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Assessing the Functional Relevance of Variants in the IKAROS Family Zinc Finger Protein 1 (IKZF1) in a Cohort of Patients With Primary Immunodeficiency

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2019
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most frequent symptomatic primary immunodeficiency. Patients with CVID are prone to recurrent bacterial infection due to the failure of adequate immunoglobulin production.
Zoya Eskandarian   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Disease Activity Score to Assess Treatment Success in Patients with NFKB1 Mutations

open access: yesJournal of Human Immunity
BackgroundNFKB1 encodes for the p105/p50 nuclear factor-kappa-B (NF-kB1) transcription factors. Heterozygous mutations in NFKB1 may lead to NF-kB1 insufficiency, which may result in a multiorgan disease. Here, we aimed to develop a disease activity score
Katharina Thoma   +33 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular changes associated with increased TNF-α-induced apoptotis in naïve (TN) and central memory (TCM) CD8+ T cells in aged humans

open access: yesImmunity & Ageing, 2018
Background Progressive T cell decline in aged humans is associated with a deficiency of naïve (TN) and central memory (TCM) T cells. We have previously reported increased Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced apoptosis in TN and TCM T cells in aged ...
Sudhir Gupta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cytomegaloviruses and Macrophages—Friends and Foes From Early on?

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2020
Starting at birth, newborn infants are exposed to numerous microorganisms. Adaptation of the innate immune system to them is a delicate process, with potentially advantageous and harmful implications for health development.
Sebastian Baasch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case Report: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteriosis Caused by a Novel GATA2 Variant

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a disorder of uncontrolled immune activation with distinct clinical features including fever, cytopenia, splenomegaly, and sepsis-like symptoms.
Thomas Mika   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

How I Treat: STAT3 hyper IgE syndromeHow I Treat: STAT3 hyper IgE syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Human Immunity
The hyper IgE syndrome (formerly also called Job syndrome or Buckley syndrome) is a rare and syndromic primary immunodeficiency. It is an autosomal-dominant disorder caused by heterozygous dominant-negative mutations in the transcription factor STAT3 ...
Cliodhna Ella Murray   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major morbidity factor contributing largely to health care costs and individual quality of life. The aim of the study was to test whether obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) is one of the risk factors underlying ...
Livia Maccioni   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Altered Microbiota, Impaired Quality of Life, Malabsorption, Infection, and Inflammation in CVID Patients With Diarrhoea

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2020
Background: Diarrhoea is the commonest gastrointestinal symptom in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID).Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and clinical presentation of chronic and recurrent diarrhoea in the ...
Cornelia M. van Schewick   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pregnancy, child bearing and prevention of giving birth to the affected children in patients with primary immunodeficiency disease; a case-series

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background Patients with primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) who survive to adulthood and willing to have a child mostly are worried whether their disease affects their fertility and/or pregnancy and also if their child would be predisposed to PID ...
Saba Sheikhbahaei   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling MyD88 Deficiency In Vitro Provides New Insights in Its Function

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2020
Inherited defects in MyD88 and IRAK4, two regulators in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, are clinically highly relevant, but still incompletely understood.
Nils Craig-Mueller   +42 more
doaj   +1 more source

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