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Phenotypic and functional alterations of peripheral blood monocytes in neutrophil-specific granule deficiency.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Feb 2004
Shiohara Masaaki, Gombart Adrian F, Sekiguchi Yukio, Hidaka Eiko, Ito Susumu, Yamazaki Takashi, Koeffler H Phillip, Komiyama Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency (SGD) is a rare, congenital disease characterized by atypical neutrophil structure and function, resulting in recurrent bacterial infections from early infancy. Homozygous recessive mutations in the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein epsilon (C/EBPepsilon) gene were described in two of five SGD patients, indicating loss of C/EBPepsilon function as the primary genetic defect in...
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