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Type two hyper-IgM syndrome caused by mutation in activation-induced cytidine deaminase.
Journal of medical and dental sciences - 1 Mar 2003
Zhu Yi, Nonoyama Shigeaki, Morio Tomohiro, Muramatsu Masamichi, Honjo Tasuku, Mizutani Shuki
Abstract excerpt
Thirteen Japanese patients with hyper-IgM syndrome but normal CD40 ligand were characterized. All patients had mutations in AID (activation-induced cytidine deaminase) gene. Five of them had a missense mutation of Arg112His. In all patients, serum IgG, IgA and IgE levels were undetectable, B cells failed to produce detectable amounts of IgE even if cultured them with anti-CD40 and IL-4. Somatic hypermutation...
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