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Oligoclonal expansion of T lymphocytes with multiple second-site mutations leads to Omenn syndrome in a patient with RAG1-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency.
Blood - 15 Sept 2005
Wada Taizo, Toma Tomoko, Okamoto Hiroyuki, Kasahara Yoshihito, Koizumi Shoichi, Agematsu Kazunaga, Kimura Hirokazu, Shimada Akira, Hayashi Yasuhide, Kato Masahiko, Yachie Akihiro
Abstract excerpt
Omenn syndrome (OS) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by the presence of activated/oligoclonal T cells, eosinophilia, and the absence of circulating B cells. OS patients carry leaky mutations of recombination activating genes (RAG1 or RAG2) resulting in partial V(D)J recombination...
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