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A novel form of complete IL-12/IL-23 receptor beta1 deficiency with cell surface-expressed nonfunctional receptors.
Blood - 1 Oct 2004
Fieschi Claire, Bosticardo Marita, de Beaucoudrey Ludovic, Boisson-Dupuis Stéphanie, Feinberg Jacqueline, Santos Orchidée Filipe, Bustamante Jacinta, Levy Jacov, Candotti Fabio, Casanova Jean-Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Complete interleukin-12/interleukin-23 receptor beta1 (IL-12Rbeta1) deficiency is the most frequent known genetic etiology of the syndrome of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease. The patients described to date lack IL-12Rbeta1 at the surface of their natural killer (NK) and T cells due to IL12RB1 mutations, which either interrupt the open reading frame or disrupt protein folding. We describe a...
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