[HTML][HTML] An Immunodeficiency Disease with RAG Mutations and Granulomas

C Schuetz, K Huck, S Gudowius… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
C Schuetz, K Huck, S Gudowius, M Megahed, O Feyen, B Hubner, DT Schneider, B Manfras…
New England Journal of Medicine, 2008Mass Medical Soc
We describe three unrelated girls who had an immunodeficiency disease with granulomas
in the skin, mucous membranes, and internal organs. All three girls had severe
complications after viral infections, including B-cell lymphoma associated with Epstein–Barr
virus (EBV). Other findings were hypogammaglobulinemia, a diminished number of T and B
cells, and sparse thymic tissue on ultrasonography. Molecular analysis revealed that the
patients were compound heterozygotes for mutations in recombination activating gene 1 or …
We describe three unrelated girls who had an immunodeficiency disease with granulomas in the skin, mucous membranes, and internal organs. All three girls had severe complications after viral infections, including B-cell lymphoma associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Other findings were hypogammaglobulinemia, a diminished number of T and B cells, and sparse thymic tissue on ultrasonography. Molecular analysis revealed that the patients were compound heterozygotes for mutations in recombination activating gene 1 or 2 (RAG1 or RAG2). In each case, both parents were heterozygous carriers of a RAG mutation. The mutations were associated with reduced function of RAG in vitro (3 to 30% of normal activity). The parents and one sibling in the three families were healthy.
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