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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents a spectrum of disease, which is characterized by chronic gastrointestinal inflammation. Monogenic mutations driving IBD pathogenesis are more highly represented in early-onset compared to adult-onset disease. The pathogenic genes which dysregulate host immune responses in monogenic IBD affect both the innate (ie, intestinal barrier, phagocytes) and adaptive immune systems (ie, T cells, B cells). Advanced genomic and targeted functional testing can improve clinical decision making and present increased opportunities for precision medicine approaches in this important patient population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Atiye Olcay Bilgic Dagci
- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Michigan, C.S Mott Children's Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive Medical Professional Building Floor 2, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5718, USA.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, U-M Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, University of Michigan, 3912 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, SPC 5362, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5362, USA
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Musabak U, Erdoğan T, Ceylaner S, Özbek E, Suna N, Özdemir BH. Efficacy of abatacept treatment in a patient with enteropathy carrying a variant of unsignificance in CTLA4 gene: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11:6176-6182. [PMID: 37731560 PMCID: PMC10507547 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i26.6176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA4) deficiency is a genetic defect that causes a common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) clinical phenotype. Several studies have reported an association between CTLA mutations or variants and various autoimmune diseases. Targeted therapy models, which have become increasingly popular in recent years, have been successful in treating CTLA4 deficiency. In this article, we discuss the clinical outcomes of abatacept treatment in a patient with CTLA4 and lipopolysaccharide-responsive beige-like anchor (LRBA) variants that was previously diagnosed with CVID. CASE SUMMARY A 25-year-old female patient, who was visibly cachectic, visited our clinic over the course of five years, complaining of diarrhea. The patient was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in the centers she had visited previously, and various treatments were administered; however, clinical improvement could not be achieved. Severe hypokalemia was detected during an examination. Her serum immunoglobulin levels, CD19+ B-cell percentage, and CD4/CD8 ratio were low. An endoscopic examination revealed erosive gastritis, nodular duodenitis, and pancolitis. Histopathological findings supported the presence of immune mediated enteropathy. When the patient was examined carefully, she was diagnosed with CVID, and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment was initiated. Peroral and rectal therapeutic drugs including steroid therapy episodes were administered to treat the immune mediated enteropathy. Strict follow-ups and treatment were performed due to the hypokalemia. After conducting genetic analyses, the CTLA4 and LRBA variants were identified and abatacept treatment was initiated. With targeted therapy, the patient's clinical and laboratory findings rapidly regressed, and there was an increase in weight. CONCLUSION The heterozygous CTLA4 variant identified in the patient has been previously shown to be associated with various autoimmune diseases. The successful clinical outcome of abatacept treatment in this patient supports the idea that this variant plays a role in the immunopathogenesis of the disease. In the presence of severe disease, abatacept therapy should be considered until further testing can be conducted.
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- Ugur Musabak
- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara 06490, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara 06490, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara 06000, Turkey
- Department of Medical Genetics, Intergen Genetic and Rare Disease Diagnosis and Reseach Center, Ankara 06000, Turkey
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- Department of Immunology-Allergy, Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06490, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara 06000, Turkey
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Palmisani E, Miano M, Grossi A, Lanciotti M, Lupia M, Terranova P, Ceccherini I, Montanari E, Calvillo M, Pierri F, Micalizzi C, Maggiore R, Guardo D, Zanardi S, Facchini E, Maggio A, Mastrodicasa E, Corti P, Russo G, Pillon M, Farruggia P, Cesaro S, Barone A, Tosetti F, Ramenghi U, Crescenzio N, Bleesing J, Dufour C, Fioredda F. Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS) Disease and ALPS Phenotype: Are They Two Distinct Entities? Hemasphere 2023; 7:e845. [PMID: 36844186 DOI: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is an inherited disorder of lymphocyte homeostasis classically due to mutation of FAS, FASL, and CASP10 genes (ALPS-FAS/CASP10). Despite recent progress, about one-third of ALPS patients does not carry classical mutations and still remains gene orphan (ALPS-U, undetermined genetic defects). The aims of the present study were to compare the clinical and immunological features of ALPS-FAS/CASP10 versus those of ALPS-U affected subjects and to deepen the genetic characteristics of this latter group. Demographical, anamnestic, biochemical data were retrieved from medical record of 46 ALPS subjects. An enlarged panel of genes (next-generation sequencing) was applied to the ALPS-U group. ALPS-U subjects showed a more complex phenotype if compared to ALPS-FAS/CASP10 group, characterized by multiorgan involvement (P = 0.001) and positivity of autoimmune markers (P = 0.02). Multilineage cytopenia was present in both groups without differences with the exception of lymphocytopenia and autoimmune neutropenia that were more frequent in ALPS-U than in the ALPS-FAS/CASP10 group (P = 0.01 and P = 0.04). First- and second-line treatments were able to control the symptoms in 100% of the ALPS-FAS/CASP10 patients, while 63% of ALPS-U needed >2 lines of treatment and remission in some cases was obtained only after target therapy. In the ALPS-U group, we found in 14 of 28 (50%) patients 19 variants; of these, 4 of 19 (21%) were known as pathogenic and 8 of 19 (42%) as likely pathogenic. A characteristic flow cytometry panel including CD3CD4-CD8-+TCRαβ+, CD3+CD25+/CD3HLADR+, TCR αβ+ B220+, and CD19+CD27+ identified the ALPS-FAS/CASP10 group. ALPS-U seems to represent a distinct entity from ALPS-FAS/CASP10; this is relevant for management and tailored treatments whenever available.
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Galati A, Muciaccia R, Marucci A, Di Paola R, Menzaghi C, Ortolani F, Rutigliano A, Rotondo A, Fischetto R, Piccinno E, Delvecchio M. Early-Onset Diabetes in an Infant with a Novel Frameshift Mutation in LRBA. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:11031. [PMID: 36078750 PMCID: PMC9517908 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191711031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We describe early-onset diabetes in a 6-month-old patient carrying an LRBA gene mutation. Mutations in this gene cause primary immunodeficiency with autoimmune disorders in infancy. At admission, he was in diabetic ketoacidosis, and treatment with fluid infusion rehydration and then i.v. insulin was required. He was discharged with a hybrid closed-loop system for insulin infusion and prevention of hypoglycemia (Minimed Medtronic 670G). He underwent a next-generation sequencing analysis for monogenic diabetes genes, which showed that he was compound heterozygous for two mutations in the LRBA gene. In the following months, he developed arthritis of hands and feet, chronic diarrhea, and growth failure. He underwent bone marrow transplantation with remission of diarrhea and arthritis, but not of diabetes and growth failure. The blood glucose control has always been at target (last HbA1c 6%) without any severe hypoglycemia. LRBA gene mutations are a very rare cause of autoimmune diabetes. This report describes the clinical course in a very young patient. The hybrid closed-loop system was safe and efficient in the management of blood glucose. This report describes the clinical course of diabetes in a patient with a novel LRBA gene mutation.
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- Alessio Galati
- Department of Pediatrics, Giovanni XXIII Children Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Giovanni XXIII Children Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Research Unit of Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013 Foggia, Italy
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- Research Unit of Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013 Foggia, Italy
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- Research Unit of Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013 Foggia, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, AOU Policlinico di Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Dell'Orso G, Grossi A, Penco F, Caorsi R, Palmisani E, Terranova P, Schena F, Lupia M, Ricci E, Montalto S, Pierri F, Ceccherini I, Fioredda F, Dufour C, Gattorno M, Miano M. Case Report: Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase 2 Presenting With Overlapping Features of Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome and Bone Marrow Failure. Front Immunol 2021; 12:754029. [PMID: 34721429 PMCID: PMC8552009 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.754029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an autosomal recessive disease associated with a highly variable clinical presentation, such as vasculitis, inflammation, and hematologic manifestations. Some associations of clinical features can mimic autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). We report a case of a female patient who fulfilled the 2009 National Institute of Health revised criteria for ALPS and received a delayed diagnosis of DADA2. During her childhood, she suffered from autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia, and chronic lymphoproliferation, which partially responded to multiple lines of treatments and were followed, at 25 years of age, by pulmonary embolism, septic shock, and bone marrow failure with myelodysplastic evolution. The patient died from the progression of pulmonary disease and multiorgan failure. Two previously unreported variants of gene ADA2/CECR1 were found through next-generation sequencing analysis, and a pathogenic role was demonstrated through a functional study. A single somatic STAT3 mutation was also found. Clinical phenotypes encompassing immune dysregulation and marrow failure should be evaluated at the early stage of diagnostic work-up with an extended molecular evaluation. A correct genetic diagnosis may lead to a precision medicine approach consisting of the use of targeted treatments or early hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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- Gianluca Dell'Orso
- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Unitá Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale (UOSD) Genetics and Genomics of Rare Diseases, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie e Immunodeficienze, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie e Immunodeficienze, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie e Immunodeficienze, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Covid Hospital, Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Covid Hospital, Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Unitá Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale (UOSD) Genetics and Genomics of Rare Diseases, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie e Immunodeficienze, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scintifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Mazzoni M, Dell'Orso G, Grossi A, Ceccherini I, Viola S, Terranova P, Micalizzi C, Guardo D, Massaccesi E, Palmisani E, Calvillo M, Fioredda F, Malattia C, Dufour C, Ravelli A, Miano M. Underlying CTLA4 Deficiency in a Patient With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Features Successfully Treated With Abatacept-A Case Report. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021; 43:e1168-e1172. [PMID: 33625086 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Functional variants of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4) could contribute to the pathogenesis of disorders characterized by abnormal T-cell responses. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who first presented with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis poorly responsive to treatment. During the following years the patient developed cytopenias, chronic lymphoproliferation, high values of T-cell receptor αβ+ CD4- CD8- double-negative T cells and defective Fas-mediated T cells apoptosis. Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome was diagnosed and therapy with mycophenolate mofetil was started, with good hematological control. Due to the persistence of active polyarthritis, mycophenolate mofetil was replaced with sirolimus. In the following months the patient developed hypogammaglobulinemia and started having severe diarrhea. Histologically, duodenitis and chronic gastritis were present. Using the next generation sequencing-based gene panel screening, a CTLA4 mutation was detected (p.Cys58Serfs*13). At the age of 21 the patient developed acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia; steroid treatment in combination with abatacept were started with clinical remission of all symptoms, even arthritis. CONCLUSIONS Targeted immunologic screening and appropriate genetic tests could help in the diagnosis of a specific genetically mediated immune dysregulation syndrome, allowing to select those patients who can take advantage of target therapy, as in the case of abatacept in CTLA4 deficiency.
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- Marta Mazzoni
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic, and Maternal and Infant Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic, and Maternal and Infant Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa
- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic, and Maternal and Infant Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa
- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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López-Nevado M, González-Granado LI, Ruiz-García R, Pleguezuelo D, Cabrera-Marante O, Salmón N, Blanco-Lobo P, Domínguez-Pinilla N, Rodríguez-Pena R, Sebastián E, Cruz-Rojo J, Olbrich P, Ruiz-Contreras J, Paz-Artal E, Neth O, Allende LM. Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders With an Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome-Like Phenotype: Immunologic Evaluation, Early Diagnosis and Management. Front Immunol 2021; 12:671755. [PMID: 34447369 PMCID: PMC8382720 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.671755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary immune regulatory disorders (PIRD) are associated with autoimmunity, autoinflammation and/or dysregulation of lymphocyte homeostasis. Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a PIRD due to an apoptotic defect in Fas-FasL pathway and characterized by benign and chronic lymphoproliferation, autoimmunity and increased risk of lymphoma. Clinical manifestations and typical laboratory biomarkers of ALPS have also been found in patients with a gene defect out of the Fas-FasL pathway (ALPS-like disorders). Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA), we identified more than 600 patients suffering from 24 distinct genetic defects described in the literature with an autoimmune lymphoproliferative phenotype (ALPS-like syndromes) corresponding to phenocopies of primary immunodeficiency (PID) (NRAS, KRAS), susceptibility to EBV (MAGT1, PRKCD, XIAP, SH2D1A, RASGRP1, TNFRSF9), antibody deficiency (PIK3CD gain of function (GOF), PIK3R1 loss of function (LOF), CARD11 GOF), regulatory T-cells defects (CTLA4, LRBA, STAT3 GOF, IL2RA, IL2RB, DEF6), combined immunodeficiencies (ITK, STK4), defects in intrinsic and innate immunity and predisposition to infection (STAT1 GOF, IL12RB1) and autoimmunity/autoinflammation (ADA2, TNFAIP3,TPP2, TET2). CTLA4 and LRBA patients correspond around to 50% of total ALPS-like cases. However, only 100% of CTLA4, PRKCD, TET2 and NRAS/KRAS reported patients had an ALPS-like presentation, while the autoimmunity and lymphoproliferation combination resulted rare in other genetic defects. Recurrent infections, skin lesions, enteropathy and malignancy are the most common clinical manifestations. Some approaches available for the immunological study and identification of ALPS-like patients through flow cytometry and ALPS biomarkers are provided in this work. Protein expression assays for NKG2D, XIAP, SAP, CTLA4 and LRBA deficiencies and functional studies of AKT, STAT1 and STAT3 phosphorylation, are showed as useful tests. Patients suspected to suffer from one of these disorders require rapid and correct diagnosis allowing initiation of tailored specific therapeutic strategies and monitoring thereby improving the prognosis and their quality of life.
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- Marta López-Nevado
- Immunology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain
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- Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,Immunodeficiency Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Department, Centre Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain
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- Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,Immunodeficiency Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicine Institute (IBiS)/University of Seville/Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Toledo Hospital Complex, Toledo, Spain and University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology and Hemotherapy Unit, University Children's Hospital Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicine Institute (IBiS)/University of Seville/Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,Immunodeficiency Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicine Institute (IBiS)/University of Seville/Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Immunology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.,Research Institute Hospital 12 Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.,School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Grossi A, Miano M, Lanciotti M, Fioredda F, Guardo D, Palmisani E, Terranova P, Santamaria G, Caroli F, Caorsi R, Volpi S, Gattorno M, Dufour C, Ceccherini I. Targeted NGS Yields Plentiful Ultra-Rare Variants in Inborn Errors of Immunity Patients. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1299. [PMID: 34573280 DOI: 10.3390/genes12091299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) include a large group of inherited diseases sharing either poor, dysregulated, or absent and/or acquired function in one or more components of the immune system. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has driven a rapid increase in the recognition of such defects, though the wide heterogeneity of genetically diverse but phenotypically overlapping diseases has often prevented the molecular characterization of the most complex patients. Two hundred and seventy-two patients were submitted to three successive NGS-based gene panels composed of 58, 146, and 312 genes. Along with pathogenic and likely pathogenic causative gene variants, accounting for the corresponding disorders (37/272 patients, 13.6%), a number of either rare (probably) damaging variants in genes unrelated to patients’ phenotype, variants of unknown significance (VUS) in genes consistent with their clinics, or apparently inconsistent benign, likely benign, or VUS variants were also detected. Finally, a remarkable amount of yet unreported variants of unknown significance were also found, often recurring in our dataset. The NGS approach demonstrated an expected IEI diagnostic rate. However, defining the appropriate list of genes for these panels may not be straightforward, and the application of unbiased approaches should be taken into consideration, especially when patients show atypical clinical pictures.
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