanil-Isoglutamina/farmacología , Adolescente , Adulto , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Bacterias , Células Cultivadas , Niño , Preescolar , Clorpromazina/farmacología , Enfermedad de Crohn/complicaciones , Enfermedad de Crohn/patología , Antagonistas de Dopamina/farmacología , Femenino , Enfermedades Genéticas Ligadas al Cromosoma X/genética , Gentamicinas/farmacología , Granuloma/patología , Humanos , Imidazoles/farmacología , Leucocitos Mononucleares , Lisosomas , Macrófagos/fisiología , Masculino , Mutación , Enfermedad de Niemann-Pick Tipo C/complicaciones , Proteína Adaptadora de Señalización NOD2/metabolismo , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Piridazinas/farmacología , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinasa 2 de Interacción con Receptor/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinasa 2 de Interacción con Receptor/metabolismo , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Proteína Inhibidora de la Apoptosis Ligada a X/deficiencia , Proteína Inhibidora de la Apoptosis Ligada a X/metabolismo , Adulto Joven
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Clin Immunol ; 163: 17-21, 2016 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26680607

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Loss-of-function mutations in DOCK8 are linked to hyper-IgE syndrome. Patients typically present with recurrent sinopulmonary infections, severe cutaneous viral infections, food allergies and elevated serum IgE. Although patients may present with a spectrum of disease-related symptoms, molecular mechanisms explaining phenotypic variability in patients are poorly defined. Here we characterized a novel compound heterozygous mutation in DOCK8 in a patient diagnosed with primary combined immunodeficiency which was not typical of classical DOCK8 deficiency. In contrast to previously identified mutations in DOCK8 which result in complete loss of function, the newly identified single nucleotide insertion results in expression of a truncated DOCK8 protein. Functional evaluation of the truncated DOCK8 protein revealed its hypomorphic function. In addition we found somatic reversion of DOCK8 predominantly in T cells. The combination of somatic reversion and hypomorphic DOCK8 function explains the milder and atypical phenotype of the patient and further broadens the spectrum of DOCK8-associated disease.


Asunto(s)
Factores de Intercambio de Guanina Nucleótido/genética , Inmunoglobulina E/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina M/inmunología , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/inmunología , Bronquiectasia/etiología , Bronquiectasia/inmunología , Niño , Femenino , Heterocigoto , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/complicaciones , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/genética , Mutación , Recurrencia , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/etiología , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/inmunología
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Clin Immunol ; 160(2): 301-14, 2015 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26122175

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Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVIDs) are the most prevalent cause of primary antibody failure. CVIDs are highly variable and a genetic causes have been identified in <5% of patients. Here, we performed whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 34 CVID patients (94% sporadic) and combined them with transcriptomic profiling (RNA-sequencing of B cells) from three patients and three healthy controls. We identified variants in CVID disease genes TNFRSF13B, TNFRSF13C, LRBA and NLRP12 and enrichment of variants in known and novel disease pathways. The pathways identified include B-cell receptor signalling, non-homologous end-joining, regulation of apoptosis, T cell regulation and ICOS signalling. Our data confirm the polygenic nature of CVID and suggest individual-specific aetiologies in many cases. Together our data show that WGS in combination with RNA-sequencing allows for a better understanding of CVIDs and the identification of novel disease associated pathways.


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Linfocitos B/metabolismo , Inmunodeficiencia Variable Común/genética , Genoma/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Receptor del Factor Activador de Células B/genética , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Humanos , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intracelular/genética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Herencia Multifactorial , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Análisis de Secuencia de ARN , Proteína Activadora Transmembrana y Interactiva del CAML/genética , Adulto Joven
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J Clin Immunol ; 35(2): 112-8, 2015 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25504528

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XMEN disease (X-linked immunodeficiency with Magnesium defect, Epstein-Barr virus infection and Neoplasia) is a novel primary immune deficiency caused by mutations in MAGT1 and characterised by chronic infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBV-driven lymphoma, CD4 T-cell lymphopenia, and dysgammaglobulinemia [1]. Functional studies have demonstrated roles for magnesium as a second messenger in T-cell receptor signalling [1], and for NKG2D expression and consequently NK- and CD8 T-cell cytotoxicity [2]. 7 patients have been described in the literature; the oldest died at 45 years and was diagnosed posthumously [1-3]. We present the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian gentleman with a novel mutation in MAGT1 with the aim of adding to the phenotype of this newly described disease by detailing his clinical course over more than 20 years.


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Proteínas de Transporte de Catión/genética , Leucoencefalopatía Multifocal Progresiva/diagnóstico , Leucoencefalopatía Multifocal Progresiva/etiología , Mutación , Enfermedades por Inmunodeficiencia Combinada Ligada al Cromosoma X/complicaciones , Enfermedades por Inmunodeficiencia Combinada Ligada al Cromosoma X/genética , Encéfalo/patología , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18 , Humanos , Inmunofenotipificación , Ganglios Linfáticos/patología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Fenotipo , Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Enfermedades por Inmunodeficiencia Combinada Ligada al Cromosoma X/diagnóstico
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N Engl J Med ; 367(8): 725-34, 2012 Aug 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22913682

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BACKGROUND: Autoantibodies against interferon-γ are associated with severe disseminated opportunistic infection, but their importance and prevalence are unknown. METHODS: We enrolled 203 persons from sites in Thailand and Taiwan in five groups: 52 patients with disseminated, rapidly or slowly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (group 1); 45 patients with another opportunistic infection, with or without nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (group 2); 9 patients with disseminated tuberculosis (group 3); 49 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (group 4); and 48 healthy controls (group 5). Clinical histories were recorded, and blood specimens were obtained. RESULTS: Patients in groups 1 and 2 had CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts that were similar to those in patients in groups 4 and 5, and they were not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Washed cells obtained from patients in groups 1 and 2 had intact cytokine production and a response to cytokine stimulation. In contrast, plasma obtained from these patients inhibited the activity of interferon-γ in normal cells. High-titer anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies were detected in 81% of patients in group 1, 96% of patients in group 2, 11% of patients in group 3, 2% of patients in group 4, and 2% of controls (group 5). Forty other anticytokine autoantibodies were assayed. One patient with cryptococcal meningitis had autoantibodies only against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. No other anticytokine autoantibodies or genetic defects correlated with infections. There was no familial clustering. CONCLUSIONS: Neutralizing anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies were detected in 88% of Asian adults with multiple opportunistic infections and were associated with an adult-onset immunodeficiency akin to that of advanced HIV infection. (Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00814827.).


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Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/sangre , Autoanticuerpos/sangre , Enfermedades Autoinmunes/inmunología , Interferón gamma/inmunología , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/inmunología , Infecciones Oportunistas/inmunología , Adolescente , Adulto , Edad de Inicio , Anciano , Recuento de Linfocito CD4 , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Micosis/inmunología , Taiwán , Tailandia , Tuberculosis Pulmonar/inmunología , Adulto Joven
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J Clin Immunol ; 34(3): 277-82, 2014 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24557494

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Hypogammaglobulinemia is a common finding in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Its incidence increases with disease duration and stage such that it is present in up to 85 % of patients at some point in their disease course. It is therefore important to monitor patients for the development of an antibody deficiency. However, not all patients with antibody deficiency secondary to CLL are symptomatic with bacterial infections. In addition patients are susceptible to viral, fungal and opportunistic infections as a result of iatrogenic immunosuppression and through a variety of disease-related mechanisms, which affect cellular immunity and phagocytes. Published guidelines suggest that patients with a history of recurrent bacterial infections and a documented failure of antibody production should be treated with antibiotic prophylaxis in the first instance, with replacement immunoglobulin reserved for those who continue to suffer with significant bacterial infections. Here we present a review of the existing literature in order to provide a practical approach, based on best available evidence, to the investigation, monitoring and treatment of patients with antibody failure secondary to CLL; and we highlight areas in which further studies are needed.


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Agammaglobulinemia/etiología , Leucemia Linfocítica Crónica de Células B/complicaciones , Agammaglobulinemia/complicaciones , Agammaglobulinemia/diagnóstico , Agammaglobulinemia/tratamiento farmacológico , Profilaxis Antibiótica , Humanos , Inmunoglobulinas/administración & dosificación , Inmunoglobulinas/uso terapéutico , Leucemia Linfocítica Crónica de Células B/inmunología , Infecciones Oportunistas/tratamiento farmacológico , Infecciones Oportunistas/etiología
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Diabetes ; 2024 Jan 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38193882

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Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a non-receptor bound kinase involved in pro-inflammatory signalling in activated macrophages, however, its role within adipose tissue macrophages remains unclear. We have demonstrated that BTK signalling regulates macrophage M2-like polarisation state by up-regulating subunits of mitochondrially encoded electron transport chain Complex I (ND4 and NDL4) and Complex IV (mt-CO1, mt-CO2 and mt-CO3) resulting in an enhanced rate of oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) in an NF-κB independent manner. Critically, BTK expression is elevated in adipose tissue macrophages from obese individuals with diabetes, while key mitochondrial genes (mtC01, mtC02 and mtC03) are decreased in inflammatory myeloid cells from obese individuals. Inhibition of BTK signalling either globally (Xid mice) or in myeloid cells (LysMCreBTK), or therapeutically (Acalabrutinib) protects HFD-fed mice from developing glycaemic dysregulation by improving signalling through the IRS1/Akt/GSK3ß pathway. The beneficial effects of acalabrutinib treatment are lost in macrophage ablated mice. Inhibition of BTK signalling in myeloid cells but not B-cells, induced a phenotypic switch in adipose tissue macrophages from a pro-inflammatory M1-state to a pro-resolution M2-like phenotype, by shifting macrophage metabolism towards OxPhos. This reduces both local and systemic inflammation and protected mice from the immunometabolic consequences of obesity. Therefore, in BTK we have identified a macrophage specific, druggable target that can regulate adipose tissue polarisation and cellular metabolism that can confer systematic benefit in metabolic syndrome.

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Blood ; 118(10): 2653-5, 2011 Sep 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21670465

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The syndrome of monocytopenia, B-cell and NK-cell lymphopenia, and mycobacterial, fungal, and viral infections is associated with myelodysplasia, cytogenetic abnormalities, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and myeloid leukemias. Both autosomal dominant and sporadic cases occur. We identified 12 distinct mutations in GATA2 affecting 20 patients and relatives with this syndrome, including recurrent missense mutations affecting the zinc finger-2 domain (R398W and T354M), suggesting dominant interference of gene function. Four discrete insertion/deletion mutations leading to frame shifts and premature termination implicate haploinsufficiency as a possible mechanism of action as well. These mutations were found in hematopoietic and somatic tissues, and several were identified in families, indicating germline transmission. Thus, GATA2 joins RUNX1 and CEBPA not only as a familial leukemia gene but also as a cause of a complex congenital immunodeficiency that evolves over decades and combines predisposition to infection and myeloid malignancy.


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Factor de Transcripción GATA2/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Monocitos/patología , Mutación/genética , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/etiología , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/patología , Mycobacterium/patogenicidad , Genes Dominantes , Humanos , Síndrome
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Blood ; 115(8): 1519-29, 2010 Feb 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20040766

RESUMEN

We identified 18 patients with the distinct clinical phenotype of susceptibility to disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, viral infections, especially with human papillomaviruses, and fungal infections, primarily histoplasmosis, and molds. This syndrome typically had its onset in adulthood (age range, 7-60 years; mean, 31.1 years; median, 32 years) and was characterized by profound circulating monocytopenia (mean, 13.3 cells/microL; median, 14.5 cells/microL), B lymphocytopenia (mean, 9.4 cells/microL; median, 4 cells/microL), and NK lymphocytopenia (mean, 16 cells/microL; median, 5.5 cells/microL). T lymphocytes were variably affected. Despite these peripheral cytopenias, all patients had macrophages and plasma cells at sites of inflammation and normal immunoglobulin levels. Ten of these patients developed 1 or more of the following malignancies: 9 myelodysplasia/leukemia, 1 vulvar carcinoma and metastatic melanoma, 1 cervical carcinoma, 1 Bowen disease of the vulva, and 1 multiple Epstein-Barr virus(+) leiomyosarcoma. Five patients developed pulmonary alveolar proteinosis without mutations in the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor or anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies. Among these 18 patients, 5 families had 2 generations affected, suggesting autosomal dominant transmission as well as sporadic cases. This novel clinical syndrome links susceptibility to mycobacterial, viral, and fungal infections with malignancy and can be transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern.


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Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad/genética , Leucopenia/genética , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/genética , Micosis/genética , Síndromes Mielodisplásicos/genética , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/genética , Linaje , Adolescente , Adulto , Niño , Femenino , Hongos , Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/sangre , Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/complicaciones , Humanos , Recuento de Leucocitos , Leucopenia/sangre , Leucopenia/complicaciones , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mycobacterium , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/sangre , Infecciones por Mycobacterium/etiología , Micosis/sangre , Micosis/etiología , Síndromes Mielodisplásicos/sangre , Síndromes Mielodisplásicos/etiología , Neoplasias/sangre , Neoplasias/etiología , Neoplasias/genética , Papillomaviridae , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/sangre , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/etiología
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Front Immunol ; 13: 984376, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36211396

RESUMEN

Background: Individuals with primary and secondary immunodeficiency (PID/SID) were shown to be at risk of poor outcomes during the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 vaccines demonstrate reduced immunogenicity in these patients. Objectives: To understand whether the risk of severe COVID-19 in individuals with PID or SID has changed following the deployment of vaccination and therapeutics in the context of the emergence of novel viral variants of concern. Methods: The outcomes of two cohorts of patients with PID and SID were compared: the first, infected between March and July 2020, prior to vaccination and treatments, the second after these intervention became available between January 2021 and April 2022. Results: 22.7% of immunodeficient patients have been infected at least once with SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the pandemic, compared to over 70% of the general population. Immunodeficient patients were typically infected later in the pandemic when the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant was dominant. This delay was associated with receipt of more vaccine doses and higher pre-infection seroprevalence. Compared to March-July 2020, hospitalization rates (53.3% vs 17.9%, p<0.0001) and mortality (Infection fatality rate 20.0% vs 3.4%, p=0.0003) have significantly reduced for patients with PID but remain elevated compared to the general population. The presence of a serological response to vaccination was associated with a reduced duration of viral detection by PCR in the nasopharynx. Early outpatient treatment with antivirals or monoclonal antibodies reduced hospitalization during the Omicron wave. Conclusions: Most individuals with immunodeficiency in the United Kingdom remain SARS-CoV-2 infection naïve. Vaccination, widespread availability of outpatient treatments and, possibly, the emergence of the B.1.1.529 variant have led to significant improvements in morbidity and mortality followings SARS-CoV-2 infection since the start of the pandemic. However, individuals with PID and SID remain at significantly increased risk of poor outcomes compared to the general population; mitigation, vaccination and treatment strategies must be optimized to minimize the ongoing burden of the pandemic in these vulnerable cohorts.


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COVID-19 , Humanos , Anticuerpos Monoclonales , Antivirales , COVID-19/epidemiología , Vacunas contra la COVID-19 , Hospitalización , SARS-CoV-2/genética , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Vacunación
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