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Interleukin-12 receptor beta1 deficiency in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jul 2001
Altare F, Ensser A, Breiman A, Reichenbach J, Baghdadi J E, Fischer A, Emile J F, Gaillard J L, Meinl E, Casanova J L
Abstract excerpt
Two siblings with interleukin-12 receptor beta1 (IL-12Rbeta1) deficiency but different clinical phenotypes were studied. Both are homozygous for an IL12RB1 missense mutation that prevents receptor expression and abolishes cellular responses to IL-12. Transfection of the patients' T cells with wild-type IL12RB1 restored IL-12Rbeta1 expression and function. One patient had the expected phenotype of disseminated...
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