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Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with CVID Under Different Schedules of Immunoglobulin Administration: Prospective Multicenter Study [PDF]

, 2019
We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in CVID adults receiving different schedules of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) by intravenous (IVIG), subcutaneous (SCIG), and facilitated (fSCIG) preparations.
Agostini, Carlo, Bonanni, Livia, Carrabba, Maria, Cinetto, Francesco, Crescenzi, Ludovica, Fabio, Giovanna, Farrugia, Albert, Milito, Cinzia, Neri, Raffaella, Pecoraro, Antonio, Pulvirenti, Federica, Quinti, Isabella, Spadaro, Giuseppe, Tabolli, Stefano   +13 more
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Whole exome sequencing identifies compound heterozygous variants of gene in monozygotic twin patients with common variable immunodeficiency

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objectives: A pair of female Malay monozygotic twins who presented with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections, hepatosplenomegaly, bronchiectasis and bicytopenia were recruited in this study.
Adiratna Mat Ripen, Hamidah Ghani, Chai Teng Chear, Mei Yee Chiow, Sharifah Nurul Husna Syed Yahya, Asiah Kassim, Saharuddin Bin Mohamad   +6 more
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Understanding the process of envelope glycoprotein incorporation into virions in simian and feline immunodeficiency viruses [PDF]

, 2014
The lentiviral envelope glycoproteins (Env) mediate virus entry by interacting with specific receptors present at the cell surface, thereby determining viral tropism and pathogenesis.
Affranchino, Jose Luis, Gonzalez, Silvia Adriana   +1 more
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Entry into the lytic cycle exposes EBV-infected cells to NK cell killing via upregulation of the MICB ligand for NKG2D and activation of the CD56bright and NKG2A+KIR+CD56dim subsets

Frontiers in Immunology
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is usually acquired during infancy as an asymptomatic infection and persists throughout life in a latent state under the control of the host immune system.
Maria Giovanna Desimio, Daniela Angela Covino, Caterina Cancrini, Caterina Cancrini, Margherita Doria   +4 more
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Clinical and demographic pattern of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) from a multicenter perspective: Malaysia’s experience over 26 years

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2021
Background A retrospective review of clinical manifestations and demographic pattern of patients diagnosed as chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) from 7 hospitals in Malaysia. An analysis of the available database would establish clinical characteristics,
Lokman Mohd Noh, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Intan Hakimah Ismail, Rahim Md Noah, Asrul Abdul Wahab, Intan Juliana Abd. Hamid, Adiratna Mat Ripen, Nasuruddin B. Abdullah, Kamarul Azhar Razali, Norzila Zainudin, Florence Bakon, Long Juan Kok, Adli Ali, Bilkis Banu SAbd Aziz, Hasniah Abdul Latif, Siti Mardhiana Mohamad, Zarina Thasneem Zainudeen, Ilie Fadzilah Hashim, Iean Hamzah Sendut, Thiyagar Nadarajaw, Faizah Mohamed Jamil, David C. E. Ng, Mohd Azri Zainal Abidin   +22 more
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Impulse oscillometry identifies peripheral airway dysfunction in children with adenosine deaminase deficiency. [PDF]

, 2015
Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID) is characterized by impaired T-, B- and NK-cell function. Affected children, in addition to early onset of infections, manifest non-immunologic symptoms including pulmonary ...
Candotti, Fabio, Hershfield, Michael S, Kohn, Donald B, Komarow, Hirsh D, Metcalfe, Dean D, Sokolic, Robert, Young, Michael   +6 more
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Ataxia Telangiectasia Diagnosed on Newborn Screening–Case Cohort of 5 Years' Experience

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a genetic condition caused by mutations involving ATM (Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated). This gene is responsible for the expression of a DNA double stranded break repair kinase, the ATM protein kinase.
Amarilla B. Mandola, Amarilla B. Mandola, Brenda Reid, Brenda Reid, Raga Sirror, Rae Brager, Peter Dent, Pranesh Chakroborty, Dennis E. Bulman, Chaim M. Roifman, Chaim M. Roifman   +10 more
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BCG: a vaccine with multiple faces

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
BCG has been recommended because of its efficacy against disseminated and meningeal tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine has other mechanisms of action besides tuberculosis protection, with immunomodulatory properties that are now being discovered. Reports have
Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada, Alberto Unzueta, Luisa Berenise Gámez-González, Napoleón González-Saldaña, Ricardo U. Sorensen   +4 more
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The riddle of recurrent fever: a clinical approach to pediatric autoinflammatory diseases

Frontiers in Pediatrics
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are a group of immunodysregulatory disorders resulting in the increased release or signaling of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
B. Meertens, B. Meertens, L. Hoste, L. Hoste, S. J. Tavernier, S. J. Tavernier, S. J. Tavernier, S. J. Tavernier, F. Haerynck, F. Haerynck   +9 more
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Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pathogenesis and Outcome of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundImprovement in antiviral therapies have been accompanied by an increased frequency of non-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) defining malignancies, such as glioblastoma multiforme.
Bui, Timothy T, Choy, Winward, Lagman, Carlito, Lee, Seung J, Safaee, Michael, Yang, Isaac   +5 more
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