Genetic heterogeneity of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infection
Genetic heterogeneity of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infection
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DOI:
10.1016/s1286-4579(00)01311-3
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发表时间:
2000-11-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Casanova, JL
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作者:
Döffinger, R;Altare, F;Casanova, JL
Mendelian susceptibility to poorly virulent mycobacterial species, such as bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is a phenotypically heterogeneous syndrome. It has therefore long been suspected to be genetically heterogeneous. In the past 5 years, this prediction has been confirmed and different types of mutations (dominant or recessive, nonfunctional or hypofunctional) in four genes (IFNGR1, IFNGR2, IL12B, IL12RB1) have revealed both allelic and nonallelic heterogeneity. The eight disorders resulting from these mutations are genetically different but immunologically related, as impaired IFN-gamma -mediated immunity is the common pathogenic mechanism accounting for mycobacterial infection in all patients. The severity of the phenotype depends on the genotype. Complete IFN-gamma R1 and IFN-gamma R2 deficiencies predispose patients to a more severe clinical course than partial IFN-gamma R1 and IFN-gamma R2 deficiencies and complete IL-12 p40 and IL-12R beta1 deficiencies. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.