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Kaditis A, Botsa E, Georgiadou E, Petropoulou T, Sandu A, Kanaka-Gantenbein C. Mild nocturnal hypoxaemia and elevated pulse rate in infants with viral bronchiolitis: An oximetry-based study. Acta Paediatr 2022; 111:642-643. [PMID: 32986254 DOI: 10.1111/apa.15599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Athanasios Kaditis
- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Filippidou M, Petropoulou T, Botsa E, Vasilakis IA, Smyrnaki P, Orfanou I, Kaditis A, Kanaka-Gantenbein C. ROHHAD syndrome - A still unrecognized cause of childhood obesity: report of three cases. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2020; 33:1341-1348. [PMID: 32990648 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2020-0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objectives Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a rare, potentially fatal, pediatric syndrome. Case presentations We describe three cases of ROHHAD-syndrome in Greece. The main and earliest symptom was the excessive and rapid weight gain at 5, 2, and 3 years of age. Years after the onset of obesity, the patients developed hypothalamic dysfunction with various endocrinological abnormalities (at 9, 8, and 6.8 years, respectively), autonomic dysregulation and finally, alveolar hypoventilation (at 14.6, 8, and 7.8 years, respectively), leading to the diagnosis of ROHHAD-syndrome. Conclusions The rarity of the syndrome, the variable symptoms' presentation, and the lack of specific diagnostic tests could explain why no previous cases have been reported from our country. The rapid onset of obesity was underestimated, and the patients were misdiagnosed with other more common obesity syndromes. Therefore, we propose a questionnaire to help physicians identify patients with ROHHAD-syndrome.
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- Maria Filippidou
- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia» Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Petropoulou T, Amin S. A difficult case of robotic splenic-flexure mobilization, performed by a trainee surgeon with a dual Davinci console. Tech Coloproctol 2020; 24:891. [PMID: 32342251 PMCID: PMC7359162 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-020-02216-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- T Petropoulou
- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Sheffield, UK.
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Sheffield, UK
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Petropoulou T, Amin S. Effect on short-term outcomes in elective colorectal surgery after optimising the enhanced recovery pathway. Our experience in a tertiary care university hospital. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2019.03.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Valari M, Stathi A, Petropoulou T, Kakourou T, Pangali A, Arabatzis M. Cases of Tinea capitis due to pale isolates of Trichophyton violaceum (Trichophyton glabrum) in South-East Europe. A challenge to the clinical laboratory. Med Mycol Case Rep 2012; 1:66-8. [PMID: 24371741 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Two recent indigenous cases of tinea capitis in children due to pale isolates of Trichophyton violaceum are reported herein for the first time from South-East Europe (Greece). Pale isolates of Trichophyton violaceum, reported in the past as Trichophyton glabrum, are thus far sporadically reported only from African or Asian countries. The cases reported herein raise the awareness of its existence in the community, assigning special importance to its accurate identification in the clinical laboratory.
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- Manthoula Valari
- Pediatric Dermatology Department, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (Lecturer Elect), Athens, Greece ; Mycology Laboratory (K.A.70/3/6915), Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Gaspar HB, Cooray S, Gilmour KC, Parsley KL, Zhang F, Adams S, Bjorkegren E, Bayford J, Brown L, Davies EG, Veys P, Fairbanks L, Bordon V, Petropoulou T, Petropolou T, Kinnon C, Thrasher AJ. Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency leads to long-term immunological recovery and metabolic correction. Sci Transl Med 2012; 3:97ra80. [PMID: 21865538 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Genetic defects in the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADA) lead to severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) with profound depletion of T, B, and natural killer cell lineages. Human leukocyte antigen-matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers a successful treatment option. However, individuals who lack a matched donor must receive mismatched transplants, which are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for ADA-SCID is available, but the associated suboptimal correction of immunological defects leaves patients susceptible to infection. Here, six children were treated with autologous CD34-positive hematopoietic bone marrow stem and progenitor cells transduced with a conventional gammaretroviral vector encoding the human ADA gene. All patients stopped ERT and received mild chemotherapy before infusion of gene-modified cells. All patients survived, with a median follow-up of 43 months (range, 24 to 84 months). Four of the six patients recovered immune function as a result of engraftment of gene-corrected cells. In two patients, treatment failed because of disease-specific and technical reasons: Both restarted ERT and remain well. Of the four reconstituted patients, three remained off enzyme replacement. Moreover, three of these four patients discontinued immunoglobulin replacement, and all showed effective metabolic detoxification. All patients remained free of infection, and two cleared problematic persistent cytomegalovirus infection. There were no adverse leukemic side effects. Thus, gene therapy for ADA-SCID is safe, with effective immunological and metabolic correction, and may offer a viable alternative to conventional unrelated donor HSCT.
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- H Bobby Gaspar
- Centre for Immunodeficiency, Molecular Immunology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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Goussetis E, Konialis CP, Peristeri I, Kitra V, Dimopoulou M, Petropoulou T, Vessalas G, Papassavas A, Tzanoudaki M, Kokkali G, Petrakou E, Spiropoulos A, Pangalos CG, Pantos K, Graphakos S. Successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 2 children with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease from their unaffected HLA-identical siblings selected using preimplantation genetic diagnosis combined with HLA typing. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2009; 16:344-9. [PMID: 19835970 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Accepted: 10/10/2009] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We report 2 children with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD) who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using grafts from their siblings selected before implantation to be both unaffected and HLA-matched donors. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) along with HLA-typing were performed on preimplantation embryos by single-cell multiplex polymerase chain reaction using informative short tandem repeat markers in the HLA locus together with the gene region containing the mutations. Two singleton pregnancies resulted from the intrauterine transfer of selected embryos; these developed to term, producing 1 healthy female and 1 X-CGD carrier female, which are HLA-identical siblings to the 2 affected children. Combined grafts of umbilical cord blood (UCB) and bone marrow (BM) stem cells were administered to the recipients after myeloablative (MA) conditioning at the ages of 4.5 years and 4 years, respectively. Both patients are well, with complete donor hematopoietic and immunologic reconstitution, at 18 and 13 months posttransplantation, respectively. This report demonstrates that HSCT with HLA-matched sibling donors created by PGD/HLA typing of in vitro fertilized embryos is a realistic therapeutic option and should be presented as such to families with children who require a non-urgent HSCT but lack an HLA-genoidentical donor.
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- Evgenios Goussetis
- Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Thivon and Mikras Asias, Athens, Greece.
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Boztug K, Appaswamy G, Ashikov A, Schäffer AA, Salzer U, Diestelhorst J, Germeshausen M, Brandes G, Lee-Gossler J, Noyan F, Gatzke AK, Minkov M, Greil J, Kratz C, Petropoulou T, Pellier I, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Rezaei N, Mönkemöller K, Irani-Hakimeh N, Bakker H, Gerardy-Schahn R, Zeidler C, Grimbacher B, Welte K, Klein C. A syndrome with congenital neutropenia and mutations in G6PC3. N Engl J Med 2009; 360:32-43. [PMID: 19118303 PMCID: PMC2778311 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0805051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The main features of severe congenital neutropenia are the onset of severe bacterial infections early in life, a paucity of mature neutrophils, and an increased risk of leukemia. In many patients, the genetic causes of severe congenital neutropenia are unknown. METHODS We performed genomewide genotyping and linkage analysis on two consanguineous pedigrees with a total of five children affected with severe congenital neutropenia. Candidate genes from the linkage interval were sequenced. Functional assays and reconstitution experiments were carried out. RESULTS All index patients were susceptible to bacterial infections and had very few mature neutrophils in the bone marrow; structural heart defects, urogenital abnormalities, and venous angiectasia on the trunk and extremities were additional features. Linkage analysis of the two index families yielded a combined multipoint lod score of 5.74 on a linkage interval on chromosome 17q21. Sequencing of G6PC3, the candidate gene encoding glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit 3, revealed a homozygous missense mutation in exon 6 that abolished the enzymatic activity of glucose-6-phosphatase in all affected children in the two families. The patients' neutrophils and fibroblasts had increased susceptibility to apoptosis. The myeloid cells showed evidence of increased endoplasmic reticulum stress and increased activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK-3beta). We identified seven additional, unrelated patients who had severe congenital neutropenia with syndromic features and distinct biallelic mutations in G6PC3. CONCLUSIONS Defective function of glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit 3, underlies a severe congenital neutropenia syndrome associated with cardiac and urogenital malformations.
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- Kaan Boztug
- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Departments of Cellular Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Children’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology and Oncology, CHU Angers, France
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- Immunology, Asthma and, Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of, General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of, Laboratory Medicine, Saint Georges University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Departments of Cellular Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Department of, Immunology, Royal Free Hospital and University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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Gaud U, Langer B, Petropoulou T, Thomas HC, Karayiannis P. Changes in hypervariable region 1 of the envelope 2 glycoprotein of hepatitis C virus in children and adults with humoral immune defects. J Med Virol 2003; 69:350-6. [PMID: 12526045 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The N-terminal end of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoprotein E2 contains a stretch of 27 amino acids that exhibit increased variability. This hypervariable region 1 (HVR-1), as it is normally referred to, is thought to contain epitopes that come under humoral immune attack. In the present study, 10 patients (5 children and 5 adults) with humoral immune defects and chronic HCV infection were investigated, to see how HVR-1 sequences behave over time in these patients who are unable to produce antibodies. Amplicons of this region showed little or no variation at all over time, indicating that quasispecies variation in this region is driven by the host's humoral immune response.
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- Umesh Gaud
- Department of Medicine A, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
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Pumeechockchai W, Bevitt D, Agarwal K, Petropoulou T, Langer BCA, Belohradsky B, Bassendine MF, Toms GL. Hepatitis C virus particles of different density in the blood of chronically infected immunocompetent and immunodeficient patients: Implications for virus clearance by antibody. J Med Virol 2002; 68:335-42. [PMID: 12226819 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of the humoral immune response on the generation and clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA containing particles in the blood of chronically infected patients. Blood samples were fractionated by sequential flotation ultracentrifugation and HCV RNA was recovered in three fractions: low density of < 1.063 g/ml, intermediate density of 1.063-1.21 g/ml, and high density of > 1.21 g/ml. Serum low-density lipoproteins co-fractionated with the low-density particles, and high-density lipoproteins co-fractionated with the intermediate-density particles. Immunoglobulins were found exclusively in the high-density fractions. In patients with congenital immunodeficiencies, with no or low serum antibodies to the virus, mean HCV RNA titres were equal in each fraction, at approximately 10(5) IU/ml. In antibody-positive, immunocompetent patients, however, virus titres in the low-density fraction and those in the high-density fraction were reduced or absent in most patients, suggesting that virus particles in these fractions are subject to antibody-mediated clearance. Particles of intermediate density were approximately equal in titre in both patient groups, suggesting that these particles are neither generated by, nor cleared, as a result of the humoral immune response. Immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that particles of intermediate density were not complexed with either high-density lipoprotein or immunoglobulins. Elucidation of the mechanisms by which these particles are generated and maintained in the blood may provide valuable insight into the mechanism of virus persistence.
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- W Pumeechockchai
- Centre for Liver Research, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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van Bruggen R, Bautista JM, Petropoulou T, de Boer M, van Zwieten R, Gómez-Gallego F, Belohradsky BH, Hartwig NG, Stevens D, Mason PJ, Roos D. Deletion of leucine 61 in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase leads to chronic nonspherocytic anemia, granulocyte dysfunction, and increased susceptibility to infections. Blood 2002; 100:1026-30. [PMID: 12130518 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v100.3.1026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study the blood cells of 4 male patients from 2 unrelated families with chronic nonspherocytic anemia and recurrent bacterial infections were investigated. The activity of glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in the red blood cells and in the granulocytes of these patients was below detection level. Moreover, their granulocytes displayed a decreased respiratory burst upon activation. Sequencing of genomic DNA revealed a novel 3-base pair (TCT) deletion in the G6PD gene, predicting the deletion of a leucine at position 61. The mutant G6PD protein was undetectable by Western blotting in the red blood cells and granulocytes of these patients. In phytohemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocytes the G6PD protein was present, but the amount of G6PD protein was strongly diminished in the patients' cells. Purified mutant protein from an Escherichia coli expression system showed decreased heat stability and decreased specific activity. Furthermore, we found that the messenger RNA of G6PD(180-182delTCT) is unstable, which may contribute to the severe G6PD deficiency observed in these patients. We propose the name "G6PD Amsterdam" for this new variant.
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- Robin van Bruggen
- Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Blood Transfusion Service (CLB), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hoffmann F, Funk M, Linde R, Notheis G, Petropoulou T, Eberle J, Gürtler L, Belohradsky BH, Wintergerst U. Effect of antiretroviral triple combinations including the protease inhibitor nelfinavir in heavily pretreated children with HIV-1 infection. Eur J Med Res 2002; 7:330-4. [PMID: 12176683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In this retrospective study the effect of antiretroviral triple therapy including the protease-inhibitor nelfinavir (NFV) on CD4-cells and viral load (VL) in heavily pretreated HIV-infected children was evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS 20 children (<18 years) were included. Median duration of antiretroviral pretreatment was 27 months (range, 7 65), median initial VL was 4.7 log subset 10 (3.2 6.1) and median relative CD4-cells was 17.5% (3 33). Patients were put on combinations with NFV because of treatment failure (increasing VL), intolerance to prior therapy with PIs or adherence problems with prior indinavir. Viral load (RT-PCR, detection limit 50 copies/ml) and CD4-cells were measured every 4-8 weeks. RESULTS Median viral load decreased 1.2 log(10) (-1.3 2.5), 0.9 log(10) (-0.8 - 2.5) and 0.4 log(10) (-0.5 - 3.0) after 12, 24 and 36 weeks. The VL of 2 patients was below the detection limit (50 copies/ml) after 24 weeks. The relative CD4-cell count increased from a median of 17.5% to 22%, 23% and 25% after 12, 24 and 36 weeks, respectively. Side effects of NFV were usually mild. WHO grade 1 or 2 diarrhea occurred in 70% and moderate elevations of triglycerides in 40% of the patients. At 48 weeks 18/20 patients had to be switched to other combinations due to virological failure. CONCLUSIONS In children with intensive prior antiretroviral therapy combination therapy including NFV lead to a modest short-term reduction of the VL and increase in CD4-cells. However, the long-term antiretroviral effect was poor.
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- F Hoffmann
- Children's Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Brakebusch M, Wintergerst U, Petropoulou T, Notheis G, Husfeld L, Belohradsky BH, Adam D. Bromelain is an accelerator of phagocytosis, respiratory burst and Killing of Candida albicans by human granulocytes and monocytes. Eur J Med Res 2001; 6:193-200. [PMID: 11410400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the influence of immuno modulating agents like bromelain and trypsin (e.g. Wobenzym on granulocyte and monocyte functions in healthy volunteers and patients with disorders of the humoral immuno system X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) and common variable immuno deficiency (CVID) and to find out whether the unspecific immunity could be improved by these enzymes. METHODS In a whole-blood assay kinetics of phagocytosis, respiratory burst and killing (PBK) were measured in blood samples incubated with and without bromelain and trypsin (B/T) using Candida albicans as target organism. The time-reaction curves were analysed determining their gradient (T1) and their onset (T2) as well as the half effect time (HET). RESULTS Phagocytes from patients with XLA showed a significantly accelerated basal phagocytosis (reduction of HET by 24% p < 0.001) compared to healthy controls. After incubation with B/T (10 microg/ml each) speed of phagocytosis was nearly doubled (phagocyte activity p < 0.0001, Candida uptake p < 0.003), T2 of respiratory burst was reduced by 65 % (p < 0.0001) and killing was accelerated by 27% (p < 0.046). However, the maximal activities of all kinetics were not altered. Incubation of phagocytes from healthy controls with B/T accelerated phagocytosis to a level comparable to that of untreated phagocytes from patients with XLA and also accelerated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production (reduction of HET by 28%, p < 0.012). In contrast to phagocytes from patients with XLA, phagocytes of patients with CVID showed a similar stimulation by B/T like healthy controls. Further experiments with the single substances showed that bromelain was the active compound. CONCLUSION Our data suggest, that bromelain possesses immuno stimulatory properties. Phagocytes of XLA patients appear to be particularly susceptible to this stimulation.
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- M Brakebusch
- Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Abtl. für antimikrobielle Therapie und Infektionsimmunologie, Munich, Germany.
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Liese J, Kloos S, Jendrossek V, Petropoulou T, Wintergerst U, Notheis G, Gahr M, Belohradsky BH. Long-term follow-up and outcome of 39 patients with chronic granulomatous disease. J Pediatr 2000; 137:687-93. [PMID: 11060536 DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.109112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical long-term course in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) with respect to different CGD subtypes and currently used antimicrobial prophylactic measures. STUDY DESIGN The records of 39 patients with CGD who were monitored during a period of 22 years were reviewed. All infections, infectious complications, and clinical outcomes were documented for a total observation period of 610 patient-years and were stratified with respect to different CGD subtypes. RESULTS Lymphadenitis, skin abscesses, and pneumonia occurred in 87%, 72%, and 59% of the patients, respectively. In 151 microbiologic isolates Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus species, Candida species, Pseudomonas species, and Salmonella species were the most frequently detected microorganisms. There were 167 severe infections requiring hospitalization and intravenous antimicrobial treatment, resulting in an incidence of 3.7 severe infections per 100 patient months (SI/100 PM). Long-term antibiotic prophylaxis significantly reduced the incidence of severe bacterial infections from 4.8 SI/100 PM to 1. 6 SI/100 PM (P =.0035). In contrast, fungal infections increased under antibiotic prophylaxis from a mean incidence of 0.2 SI/100 PM to 1.9 SI/100 PM (P =.04). We found a 50% survival rate through the fourth decade of life, with a plateau after the third decade of life. Patients with a complete absence of cytochrome b(558) showed an earlier manifestation of their disease and a higher incidence of infections and had significant lower survival than patients with only diminished cytochrome b(558) or autosomal recessive CGD. CONCLUSIONS Infections with Aspergillus species have become the major cause of infectious complications and death in patients with CGD. Prophylactic and therapeutic measures are needed to further increase life expectancy and quality for patients with CGD.
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- J Liese
- Universitäts-Kinderklinik im Dr. v. Haunerschen Kinderspital, Munich, Germany
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Rupec RA, Petropoulou T, Belohradsky BH, Walchner M, Liese JG, Plewing G, Messer G. Lupus erythematosus tumidus and chronic discoid lupus erythematosus in carriers of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. Eur J Dermatol 2000; 10:184-9. [PMID: 10725815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Two Caucasian carriers for chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) developed cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LE) with clinically and morphologically characteristic appearance for chronic discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and lupus erythematosus tumidus (LET). Direct immunofluorescent examinations and ANA titers were positive in both young women. No systemic involvement due to the ACR criteria was evident. Their sons suffered from X-linked cytochrome-b negative CGD. The diagnosis of CGD was based on measurement of oxidative burst activity by nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) slide test and by flow cytometry using dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR). The absence of cytochrome b558 in neutrophilic granulocytes was confirmed photometrically and by flow cytometry using the 7D5 monoclonal antibody against cytochrome b. We report for the first time the association of the photosensitive LE subtype LET and the X-linked CGD carrier state. Tissue damage by UV radiation and a reduced antimicrobial capacity may lead to recurrent immune stimulation and may together with genetic predisposition explain the occurrence of cutaneous LE in female carriers of CGD.
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- R A Rupec
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Frauenblobstr. 9-11, D-80337 Munich, Germany.
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Wintergerst U, Hoffmann F, Sölder B, Notheis G, Petropoulou T, Eberle J, Gürtler L, Belohradsky BH. Comparison of two antiretroviral triple combinations including the protease inhibitor indinavir in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998; 17:495-9. [PMID: 9655541 DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The effects of two antiretroviral triple combinations including the protease inhibitor indinavir on the surrogate markers, viral load and CD4 cells were evaluated. METHODS Fifteen patients with high viral load or disease progression under their prior antiretroviral therapy were switched to zidovudine/lamivudine/indinavir (Group A, n = 10) or stavudine/lamivudine/indinavir (Group B, n = 5). Serial determinations of viral load and CD4 cells were performed. RESULTS The median reduction of the viral load was 0.6 log after 3 months and 0.8 log after 6 months in Group A and 2.5 and 2.4 log after 3 and 6 months in Group B, respectively. After 3 and 6 months 3 of 10 patients in Group A and 3 of 5 patients in Group B had viral load reductions below the detection limit of the assay. Patients with an additional switch of nucleoside analogues at start of indinavir therapy (regardless of the specific reverse transcriptase inhibitor used) had significantly better reductions of the viral load than patients without such a switch (median 2.3 log vs. 0.2 log after 6 months, P < 0.05). In Group A the median of the relative increase of CD4 cells was 37% after 3 months and 57% after 6 months (P = 0.002); in Group B the medians of the relative increase of CD4 cells were 145 and 163% (not significant), respectively. Two patients from Group A and 1 from Group B developed renal calculi, which resolved after adequate hydration. One patient was withdrawn because of intractable vomiting attributed to indinavir. CONCLUSION In a small cohort of HIV-infected pediatric patients with extensive prior antiretroviral treatment, triple therapy including indinavir had a sustained effect on the decrease of the viral load and the increase of CD4 cells similar to results obtained in antiretrovirally experienced adults. This effect was significantly better in patients with an additional switch of a nucleoside analogue at start of triple therapy with indinavir than in patients without such a change.
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- U Wintergerst
- Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
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Drossou V, Kanakoudi F, Tzimouli V, Sarafidis K, Taparkou A, Bougiouklis D, Petropoulou T, Kremenopoulos G. Impact of prematurity, stress and sepsis on the neutrophil respiratory burst activity of neonates. Biol Neonate 1997; 72:201-9. [PMID: 9339291 DOI: 10.1159/000244485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of prematurity, sepsis and stress on the neutrophil respiratory burst activity (NRBA) of neonates. For this purpose 122 healthy neonates (89 term and 33 preterm), 33 preterm stressed neonates, 59 septic neonates (12 term and 47 preterm) and 26 healthy adults were studied. The NRBA was assessed after in vitro stimulation by PMA using a whole blood flow cytometric microassay with dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR 123). It was found that the percentage of responding neutrophils in term neonates was comparable to that found in adults (medians 83.5 and 89.8%, respectively), whereas it was significantly lower in the healthy preterm neonates (median 70.6%, p < 0.05). The NRBA was further depressed in the stressed (median = 63%) and septic neonates, both term and preterm (medians 60.5 and 54.3%, respectively). No correlation with the levels of G-CSF, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta, which were found to be higher in the stressed and septic neonates, was observed. These findings indicate that prematurity, sepsis and stress significantly depress the respiratory burst activity of neonatal neutrophils.
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- V Drossou
- Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Weiss M, Martignoni M, Petropoulou T, Sölder B, Belohradsky BH. Increased serum levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors (sTNF-Rs) in children and adolescents with vertically and horizontally transmitted HIV infection. Infection 1996; 24:301-8. [PMID: 8875282 DOI: 10.1007/bf01743365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Two different receptors exist for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), designated as p55 (TNF-RI) and p75 (TNF-RII). Soluble (= s) forms of TNF-Rs are secreted after proteolytic cleavage and block the effects of TNF-alpha. sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII and the soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R) were determined by ELISA in serum samples of HIV-infected children and adolescents. Twelve children with vertical HIV infection (mean age +/- SD, 5.9 +/- 3.8 years) and 17 horizontally infected patients (16.1 +/- 7.3 years) were classified according to the revised CDC criteria. Twenty healthy control persons (6.4 +/- 5.8 years) showed the following receptor concentrations (median): sTNF-RI 888 pg/ml, sTNF-RII 1,741 pg/ml, sIL-2R 94 pM. Compared to controls, horizontally HIV-infected patients had significantly (Mann-Whitney U test) higher levels for sTNF-RI (median 1,192 pg/ml), sTNF-RII (3,481 pg/ml) and sIL-2R (128 pM). For vertically infected children only sTNF-RII (2,944 pg/ml) was significantly elevated compared to controls. There were no differences in soluble receptor levels between vertical or horizontal transmission. Surprisingly, no significant differences for sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII and sIL-2R occurred when 19 patients in stage CDC I were compared to ten patients in stages II or III. The clearly elevated sTNF-RII levels in patients with horizontal and vertical HIV infection indicate the activation of the monocyte/macrophage system in both groups.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, CD/blood
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Follow-Up Studies
- HIV Infections/blood
- HIV Infections/immunology
- HIV Infections/transmission
- Humans
- Infant
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/blood
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/blood
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II
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- M Weiss
- Abt. für Antimikrobielle Therapie und Infektionsimmunologie, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Klinikum Innenstadt der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
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BACKGROUND Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), an inherited disorder of granulocyte function caused by failure of intracellular superoxide production, normally presents in the first years of life with severe recurrent bacterial and fungal infections. METHODS From the files of two children's hospitals we identified 11 CGD patients who were remarkable for an unusually late diagnosis, at 13-43 years of age. Their clinical and laboratory features were examined. FINDINGS The first clinical manifestation occurred at a median age of 3.6 years but CGD was not diagnosed until a median age of 22 years. Pneumonias and abscesses caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Aspergillus species were the most frequent infections. Granulomas, often leading to chronic complications, occurred in 7 of the patients. With 1.1 severe infections in 100 patient months, the 11 patients had a lower frequency of severe infections than patients with classic CGD; however, such infections could be equally life-threatening. 8 of the patients had X-linked CGD with small but detectable quantities of cytochrome b558, normally absent in X-linked CGD; and 3 had autosomal-recessive CGD. 9 patients had residual production of reactive oxygen metabolites, a feature that could explain the low incidence of infections. INTERPRETATION CGD in adults may be more common than previously assumed. In view of the possibility of timely treatment, infection prophylaxis, and genetic counselling for affected families, CGD should be excluded in any patient with unexplained infections or granulomas.
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- J G Liese
- Universitäts-Kinderklinik München, Germany
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Schuffenhauer S, Bartsch O, Stumm M, Buchholz T, Petropoulou T, Kraft S, Belohradsky B, Hinkel GK, Meitinger T, Wegner RD. DNA, FISH and complementation studies in ICF syndrome: DNA hypomethylation of repetitive and single copy loci and evidence for a trans acting factor. Hum Genet 1995; 96:562-71. [PMID: 8530004 DOI: 10.1007/bf00197412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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ICF syndrome (ICFS) is a rare immunodeficiency disorder characterized by instability of the pericentromeric heterochromatin predominantly of chromosomes 1 and 16. DNA methylation studies in two unrelated ICFS patients provide further evidence for a marked hypomethylation of satellite 2 DNA. The ICFS-specific disturbances of chromatin structure take place within the satellite 2 DNA regions, as demonstrated by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. Moreover, methylation studies of genomic imprinted loci D15S63, D15S9, and H19 have revealed hypomethylation to different degrees in both patients; this provides evidence for hypomethylation at autosomal single copy loci in ICFS. Cell fusion experiments have revealed a distinct reduction of chromosomal abnormalities in ICFS cells after fusion with normal cells, suggesting that the abnormalities are caused by the loss of function of an as yet unknown trans acting factor. Although it is now clear that wide-spread DNA hypomethylation is a characteristic feature of ICFS, neither the cause and mechanism of hypomethylation nor their relationship to the clinical symptoms is known. We speculate that a phenotypic effect might result from tissue-dependent abnormal gene expression and/or from a possible structural disturbance of DNA domains, which, with respect to the immunodeficiency, partially prevents the normal somatic recombinations in immunologically active cells.
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- S Schuffenhauer
- Abteilung für Pädiatrische Genetik der Kinderpoliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Müller-Werdan U, Liese J, Fraunberger P, Petropoulou T, Behr J, Kolbe T, Belohradsky BH, Höfling B. [33-year-old patient with recurrent severe infections since his childhood]. Internist (Berl) 1994; 35:863-7. [PMID: 7525505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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